JoshMnem

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   by JoshMnem 8y ago

   If you haven't seen it, you can put dev tools in its own window.
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   by JoshMnem 8y ago

   > My standing solution is to use one browser to log into big-G services, another to log into FB, and a third for everything else. Check out Firefox container tabs.[1] You can isolate sites within one browser and save the associations bet
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   by JoshMnem 8y ago

   I tend to reach for Firefox's dev tools (or a node REPL) more often these days. Firefox has a much better CSS editor. I will run some dev tools in Chromium but avoid it for browsing. Once I saw that my account was linked to Chrome&#x2F
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   by JoshMnem 8y ago

   It started with an older version. Logging into Google automatically linked your Google account to the settings page. At least in the last version, clearing your private data (ctrl-shift-delete) no longer deleted Google cookies. To completel
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   by JoshMnem 8y ago

   If you're building a content-based site, use a static site generator. If you're building an application that genuinely needs front-end interactivity, then Vue is quick and easy. (See also nuxt and vuepress.) https://www
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   by JoshMnem 8y ago

   It's probably worse than 90%. The major anti-virus programs appear to track your browsing history too. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/avg-privacy-policy-browser-s... https://www.makeuseof.com/tag&
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   by JoshMnem 8y ago

   Safari's URL masking is doing a terrible disservice to society by making people ignorant. Make the Web more usable by educating people, not by hiding basic information from everyone.
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   by JoshMnem 8y ago

   Looking at everything that Google is doing at the moment, it looks like a shameful power grab for the entire WWW. I suspect that Google wants to gradually get rid of URLs, because if users can't identify websites by their addresses, th
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   by JoshMnem 8y ago

   We're the way we are because our ancestors had these traits and they were the ones who survived. Music is a system for encoding knowledge, especially across generations.[1] Humans appear to sexually select for musical ability.[2][3] We
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    by JoshMnem 8y ago

    I had similar problems. Certain key combinations in vscode would cause the cursor to delete or corrupt large sections of my code and delete the undo history. After losing hours of work a few times, I went back to Vim. I really like the proc
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    by JoshMnem 8y ago

    > one site, one representation. I don't think that's a good idea. "Mobile first" doesn't mean "mobile everywhere". You can use umatrix and stylus Firefox extensions to eliminate most page bloat. Firefox
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    by JoshMnem 8y ago

    > it doesn't show that any of your friends are on there yet. That wouldn't work in practice. People shouldn't have to share the list of websites they visit with third party entities, and some of us don't use social me
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    by JoshMnem 8y ago

    > The UI is so bad it looks like an hackathon-level quality. It's called Material Design.
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    by JoshMnem 8y ago

    I agree generally with what you're saying, but I think they once at least tried to not be "evil". I don't think they are trying very hard any more. They were willing to give RSS/Atom a crippling blow at the launch o
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    by JoshMnem 8y ago

    I think the idea of circles came from Diaspora.[1] I've always suspected that Google Plus' design killed it. It was so bloated that it would barely run on my netbook with 4 GB of RAM. I think that if it had looked like Craig'
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    by JoshMnem 8y ago

    Google is really losing its way. AMP always looked like an attempt to appify the Web on Google's platform, and that URL scheme makes it even more worrying. When your AMP pages appear in Google's Search results, users aren't v
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    by JoshMnem 8y ago

    Stylus[1] (permanently removing all the fixed elements) and Firefox reader mode are the only things that make Medium bearable. Static site generators are the way to go. [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/
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    by JoshMnem 8y ago

    Skillfully creating humor might be a sign of intelligence, but I don't think that mindless consumption of it is. Fail videos are fast-food humor, simple enough for a little kid to laugh at. Fail videos were just one example. Other exam
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    by JoshMnem 8y ago

    Socrates was right in some ways, but there are differences. Writing has caused damage to memory abilities (I work in a related field), but it has large benefits for cultural knowledge. Offloading our thinking about email responses or decisi
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    by JoshMnem 8y ago

    I think AI tends to be a race to the bottom due to human nature. If one isn't paying attention (and most people aren't), all youtube video recommendations lead to things like mindless fail-videos.
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    by JoshMnem 8y ago

    I picture something more like floating, life-extension vats where people spend their whole lives, getting entertainment, VR images, and drugs piped into their brains. Robots will do everything else. Living involves the acts of experiencing
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    by JoshMnem 8y ago

    I have similar worries about AI. Example: I never let computer programs reply for me by clicking pre-written responses to emails or messages. The designers of those products are making the mistake that the less you have to think about thing
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    by JoshMnem 8y ago

    I guess it depends on where you're going and what you're looking for. Many hostels have private rooms that are comparable to hotels, but with more opportunities to meet people. They aren't for everyone though. http:/&#x
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    by JoshMnem 8y ago

    > how do you even find them without sites like Tripadvisor? Stay in hostels. Many of them have private rooms in addition to dorms. Ask the other travelers and hostel staff for recommendations. Book directly and help the hostels save mone
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    by JoshMnem 8y ago

    Thanks, I'm in the process of migrating from Thunderbird to mutt/neomutt and am wondering if emacs might have advantages. I already use Emacs for Org Mode. I'm also looking for a scriptable, text-based RSS reader: https:&#x2
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    by JoshMnem 8y ago

    I don't think "hostile" is the correct word, since it improves my browsing experience. It does more than stop modals -- it prevents 90% of the design, advertising, and tracking garbage on the Web, and I can now read websites
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    by JoshMnem 8y ago

    > Tools like e.g. mutt are little silos and don't compose that well. I've migrated to emacs, where the userland is much more composable. What do you use for reading email in Emacs?
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    by JoshMnem 8y ago

    You can reduce the problem by turning off CSS animation and blocking elements with Stylus[1][2]. Also turn off all CSS and JS by default and enable resources on a site-by-site basis with umatrix[3][4]. If a page isn't readable, you can
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    by JoshMnem 8y ago

    PHP 5.6 is reaching the end of security updates in four months and 80% of PHP sites are still running it (or lower). https://secure.php.net/supported-versions.php
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    by JoshMnem 8y ago

    > the shared hosts (still?) running an ancient version of PHP. Still 80%+ of PHP sites. https://w3techs.com/technologies/details/pl-php/all/all https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tick