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Dusseldorf commented on Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable/relockable   grapheneos.social/@Graphe... · Posted by u/pabs3
unicornporn · 8 days ago
> Want location? Give the app a location point I've fixed for that app.

How do I do that? Been using Graphene for many years but did not know this was possible.

Dusseldorf · 8 days ago
You can't; OP was making a list of GrapheneOS wants without realizing they were mostly just describing how GOS works. That bit was the only miss.
Dusseldorf commented on British Columbia is permanently adopting daylight time   cbc.ca/news/canada/britis... · Posted by u/ireflect
Aurornis · 10 days ago
When we had kids I thought daylight savings time was going to be some kind of nightmare because ever DST thread on the internet cites children as the reason why's it terrible.

Then it was a complete non-issue for our kids. I had this conversation with several parent friends and they couldn't figure it out either.

At most we've had a day or two where the kids wake up 10-20 minutes later than the target time, but it's not a big deal. Honestly it takes me longer to adapt than my kids.

I can believe that some kids are hyper sensitive to clock changes, but the more I talk to fellow parents I think it's a minority case. Traveling a couple states away is a bigger swing than DST.

I think this is a talking point that came up on the internet at one point and then got amplified because so many liked the direction it was going, but never stopped to think about how accurate the claim was.

Dusseldorf · 10 days ago
Some people think that if their toddler misses naptime by 5 minutes it will be a disaster. Fairly sure it's just a vocal minority kind of thing. Totally with you though, our kids never seem to notice.
Dusseldorf commented on Open Letter to Google on Mandatory Developer Registration for App Distribution   keepandroidopen.org/open-... · Posted by u/kaplun
kodebach · 16 days ago
Like you said, for years now they have added more and more restrictions to address various scams. So far none of them had any effect, other than annoying users of legitimate apps, because all the new restrictions were on the user side. This new approach restricts developers, but is actually a complete non-issue for most, since the vast majority of apps is distributed via Google Play already.

In the section "Existing Measures Are Sufficient." your letter also mentions

> Developer signing certificates that establish software provenance

without any explanation of how that would be the case. With the current system, yes, every app has to be signed. But that's it. There's no certificate chain required, no CA-checks are performed and self-signed certificates are accepted without issue. How is that supposed to establish any form of provenance?

If you really think there is a better solution to this, I would suggest you propose some viable alternative. So far all I've heard for the opponents of this change is, either "everything is fine" or "this is not the way", while conveniently ignoring the fact that there is an actual problem that needs a solution.

That said, I do generally agree, with you that mandatory verification for *all* apps would be overkill. But that is not what Google has announced in their latest blog posts. Yes, the flow to disable verification and the exemptions for hobbyists and students are just vague promises for now. But the public timeline (https://developer.android.com/developer-verification#timelin...) states developer verification will be generally available in March 2026. Why publish this letter now and not wait a few weeks so we can see what Google actually is planning before getting everybody outraged about it?

Dusseldorf · 16 days ago
Because without this early resistance, there wouldn't even be vague promises of hobbyist/student exemptions. I think it's important to make community objection to the entire idea known loud and clear, especially when changes like these are absolutely ratcheting.
Dusseldorf commented on How did Joann Fabrics die while Best Buy survived? It wasn't Amazon   governance.fyi/p/how-in-t... · Posted by u/crescit_eundo
phendrenad2 · 17 days ago
Once again I'm reminded that the HN crowd operates on a hypersolipsism where reality is continuously constructed from first principles based on one's own ideals.

For anyone who can see past their own mental blocks and reads this far, the Best Buy app has 1.5 MILLION ratings on the App Store and is #18 in worldwide shopping apps. The Walmart app has SEVENTEEN MILLION ratings. But yeah, nobody uses shopping apps. Silly me!

Dusseldorf · 17 days ago
I mean, you're up there positing that a company is definitely failing because their app is terrible. Accusing others of constructing a reality based on their own principles is a bit of glass house stone throwing, no? Practically every company with an app that isn't a tech company has a terrible app.
Dusseldorf commented on Students Are Being Treated Like Guinea Pigs: Inside an AI-Powered Private School   404media.co/students-are-... · Posted by u/trinsic2
jcranmer · 23 days ago
I really, really hate the modern trend of scrollbar design. I guess it makes some amount of sense if you're aiming for a mobile phone factor, where real estate is somewhat limited, but changing the scrollbar from a widget that lives functionally outside of the content it is scrolling to a translucent show-only-on-hover widget that overlays the content (and can thus become functionally invisible if the content is just the wrong color) is a real step backwards in UI design.
Dusseldorf · 23 days ago
I finally got frustrated enough to go in and manually increase the default scrollbar size in Firefox. Slim scrollbars are awful both to look at and to use. I'm working with an ultrawide monitor here, please give me more than 0-3 pixels of scrollbar!
Dusseldorf commented on Japan's Dododo Land, the most irritating place on Earth   soranews24.com/2026/02/07... · Posted by u/zdw
Dusseldorf · a month ago
In the US we also use the phrase "type A" to describe someone who is very fastidious or anal-retentive, but I've never known it to be related to blood type. Wonder if it shares roots?
Dusseldorf commented on Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass   age-verifier.kibty.town/... · Posted by u/JustSkyfall
brian-armstrong · a month ago
It seems unlikely that "is user adult" is not already easily modeled by any of these companies to within a very high degree of confidence. Even 15 or 20 years ago Google search could bracket your age pretty effectively. It doesn't seem like this adds metadata that wasn't already there.
Dusseldorf · a month ago
Except that in the legal sense, "is user adult" flips from false to true overnight, and there isn't an easy way to account for that in any model that doesn't include verified ID. Same reason many liquor stores ID anyone who looks younger than 40.
Dusseldorf commented on Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft   theverge.com/tech/865689/... · Posted by u/Anon84
dangus · a month ago
I don’t plan on using the feature and I don’t plan on using Windows much longer in the first place, but I find that going beyond the ragebait headlines and looking at the actual offering and its privacy policy and security documentation makes it look a lot more reasonable.

Microsoft is very explicit in detailing how the data stays on device and goes to great lengths to detail exactly how it works to keep data private, as well as having a lot of sensible exceptions (e.g., disabled for incognito web browsing sessions) and a high degree of control (users can disable it per app).

On top of all this it’s 100% optional and all of Microsoft’s AI features have global on/off switches.

Dusseldorf · a month ago
Until those switches come in the crosshairs of someone's KPIs, and then magically they get flipped in whatever direction makes the engagement line go up. Unfortunately we live in a world where all of these companies have done this exact thing, over and over again. These headlines aren't ragebait, they're prescient.
Dusseldorf commented on Ian's Shoelace Site   fieggen.com/shoelace/... · Posted by u/righthand
Dusseldorf · a month ago
I've been tying my shoes using the Ian knot for years (decades??) now. Makes your laces sit a bit funny compared to regular, but my shoes never come untied by accident. Highly recommend trying it out if you have this problem even occasionally. Once you have the muscle memory down, it's a nice minor life upgrade.
Dusseldorf commented on Statement from Jerome Powell   federalreserve.gov/newsev... · Posted by u/0xedb
Dusseldorf · 2 months ago
He certainly doesn't beat around the bush here. Very nice too see someone of his stature stand up and call out these shenanigans for what they are.

u/Dusseldorf

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