Because Google is a major source of funding for Mozilla. I don't remember details, but they tried to be funded by other search providers. It didn't provide enough funding, though.

I guess promoting Google search is essential for them to keep building great products. And guard net neutrality. If we don't like it, we are probably not donating enough.

I love Firefox, it's still a great browser, but it's really sad to have "management made us add this trash feature so Mozilla can keep the lights on" updates every couple of months.

I buy their VPN but can’t use it due to lack of Mac support. Nice way to support them and show them they can build useful services we will pay for simultaneously.

Mozilla VPN is now available on Mac![1] As of December last year I believe [2]

[1] https://vpn.mozilla.org/ [2] https://www.engadget.com/mozilla-vpn-mac-linux-201939740.htm...

…in only a handful of markets. As a user in Sweden I wouldn’t complain too much, if it weren’t for the fact that the VPN platform they’ve built on is literally Swedish.

Shameless plug!

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The reason I think about a Pocket Premium subscription. However I'd prefer paying 20$ a year with no perks (or let's say just the premium fonts) over paying 50$ for features I don't need.

money goes to mozilla, not firefox [1]

doesn't seems to be well spent [2]

[1] https://www.pcmag.com/news/mozilla-signs-lucrative-3-year-go...

[2] http://calpaterson.com/mozilla.html

Take a look at https://tldr.sh/.

I have the WD19TB and it is great. I've never had problems with it, though Dell updates its firmware frequently, so it seems they are still tuning it.

I do have it, too and I have to say despite it's being a fucking computer on its own it works astonishingly well under Linux, especially compared to the docking stations I had before. Feels like they really cared about their Linux support. Tested with both my XPS 9310 and my Precision 7530.

They also have a mobile app with downloadable maps. Look for Mapy.cz.

I used it throughout whole Europe, and found it superior to even local apps (map content) and OSMAnd (map rendering).

can you contribute to OSM like with maps.me ?

OSMAnd allows some limited amount of contributing to OSM. But it is not a replacement for Vespucci (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Vespucci).

Sadly, no. Though there are some other ways to do this (OSM Go!, StreetComplete, Vespucci)

AFAIK to a degree.

There is no better app like maps.me with there usability for me

I also used it,and I liked it.

This is part 3. Part 2 discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23445575

It has been presented to me as an alternative to GSM. It's short for Long Range. They marketed it as a product for smart city, not smart home.

But of course that doesn't mean you can't use it that way.

Is it turtles all the way down?

That would not be noticeable to HN people apparently

"Scientists discover it is turtles all the way down" Bad: 0.9998 - Good: 0.0002

I was really surprised that modern smartphones are not able to ring an alarm while they are turned off.

My daily driver, Sony Ericsson ELM, rings an alarm each morning I need it, for the last ~9 years. Even when it's off, even if the battery is dead (once had a problem with a charger, couldn't even boot the phone, but it rang each morning for a week).

My iPhone? If it dies, it dies. Not even talking about Android.

Yeah, old Nokias could do that too. I assume they came with an RTC chip with a programmable alarm, instead of using the main CPU for everything, like most smartphones.

Old Nokias still do that! I'll be sad when mine dies.

Yes, that surprised me too. But do you have any idea how your phone's alarm can ring when the battery is dead? Does it have a second battery?

Most phones turn off before the battery is truly 100% dead.

IIRC, some of these old phones do have a second "coin cell" battery, which keeps the clock running even when the main battery is removed (the SIM card is usually below the battery, so you have to remove it to exchange the SIM card).

My pebble watch does this. When it goes "flat" it reverts to time and alarm only mode which lasts for about 24 hours.

Interestingly Apple Pay works when iPhone dies

I don't think you want to do a blind test on a bike.

You could wrap the tubes in cardboard tubes so you couldn't see what they were made from.

Well, a while ago I saw this code (on my own project!): window.open("?controller=users&action=changePassword&name=" + user_name + "&password=" + password)

I was horrified, glad it isn't live yet, and I fixed it immediately. But I'm still wondering whether I was so sleep-deprived or drunk when I wrote this. It's over SSL, so it should not be that big deal, but still, GET shouldn't be used for such things.

Well you don’t seem to validate the existing password prior to authorizing the change.

Good CSRF protection on GET requests is also near impossible to implement as GET is intended to be a “safe” request as in a request that does not modify a state but this isn’t something that is actually practiced.

Actually, I do. This is not a form for user to change his own password, rather a administrators form to change another user's form. And for such actions the administrators identity and privileges are checked. But I understand your reasoning and thank you for pointing it out.

And yeah, I try to use GET only for safe requests, but I should be more careful.

Another big deal is that it'll get stored in server logs too.

It's a big deal since it will be visible in access logs in plaintext, so if the logs are compromised your users would be too.