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by ericra 5y ago
This one is available on Standard Ebooks[1]. It's fairly common knowledge, but I would highly suggest this site as the definitive source for high-quality copies of public domain works. I've contributed to their project before, a
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The primary reason for not enabling every list is that some additional % of sites will "break" (although frequently, this will only be cosmetic). An example of this is that the lists can block very general class or id attribute su
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Just to make people aware who may not be, you can block a lot of cookie banners and other annoyances that are not blocked in uBlock Origin by default by enabling more specific filter lists in the extension options. In the "filter lists
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To disable javascript for specific site in uBlock Origin, click the extension icon, then click the "more" button in the menu several times until all options are displayed (you only have to do this step once total, not per site). O
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Same for me. Teddit ( https://teddit.net/ ) is a reasonable alternative to old.reddit.com provided you don't care about being logged in. I'm not affiliated with them, but I have used their Reddit front-end quite a
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For those hitting the "monthly article limit" paywall, this can always be bypassed on The Atlantic by opening the link in a private window.
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I have always used a Roku for TV streaming, but things like this are making it more difficult. Something similar happened with Amazon and the Twitch app for Roku. Amazon obviously wants you to use a Fire product to access Twitch, and they
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by ericra 6y ago
I opened two tabs to relax tonight: Hacker News and Lichess. This was the top HN thread, and Lichess is having issues because of the fire. I didn't know what OVH was before 10 minutes ago, but this seems really impactful. I hope ever
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Just a quick aside for uBlock Origin users viewing NY Times articles: You can typically bypass both the paywall and scroll lock that comes along its removal via ubo by disabling javascript for the site. This can be done on a per site basis
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For those interested in the topic of microbes living in/on our bodies, I highly recommend Ed Yong's book I Contain Multitudes: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27213168-i-contain-multi... He is a fant
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This is very cool, and I'm excited to dig in and try this out for native Windows applications. The Windows API is daunting, though. I've worked through their examples and reviewed the documentation on Github, but it's a bit
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ublock origin takes care of most of them. You will want to go to settings > filters and make sure that you have EasyList, EasyPrivacy, and EasyCookie all enabled. I would also recommend Fanboy's Annoyances filter list enabled, as
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Here is a valid Wayback Machine cache: https://web.archive.org/web/20210224224056/https://www.techn...
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Excellent, thank you.
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Just to clarify: Are you saying that you have and will always have the ability for customers to cancel their subscriptions online without contacting customer service? And the only reason OP was not able to do so was because of a temporary
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by ericra 6y ago
Unfortunately, Bank of America discontinued their "ShopSafe" virtual card service. It was a great resource, and I definitely miss it. I suspect that major banks/credit card companies don't like this service because it b
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I hope someone from the company will see this and respond. I found the free version of their service to be compelling and have considered a paid subscription. Making cancellation difficult is an immediate red flag for me, though, and I wou
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Even just removing the meat subsidy in the US (or replacing it with one subsidizing plant-based alternatives) would go a long way. I found this to be a well-written article about the topic: https://jia.sipa.columbia.edu/remo
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Before your edit, I assumed you were not being serious. Regardless of the claim that meat and dairy cause health issues... Bad diets generally do not make people die during the period where they are able to have children. Natural selectio
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I love VLC and have used it as my primary media player on every machine for as long as I can remember. I recently started exploring the command line options and I wrote a short (very basic) article on getting started with the VLC command li
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This is interesting timing given the FTC announcement for data collection from social media companies in the US yesterday. I wonder if there is any connection here like some government cooperation happening behind the scenes. The two event
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[Original Source Press Release]( https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_... ) I found this bit promising: "Concretely, the Digital Markets Act will: - Prohibit a number of practic
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How Did Madagascar Become the World’s Biggest Producer of Vanilla?(atlasobscura.com)
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I'm also a bit surprised about the inclusion of Discord here. Not only is their monetization different, but their daily userbase is pretty small compared to the rest of the list (I believe Reddit would be closest). It makes me wonder