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by epicide 9y ago
You can recognize that you're biased and still be biased.
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by epicide 9y ago
I think this is a great point. As I put in a different comment, people are naturally going to organize into groups no matter what. You also can't realistically expose yourself to everything (nor would you want to). So there has to be
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by epicide 9y ago
Echo chambers obviously happen even on sites with larger userbases (follower groups on Twitter, particular subreddits, etc.). I don't know if having walls built into the system helps or hurts. Or does nothing at all. Ultimately, I don&
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by epicide 9y ago
> [ABP] makes no secret that it charges big companies for whitelisting services – it mentions it right in its FAQ. From [1]. I'm not sure what better fits the definition of selling out. [1] https://techcrunch.com/201
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by epicide 9y ago
So as long as I tell you I'm screwing you over, it's okay?
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by epicide 9y ago
> So could you explain us why you pick ABP over uBlock? He's not asking you to explain why you appreciate ABP. He's asking you why you still use it.
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by epicide 9y ago
Yeah, one of the best decisions/discoveries I've ever made was just putting a little PayPal donate button on fruitbasket.io. It's something I threw together in a few hours, but I guess it helped people. I'm still seeing
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by epicide 9y ago
I understand your point that they don't need fine grain controls, but does uBlock Origin require anything beyond the defaults? I'm just not seeing the benefit from using AdBlock Plus, anymore.
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by epicide 9y ago
The fact that AdBlock receives money to break the very thing they're supposed to fix (at the user's expense) is pretty messed up. Sure, it's better than nothing, but that's really not saying much. There are better option
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by epicide 9y ago
They wouldn't be adding it to Chrome if it did. That's the problem.
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by epicide 9y ago
There's a huge but subtle difference between the prevalence of ad blockers vs an ad blocker that is both backed by an ad company and built into the browser (presumably with no way to turn it off). We've seen examples of ad blocker
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by epicide 9y ago
I used to use a Sansa Clip+ with Rockbox installed as my main music device. I would highly suggest one of those if they weren't discontinued and now kinda pricey for what they are. I would say if you really need FLAC support, go for on
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by epicide 9y ago
"We realize this is bad as well and we are on your side. It's just that the cosmos (fortune) has cast this upon us all. Woe is us! ... Unfortunately, you'll need to buy our other product to do this." Edit: a word.
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by epicide 9y ago
Even if that's true, that's not even half the problem. Especially because of the public outcry, I wouldn't be surprised if ISPs even lower consumer prices to try and drive the point home of "told you so". Then, on
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by epicide 9y ago
> Communication theory is the medium constrains the possible messages. Looking at it this way makes a lot of sense.
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by epicide 9y ago
So all newspapers have the same message? Edit: I'm not saying the medium has zero influence on the message. I'm just pointing out that a) the medium does not dictate the message, and b) effectively "beauty is in the eye of
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by epicide 9y ago
I understand your point that some things are worse than others (for humans), but I think it also completely ignores the fact that we don't (usually) think of smallpox as a tool as much as something that happens. Kind of like how we don
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by epicide 9y ago
And just like any other tool, opiates can be used for good or bad. The above also confounds what I'm saying with some predetermination that some are born to become addicts.
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by epicide 9y ago
A particular medium is not (necessarily) to blame. Even the proliferation of what can be perceived as low quality examples of a medium isn't purely to blame. A large part of it is in how you interpret it. Even with books, it's all
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by epicide 9y ago
I definitely went through the pain of trying to set up Webpack 1.x on a large project. The documentation was probably the worst part (it was adequate as a reference, but really assumed you already knew some of the fairly complex topics). I
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by epicide 9y ago
Using this should make WebPack work with LESS files. I'm no expert, but my understanding is that this says "for all files matching *.less, run them through the CSS and LESS loaders, then use the Extract Text Plugin" (which pu
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by epicide 9y ago
I haven't looked into this too heavily, but my understanding is that Homebrew prefixes everything it installs. It does not touch any existing files, so uninstallation (even just to reinstall) is just deleting a directory. MacPorts does
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by epicide 9y ago
I definitely agree that puzzles/challenges for their own sake are pretty pointlesss. However, I also think (guided) puzzles/challenges are really good for learning new tools/languages. It can be hard to just sit down in front
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by epicide 9y ago
And I'm more likely to read a pop-up?
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by epicide 9y ago
With all the junk mail I get from my cable company about "upgrading" my service to include some crap I don't want, I would think they could find a way to slip in a "hey, your modem's busted" notice.
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by epicide 9y ago
Unfortunately, it's all about appearance. A back cover that pops off _appears_ more fragile to most people. Similar thing with water resistance. They could make a resealable back cover. However, you now have support trying to determine
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by epicide 9y ago
The 6S's had a bad batch or two. You might want to check if your serial number falls into that range: https://www.apple.com/support/iphone6s-unexpectedshutdown/
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by epicide 9y ago
Possibly, but the people reading resumes are still subject to boredom and short attention spans.
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by epicide 9y ago
Don't feel the need to explain everything you mean. Some people will understand what you mean with very little. Others likely won't understand regardless of how much explanation you provide. Make everything that is critical super
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by epicide 9y ago
Serious question: even if a currency is only good for exchanging for other currencies, doesn't that still make it a currency? In other words, even if you can't go buy clothing or games or hosting with BTC, doesn't the fact th

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