jdsin

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by jdsin 9y ago
Simple bookmarklet for paywall bypass. Write the following in URL and bookmark it: javascript:location.href=' http://facebook.com/l.php?u='+location.href Tested in Firefox
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by jdsin 10y ago
This is exactly the issue I encountered. I run a pelican static blog on github. I just host my comments as a simple flask app on www.pythonanywhere.com Code here: https://github.com/singhjaideep/flask_comment
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by jdsin 10y ago
Actually I wanted something even more simpler. No usernames, avatars,emails,threading, none of that. I just wanted the simplest way to add comments, and to keep spammers out, that it. I feel isso is more useful for blogs that have a ton of
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by jdsin 10y ago
Exactly! I host my blog for free on github, and the comments on free account from www.pythonanywhere.com.
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by jdsin 10y ago
I explored this for my static website (hosted on github), Didn't fit my needs exactly. So I started building one in flask and mySQL recently: https://github.com/singhjaideep/flask_comment
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by jdsin 10y ago
That makes sense. So we can, instead of mining anonymous data about users (like my other comment), can mine the webpage the ad is going to be displayed on. This would make it interest based. Thanks for your input!
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by jdsin 10y ago
Dang it! Back to square one. So it seems its a double edged sword. Personally I feel this is a good compromise. What would you rather have, something like this? Or something like Google Ads that follow you throughout the internet with help
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by jdsin 10y ago
That is true. They drive up prices on Google Ad prices. But I feel its a symptom more than the problem. Because these ad networks have a per-click payout system, they have to track each and every click. One way to fix this would be to have
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by jdsin 10y ago
Good question. Maybe target using some kind of heuristics? We can figure out who is loading our imgs: ip addresses, requesting browser details, load time, approximate location (city, state, country), what website is the user visiting (can f
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by jdsin 10y ago
I'll take a stab at it. Do not embed javascript at all! Javascript slows down the webpage, send creepy-tracking-stuff back to the ad network, and gets easly blacklisted in adblockers. We should not trust arbitrary 3rd party javascript
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by jdsin 10y ago
Commit everything to a github repo. I have one repo named Stuff lol
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by jdsin 10y ago
Absolutely! Some websites I can't even scroll properly without disabling ads. I like the Patreon idea, because of not middleman, so it certainly appeals to an audience. But I don't think its scalable. With ad networks like Google,
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Ask HN: How would you build a trackerless ad network?
3 points by jdsin 10y ago|15 comments