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aAaaArrRgH

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    Comment #41431736

    We call it appelblauwzeegroen (apple blue sea green)

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    Comment #41250823

    The ad placements aren't tailored to you. They're tailored to the advertiser's wishes.

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    Comment #41064916

    > but possibly could lead the old, cool, hobbiest & un-monetized web being reinvented? It still exists. It just isn't that popular.

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    Comment #41020232

    Not when it comes to video/image/vector editing. DaVinci Resolve, Adobe and Affinity are still miles ahead of FOSS creativity tools like The GIMP.

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    Comment #40975378

    Or just don't access any content that is funded by advertising. The nonprofit web still exists. But for all content that's not someone's spare time passion project, someone's gotta…

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    Comment #40856233

    Hard disagree. If you're a fan of the strictly functional "what's CSS?" look, you might as well stick to viewing README.md on GitHub and call it a day.

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    Comment #40450813

    I tried to delete my ChatGPT account but the confirmation button remained locked. Anyone else have the same issue?

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    Comment #40067820

    You could bring back web directories.

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    Comment #40021229

    Good, thank you for fighting the good fight. I do wonder whether it's possible to inject harmless stubs for these trackers so you don't have to deal with the bureaucracy of filing …

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    Comment #40009640

    Americans need that extra money to cover higher out-of-pocket healthcare costs. That's not necessarily a reliable indicator of wealth.

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    Comment #39991852

    And it officially registers your opt-out, if you care about that sort of thing.

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    Comment #39861177

    VSCode and Sublime Text do that too. And recently Microsoft even added it to Notepad.

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    Comment #39809524

    Given that it's a small SSH server, I wonder how feasible it would be to rewrite it in a memory-safe language. C doesn't feel like the most security-conscious (and, quite frankly, …

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    Comment #38813867

    Still based on Chromium though, so the Manifest v3 drama about Google trying to sabotage adblockers still applies.

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    Comment #38657331

    There is some precedent: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/31/23853517/microsoft-teams-...

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    Comment #38420598

    Just so everyone's aware: the author receives a commission for each book sold through their Amazon link, so take that into account when reading their review.