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   by wackget 7y ago

   They're not actually displaying the websites; they're pulling the top stories via each site's API and rendering them locally.
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   by wackget 7y ago

   C'mon, don't advertise your website on a post where someone's looking for help. If you truly cared and didn't just want to advertise your service you'd have PMd the OP and your comment wouldn't sound so much li
3. 543.▲
   by wackget 7y ago

   Having visible scrollbars is not a power feature. Crippling a system because you don't want to ruin your "minimalist" aesthetic is always a bad choice.
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   by wackget 7y ago

   >Of course, Apple could resolve all of this by putting two buttons on their mice... That, right there, is a perfect metaphor for basically every complaint about Apple.
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   by wackget 7y ago

   What are some alternatives which offer DDOS/flood/spam protection?
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   by wackget 7y ago

   30 captchas just because you're browsing via Tor, a VPN, or a proxy? How is that remotely acceptable? There really should be some kind of law against ludicrous shit like that. People will say "Discord is a private service and nobo
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   by wackget 7y ago

   Then you're part of the problem. Failing to add width and height attributes to images is what makes websites jump around while loading. It's infuriating.
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   by wackget 7y ago

   You should know that Techcrunch URLs are blocked for anyone using uMatrix, as per the following discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22228159 Just making you aware, as the site causes lots of problems and is not
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   by wackget 7y ago

   They should switch to Firefox or, if they are pig-headed, Un-Googled Chromium.
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    by wackget 7y ago

    Pretty sure e-reader devices like Kindle, Kobo, Nook, etc. have baked-in Google Analytics too. Why isn't there an outrage about that?
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    by wackget 7y ago

    Are they really trying to say that SEO was the sole reason that the organic traffic grew so much? That is ludicrous. It couldn't have anything to do with the fact that the service itself grew in popularity, or relevancy, or reputation,
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    by wackget 7y ago

    Wow, what's your app?
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    by wackget 7y ago

    > Article is titled "What’s SAP?" > Doesn't actually tell you what SAP is, or stands for, until halfway through the article.
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    by wackget 7y ago

    Too tightly coupled? Fuck me. I'd have given them a single .js file. There's a point where decoupling everything is just a complete waste of time. Sounds like the company was run by idealistic developers who have never had to work
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    by wackget 7y ago

    There's an irony about posting in a topic about simple, vanilla, no-framework scripting and then linking to a repository with the following unnecessary ancillary files: .gitignore .prettierrc README.md REQUIREMENTS.md
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    by wackget 7y ago

    Wow, this "article" is tabloid-tier garbage. Seriously; it's the online equivalent of an opinion column in your grandmother's Sunday church newspaper. Some quotes: >> "[don't] click on suspicious links an
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    by wackget 7y ago

    Your service looks interesting. On your homepage, "Emoji's" shouldn't have an apostrophe; it should just be "Emojis". :)