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sureIy commented on Every wondered how Facebook spoofs Gmail message list snippet text?    · Posted by u/chrisjj
HenryBemis · 3 months ago
Facebook could implement the feature that could tell you which of your friends is within walking distance, so you can grab a coffee, but nope. Also facebook = cancer, and unfortunately now we have more cancers (TikTok, etc.)
sureIy · 3 months ago
They actually did at some point, but people hate that. https://howfinity.com/how-to-use-facebook-nearby-friends/
sureIy commented on Every wondered how Facebook spoofs Gmail message list snippet text?    · Posted by u/chrisjj
aleph_minus_one · 3 months ago
> in some circles dropping Instagram means decimating your pool

Rather: dropping Instagram means improving the (average) quality of the people in your pool. :-)

sureIy · 3 months ago
Not if you're under 25
sureIy commented on Every wondered how Facebook spoofs Gmail message list snippet text?    · Posted by u/chrisjj
lysace · 3 months ago
HTML email was a mistake. I believe the guilty party is Microsoft with Outlook 97.

https://winworldpc.com/product/microsoft-outlook/97

sureIy · 3 months ago
HTML was a mistake.

What if browsers just returned texts with links and auto-linked and auto-embedded them like markdown does? Only on request. A true user agent.

Well, I would have settled for HTML 1 for the forms.

sureIy commented on Every wondered how Facebook spoofs Gmail message list snippet text?    · Posted by u/chrisjj
sneak · 3 months ago
Obvious, but worth repeating: it goes away when you delete your facebook account. Stop using gmail.

You cannot control others. You _can_ control yourself.

Don’t be the honey in the trap of big tech surveillance platforms. Being on these platforms legitimizes and encourages their use for your friends and family.

Delete your facebook and instagram. Sell or trash your oculus. Buy a domain and email hosting and migrate off your gmail.

sureIy · 3 months ago
Unfortunately some people want to have some semblance of social life and in some circles dropping Instagram means decimating your pool.
sureIy commented on GitHub issues is almost the best notebook in the world   simonwillison.net/2025/Ma... · Posted by u/ingve
eviks · 3 months ago
> It has excellent search

How is it excellent when current logs could do with a bit of redesign doesn't find the comment (requires quotes to find it)

And then a tiny typo "current logs could" do with a bit of redesing also fails you

sureIy · 3 months ago
Confirm. GitHub search is "search" not "excellent search"
sureIy commented on The WinRAR approach   basicappleguy.com/basicap... · Posted by u/frizlab
LeoPanthera · 3 months ago
(I know this article isn't actually about rar, but...)

It's surprising that anyone still cares about the rar file format. lzma, as used in .7z, has superior compression, and neither are particularly fast so it's not about performance.

7-Zip is BSD licensed and has a native Windows UI.

sureIy · 3 months ago
"Best" doesn't always win. We'd be sporting PalmOS if that were the case.
sureIy commented on CivitAI Policy Update: Removal of Real-Person Likeness Content   civitai.com/articles/1502... · Posted by u/50kIters
sureIy · 3 months ago
What has been the problem exactly? Just generic "fake news" or did the platform generate porn?
sureIy commented on We’ll be ending web hosting for your apps on Glitch   blog.glitch.com/post/chan... · Posted by u/js4ever
duck · 3 months ago
Why is Glitch and Pocket both shutting down the same day and announcing today?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44063662

sureIy · 3 months ago
You may be surprised to find out how many more things are happening today! It's definitely a conspiracy.
sureIy commented on OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive   bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/minimaxir
eloisant · 3 months ago
You don't get where Zuck is without a huge ego and power hunger. If is plan was to retire as a billionaire, he could have done so years ago.
sureIy · 3 months ago
> huge ego and power hunger

Some people should probably be stopped before they get too hungry. Same with some bald guy in Eurasia right now.

sureIy commented on Run GitHub Actions locally   github.com/nektos/act... · Posted by u/flashblaze
mdaniel · 3 months ago
> Actions is one of the pieces that make GitHub money.

How do you figure that? I'd buy "lock people in the platform," but in that way GitHub Issues has been the moat for far longer than Actions has

sureIy · 3 months ago
I figure because they charge for minutes, I'm not saying that it actually turns a profit. My company also pays for certain "xl" machines.

u/sureIy

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