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by _zzaw 5y ago
Yeah, I didn’t realize that until I saw other people mention it. Felt kind of guilty, since I’d flicked it a few times thinking it set the mode only for me.
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by _zzaw 5y ago
If your devices are mostly Apple ones, and it’s just you, Apple’s iCloud keychain is actually very good. Syncing is excellent, and you can have things like encrypted notes as well. I was a longtime user of 1Password myself until they got gr
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by _zzaw 5y ago
I definitely agree. I’m just incredibly suspicious—and sick—of obnoxious ads, especially when they’re being pushed by companies whose products play a pretty major role in what I do online. We’ve seen how disgusting some of those smart TV ma
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by _zzaw 5y ago
Yes. It’s obnoxious, shabby, and needs to be shut down—swift and hard—before Mozilla gets the idea that turning its browser into a billboard is an acceptable method of making money. Because believe me, if this kind of thing turns out to be
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by _zzaw 5y ago
If it’s a one-time purchase, I’d definitely consider it. Subscription-model stuff would be an instant disqualifier.
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by _zzaw 5y ago
Yeah, I thought this post was going to cover potential security risks specific to QR codes. I’m not sure why there would be any ethical issues surrounding this question.
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by _zzaw 5y ago
Have you ever gotten a drink during a commercial break? Then I guess you’re a thief and a pirate who isn’t holding up their end of the deal. He’s certainly welcome to bar adblock-users from his site. That’s technically possible, if his CPU
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by _zzaw 5y ago
I don't see Apple coming out with a whole new device either. They don't have the kind of reputation in the gaming world that Microsoft or Sony has; going head-to-head with those guys now, with an unproven platform, would probably
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by _zzaw 5y ago
Nothing gets a one-star/delete from me faster than grubby monetization efforts like interstitial ads. Banners below the game, removable via a one-time IAP, are one thing, but an ad that takes over the entire screen for half a minute
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by _zzaw 5y ago
That’s no moon. It’s a space station.
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by _zzaw 5y ago
Heh, I remember reading about a few of the infamous ones. Most of them seemed generally harmless; I never got one, although if I’d gotten more software from MUGs and mixtape-style floppies, I might have. You are definitely correct about loo
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by _zzaw 5y ago
I had the same issue. They’re probably attempting some stupid smooth-scroll effect. Reader mode will fix it. (This is why, as a web dev, I never tamper with scrolling. It’s too crucial an interaction to have something go wrong.)
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by _zzaw 5y ago
macOS has gotten a lot less fun, starting with X. I remember no end of UI-customization utilities for pre-X Macs, some of which were really powerful, like Kaleidoscope. I loved being able to make the system look like an NeXT box (there wa
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by _zzaw 5y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperCard ]. I’d wanted to design interactive interfaces since before I even knew what those were. HyperCard, although it’s mostly forgotten today, was nothing short of revolutionary if y
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by _zzaw 5y ago
I’ll admit that I’m one of the people who’s increasingly convinced that what she’s describing is the true form of left-wing politics, at least right now, and I’m saying this as a leftist. I think at its core, true workable leftism is about
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by _zzaw 5y ago
Yeah, I think some of Apple’s “worst” products were actually very good devices that suffered from three fatal characteristics: too large, too expensive, and too soon. I loved those QuickTakes, but they were kind of bulky, and prohibitively
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by _zzaw 5y ago
If I’m understanding the key feature of blockchain-based stuff, it’s that it’s not just decentralized but distributed, right? Content is replicated across a whole lot of computers, rather than just sitting on one, and any modifications made
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by _zzaw 5y ago
Fully agreed. And yeah, when it comes to my expectations as far as how large companies respond to embarrassments, the bar is about as low as it gets. A tone-deaf non-apology that sounds like a robot wrote it is what I expect to hear, and I’
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by _zzaw 5y ago
And if this was a deliberate decision that Microsoft refused to undo, I’d be as outraged as everyone else here would be. But it wasn’t, and they did undo it, and I found their response impressively civilized and professional. So I’m not rea
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by _zzaw 5y ago
That’s a valid point. I’ll admit I am concerned about the survival of competent journalism, and as far as paywalls go, I can’t consider them unreasonable or offensive. Ads/trackers are a different beast entirely. Sure, they also provid
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by _zzaw 5y ago
I don’t think accidentally removing credits from a software license is exactly on the level of burning someone’s house down. In general, I wouldn’t say that causing someone harm should be dismissible with an apology, but in a situation wher
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by _zzaw 5y ago
Yeah, I think this is an example of addressing a mistake that other companies should take note of. I don’t trust Microsoft-sized corporations as a matter of principle, and I don’t typically give them the benefit of the doubt, but when one o
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by _zzaw 5y ago
AMP’s one redeeming feature—a shit-free browsing experience—is, as expected, being eroded bit by bit. I’m seeing things like autoplaying videos and popovers in AMP pages now. My go-to is readability mode, Instapaper, and turning JS off.
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by _zzaw 5y ago
The more important question is why people feel the need to implement adblockers. If ads were less obnoxious and intrusive, people wouldn’t block them. In short: current site monetization tactics are objectionable and deserve to be thwarted.
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by _zzaw 5y ago
That’s a mugging you’re describing. There’s an implicit threat of violence in being confronted by someone who demands your property, and drawing a weapon would likely be seen as justified. Retail theft—someone grabbing stuff and fleeing the
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by _zzaw 5y ago
Yeah, that just seems crazy. The OP said he wanted to feel like he had the option to escalate, but as far as I’ve seen, it’s typically the act of escalating a situation that harms a self-defense argument. I mean, maybe you could block a thi
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by _zzaw 5y ago
I’m not seeing how a pistol would help here. In most circumstances that I can think of, drawing a weapon against a shoplifter—to say nothing of using it—is more likely to result in charges against you than the thief. Unless you can prove yo
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by _zzaw 5y ago
It’s a photo of a generic AirTag, not the actual tag that was found—that one was apparently thrown away, which a few folks here (including me) find a little strange.
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by _zzaw 5y ago
And it’ll encourage the high performers to look elsewhere as soon as they learn their boss is doing creepy stuff like installing spyware on their machines. I think a lot of these “solutions” are rooted in the fact that managers—like the spy
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by _zzaw 5y ago
I’d be happy to pay $19 once, just as I’ve purchased my other apps. I’d even pay twice that, and I would also consider it fair to charge for upgrades. But I believe in paying for value, and the value of the software should be covered by a o

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