Ah, cool idea. I’m currently integrating image processing features—crop, compress, and meme generation. Once that’s almost done, we can move on to integrating the workflow.
I think there's some process in the MBA education system where they physically remove the part of the brain that can construct plans and models more than one financial quarter into the future.
Back in 2014 when briar or something similar came up, we found the app.needed to signed in "online" first then it could be used offline.
There were apps used in 2019 but it wasnt enough.
The government "banned" 14 appps including element "because use by terrorists" meant anyone using element after the ban got a loud knock on the door by the stazi with 100-300 personnel, fully ready to engage in battle.
Have seen horror stories.
They used isp data to locate homes where element was used and then staked them out and made a big show of attacking at night.
Then the usual. Phones are confiscated and literal spyware installed.
That was Bridgefy that required initial online access to setup. Briar doesn't and never has.
Traceability of Briar users, if not the actual content, is certainly potentially worse than something like what Bitchat claims (don't use Bitchat it's provably not secure or private at all) with it's traffic obfuscation and multihop. However, the lack of multihop also makes it less promiscuous, so someone would have to be monitoring when you came in contact with the transfer source or destination, unlike multihop that just broadcasts to anyone so they can hopefully relay it.
that's why its difficult to trust these apps? i've been out of the game for years and i would rather be on the fence about the whole thing.
the problem i saw back in 2019 was adoption. it just happened suddenly and the scaremongering done by the government was top notch. literally any anti-government tweet or post was "deemed social media misuse", how dare you question the might of the great nation.
what i am saying is, in that heated environment, no one wanted to be the one holding the short straw so this tech did not play out, simply out of personal safety.
Why are people downvoting him? He's right (even though if his dream for "Azad" Kashmir came true, it would mean my family is Kishtwar would probably have to leave for Punjab or Himachal with only the clothes on their backs, but the current status quo means he might be detained indefinetly as well) - the DoT, Home Ministry, and State STFs have been rolling out fusions centers since the mid-2010s [0].
The rules are much more strict/draconian in JK [1]
uh... its fine. after 2 years i had to replace battery like i said and parts like the occasional burnt connector, cables, body is somewhat fragile but when my daily running cost is 0, these are small things.
i could use my car for my office runs but then it would cost me like inr 6-8k monthly in fuel+parking which is more than 0 what i currently pay so its fine.
its not a perfect machine, for inr 40k, i don't think it can be better. if i increase my budget to say 60-70, then there are more choices but this one is a good bet for now.
take ola for example. it is fine until it breaks. then its game over as their service is shit, same for others.
when a machine is more expensive, it is more complicated to repair and more expensive also. the simpler the machine, like mine, it has just body + lead acid battery + controller. nothing more. its easier to repair
i find it annoying that whenever there is a new browser extension on HN, i ask for a "firefox version" to which the response is almost always kneejerk "eww no" or something to that end.
So to see a firefox extension, that's refreshing. I hope you continue working on it and help improve the extension ecosystem
The same people bemoaning the war on general purpose computing or the surveillance state happily using Chrome has always been a truly bizarre disconnect I’ve never understood.
Maybe it’s age? I used Firefox since firebird, and Phoenix, and Netscape, but saying “try Firefox” might feel like talking about an archaeological relic to a 28 year old who has never even seen Firefox running.
They all rely on Google and Chromium's browser engine in the end, so make of that what you will. Firefox (plus its derivatives) and Safari are the only two other options if you want a different browser engine today.
I talked to brave supporters and they all say "Firefox is a pita to modify" but we have had waterfox and other derivatives, floorp and others for decades.
In the end, Brendan is the one who does not like Firefox for personal reasons and that's why brave isn't based on Firefox. Personal reasons but brave fanboys don't see it
Our focus is both fortunately and unfortunately 100% on local, main street businesses because that's the world my cofounder and I know and the problem we experienced ourselves. We think platforms like Acquire.com already do a great job for the online/SaaS world.
That said, a long-term dream of ours is to explore ways to let people co-invest in businesses in their own communities. It's a ways off, but it's part of the bigger vision.
Can we add workflows to this?
First merge all files then depending on output size compress to fit the size and other requirements?
Or take out page 35, then compress rest
Or extract page 2,5 and merge them and give me output withoit compress
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