unexistance

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by unexistance 9y ago
since there's no reply, I'm guessing it's because Tor Browser is using Firefox ESR, even though Fx ESR are guaranteed for a security update... any other reason?
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by unexistance 9y ago
from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3636134 A paper covering the earlier period is A History of Computing Research at Bell Laboratories (1937-1975): http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cstr/99
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by unexistance 9y ago
he needs to document this down somewhere, or do a youtube channel or something
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by unexistance 9y ago
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/638415231/classic-fidge...
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by unexistance 9y ago
no ads for me, used uBlock Origin too, but I used below URL https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=site:google.ai
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by unexistance 9y ago
not over 40 yet BUT I do love readability-enhancements like this :D * use Firefox 'Reader View'; OR * use this outline.com bookmarklet javascript:(function()%7Bwindow.location.href%20%3D%20'https%3A%2F%2Foutline.com%2F&#x
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by unexistance 9y ago
duly noted I just find it faster to use keyboard instead of mouse :D
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by unexistance 9y ago
besides the floating header that eats-up my precious vertical screen real-estate, the blog content seems great... thanks for the link
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by unexistance 9y ago
exactly but I also changed the below in about:config * browser.display.background_color * browser.display.foreground_color
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by unexistance 9y ago
very nice, wish could've vote more :D set as bookmark shortcut in Fx already :D
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by unexistance 9y ago
Firefox + NoScript + Reader View seems to help tho I used uBlock to forbid 'weird' stuff ah I've set my UI to always use my colors :D white over black background
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by unexistance 9y ago
one of his software seems interesting, outwit[0]. Windows data manipulation via command line to be used with UnxUtils[1] p/s: Yes I know there's PowerShell / WMIC [0] https://www.spinellis.gr/sw/outwit&#x
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by unexistance 9y ago
are you talking about the 12.x versions? the pre-Chrome era?
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by unexistance 9y ago
"But I do believe that much wisdom can be sought by looking into the past" exactly why I'm learning AWK via the gray book
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by unexistance 9y ago
wisdom from (not-so-distant) past https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13262045 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12804185
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by unexistance 9y ago
reminds me of CIA's Simple Sabotage Field Manual[0] https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/...
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by unexistance 9y ago
found it http://arnon.dk/malicious-traffic-detection-using-traffic-fi...
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by unexistance 9y ago
because of Peter[0], otherwise you're right. Unless there's something else non-American like me cannot see :p [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel
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by unexistance 10y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aces_Studio Apparently it's budget cut, which is weird since we know MS are always swimming in cash...
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by unexistance 10y ago
long load time cannot scroll by space / PageDown -> mouse click & grab... pretty bad for keyboard navigation BUT that means it's touch-oriented nice icons / graphics, as a retro computing & minimalist wallpapers fa
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by unexistance 10y ago
the worst part? affecting children, in which Yes it's the parent's responsibilities... But there only so much parents can do AND there is this thing called 'sense of belonging' that influence kids to be as much as their
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by unexistance 10y ago
important enough that I have saved it https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11762946 "I think of different communication media as having different urgencies / time constants. Emails are a daily report. My phone&#x2
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by unexistance 10y ago
Hey done the same with my Fx profile/database too, keep migrating it from quite some time ago, manually backed-up from time to time Recently used the bookmark-keyword thingy, pretty good BUT I'm still used to remembering URLs :p H
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by unexistance 10y ago
my firefox & terminal (& wallpapers) are all dark I really cannot bare to read anymore in sites with bright background actual dead-trees are a different beast :D
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by unexistance 10y ago
I accidentally find that if my phone is off / off-data, I can read the books that I want, BUT it'll take some time to adjust my mind, a week in my case I intend to do that from time to time as the to-read list is growing :D
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by unexistance 10y ago
"Everyone knows that debugging is twice as hard as writing a program in the first place. So if you're as clever as you can be when you write it, how will you ever debug it?" Timeless If you have to use 'clever' hack
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by unexistance 10y ago
I can only wonder what DARPA are doing currently behind all the secrecy, assuming whatever disclosed in the book is, let say, 20 years back technology. p/s: there doesn't seems to be a lot of red-tape in approving whatever the &#x
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by unexistance 10y ago
https://www.macstories.net/tag/workflow/ for the reading type p/s: I'm just doing this for my own bookmark :D first time reading about this app EDIT: more links https://www.reddit.com/r&#
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by unexistance 10y ago
thanks for the much-needed perspective
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by unexistance 10y ago
I'm guessing this should be applicable in bookmarklet too?

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