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721.
by spyder 13y ago
If that would be the problem then the toolbars would disable adblockers, but most of them are just changing the browser's search engine and default home page so the users will use their search and see their ads.
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by spyder 13y ago
Taking out the toolbar functionality would do nothing because add-ons can modify the content of webpages so they can create fake toolbars on top of every page.
723.
by spyder 13y ago
Check it on serverbear.com. Disk performance looks similar to DO but DO seems to have more cpu power and 10x the network bandwidth, but less disk space for the same price.
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by spyder 13y ago
The most painful thing is to change your e-mail in the services where you used it for sign up. The data export doesn't look hard: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/12/google...
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by spyder 13y ago
Cannot view the page in Firefox because it's freezing the browser and the memory usage jumps from 155 MB to 880 MB (even with clean profile without add-ons) :( Edit: It's doing the same in Chrome too
726.
by spyder 13y ago
At least Firefox extensions on Mozilla's add-ons site gets more thoroughly reviewed on every update. The add-ons installed from outside of the add-ons site can be very dangerous, but Mozilla tries to block these too: List of blocked a
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by spyder 13y ago
I agree, and if it would use GPS then they could do the blocking only if it leaves the country, so probably the sensor is just a simpler accelerometer.
728.
by spyder 13y ago
It's really hard to read the thin grey text on the bright orange background: http://i.imgur.com/dCMcnmv.png
729.
by spyder 13y ago
For me: FirePicker for Firebug to quickly adjust colors in CSS https://addons.mozilla.org/hu/firefox/addon/firepicker Yet Another Smooth Scrolling to make scrolling smooth like on touch devices https:/
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by spyder 13y ago
Simpler solution: Put mirror in front of the TV ;) I'm just kidding but mirrors in front of the bezels can have some similar effect but probably much weaker then the LEDs.
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by spyder 13y ago
Amnesia
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by spyder 13y ago
I don't think it's fair to say that Adblock Edge is unmaintained when it has more recent updates than Adblock Plus: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-edge/... https:/
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by spyder 13y ago
- MongoDB Gotchas and How We Nearly Lost the Discovery Shuttle - Show HN: My husband is Broken - Twitter acquires, you laugh, you're still loving - My dad unexpectedly uses my Linux laptop to get your attention. Join us! - Ask HN: my 5
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by spyder 13y ago
Maybe it's because improving the doc has not too much benefit for the contributor because he/she already understands the badly documented problem. But improving code has instant benefit for the contributor because he probably fixi
735.
by spyder 13y ago
If successful startups are just lucky then you should have as many startups as you can to get more chance at winning. That could mean focusing on quantity instead quality. Also that can be the reason behind MVPs: do something minimal that w
736.
by spyder 13y ago
Hope you didn't copy-paste it from his comment because he mistyped the domain :)
737.
by spyder 13y ago
Looks like they also experiment with the QUIC protocol on their sites (on YouTube too) because there is a HTTP header called: Alternate-Protocol 443:quic in their requests. QUIC isn't enabled by default in Chrome but you can enable i
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by spyder 13y ago
And cross-posting G+ comments makes YouTube comments worse not better because many times when people share video on G+ the text is just the video title or something like: Must watch video title or "Checkout this video on YouTube&quo
739.
by spyder 13y ago
So your next job is to make a bot that do the appeal automatically. :)
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by spyder 13y ago
I cannot play Source Engine games even on my regular display because i get motion sickness, but other games are fine. None of the settings I tried helps (FOV, resolution, refresh rate, VSync). I wonder if trying Oculus would make it worse o
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by spyder 13y ago
I just compared it with Chrome using the example page mentioned in article: In Firefox Nightly at the initial page load it uses around 250 MB memory and with scrolling it stays around that. In Chrome (in Canary too) initial it uses around 3
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by spyder 13y ago
Google Maps
743.
by spyder 13y ago
Not if somebody modifying it to use with his own marketplace, which is unlikely but possible with the open source software.
744.
by spyder 13y ago
Currently to make it work you have to run it locally after downloading from github: https://github.com/maroslaw/rainyday.js In Firefox it runs fine at the beginning but then the fps decreases (running in 1920x1200), in
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by spyder 13y ago
Can the fingerprint reader work with other parts of your hand ? For example if you can use the back of your finger or part of your palm then it could be a little more secure because you don't leave the prints of these everywhere.
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by spyder 13y ago
The volatility of bitcoin isn't a big problem for these homeless guys because they probably spend it the same day when they receive it, it's more of a problem for the hoarders. And if the price of bitcoin changes too much then pro
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by spyder 13y ago
The ads beside the videos would be OK for me but the pre-roll ads are annoying especially when they change the behavior of the player: I'm used to click on the player to pause the video, but when it's playing an ad then the click
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by spyder 13y ago
Is this the same? Man torches hand with 7000+ degree flame and then eats the material: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO7NVC23Stw
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by spyder 13y ago
Why there isn't one word about Firefox in the post? You can completely change it's UI with javascript and you can use HTML if you don't like XUL.
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by spyder 13y ago
The site is horribly broken for me in Firefox even after multiple reloads and after disabling AdBlock, cannot even read some text because scrolling stops at wrong places, some elements remains from previous pages...

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