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by pwg 1y ago
With UblockOrigin blocking the ads, there were no ads and pop-ups.
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by pwg 1y ago
Because, in the early days of Unix systems actually being used as multiple, simultaneous, user systems, you might have one group of users collaborating on a project, and they would have a shared directory (via the 'group' owner) w
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by pwg 1y ago
Or redefine the language provided 'if' statement, in the case that one wanted to do so.
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by pwg 1y ago
> It blocks the system with a demanded action Yes, in almost every case, the default "popup" GUI library call is also a modal dialog. You cannot access anything else, anywhere else, in the entire program (even if the program h
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by pwg 1y ago
> that draws product designers to keep reaching for that horrible UX pattern Because in almost every GUI library, they are the default built-in "alert" setup that can be used. Almost any other alert system other than a "p
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by pwg 1y ago
Sigh, major name conflict: https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/tDOM
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by pwg 1y ago
> What does it have to do with me rendering Youtube videos on my own computer in the way I want? It doesn't. That interferes with google's ad revenue stream, which is why YT continues to try to make it harder and harder to do
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by pwg 1y ago
> Your balance won't hurt your credit score. This implies "carrying a balance". Which, if true, is far worse than a 50 point credit score loss, because the interest on credit card balances usually is just shy of being hig
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by pwg 1y ago
Then you are most likely (as in 99.99% likely) simply being paranoid for nothing.
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by pwg 1y ago
An ethernet<->usb dongle that an ISP tech support guy is likely to have is more likely going to be a single purpose translator without upgradable firmware (because this makes it the cheapest possible, and these types of devices rapidl
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by pwg 1y ago
Unless you are being targeted as a North Korean spy by the likes of the NSA, that dongle is likely nothing more than an ethernet to USB translator chip with nothing nefarious going on anywhere. > Should I trash my laptop and any accessor
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by pwg 1y ago
Even the 'gift links' often are not, they usually throw up the paywall too.
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by pwg 1y ago
> A ceramic ballistic plate where the laptop goes would work Yes, provided the trajectory of the round is such that it impacts the plate first.
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by pwg 1y ago
> Yet I notice some users clearly dig into it, upvote good posts, and bring hidden gems to the front page. That is how almost all of the front page items get to the front page to begin with. > just looking for things you personally en
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by pwg 1y ago
Ublock Origin in default block all Javascript mode results in being able to read the entire article with no distracting popup's at any time during the read.
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by pwg 1y ago
No. yt-dlp downloads most videos without needing a yt (or any) login. A very few end up gated behind some form of login, but I suspect those are creator specific.
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by pwg 1y ago
You've discovered why this sentence is in the HN guidelines: Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff part of the time, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity.
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by pwg 1y ago
TLDR: Today's 10,000 [1] discovers that rewriting a performance bottleneck in a more performant language results in significant overall gain for the system as a whole. [1] https://xkcd.com/1053/
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by pwg 1y ago
> >It all depends on who was elected and who votes. > If I had to pick one thing I dislike the most about HOAs, it would be this. There is never a guarantee that your quiet HOA will remain that way in the future. Which, to me, seem
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by pwg 1y ago
You can bypass the paywall here https://archive.is/cYDTV
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by pwg 1y ago
Why limit to a single digit integer for the mantissa? I might just as well want to input 243E9 to get 243 billion.
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by pwg 1y ago
Possible options: 1) big city envy -- we are all grown up now, we have license plate reader cameras 2) overly controlling sherrif/town council -- we must know what you are doing so we can tell you to stop when we don't like it 3)
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by pwg 1y ago
> For example, "My Favorite Air Quality Monitors" rather than "The Best Indoor Air Quality Monitors". The title sets reader expectations for objective evaluation with consistent methodology. Unfortunately, that ship h
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by pwg 1y ago
From your "pop out" in the article: "is that this review is ... pretty much purely based on the personal preferences of the author." You've found the core takeaway about nearly all "product reviews" in nea
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by pwg 1y ago
Likely that CO2 liquefies at a lower pressure than air liquefies, making the storage pressure vessels cheaper as a result.
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by pwg 1y ago
If that's the reason, then the solution is a license plate on both the front and rear of the vehicle. But much like the 'little country town' where the speedlimit goes from 55 to 25 instantly on the road into town so the loca
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by pwg 1y ago
The translation from marketing speak to real world is likely something like this: We need until the fall to get new US relevant artwork/mandatory contents disclosures designed for the packaging, to get the new packaging sourced from ou
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by pwg 1y ago
> Why has a search company Google was a search company, many years ago. Today's Google is an advertising company that just happens to have a legacy search division.
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by pwg 1y ago
> like Amazon reporting something is delivered the day before it actually shows up I feel like this one happens because the driver needs to meet quota today, so they scan the package delivered today, then when they are in the area tomorr
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by pwg 1y ago
> it's more of a hassle for me as my wife says "this should have arrived today" Same here (minus the "stolen" part). Wife overlooks the disclaimer on the page saying "delivery soon" and assumes that to

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