JacobSeated

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by JacobSeated 3y ago
Technically we do not need "proof" that our users are human, not even when using AdSense to monetize our websites. The only reason Google think we do is because they implemented AdSense incorrectly. E.g. Using an impractical and u
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by JacobSeated 3y ago
This is where I want to remind you, Stackoverflow is a Q/A site that sometimes contains stolen content from, as you put it, so-called "content farms" and the official resources. Now, I do have a Stackoverflow user as well, bu
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by JacobSeated 3y ago
Interesting. I find I visualize concepts more than often irrelevant details, so when asked to visualize a person knocking off a ball from a table, I might emphasize the visual details of the ball rather than the person. E.g. White with blac
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by JacobSeated 3y ago
Timestamps should probably never be used as a "unique" id.
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by JacobSeated 3y ago
Well, it is also unnecessary, as simple OSS solutions exist. Users however tend to be greatly annoyed and inconvenienced by reCAPTCHA, which has grown increasingly difficult to decipher for real users. It is basically insulting to present r
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by JacobSeated 3y ago
Lobbying is also a way to secure your interests, and there is nothing wrong with that as long as your interests are ethically defensible. You don't seem to have a list of specific complaints against Microsoft, and in that regard I actu
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by JacobSeated 3y ago
I would not mind that actually, because games developed my so-called independent developers are usually not that good. Creating quality games requires a large amount of cash reserves to pay for a creative team, including programmers; indep
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by JacobSeated 3y ago
I honestly do not care about that, if it was the case. Competition can be a very bad thing in this field, because it decreases the quality of the games by limiting compatibility with other, often older, established platforms, and forces peo
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by JacobSeated 4y ago
Installing a working e-mail server takes a few minutes in a terminal, and you are basically ready to send and receive e-mail out-of-the-box, even from a laptop if you wish. Only thing you need is setup SPF records and other similar small-ef
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by JacobSeated 4y ago
To late. Already deleted an account with thousands of followers. Engagement was low, so no big loss. It's probably best we just focus on our own platforms/websites. Haha
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by JacobSeated 4y ago
The GDPR has failed to reach a balanced approach to the issues from the start. They failed to account for missing and much needed technology (uniform, automatic and consistent consent mechanisms), and failed considering anonymization techno
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by JacobSeated 4y ago
Facebook should just start charging users that don't consent to tracking for targeted advertising. Etc. Problem solved, and we, the shareholders, will hopefully be happy too. It's been truly shit to own Facebook stock the last yea
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by JacobSeated 4y ago
The Zurich Fund website is hosted on godaddy, which is a big warning sign in itself. It's a Wordpress site if you try /wp-admin, unfortunately it has directory listing turned off on /wp-uploads and similar. Very few professio
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by JacobSeated 4y ago
virtiofs is supported by newer Docker builds. It used to be very buggy with permissions, but the latest builds should have solved that. I am personally slowly moving back to Docker after having used limactl for a long time. It's just a
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by JacobSeated 4y ago
Persistent sessions are not a problem – not having any security could be (E.g. Auto logout on location or IP change, and especially two-factor authentication on various actions), but that would still be depending on the user and various cir
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by JacobSeated 4y ago
Very interesting, and love the way Colin Hegarty took it, it's probably never worth to drag kids to court etc.
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by JacobSeated 4y ago
Honestly, I have always considered museums extremely boring and uninteresting, since childhood, a feeling that somewhat persists to this day. Some of them are even extremely depressing places. What I would like, however, is free visits to S
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by JacobSeated 4y ago
Interestingly, on some websites with paywalls, placing a dot at the end of the domain name actually allows you to bypass the paywall. It used to work on more sites, but it has since been fixed. I guess someone caught up to the little trick
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by JacobSeated 4y ago
Facebook is still making massive amounts of money, and is still hugely popular. It remains my go-to social network in spite of my complaints with conspiracy theories spreading, and I do not think Twitter, TikTok and others, are even remotel
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by JacobSeated 4y ago
I think, what happened in my case, is that I have challenged a lot of conspiracy claims in the past, hence engaging with said content, and that is probably why it gets promoted in my newsfeed. It still infuriates me though, because it is ex
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by JacobSeated 4y ago
We do not necessarily need to ban them; fact checking and labeling is actually better and more transparent and effective in the long run. We do not want Russia- or China level censorship, even if justified, because it probably will be abuse
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by JacobSeated 4y ago
What is worse, I have seen quite a few suggested pages spreading hardcore conspiracy theories.
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by JacobSeated 4y ago
– "... we are not obligated to provide an explanation for the action taken against your account... " Airbnb, Google, and others that feel this way needs to be strongly regulated, and there has to be sanctions and fines put on comp
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by JacobSeated 4y ago
In the end it is Microsoft's problem, since they are the ones that are losing valid SMTP traffic. If a sufficient amount of users are experiencing a loss of e-mail as a result, then they will be forced to fix it. There is almost never
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by JacobSeated 4y ago
Command-Shift-G is new to me, but it is too inconvenient, being forced to keep and extra hand on the keyboard for such simple operations. It breaks my normal work-flow when I am on my mac, which is most the time nowadays. There also is a sh
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by JacobSeated 4y ago
You have to press and hold the option key while the context menu is open. It is just inconvenient compared to other systems.
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by JacobSeated 4y ago
I am aware of that, but the fact is that this is less convenient than a standard "cut", as on other systems, so I honestly never use that. What I do instead is I have two windows open, and then I drag and drop between them. Also l
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by JacobSeated 4y ago
I find the Mouse is typically more convenient for cut on files, unless I happen to have my other hand on the keyboard. The shortcut keys on mac are often a two, three or even four combination whereas on GNU/Linux or Windows it will be
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by JacobSeated 4y ago
Supposedly the security issue is about copying and pasting passwords. Trust me, the alternative is much, much worse. You do not want users using the same password everywhere. I use a password manager, passwords are encrypted and only briefl
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by JacobSeated 4y ago
If you pay attention, you will note the authors of this decided to Ditch KDE and apparently design their own UI, which would be more like Mac. My point is, power users do not really want Mac desktop environment – it is just a "necessar

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