karolg

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   by karolg 7y ago

   > Getting specific is harder on Google because it just omits or misinterprets my search query keywords quite often. I have this problem too. Google often thinks that I made a typo and presents me results for things I didn't searche
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   by karolg 8y ago

   I'm amazed that this f cked up system of obligatory tipping is still in use in US.
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   by karolg 8y ago

   I'm not planning any physical assault :D and I don't think that any software is worth any assault. It is just a tool, if I don't like it, I modify it or change to a completely new tool. The good thing is that I'm a progr
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   by karolg 8y ago

   I hate autoplay so much that probably no one in the whole universe hates it more than me. This is the stupidest human invention ever. </rant> I'm really grateful for customizability of firefox. I discovered "media.block
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   by karolg 8y ago

   https://www.mjt.me.uk/posts/falsehoods-programmers-believe-a...
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   by karolg 8y ago

   It is explained in the next paragraph what "npx" is: > Yep. cool? “npx” allows you to run a temporary package, which will be deleted right after each use. Use this command to try and experience how Fine works. Doesn’t hurt to t
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   by karolg 8y ago

   You've misunderstood settings. Blocking pop-ups don't have anything to do with notifications. They are completely unrelated functions.
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   by karolg 8y ago

   Actually, Firefox has UI for this. Click "Menu -> Web Developer -> Service Workers". This will open a special page "about:debugging#workers". It shows active service workers and allows you to unregister them. There
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   by karolg 8y ago

   I didn't know until today that there were user reviews on Netflix.
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    by karolg 9y ago

    I agree that you can make significant savings with G12 tariff in which night usage is about 30% cheaper than during a day in comparison with fixed-price G11. But unless you have your own source of renewable energy your car will be charged w
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    by karolg 9y ago

    I use e10s for about a year and I have processCount set to 4. It worked almost flawlessly and content process crashed maybe 1-2 times in this time. I enabled "Recommended performance settings" and Firefox changed processCount to 1
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    by karolg 9y ago

    I'm probably getting old because I can't stand this new trend of putting useless gifs (or mp4's actually) every two paragraphs in every article on the web. Oh, and of course all of them have autoplay enabled because sole purp
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    by karolg 9y ago

    One of positive outcomes from this new firefox strategy is that I will finally learn how to make browser extensions because only one addon I use (uBlock Origin) will work in Fx57 so I have to find alternatives or do it myself.
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    by karolg 9y ago

    Option to disable autoplay in background tabs exists in Firefox for so long that I forgot it isn't enabled by default. Go to about:config and set: media.block-autoplay-until-in-foreground = true In older versions they used another conf
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    by karolg 9y ago

    AVG also started doing this recently. I get a lot calls from family members and friends who aren't tech-savvy and can't differentiate between browsers. They think their "bookmarks" disappeared but the true reason is Chro
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    by karolg 9y ago

    If I understood correctly, it is technology similar to GTK+'s Broadway https://www.google.com/search?q=gtk+Broadway
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    by karolg 9y ago

    This icons don't look like anything to me. Main purpose of icons should be to replace text and McDonald's failed this time.