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by pixxel 2y ago
Is it not in their own interest to be the only ad blocker?
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by pixxel 2y ago
Free.
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by pixxel 2y ago
If you’re looking for it.
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by pixxel 2y ago
I get the sentiment, but piracy is rampant. Pulling weeds.
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by pixxel 2y ago
> I'm interested in updates to facial recognition, social media monitoring, "anti-social behavior" (AKA ASBOs), CCTV, basically all the things that scare me about the UK.
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by pixxel 2y ago
STFU
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by pixxel 2y ago
Yeah but then they couldn’t tell you about it at any given opportunity.
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by pixxel 2y ago
Slows right down again when you’re elderly.
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by pixxel 2y ago
Thank you for looking into Brazil. I’m currently looking into Iran. If someone else can look into China, we can wrap this up by lunchtime.
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by pixxel 2y ago
Don’t be torn. They could have offloaded the hosting using P2P tech, but they prefer to silo the world’s video library. Google is the parasitical leech.
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by pixxel 2y ago
Take a day off. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41397639
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by pixxel 2y ago
Seems reasonable. You stay in the Zuckerberg ecosystem and we’ll cut off its parasitic tentacles.
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by pixxel 2y ago
Congratulations! You know something that others are completely unaware of.
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by pixxel 2y ago
> Don’t know, will have to wait and see. You should have started and finished with this.
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by pixxel 2y ago
Linux doesn’t have the capital of tech giants to be installed onto new machines via partnerships (Microsoft), or its own hardware (Apple). Linux is the greatest FOSS of all time, and small bumps in an upward trajectory are welcomed news. Wh
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by pixxel 2y ago
“bloat” Adblockers aren’t bloat; they make the web faster and more secure. “ridiculous” Mozilla’s paymasters are an advertising company.
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by pixxel 2y ago
Airbags aren’t a useful tool for data/control.
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by pixxel 2y ago
It is sad. Early YT was for hobbyists and those that loved to share.
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by pixxel 2y ago
And I’ll argue the negative impact, but not today.
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by pixxel 2y ago
> All: can you please not post low-quality angry/snarky junk comments to HN threads? Perhaps change the inflammatory title? “kills” to “moves” FFS.
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by pixxel 2y ago
Hacker News.
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by pixxel 2y ago
> executive incompetence at Mozilla That’s a very charitable view.
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by pixxel 2y ago
Congratulations Orman.
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by pixxel 2y ago
It’s good to learn.
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by pixxel 2y ago
Perhaps you’re on a ‘list’ for questionable content.
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by pixxel 2y ago
We should all stay at home and STFU. JFC.
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by pixxel 2y ago
Sounds like you don’t have a network of friends/family to provide recommendations.
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by pixxel 2y ago
>Somewhat wondering if Google just keeps them around to stave off the appearance of being a monopoly. No shit.
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by pixxel 2y ago
> They also point out that it follows the principles of user choice, agency, and privacy, by being optional, Yeah, no. FF doesn’t believe in those principles; anyone savvy installing FF knows they have to dig through settings to turn off
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by pixxel 2y ago
If you’re going to be anal, explain why: “Whisky (no e) refers to Scottish, Canadian, or Japanese grain spirits. Whiskey (with an e) refers to grain spirits distilled in Ireland and the United States.” Johnnie Walker Black Label is Scottish

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