Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit | fromlogin
Stop using DICT dictionary apps (such as GNOME/MATE Dictionary) (ctrl.blog)
54 points by mritzmann on Aug 13, 2022 | past | 61 comments
TeamViewer installs suspicious font only useful for web fingerprinting (ctrl.blog)
706 points by kevincox on July 20, 2022 | past | 235 comments
On-device browser translations with Firefox Translations (ctrl.blog)
312 points by zaik on July 10, 2022 | past | 84 comments
Bot detection methods that won’t inconvenience users (ctrl.blog)
2 points by zaik on June 13, 2022 | past
The Current Version of Popular Browsers API (Powered by Wikidata) (ctrl.blog)
2 points by zaik on June 12, 2022 | past
How to stop a robot vacuum from getting stuck on the laundry rack (ctrl.blog)
135 points by zaik on May 27, 2022 | past | 105 comments
Improve legibility and reduce layout shifts with x-height adjustments (ctrl.blog)
3 points by zaik on May 21, 2022 | past
Get your logo into inboxes with BIMI and email best practices (ctrl.blog)
3 points by clairity on May 20, 2022 | past
Syncthing: The Data Deduplication Master (ctrl.blog)
23 points by zaik on May 5, 2022 | past | 2 comments
Ruby 3.1’s incompatible changes to its YAML module (Psych 4) (ctrl.blog)
23 points by mooreds on May 5, 2022 | past | 3 comments
SELinux is unmanageable; just turn it off if it gets in your way (ctrl.blog)
491 points by HyphenSam on April 27, 2022 | past | 444 comments
Can you use a WebP file as an Open Graph Protocol image? (ctrl.blog)
28 points by zaik on April 25, 2022 | past
Get your logo into inboxes with BIMI and email best practices (ctrl.blog)
2 points by zaik on April 22, 2022 | past
Everything or Nothing: The missing James Bond theme song (ctrl.blog)
2 points by _fnqu on April 9, 2022 | past | 1 comment
The web is overrun by pop-ups and blockers haven’t worked in years (ctrl.blog)
2 points by djoldman on April 7, 2022 | past
The 0.5 MB of nothing in all Apple Music files (2020) (ctrl.blog)
407 points by mritzmann on April 7, 2022 | past | 224 comments
Should you trust a third-party bootloader to run newer macOS versions? (ctrl.blog)
3 points by nathan_phoenix on April 6, 2022 | past
Should you trust a third-party bootloader to run newer macOS versions? (ctrl.blog)
2 points by zaik on April 3, 2022 | past
Some discouraging anecdotes on how services handle account deletions (ctrl.blog)
157 points by nathan_phoenix on March 14, 2022 | past | 129 comments
A privacy review of Tribler, the onion-routed BitTorrent app (2021) (ctrl.blog)
3 points by cskau on March 13, 2022 | past
The distributed web isn’t ready for Russian Runet cutoff from the Internet (ctrl.blog)
14 points by giuliomagnifico on March 8, 2022 | past | 6 comments
What is the best file format for web shortcuts? (ctrl.blog)
2 points by ramboldio on March 6, 2022 | past
The web is overrun and pop-up blockers haven’t worked in years (ctrl.blog)
5 points by giuliomagnifico on Feb 22, 2022 | past | 2 comments
Cardboard: a scrollable tiling window manager (ctrl.blog)
214 points by SamWhited on Feb 20, 2022 | past | 84 comments
What are sparse files and how to tell if a file is stored sparsely (ctrl.blog)
3 points by pimterry on Feb 12, 2022 | past
Font-independent pixel-perfect negative CSS text-indent values (ctrl.blog)
2 points by todsacerdoti on Feb 7, 2022 | past
A Hypercore P2P innovation could bring more privacy to IPFS (ctrl.blog)
32 points by pimterry on Jan 25, 2022 | past | 16 comments
Systemd service sandboxing and security hardening (2020) (ctrl.blog)
293 points by capableweb on Jan 18, 2022 | past | 78 comments
Why HTML table cells won’t fit into your CSS baseline grid (ctrl.blog)
4 points by finite_jest on Jan 16, 2022 | past
Windows 10 supports Cal­DAV/Card­DAV but limits provider-support (2017) (ctrl.blog)
3 points by snthd on Jan 4, 2022 | past

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: