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by legrande 5y ago
I never liked digital/virtual sharecropping. Hosting your own site might mean people can't discover you as easily, but if it means a service like Youtube/OnlyFans doesn't pull the rug from under your feet, then self-host
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by legrande 5y ago
> Does the browser support (manual) self-updates at all, or has that functionality been disabled entirely? It has been disabled, as per the policy. It looks something like this in the policies.json file: { "policies":
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by legrande 5y ago
LibreWolf is mostly a bunch of policies. If you go into the preferences pane, you should see a note: 'Your browser is being managed by your organization'. When you click the link, there's a bunch of 'features' disab
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by legrande 5y ago
Got a 2FA prompt for my Google account which said something like: 'Tap the confirm button on your phone to verify it's you'. Just dawned on me I switched to a dumbphone about 5 years ago for privacy reasons and binned my smar
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by legrande 5y ago
You could generate ideas for domain names with this too. Many people work backwards from a domain name to build their business/project/whatever. That is, the domain is dreamed up first before the name, instead of having a name f
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by legrande 5y ago
Firstly, I believe everyone's intelligent, just in varying degrees. One of the biggest insults you can inflict on others is calling them stupid. Many people take that to heart. But to answer your question: you typically change your lan
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by legrande 5y ago
> There's probably an advanced setting buried somewhere if you _really_ want to turn that behavior off, but why would you? You can create a policy for it { "policies": { "DisableAppUpdate": true
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Setting Up a Remote Dev Environment When You’re a Cloud Skeptic(blog.tilt.dev)
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Netflix Drive(netflixtechblog.com)
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by legrande 5y ago
I recall a talk by Jeff Bezos regarding starting the 'Prime' business model. He said something like: 'What do you do about people who abuse the all you can eat option?'. My take is that there will always be a few outlier
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Overcompensated(rekt.news)
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by legrande 5y ago
> Relief. When I solved a problem I had been struggling with for a long time. I like to call this an 'Aha! Moment'. They happen rarely enough though, so the dopamine hit is not enough to really enjoy programming. Also: progr
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by legrande 5y ago
> Hacker News has software to detect vote manipulation (ie. asking friends to upvote) Putting on my conspiracy robe, I imagine it's not just about 'friends upvoting friends', but the relative ease at which new accounts are
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What are DAOs? What to know about the ‘next big trend’ in crypto(cnbc.com)
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by legrande 5y ago
Wow. Incredible list. Thanks for sharing. Noticed some of them weren't NSFW domains, just problematic ad-tech domains, but still very useful.
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by legrande 5y ago
NextDNS is great and all, but it's another third party that could be handing your data over to god knows who. PiHole is local and I don't have to worry about my data being misused.
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by legrande 5y ago
Who bears the brunt of the task of collecting every adult/NSFW domain out there? Doesn't such a list grow by huge numbers each day? What is the name of this list, and where can I get it?
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by legrande 5y ago
Great, AWS is gonna have a bunch of Operational Relay Boxes which GCHQ would use to siphon & store personal data. One good reason to block AWS at the IP level, although that would break using the Internet, since so many sites rely on
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by legrande 5y ago
> It's for protection from ISPs. Insofar as there are shitty ISPs that sell your data, yes. Most ISPs don't though. Also: I trust a VPN based in Gibraltar more than an ISP which is known to sell your data.
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The Treaty of Westphalia, 1648(archive.schillerinstitute.com)
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by legrande 5y ago
> Are people so gullible that they see an ad for NordVPN, think “oh shit I need to protect my security”, and then buy NordVPN Well not the people serious about VPNs. The ones I consistently see popup in online discussions about what VPNs
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by legrande 5y ago
Simply pointing out common phrases used by fellow HN'ers for research purposes and the crime of curiousity
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by legrande 5y ago
Anyone here had their telomeres counted? Apparently it's the most accurate indication of how long you will live: https://outline.com/Ex2Z2R
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by legrande 5y ago
> an illusion of automation meant to fool others They even say it on the site: 'Artificial Artificial Intelligence'
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by legrande 5y ago
> AMT workers use VPNs to work around geographical restrictions Interesting. When I go to login to Amazon with a VPN it puts me in a CAPTCHA loop and never lets me access my account. I have to login with a residential IP address to acces
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by legrande 5y ago
> With climate change the risk of fires will go up Is `global warming` a more appropriate term/phrase, since the climate is known to change all the time? I think `climate change` has gained a certain momentum however and people use
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by legrande 5y ago
No brainer for hyper intelligent alien beings to merely watch and not interfere with humankind. We would be like ants to them in contrast to their intelligence. If humans had to understand their level of tech it would mean we would have to
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“my point is that”(hn.algolia.com)
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What crypto companies are saying about regulation(marketwatch.com)
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“Well, It Depends”(hn.algolia.com)
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