XPost: aus.computers   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 11/30/2025 4:11 PM, Jeff Layman wrote:   
   > On 30/11/2025 18:55, Mike Easter wrote:   
   >> Monsieur wrote:   
   >>> Felix wrote:   
   >>>> s|b wrote:   
   >>>>> Felix wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> https://helium.computer/   
   >>>>> Why exactly is it kewl?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> It's fast, best privacy and unbiased ad-blocking by default, no   
   >>>> adware, no bloat, no noise, fully open source, very clean look, etc.,   
   >>>   
   >>> But still uses Chromium, so no thank you.   
   >>   
   >> If you are going to build a browser, it HAS TO have a layout engine; you   
   >> don't want to start w/ a hammer and chisel. The open source chromium's   
   >> engine is actually blink, off webkit a long time ago.   
   >>   
   >> If you are 'politically' anti-google, I'm not sure that should extend to   
   >> everything opensource that google has ever contributed.   
   >   
   > The problem is that the complexity of modern programs/apps/OSs is beyond the   
   understanding of any individual. I see that Chromium has over 36 million lines   
   of code; how can anyone know what all that code does? Google maintains   
   Chromium, and according    
   to the Chromium blog ():   
   > "In 2024, Google made over 100,000 commits to Chromium, accounting for ~94   
   percent of contributions."   
   >   
   > If the ~94% holds true for chromium since it appeared in 2008, that would   
   mean about 34 million lines of code came from Google. What does it all do? Has   
   anyone gone through it all in the same way that GrapheneOS has done with   
   Android?   
   >   
   > And, as far as I know, the only extensions you can get for any   
   Chromium-based browser come from the Chrome web store - not even a "Chromium   
   web store"! That is an even worse position than Android, as you can get apps   
   from F-Droid and others.   
   >   
      
   The LLM-AI have read the code.   
      
   And that could speed up your analysis.   
      
   With the usual caveats on dimensional limits and stupidity and so on :-)   
      
   I was surprised, when I asked it some questions about the   
   Thunderbird tree and it knew the answers. Like, where in   
   the tree the code for this or that was stored.   
      
       Paul   
      
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