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the_simple_computer
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the_simple_computer is a personal blog at thesimplecomputer.info about security and programming. Since 2014, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-03-05, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link a post about a month spent using the lightweight Midori web browser. The linked writing is about running a lean browser on older hardware.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
In addition to all the plugins that everyone has listed, I'm also interested in hearing about the default settings that should/need to be disabled in Chrome or Firefox so as to prevent most/all of the "dial-home" features. For example, unchecking the features in Chrome > Settings > Show advanced settings > Privacy, like "Use a web service to detect spelling errors" or the offer to translate pages further below. Whil…
Comment linking /the-private-life-of-chromium-browsers
on “Ask HN: What's the best ad-blocking, privacy-enhancing extension set up?”Submitted List of Privacy-respecting webmail as a story · 2 points
HN discussionOK: Epiphany Web browser (webkit based) under Gnome 2.30 on gNewSense is coping with 12 tabs or so and using 170Mb. Tabs include The Verge and other heavy sites. I have javascript enabled. Scrolling is a bit slow on this old laptop. On a 1024 wide screen you get 9 tabs then arrows (i.e. Epiphany does not wrap the tabs bar). http://thesimplecomputer.info/1-month-with-the-midori-web-br... Midori has had a facelift (Gn…
Comment linking /1-month-with-the-midori-web-browser/
on “Where is my lean browser for browsing gone to?”