kevingrahl

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Web-Dev (Front-End) - I'm into privacy, encryption, data hoarding, taking things apart, DIY, Sustainability..

• Hannover, Germany

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Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
It’s very obvious that you did not read more than the title.

How on earth did they not teach? It’s exactly what this article is all about.

Comment · 4 years ago
FYI; The example image currently only shows its alt text.
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I’m currently using “HACK for Hacker News” which is similar to Apollo. Don’t get your hopes up to high though.
Comment · 4 years ago
Your personal website is beautiful!

The recipes section inspired me and now I need to add something similar to mine. And props for not tracking.

Comment · 5 years ago
I’d also be interested in something that works with Ubuntu. I’d love it if you could give me a shout should you find something.
Comment · 5 years ago
I’m not happy with how Backblaze handled informing affected users at all.

They were aware of it on March 21 and said that they “were preparing a communication with affected users at that time”.

I received an email about that only yesterday.

That’s 52 days it took them to write me an email which imo just isn’t good enough and afaik does not conform with the GDPR requirements for data breaches.

Comment · 6 years ago
Here’s an analogy I like to use for people who don’t care about privacy; Its similar to not caring about free speech just because you have nothing to say. It’s not just about you the regular joe who is of no particular interest to companies/governments but about those people who absolutely need it.

You not caring about what they do with your data is totally fine but in my opinion you should care that they (in this case Google) have not only yours but everyone’s data. It’s astonishing what you can do with just some metadata. You can influence groups of people like never before. Swing Elections & change governments. Influence public opinion about literally everything to no small degree.

You’re not just giving them your uninteresting data you’re also giving them an enormous amount of power.

Comment · 6 years ago
That’s not true.

DDG has their own crawler and their results are a composite of many different sources of which Bing is one.

It’s easy enough to check. I searched my name on both DDG and Bing, the results are completely different.

Comment · 6 years ago
Apologies for the late reply, only just saw your question. In case you haven’t answered it yourself: Some appear to have the “button top” that you know from AA’s but most appear to omit those. But even those without the button top have a smaller contact on the positive side similar to the button top.
Comment · 6 years ago
Not who you asked and I’m not up to date when it comes to the world of video streaming but personally I’d prefer a web where content creators would have to pay to distribute their content. Pay as in have some server, domain, bandwidth and whatnot. It’s then up to the creator to decide how/if to monetize their content. Just like the old days.
Comment · 6 years ago
Perhaps not the best example for how abstract something is. The 18650 battery cells that most electric vehicles use looks very similar to an AA battery. You certainly couldn’t tell them apart from an icon.
Comment · 6 years ago
I’m no expert here but wouldn’t that go against the E-privacy Directive 2009/136/EC, according to which you must:

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