bguebert's comments

On: I won't download your app. The web version is a-ok

[bguebert]

I feel like its because other than the user, the people involved have a benefit to running native instead of as a webapp. The phone OS companies get their percent of apps developed in their stores and the app developers get better access to your data to resell. Apple in particular has been really hostile to webapps.

On: America's never had such high national debt heading into an economic shock

[bguebert]

There might have been a budget surplus but we were still in debt.

https://www.investopedia.com/us-national-debt-by-year-749929...

Here they show the debt increasing through the 90s but by less than most other decades. I don't know if it takes into account inflation though so maybe that would have made the debt have less value. Seems like they didn't use any of the surplus to pay off the debt.

On: Claude Cowork exfiltrates files

[bguebert]

Adobe added embedded javascript to pdfs. Its an option to turn it off but its enabled by default. I turned mine off a long time back and never notice any problems but I don't use a lot of pdfs with interactive forms.

On: Show HN: I built a tool that texts you if your server goes down

[bguebert]

This is cool. I did something similar at my work using smokeping and the #@vtext.com to send the texts.

https://oss.oetiker.ch/smokeping/

[SantiagoVargas → bguebert]

Thanks. It's simple but seems to be a common need. One of those tools many companies end up having to build but keep internal.

On: Frustrated YouTube viewers seek explanation for hour-long unskippable ads

[bguebert]

It does seem like they have destroyed most of the competition. I was frustrated with the ad-blocking the other day and looking for a video but the whole first page of links was all youtube. I guess that's why they are starting to crack down on adblockers since people don't have as many other places to go now.

On: Farmers are abandoning their land. Is that good for nature?

[bguebert]

I mean I don't know if I would say the land is just abandoned. Some farmland that people let go back to forest can also have the trees harvested from it periodically so its still productive in another way. The land can still be valuable.

[pfdietz → bguebert]

I don't see the trees around here being planted in any systematic way. The forests look abandoned, with mostly commercially worthless trees growing.

On: Ask HN: It's 2030 – JavaScript has been deprecated by a new language. Which one?

[bguebert]

It's kinda ironic to post that on a site that uses var in its javascript

On: Firefox removes "do not track" feature support

[bguebert]

I always though something like ublock origin should be built in with a standard format for the block list rules so people could just use different rules lists if they wanted to.

It would be nice to have a feature for enable/disable javascript per site also.

[mixmastamyk → bguebert]

Believe it does. Also noscript exists.

[ReadCarlBarks → mixmastamyk]

NoScript is a relic of the past and redundant with uBlock Origin - https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium...

[mixmastamyk → ReadCarlBarks]

Not at all. I find noscript much easier to understand. I only use UBO for "set and forget" installations, as configuring it is a nightmare.

On: Show HN: High School Student's First App – NWS Weather Report

[bguebert]

The NOAA has an api here:

https://www.weather.gov/documentation/services-web-api

It's free to use, but they have rate limits. I was always wanting to set up something like that too, but I never got around to it.

On: The world is watching the U.S. deal with bird flu, and it's scary

[bguebert]

https://archive.is/N9WLx