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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
I'm not typically one for conspiracy theories but this thread got tanked at the weekend [0] and I'm not seeing much in the news about the actual story [1]. I'll certainly be watching the company I pay a premium for privacy fo
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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
I agree with the second point emphatically. I enjoy that the barrier to entry with places like IRC are higher because it's directly correlated with the quality of discussion, in my experience at least. Regarding the other points, we ma
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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
Tangentially related: it's a pity there aren't more websites like this one: [0] It's nice to compare different translations in-line. The last line of section 3 is an excellent example of how different translations can be: [1]
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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
This is so dumb if it's true. We're witnessing a huge shift towards a privacy-conscious climate and a major competitive advantage for Apple is that they ostensibly respect it; to act against that interest is inviting trouble.
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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
I agree with this - it's there (annoyingly, phrased exactly the same way I wrote my comment but I swear I didn't know and I haven't been on that page in months!) but they're not exactly leading with it. uBlock Origin has
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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
Also I upvoted you - I'm not sure why you're being downvoted without explanation since you've axiomatically added an interesting viewpoint to the discussion.
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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
A couple of quick points: - Your ad profile will be built based on pages you visit as you indeed note, not just things that you click. Any noise you can introduce surely has to be a win for obfuscation? Would be interested in your thoughts
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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
I used this for some time and it's great; built atop ublock origin and does exactly what it purports to. The only downside is that it is used by such a comparatively small market-share that it's harder to blend in, but I imagine m
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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
I don't dare ask why you can't just change the A/C!
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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
I'd agree with this. I can't stand prolix documentation when I'm just trying to get something done (I'll never understand why people extol the Python docs!). I used bropages [0] for a while but it isn't as expansive
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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
I think it's a bit unfair you're being downvoted because you raise some good points. A lot of people agree POSIX is a mess and you've highlighted a fraction of reasons related to that. Would any of the downvoters care to eluc
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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
It's interesting to see the gradual monetization of Open Source. 10 years ago this was just something you did for fun but with the proliferation of services charging for it, the landscape is shifting rapidly. Github are moving in some
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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
This has been a long time coming and I'm surprised it's taken until 2019. A better time to have done this would have been back at the 2-3 migration; I'm not sure the community will be able to survive another transition like t
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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
I'm wildly skeptical of this. Do you have anything I could read to better understand it? From where I'm sitting, this isn't Sabermetrics, chiefly because football isn't a series of set pieces with very clearly defined pl
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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
Not seeing anyone else mention this problem so perhaps I'm an edge case but I have a 3 month old Macbook Pro (work supplied, fortunately) and I'm getting double presses on certain keys. I've managed to ameliorate it a bit wit
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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
Not the person you're replying to but hopefully useful information: I stopped using Google services incrementally over the past year or so. I started with this distro on my 5x (but had difficulty getting updates to work) and eventually
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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
It was my understanding that YouTube isn't profitable; has there been any new data on this that I've missed? Lack of similar-sized competitors in the space would certainly indicate that the margins don't really stack up and y
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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
It's an interesting development because the amount of people who actively seek to bypass paywalls must be negligible. While it's mostly second nature to a large swathe of the HN crowd, devtools/private browsing/Google-re
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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
I've worked in a few NZ dev shops and rigor isn't in my experience, high on the agenda! I also had no idea NZ Herald even had a subscription model, so thank you.
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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
It would be nice if there were an app like CookieAutoDelete [0] for mobile Safari (or desktop Safari if Mozilla keep misbehaving!). You can disable cookies but that's trivially detectable. I guess it's trivial to detect, but it ne
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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
I had no idea that this was the case; thank you for highlighting it. I also have no idea what would posses the Safari team to think settings I have enabled aren't distinct from data foisted onto me by websites I visit but that is a que
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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
Just to expand on this a little bit, it is contingent on ISP and as far as I know, the following websites: - voat.co - 4chan.org - 8ch.net - liveleak.com - archive.is - bitchute.com - zerohedge.com - kiwifarms.net I think I'm right in
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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
They'll have a long way to go before outpacing London [0] but perhaps Brexit will have some value after all! I can't link to the primary source but Private Eye is one of the best oversights in the UK. The proprietor, Ian Hislop, w
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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
An interesting take on a place where they did their best to accommodate is Slate Star Codex's Culture War thread on Reddit [0]. I've wrestled with this for a while but as Youtube, Facebook and Twitter become ubiquitous, forcing vi
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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
It is my understanding that Fortnite precipitated a large swathe of apk installs without the Play Store [0], though I'd agree it's mostly atypical: [0] - https://9to5google.com/2018/09/07/fortnite-an
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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
This isn't correct, at least not in the country my VPN is in [0]. What is interesting though is that the price is higher than it's been for a while: [1]. Possible skimming of consumers who won't move to Epic if they do pull i
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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
I did the exact same thing as you around the same time-frame and with the amount of comments I see on here extolling Amazon I assumed I was an outlier. What made you tail off? I was in the UK and I started noticing that while they had orig
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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
As well they should; it sounds objectively like an abuse of privacy. I don't much care for Google's Sensorvault DB [0] either but at least it's not (AIUI) real-time and completely unfettered. It'll be interesting to see
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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
It's not that amazing if you think about it: a culture fostered around anything doesn't mean that something has to be particularly and objectively good. Consider Pop music for example. Also with modern technology and distribution
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by 0xADEADBEE 7y ago
I think you're being uncharitable towards OP's post; he doesn't make the case you're suggesting. Although I'm not sure that your broader point is too far off.

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