koepnick (via Hacker News):
This is revolting and an anathema to the open source movement. A movement, I might add, Microsoft is abusing here.
We’re told that this is for security… But what possible point is there when I can simply clone the repository and use more dedicated tools for proper searching and analysis?
So what possible reason is there?! Do you NOT have enough of our data? Is it not enough to monetize every bowel movement, you now feel the need to track which individual lines of code I’m browsing?
I was on an older machine and needed to search for something in OUR OWN REPOSITORY and couldn’t. I actually want people to be able to search our codebase.
martinwoodward:
While searching across all repos has required being logged in for a long time, when we enhanced the search capabilities earlier in the 2023 we had to extend this to repos as well [Hacker News].
This is primarily to ensure we can support the load for developers on GitHub and help protect the servers from being overwhelmed by anonymous requests from bots etc.
See also: The technology behind GitHub’s new code search.
Previously:
GitHub Open-source Software Privacy Programming Search Web
Roman Loyola (via Hacker News):
Since the MacBook Air doesn’t have a fan for the SoC, its performance will throttle down during processor-intensive work to maintain a proper operating temperature. The M2 13-inch MacBook Pro, on the other hand, has a fan that expels excessive heat so the chip can keep chugging along.
The AirJet is what Frore calls a “solid-state active cooling chip” that measures 27.5 by 41.5 by 2.8 mm, a lot smaller and thinner than a typical computer fan. It’s so thin that Frore was able to take an M2 15-inch MacBook Air and fit a set of AirJet chips inside the laptop. AirJet can keep the MacBook Air temperature at a proper level so the chip doesn’t have to throttle down. Using the Cinebench R23 benchmark, an off-the-shelf M2 MacBook Air was 7 percent slower than the M2 MacBook Pro. But the modified M2 MacBook Air with an AirJet setup matched the Cinebench score of the MacBook Pro.
It’s a proof of concept, not a product.
Apple M2 Hardware Mac MacBook Air MacBook Pro Thermal
Catalin Cimpanu (2019, via Hacker News):
A former high-ranking Mozilla executive has accused Google of intentionally and systematically sabotaging Firefox over the past decade in order to boost Chrome’s adoption.
He is not the first Firefox team member to come forward and make such accusations in the past eight months; however, his allegations span far beyond current events and accuse Google of carrying out a coordinated plan that involved introducing small bugs on its sites that would only manifest for Firefox users.
[…]
“Google Chrome ads started appearing next to Firefox search terms. Gmail & [Google] Docs started to experience selective performance issues and bugs on Firefox. Demo sites would falsely block Firefox as ‘incompatible’,” he said.
[…]
“Over and over. Oops. Another accident. We’ll fix it soon. We want the same things. We’re on the same team. There were dozens of oopses. Hundreds maybe?”
It could be nefarious or could simply be that they all use Chrome internally and don’t do very much testing.
mtVessel:
There was a period of time when sites pretty much worked everywhere. In the last five years or so, the number of sites that only work in Chrome was risen precipitously. It’s either malice or incompetence, and I have no trouble believing either.
I continue to find less of the Web working with Safari, but so far I’ve always been able to fall back on Firefox.
Previously:
Firefox Google Google Chrome Google Docs Mac macOS 13 Ventura Safari Web
