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Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users(ctrl.blog)
744 points by extr0pian 3y ago|449 comments
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by extr0pian 3y ago
Thank you! I just fired up Librewolf and turned off Fingerprint Resisting and my online banking now loads my transaction history. This had been a big annoyance and why I hadn't completely switched. The recommendation I got 6 months ago
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by extr0pian 3y ago
Yeah, I get the concept of using different browsers for different things to compartmentalize, and I've tried it, but to me it just seems like I'm making my life more complicated switching back and forth, and I feel like it's
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by extr0pian 3y ago
Just yesterday I had noticed that, "Suggestions from sponsors" in the address bar had been turned back on after a recent Firefox update, and then installed Librewolf. I really want to use it as my main browser, but certain use cas
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by extr0pian 3y ago
Might simply be the new normal in all US cities then. Though more terrifying when it's someone doing it in a larger vehicle.
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by extr0pian 3y ago
I've lived here (in Austin) for three years. My partner and I decided to move to smaller city in Washington state come November. There is a lot of things to like about Austin (and even Texas), but as someone who was born and raised in
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by extr0pian 3y ago
The author mentioned them already, but didn't recommend for violating the GPL, but I have an Onyx Boox Poke 3 and Boox Leaf that run Android that I've rooted. They're not very cheap (the Poke runs about $180). They're pr
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by extr0pian 3y ago
This is the exact CAPTCHA that led me to delete my AirBnb account. I was just trying to log in and finally gave up after 5 or 6 attempts. The next day I tried again and was able to log in after the 3rd try. From what I understand, this CAPT
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by extr0pian 3y ago
I wonder if this is Android-based. That said, a custom homescreen launcher like O-Launcher and using ADB to manually uninstall/disable certain system apps, the stock browser, and app store would get you a similar outcome, but with a bi
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by extr0pian 3y ago
Tofu scrambles are awesome. One of my favorite meals is fried tofu with steamed broccoli and soy sauce.
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by extr0pian 3y ago
Same. Soy is great source of protein that's far less resource intensive and generally cheaper than factory farming. And the only times I've heard of people eating insects are from people attacking/insulting another group of p
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by extr0pian 3y ago
I'm using Thunderbird on Linux with an Outlook work account. Granted, I have to pay for 'Owl for Exchange' for it work, but I absolutely hate the Outlook program, I'm willing to fork out the $10/yr of my own money j
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by extr0pian 3y ago
Not sure to what degree Drew Devault is involved in this project, if at all or entirely: https://drewdevault.com/2023/06/19/Reforming-the-free-softwa...
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by extr0pian 3y ago
I'm not being hit with a paywall. I was hit with a popup to get me to subscribe was all.
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Rebuilding a Solar Powered Website(solar.lowtechmagazine.com)
1 points by extr0pian 3y ago|0 comments
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by extr0pian 3y ago
Agreed (mostly). HN is a form of news, but personally, I rarely consume The News™. A useful read is Robert Dobelli's essay "Avoid News Towards a Healthy News Diet": https://chuck.is/files/Avoid%20News_%20
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by extr0pian 3y ago
Super interesting. This far future allows for highly improbable events to occure, like the formation of Boltzmann brains. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boltzmann_brain
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by extr0pian 3y ago
Well said. It can be even simpler than buying a new device. Personally, I use a $100 Android device and via some ADB commands have removed app stores, email, and even the web browser, keeping the most useful such as navigation, a camera, SM
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by extr0pian 3y ago
I've been the social media person (community manager) for a few large companies: HTC for a few years, a Google account for a bit, then more recently for Qualcomm. At least for the larger companies in general that I've worked with,
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by extr0pian 3y ago
Wireless carriers have been pulling stunts like this over the last several years. For example, T-Mobile blocks all SMS messages with links that have a .xyz TLD. There's no indication that it was blocked by neither the sender or the rec
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by extr0pian 4y ago
The author said that their experiences with Linux was slow (Debian and Lubuntu were examples) and had no intention of using Linux because of these experiences. Personally, I don't know what they're talking about, but I've alw
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by extr0pian 4y ago
This is exactly it. I of course have a web browser on my laptop. If I'm running errand, going to the grocery store, or going for a walk, I have never had a need for it other than wanting to satisfy some random curiosity. Not having a w
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by extr0pian 4y ago
Correct. My phone isn't a "dumb phone", but it is certainly "dumbed down". I think that the people partially adopting or experimenting with using dumb phones are doing so to curb habits or escape something. Oftentim
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by extr0pian 4y ago
There was another HN thread not long ago about the "quest for a dumber phone": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34415704 I dropped a comment there where I said that while I spent hours researching the "pe
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by extr0pian 4y ago
The most obnoxious and frustrating captchas are the ones that make you count the dice and to choose the image with the dice that adds up to a specific number. You're given three images, but if you take too long solving, it gives you 10
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by extr0pian 4y ago
I moved my blog from Wordpress to just a static html/css site that I maintain myself, including the rss xml. It's certainly simpler and I've learned a great deal but maintaining even a personal website this way can be a pain
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by extr0pian 4y ago
I occasionally use epr to read epubs in a terminal. Works pretty well. https://github.com/wustho/epr
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by extr0pian 4y ago
I've had my eBay account suspended two or three times. All of them was because of suspicious activity in that I was using a VPN. I had to connect with someone on their customer support team to get it unlocked. I guess that's under
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by extr0pian 4y ago
This. I was born and raised in Portland and recently moved to Austin, having cycled and driven in both (though primarily in Portland). Both are often celebrated as being bicycle friendly, however in both cities, taking public transportation
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by extr0pian 4y ago
I've been seeing this happen on YouTube more and more where they identify a video as being explicit and that I must login with a Google account. Not having a Google account means I can't view the video - even youtube-dl can't

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