In libgen, you can search for stuff and find books/docs that match the query, but unfortunately that appears to not be possible on sci-hub, which is inconvenient.
That said, both are incredible resources for academics, researchers, students or even folks just wanting to read up on a subject in more depth than Wikipedia has.
> iOS built-in adult content filter blocks all searches with the keyword "Asian,” assuming it's porn-related. Which means a 12 y/o Chinese-American girl might Google "Asian hairstyles" and find out that her culture is blocked as "adult content."
> Searches like "teen mental health resources" are also blocked, because "teen" is on the blacklist. Which is so dumb for a feature that's probably being used BY TEENS!
Wow. One of the biggest tech companies in the world, people.
> Yikes, please don't do or encourage using these in public - there are many accessibility devices (hearing aids, cochlear implants, etc.) which depend on MEMS microphones to function.
> You could inadvertently make the world much worse for people who already have a difficult time of things. Imagine carting a cellular and WiFi and bluetooth jammer around outside of a Faraday cage - it's insanely irresponsible and inconsiderate.
I wish all websites were as lightweight and fast as HN.
I sorta want to use New Reddit (because I like having smaller windows for multitasking and responsiveness makes that much more convenient) but boy is it painfully slow even on a 100+ mbps connection
Just checked, I'm on latest regular FF, non-nightly. I don't recall seeing it in the past couple days so maaaaybe it's resolved now? I'll keep an eye out for it in case I see it again.
I've been experiencing this too! On only one of my machines. I did a complete Windows reinstall but the problem persisted.
It doesn't happen too often, but iirc I saw a text glitch sometime in the past few days. Moving my mouse over the glitched area or a small scroll solves it for me too.
Browsing Reddit is so much easier in a mobile browser - at least for me. Allows me to open multiple pages in new tabs and browse them when convenient. Also makes sharing articles or pages to other places easier.
I've tried the apps - but nothing beats the browser for me. If they kill the mobile website, I'll just stop using Reddit.
How can you say that? It's definitely a significant barrier.
"Open source" is often used to appear more "friendly" to outsiders.
Something can be open source and still be used to lock people into a particular environment. Case in point: Chromium, Android, etc.
If the firmware/software on these devices isn't open sourced and can be remotely updated/flashed, then of course the manufacturer can access every bit of data the device handles.
It's important that we audit all telecom equipment carefully before deploying it, because they deal with lots of very sensitive data.
That said, both are incredible resources for academics, researchers, students or even folks just wanting to read up on a subject in more depth than Wikipedia has.