suspectdoubloon's comments

On: Windows 11 calls a zip file a 'postcode file' in UK English

[suspectdoubloon]

In Aus I use Pop to refer to my Grandad who was british. I do think it was to help with confusion with which grandparent I was referring too, was it my dads dad or my mums dad

On: AI is making it easier to create more noise, when all I want is good search

[suspectdoubloon]

I've also switched back to google after trying bing for a few days. The bing bot gets stuck and loses context after awhile. Not only do you get ads in bing to try edge, that if your using edge on Mac you'll get ads to buy a PC the whole time. Rather just use google/chrome seems less pushy.

On: A bank security check that leaves you guessing your own name

[suspectdoubloon]

Australian banks have a system called osko/pay id. You register with your bank a phone number or email I think. And when someone transfers money using your phone number you get a confirmation of their name.

[wfreeborn → suspectdoubloon]

And it's so good! Really love the work the NPP are putting into building the new payments infrastructure.

On: Ask HN: React Native or Flutter?

[suspectdoubloon]

I built an app in React native a few years ago, at the time it looked more mature than flutter. However I had a lot of issues regarding keyboard placement, I still had to write platform specific code, which wasn't too bad your could use .android.js or .ios.js. Android also felt like a second class target for React native. A lot of the css features wouldn't work. It could be a lot better now, but I haven't tried since. I very much believe it would be easier pursuing a PWA or writing native code for each platform.

On: Mazda is purging touchscreens from its vehicles

[suspectdoubloon]

I think voice is a better interface for setting navigation, music selection. I used it quite often with the google assistant through android auto. Its intergrated into my steering wheel i hold the button and I tell the car what I want. Im not losing focus on the road to find the knob/touchscreen whilst I perform the interaction. It gets but clunky when I forget the order of operations but the feedback is there.

On: Australia’s surprising disregard for free speech

[suspectdoubloon]

I have once concern with this article. The ABC isn't a state broadcaster its a public broadcaster.

[kube-system → suspectdoubloon]

Edit: nevermind, it seems that “state broadcaster” implies more than I thought.

[DanBC → kube-system]

State broadcaster implies the state controls the content, in particular has editorial control, over the content, and that's not the case with ABC.

The wikipedia page says this, which highlights that ABC isn't a state broadcaster.

> but is expressly independent of government

[te_chris → kube-system]

A state broadcaster implies state control. Public broadcasters such as PBS, BBC, ABC, RNZ, CBC, RTE etc are state owned but independently run

On: Apple is now a privacy-as-a-service company

[suspectdoubloon]

Hmmm, I don't think is 100% necessary. Web assembly and PWAs have caught up in the last few years. I reckon things like firefox os would have a better chance now.

[max76 → suspectdoubloon]

Some popular services like Snapchat and Tinder do not offer web versions of their service and are app only. The app ecosystem is important to get everyone on board because some companies prefer to keep their product off the web.

On: Google Just Gave 2B Chrome Users a Reason to Switch to Firefox

[suspectdoubloon]

A dupe from the other day? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20056864

On: Incognito no more: Publishers close loopholes as paywall blockers emerge

[suspectdoubloon]

I guess for test on iOS would be to see if you could store something to localStorage as that doesn't work in safari would be one way to tell of your in incognito mode.

[0xADEADBEE → suspectdoubloon]

It would be nice if there were an app like CookieAutoDelete [0] for mobile Safari (or desktop Safari if Mozilla keep misbehaving!). You can disable cookies but that's trivially detectable. I guess it's trivial to detect, but it needn't be; something akin to Mozilla's Containers [1] on mobile Safari would be a step in the right direction.

[0] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-autode...

[1] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...

On: Linux touchpad like a Macbook: progress and a call for help

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I have an XPS13, I've changed a kernel command line parameter to change from a soft sleep to a hard sleep and battery life has greatly improved. The first comment in this reddit thread helped me out. https://www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/8b6eci/xp_13_9370_bat...

[tuananh → suspectdoubloon]

there's probably a fix for everything but i hate doing things like this to get a proper working laptop