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pratnala | 2 years ago | on: AT&T Wireless traffic shaping apparently making some websites unusable

Netflix blocks datacenter VPNs but you can use residential VPNs (which tbf are more expensive) to circumvent this.

pratnala | 3 years ago | on: Amazon reportedly freezing AWS hiring

Previous freeze was only in retail, not across Amazon

pratnala | 4 years ago | on: Facebook loses users for the first time

Idk if it is just me but I find VR headsets just tiring after a point.

pratnala | 4 years ago | on: Facebook loses users for the first time

WhatsApp already does payments in India (and few other countries?) [1]

[1]: https://www.whatsapp.com/payments/

pratnala | 4 years ago | on: The old internet shows signs of quietly coming back

Yeah no, I wish we don't go back to that. It doesn't scale at all.

pratnala | 4 years ago

I think too many technical people have too much of a distrust of the cloud. I, for one, am happy to offload as much as possible to the cloud (except latency-sensitive things like games) and not carry around drives and drives at home.

pratnala | 4 years ago | on: How do I opt my access point out of Google Location services?

So I have to change my custom Wi-Fi SSD (something that I like) and add a brain-dead suffix called "_nomap" to prevent Google from tracking me? Who the hell greenlights such changes?

pratnala | 5 years ago | on: CatalyzeX – Browser extension that links code for ML papers anywhere on the web

This can definitely be a useful supplement to the current theoretical way in which ml is taught, instead focusing on more practical applications

pratnala | 5 years ago | on: A 1950s proposal to nuke Alaska (2015)

Politicizing wearing masks. Oh wait, that's utter insanity even today

pratnala | 5 years ago | on: Microsoft is shutting down Mixer and partnering with Facebook Gaming

Mixer was an acquisition 4 years ago. And back then, streaming wasn't this much of a rage like it is today

pratnala | 5 years ago | on: Microsoft is shutting down Mixer and partnering with Facebook Gaming

Adblock doesn't work on Twitch though

pratnala | 6 years ago | on: 1Password: Standalone / Local Vault Option Gone?

Try Bitwarden

pratnala | 6 years ago | on: 1Password: Standalone / Local Vault Option Gone?

IIRC, LastPass increased to $36/yr which made me switch to Bitwarden. $10/yr with better functionality and UX