mtrower

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by mtrower 3y ago
> Otherwise the documentation for my furnace is... on the furnace. Sounds too simple, I’m skeptical it could ever work.
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by mtrower 3y ago
> it takes up 64 square feet of yard space! Not saying what should or shouldn’t be done, but the implication here seems to be that that’s a lot of yard space. Depending on yard size, that could be a crippling amount of space to lose, or
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by mtrower 3y ago
Unfortunately, it’s kind of crazy to use anything better, since — as you pointed out — most people won’t even care.
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by mtrower 3y ago
To be fair, how many of the populace 3000 years ago could make such a thing?
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by mtrower 3y ago
uBlock (at least uBlock Origin) doesn't block banners, at least not by default. Apparently you can adjust your filters to do so, but I didn't even know that was a thing until I looked into it just now.
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by mtrower 3y ago
I don't know about your experience (individual web footprints and all), but the banners I see mostly aren't really asking for permission. They're telling you that they use cookies, that by using their website you consent, an
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by mtrower 3y ago
It was definitely full page on desktop for me. Wayyyy way different from your typical cookie banner along the bottom.
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by mtrower 3y ago
It sounds like you're at least privileged in the sense that you have the apparent option . For a lot of people it's a serious deal to pursue alternate employment, especially if the conditions they are seeking to avoid are a comm
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by mtrower 3y ago
Yeah, think about how leverage works, those things really suck to swing around and manipulate if you just bang them out without consideration for balance. Especially the larger ones...
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by mtrower 3y ago
I wouldn't say it's used in passing. I'd say it's the entire point of their comment. Whether the usage was reasonable I don't feel qualified to comment on.
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by mtrower 3y ago
Not only USENET, but the internet in general. It's where Eternal September comes from (as in, you're describing the pre-cursor). When AOL came along, that September influx never ended... For better or worse, the net was overrun.
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by mtrower 3y ago
It absolutely doesn't. A friend of mine was a [player authority] (I forget the term) in the early days of Asheron's Call. As I understand it, that's basically what happened to them, and most of them went from passionate vol
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by mtrower 3y ago
> The mainstream platforms that have appeared since only brought politically correct faux civility that hid the aggression behind a system of rules that has only made communication less genuine and more toxic. This. I'm not exactly
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by mtrower 3y ago
I'm thinking maybe it depends on goals? I don't know what your goals are when you start projects; personally, I seldom start projects just for fun. If it's a program, then it's a tool I want to use. If it's projec
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by mtrower 3y ago
That's absolutely true. Alternate perspective, though --- might it be that "goofing around" was the goal here, and therefore the goal was accomplished?
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by mtrower 3y ago
> Am I not a grown up for making this decision? No, of course this is not the case. You made a decision based on priorities. The headline of the article: > Finish your projects > Don’t let fear, or that last 10%, hold you back. .
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by mtrower 3y ago
Now that I'm home and had some time to look properly, I guess this[0] is what you mean? That's.. not very nice =(. I also don't see how it applies here, even if you do assume bad faith --- who exactly am I pestering? I as
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by mtrower 3y ago
> Sea lion shit right here man. Sorry, I don't know what this means. > We can't stop you from chilling with the nazis if that's what you're gonna be into Thanks, I'll pass.
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by mtrower 3y ago
> The guy has replied to every single one of my posts after I said I quit going to 4chan because of CP defending 4chan. Uh. I replied to two posts; everything else has been direct back-and-forth with you. Every one except this one any
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by mtrower 3y ago
> The sheep are not going to visit in this scenario because a free-for-all is comfortable for the wolves and not for the sheep. I think this is pretty straightforward with a moment of thought. Yes, of course. It did seem the clear inte
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by mtrower 3y ago
I mean yeah, I don’t use Facebook. And the Association Board stood by the decision to discontinue use. The point is about critical mass and whether people will follow you, or whether you’ll just be alone in your shiny new social platform. I
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by mtrower 3y ago
Yes, me again! > If you're going to say that I've never used the site, I've also established that I have. So… you’ve no respect for your former self? You see how this works? Nowhere did I defend cp. Those are your words
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by mtrower 3y ago
You really think I’m going to link or reference known csam traps here? Or anywhere for that matter? …and because I didn’t do that, you’re calling me a pedophile? Come on man, let’s reign it in a bit here…
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by mtrower 3y ago
That really isn’t the point, I said it was tame for a reason.
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by mtrower 3y ago
XD yes. I realize you’re probably trying to disagree with me, but, yes.
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by mtrower 3y ago
> This is the absolutely critical point that people are either too privileged to have ever thought of, or too disingenuous to admit. ...or fundamentally disagree with? Yes, you're describing something real. You're also settin
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by mtrower 3y ago
> I stopped using 4chan 15 years ago when I realized that a huge portion of the people on there are not merely roleplaying nazis, but honestly hold the views they obscure behind the atmosphere of joking. How is that not an integral compo
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by mtrower 3y ago
Everyone has been on slashdot too, right? I mean come on, it's slashdot. ...except realistically, even though I'm in the age and interest group, I've been there like, a single-digit number of times --- which totally qualifie
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by mtrower 3y ago
I know a good amount of people in their 30s who were perpetually online, from that time onward, and can can think of maybe two who have been to 4chan. > The last time I went there it was full of CP and I lose all respect for people who u
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by mtrower 3y ago
I think you sort of do it indirectly. You frame your counter-response in a way that is likely to garner the support and upvotes of the opposing camp (opposing to post you're arguing with). Battle lines having been drawn, the internet

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