the-anarchist | 8 months ago | on: Samsung embeds IronSource spyware app on phones across WANA
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the-anarchist | 8 months ago | on: Thiings
Love this beautiful pattern wallpaper generator but I have two questions: How do I save a pattern (rightclick download doesn't work) and can you make the background color adjustable? Thanks!
the-anarchist | 8 months ago | on: Thiings
I second that.
the-anarchist | 8 months ago | on: Thiings
Really, that's your takeaway from all of this?
the-anarchist | 9 months ago | on: U.S. Dept of Defense GitHub marked as archived, with it projects like ATAK-CIV
I don't know whether there has been any public news on this, but the whole GitHub of the U.S. Dept of Defense was marked as archived on May 7, and with it projects like ATAK-CIV.
the-anarchist | 2 years ago | on: Concept sliders: LoRA adaptors for precise control in diffusion models
Frankly, these acronyms are becoming absurd. I'm really hoping for somebody to build an insanely successful programming language called LOra, just for the sake of giving everyone nightmares.
the-anarchist | 2 years ago | on: Microservices aren't the problem. Incompetent people are
The author is not wrong, yet there's not enough sugar-coating to make this post appealing to wider masses. I believe that more than just a handful of us share some of those opinions and experiences, though.
These days everyone and their dog can become a "software engineer", unlike in other professions where the entry bar is significantly higher. Hence, you will find cabals of similarly average engineers agreeing with one another's opinions simply because it's an echo chamber.
the-anarchist | 2 years ago | on: US Smartphone Shipments Decline 19% in Q3 2023 as More Americans Delay Upgrade
Try OsmAnd, it's great!
the-anarchist | 2 years ago | on: What happened with ASUS routers this morning?
And yet people keep asking what the point of OpenWRT is.
the-anarchist | 2 years ago | on: PSA: Upgrade your LUKS key derivation function
On a side note, regardless of whether and how big of an issue this is, from what I understand OpenZFS uses the same KDF: https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/issues/10764
Gladly correct me in case I'm wrong.
the-anarchist | 2 years ago | on: Italy's ChatGPT ban attracts EU privacy regulators
That has always been Europe's model. Lean back and wait to see what innovation establishes itself, then copycat it and get the copycat sold to the US original.
the-anarchist | 3 years ago | on: Japan's hydrogen strategy does nothing for decarbonisation: study
I'm lost, I thought hydrogen is the goat. Many manufacturers (eg Benz) push it no?
the-anarchist | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: If ChatGPT charged a monthly fee would you pay?
Hah, nice try, Elon!
the-anarchist | 3 years ago | on: T-Mobile says investigating data breach involving 37M accounts
Yes, I too remember the times when my telecomms provider printed my address into a phone book and sent it out to eastern scammer for them to target me. /s
Comparing apples and oranges.
the-anarchist | 3 years ago | on: Bank of America has lost Zelle transfers for many customers
Ah, perfect, just in time for the DoJ announcing they're going after cryptographically sound and undisputable transfers of value.
the-anarchist | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: Do You Host Your Own Email?
You Sir are badass and should definitely share some of all that on a website/blog of yours. Would be genuinely curious to read more!
the-anarchist | 3 years ago | on: I am doing 100k push-ups this year
What's the result effectively? Any measurements that you took, that changed over time?
the-anarchist | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: Create a paid link to anything
I'd like to have this but for XMR payments.
the-anarchist | 3 years ago | on: Volkswagen has given a name to its pain, and it is ‘software’
Za Germans.
the-anarchist | 3 years ago | on: Iran abolishes morality police
Behind every tyrant there's a wealthy European.
It appears to be a similar case across the MENA region. While the SMEX post primarily focuses on WANA, it is possible to find other reports (e.g. [1]) from the MENA region that describe similar practices by Samsung. There, however, the stories talk about "Aura", rather than "AppCloud".
[1] https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2025/06/212144/samsung-embe...