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by daveoc64 5y ago
Everyone can see the count on Stack Overflow, but there are several mechanisms in place to protect that count from all sorts of abuse (bots, tactical voting, second accounts etc.). The same is simply not true of YouTube or any other kind of
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by daveoc64 5y ago
Downvotes on Stack Overflow/Exchange require users to meet a reputation threshold (much like HN) and each downvote removes 1 reputation from the user that gives the downvote. Dislikes on YouTube and similar platforms don't have an
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by daveoc64 5y ago
If someone seeks out content that they wouldn't ordinarily interact with just so that they can dislike/downvote it or post nasty comments - that's an attack. If someone gets recommended a video and they don't like it, di
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by daveoc64 5y ago
How would you say this compares to the Web Monetization standard ( https://webmonetization.org/ ) and Coil ( https://coil.com/ )? I guess the question is from both a content creator and a reader's point of
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by daveoc64 5y ago
I answered that already. If you search for "hotels", they'll show you things related to "hotels". That doesn't require access to your browsing history - it's right there in the search term.
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by daveoc64 5y ago
> How can they make _relevant_ suggestions without spying on my browsing history, profiling it and phoning back to the mothership? If you search for "hotels", they'll show you suggestions that match "hotels". Doe
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by daveoc64 5y ago
As already noted, it's blocked because adult content filters were imposed by the largest ISPs and mobile phone networks to avoid having the government putting legislation in place to make it mandatory.
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by daveoc64 5y ago
People often don't think about the transition from a "public" page to a "private" page. Take Hacker News for example. If you go to the home page without logging in, you'll see a list of posts. Does this need HT
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by daveoc64 5y ago
>I don't know how you can think this will introduce any more friction for low income people. You need an ID to drive. You may introduce friction for illegal immigrants and mentally handicapped homeless. In the UK (where a requiremen
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by daveoc64 5y ago
I agree. Have been a cable customer (originally branded as United Artists, then Telewest, now Virgin Media) since the mid-1990s. Had cable broadband since 2001 (then branded as Blueyonder). Been through a lot of speed increases over the yea
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Agreed. I personally found them to be like "wow, look how hip we are young children".
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They can play an ad before and after the video, and often the video itself is some sort of sponsored content.
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No. That would not even remotely be classed as an electronic bike in the EU. It is far too powerful for that. His electric motorcycle had a top speed of 60 mph (97 km/h) and a motor power of 15 kW. The legal limits for a pedelec cycle
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by daveoc64 5y ago
That is what should happen, but not all banks implement every fraud countermeasure.
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by daveoc64 5y ago
I don't really get why this whole VPN thing works with Netflix. Spotify only allows free accounts to be used in a different country for up to 14 days[0]. I am surprised Netflix hasn't implemented something similar - your account c
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by daveoc64 5y ago
The BBC has been airing it for decades: https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/shows/arthur There are currently episodes available on BBC iPlayer.
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by daveoc64 5y ago
It meets the definition on Wikipedia ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancel_culture ). Unfortunately, the term tends to result in a lot of hypocrisy, as people tend to only call it "cancelling" when it's s
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by daveoc64 5y ago
A JavaScript API has been considered as a replacement for the user agent string, but it has two big downsides: 1) JavaScript must be enabled. If it's not, then the server can't get any of the user agent data - at all. 2) The serve
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by daveoc64 5y ago
I hope they avoid situations like the SameSite=None debacle[0] if they are going to freeze the User Agent header and not provide an alternative. The assertion of Mozilla seems to be: >At the time sites deploy a workaround, they can’t nec
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by daveoc64 5y ago
This article is written about UK networks, where none of the networks advertise data as being available at "2G speed". The only thing I can think of in the UK that's similar is, the "Always On" offering from giffgaf
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by daveoc64 5y ago
Such a system would be a nightmare for matching names reliably. There may be variations between different documents (e.g. it might exclude middle names, people might use a different name on different documents, accented characters, hyphens,
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by daveoc64 5y ago
I don't think the "sugar tax" has had an impact on the flavour of Coca Cola. Its current formula in the UK contains too much sugar to apply for any sort of exemption or reduction in the soft drinks sugar levy. The amount of s
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by daveoc64 5y ago
Additionally for the UK, if you do work using a computer (which I imagine most people on HN do), your employer is legally required to pay for an eye test if you request it. https://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/dse/eye-tests.
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My only wish for a new Notepad++ release would be to handle multi-monitor high DPI properly. https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issue...
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I just put "renew driving licence" into DuckDuckGo from the UK and there are two ads before the official Government website. [0] There's also a hilarious eBay ad on the side offering driving licence renewals! The first [1] do
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by daveoc64 5y ago
With SCA, it seems rare now to be asked to set up a password or PIN for 3DS in the UK. It's more common to get a one-time-use code via SMS or a notification in an app for transactions with a higher risk. Both of those make it possible
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As others have said, Apple was strongly opposed to introducing support for native third party apps on the iPhone not long before this essay was written. Apple's preferred approach was web apps that you could "install" to the
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by daveoc64 5y ago
I was reading yesterday about how "Old Reddit" is often used by a tiny proportion of users (~5%) and the vast majority of users are using a mobile app to access it. This varies by subreddit, of course, but anything with mainstream
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by daveoc64 5y ago
I am not a fan of making such functionality part of the browser. I use the HTTPS only mode in Firefox - it breaks some sites, and telling Firefox to disable the mode for a specific site doesn't always work. I feel like a plugin (HTTPS
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by daveoc64 6y ago
Given how the price doesn't seem to have increased in 10+ years (if ever?), this doesn't feel that unreasonable to me. Spotify swallowed the increase in UK VAT back in 2011, so really I think the increase is overdue.

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