MrAlex94

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by MrAlex94 7y ago
> e is no way you can guarantee, even for a few months, that System1 won’t change Waterfox in any of its privacy aspects. But if they did, they would legally have to notify the users of those changes (GDPR etc) and would lose all the use
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by MrAlex94 7y ago
Don’t think it would be possible (or at least feasible?) to make something closed-source with the MPL?
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by MrAlex94 7y ago
> That is too bad, everyone has their price though so not unexpected. I think that’s a little unfair, makes it sounds as if there is malicious intent. I was just thinking of a way I could grow Waterfox with a company that would understan
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by MrAlex94 7y ago
Probably just bad phrasing on my part. Also, Waterfox is OSS? There are definitely some security patches that have been released that I’d recommend you have; so for your sake at least use an up-to-date browser.
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by MrAlex94 7y ago
That’s just how the Mozilla platform works for newer products (that Waterfox has inherited).
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by MrAlex94 7y ago
Sorry if I was phrasing incorrectly. System1 are a search syndicator and that’s how they’ll be pushing forward with it. A lot of people seem to have extrapolated more than what’s actually happened.
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by MrAlex94 7y ago
Hi all, Waterfox dev here. I’d appreciate if people read the blog announcement here as well: https://www.waterfox.net/blog/waterfox-has-joined-system1 While I’ve always kept Waterfox privacy friendly (and it will remai
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by MrAlex94 7y ago
> As somebody who lives in the UK (London area), I've never even heard of this company N26, let alone aware that they had UK operations. They've had ads plastered all over central London tube stops.
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by MrAlex94 7y ago
Unfortunately I cannot update my comment. But looks like my browser was blocking “known trackers” which is why they were not showing up.
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by MrAlex94 7y ago
Hmm, not getting these. I disabled uBlock for my results. I'll see what else may be the cause.
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by MrAlex94 7y ago
> No it's not fair because what they report as egregious is not the tracking themselves but the context! Council websites are public services. And it says in the report "citizens are entitled to expect that public services do n
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by MrAlex94 7y ago
I see - thanks for the info. So all relating to Google from what I'm getting on the website request.
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by MrAlex94 7y ago
It doesn't invalidate what I've found though? Also Brave themselves market as being privacy friendly, blocking ads and trackers etc... is it not fair to judge them as well if they are reporting this as egregious?
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by MrAlex94 7y ago
Apologies - Privacy Badger
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by MrAlex94 7y ago
So I have read this report, but it would be good if there were some example URLs of where this is happening. Take for instance Lambeth's website ( https://www.lambeth.gov.uk ). I've browsed through a few public facing pa
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by MrAlex94 7y ago
Interesting, may I ask why you are rooting for them?
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https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/... “Our findings suggest that even a first low cumulative dose of Ecstasy is associated with decline in verbal memory. Although the performance of
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by MrAlex94 7y ago
It needs to be used incredibly frequently and at very high doses. “Some people taking MDMA have died following severe overheating and other medical emergencies. Deaths following the use of MDMA usually involve high doses and/or the sim
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by MrAlex94 7y ago
Very nice. Reminds me of the excitement of finding new websites years ago when the web felt like the wild west!
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by MrAlex94 7y ago
I disagree. The UK could be viewed as more "socialist" than Ghana, but it is consistently ranked as more economically free: https://www.heritage.org/index/visualize?cnts=unitedkingdom|... Also, with the tacti
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by MrAlex94 7y ago
I imagine it also depends on what it’s being spent on. If it’s not used effectively, no amount of money will make any difference - and as you said probably exacerbate the problem.
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Okay? I was talking about your egregious remarks about the homeless situation in London. It’s by no means peachy, as austerity is making things worse - but it can’t be compared to homelessness in the US where there are barely any social saf
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by MrAlex94 7y ago
> Since your governments go ahead and remove people who are trying to live in public spaces, you don't see them, and you assume they don't exist. From this, I assume you aren’t from the UK and don’t actually have any idea about
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by MrAlex94 7y ago
Bar the main roads, there’s not a lot of traffic down residential streets in London.
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by MrAlex94 7y ago
At this point there’s no way you aren’t pulling my leg. The research paper showed that increasing the amount of floors increases the price per floor. Are you saying that these towers control demand? So if they lower the amount of floors the
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by MrAlex94 7y ago
https://content.knightfrank.com/research/478/documents/en/20... This research shows that there’s an average of 1.5% price increase per floor. Care to share a counter-claim source?
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by MrAlex94 7y ago
> But how was the cost of surrounding old builds affected? Not sure I understand? Edit: Anyway, the poster I was replying to was making the point that these towers are alleviating demand and subsequently pushing prices down, which is not
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by MrAlex94 7y ago
The author is previous deputy chairman of the National Trust and English Heritage. A quick search would’ve shown you who the author of the column is. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Jenkins
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At least in the UK the price per square foot greatly increases after each new build that replaces an older one. Surely prices would go down? You can even verify yourself. Go on a property portal such as Zoopla or Rightmove and compare the c
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by MrAlex94 7y ago
Sorry I’m talking in relation to the UK. It’s a much different reason for high prices here than somewhere such as SFO.

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