doctor_radium

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   by doctor_radium 3y ago

   I was vaguely aware of this practice, but not the "evil bit" gag. The funniest thing I'll encounter today!
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   by doctor_radium 3y ago

   > Whitelisting the Opera Mini browser how? > That's why it's not just browser, it's browsing habits based on your IP and location in addition to fingerprinting where appropriate Mini is a barely configurable hosted brow
3. 123.▲
   by doctor_radium 3y ago

   See my comments below. Would appreciate you whitelisting the Opera Mini browser globally. I'll then be happy to take back some of the things I said.
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   by doctor_radium 3y ago

   TL;DR: Also off topic. 20 years ago I was beta testing a browser nobody's heard of and happened upon a mainstream PC accessories seller like pcconnection.com or the original cdw.com with a poorly designed site: malformed cookies, impor
5. 125.▲
   by doctor_radium 3y ago

   I would argue it's even worse than that. Spoof your UA string or other behavior to achieve the best user experience, then find yourself blocked by 50K Cloudflare sites for spoofing: https://community.cloudflare.com/t&#x
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   by doctor_radium 3y ago

   And what is considered by some the best UFO photo ever was taken in Costa Rica in 1971: https://news.co.cr/best-ufo-photo-in-the-world-taken-at-aren... UFO researcher Leslie Kean obtained a copy directly from the Costa Rica
7. 127.▲
   by doctor_radium 3y ago

   Not that I'm drawing conclusions, but have you considered the possibility that the stuff that crashes is the alien equivalent of the ATV or the hoverboard?
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   by doctor_radium 3y ago

   I was a Commodore guy in the 80's and 90's so didn't go for Computer Shopper as often as the rest of you, but did buy the occasional copy. Having said that, today when I encounter the phrase "high capacity magazines&quot
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   by doctor_radium 3y ago

   Indeed. Although I'm a little surprised that CPU access isn't one of the features denied through simple anti-fingerprinting measures. Edit: After a brief search there (thankfully) doesn't appear to be such a straightforward w
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    by doctor_radium 3y ago

    > humans gradually getting locked out of and giving up on online services because the bots are more patient and more skilled at proving their humanness than humans are. I think the fact that users are willing to give the site the finger
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    by doctor_radium 3y ago

    I really want to sell a t-shirt that reads "I didn't visit your web site to play video games". Incidentally, my other t-shirt would read "I don't care about your stupid app".
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    by doctor_radium 3y ago

    I believe the ID.me system went down in flames. Got snagged by this myself for 2021 but opted to call a number and speak to a person instead. Shortly afterwards I discovered an article suggesting my reaction wasn't unique.
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    by doctor_radium 3y ago

    Hear, hear! The problem is that browser complexity has exploded to the degree that at this point it seems impossible for a small team to reinvent the wheel. Who wants to write a web assembly engine from scratch, let alone the rest? My main