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Thank you for your dedication on this. Now on the subject of energy use, how about the patch for the following critical macOS bug landing in a Firefox 67 point release? https://bug…

Electrolysis isn't enabled by default It is enabled by default, you just may have a plugin installed that is blocking it. The plugin(s) could be multiprocess compatible but unmaint…

Media playback on new tabs is blocked until the tab is visible ^^ That feature was in the Beta release notes but didn't seem to make it into 53 release...disappointing because it a…

> odds are good emu and rom scene would deteriorate This is a rather limited point of view - the draw to emulation is much more than convenience. There are thriving communities bas…

These were simply citations; adding context to someone's statement. I find it hard to understand that the information we all post freely online is creepy when we are confronted on …

Actually was disturbed that you felt 'exstudent2 should craft the conversation around whatever you want instead of his valid points about who this new Twitter committee associates …

No goalposts are being moved. Your relevant history on the subject is what was being pointed out. I think you know exactly why and it doesn't have anything to do with "generating" …

Not a weird comment and you know why. I pointed to your comments about "GamerGate" because you singled him out with: > The best "radical" quotes you have from this person are criti…

I disagree and I wouldn't call it a dossier. If someone takes a stance on a certain issue it is helpful to know why. Edit: ...and I could have just the same pointed out to past com…

If you post here long enough, you'll find that when certain topics arise there are a group of three-letter acronyms prevalent in tech that make rational discussion of said topics n…

Just so you know why Thomas here has singled you out, specifically regarding video games: * http://archive.is/tNSGc * http://archive.is/XBQ8k * http://archive.is/dyvm5 I find that …

Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8511084

> The domain connect.facebook.com isn't in there, for example "Anti-ThirdpartySocial" aka "Anti-Facebook List‎" list https://www.fanboy.co.nz/fanboy-antifacebook.txt > ||connect.fa…

>rationalwiki Very ironic that you decided to link to that RationalWiki piece, actively edited by the notorious 'Ryulong' who was banned from Wikipedia largely in part by his bad b…

This is disappointing because I think you're smarter than this. A running joke, "ethics in journalism", by detractors and the very same "journalists" being criticized for ethical t…

> If you, like me, or tptacek [1], were confused why this is a big deal, that's because it's not. Ah yes, because you two are certainly the authorities on the matter. > Standing up…

> Ellen Pao being at fault for everything is a meme spawned by the Gamergate/MRW/anti-SJW crowd. No, it wasn't. > If the CEO was some boring old white man, nobody would be calling …

Earlier discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9840805

> I can't avoid the niggling thought that this is really still about ethics in game journalism. Hey, there's that convenient boogeyman again that you guys continue to use to drive …

> vocal minority That's interesting because it mirrors Ellen Pao's attitude: > But Ms. Pao says that the most virulent detractors on the site are a vocal minority, and that the vas…

This is like RewindHN.com (created by user https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=kami8845 ) before it bit the dust. It's open source: https://github.com/doda/rewindhn

Video games not interesting to Thomas so they're irrelevant for us all. Got it. Ironic, maybe, given the nature of Starfighter. Ignore ethical transgressions and collusion by blogg…

> What does being white or a gamer have to do with this? Absolutely nothing, in reality. In terms of Randi Harper though, she is a misandrist using a convenient boogeyman to push h…

> Internet hate can often turn into real life hate > I have no idea why people think it's socially acceptable to say things on the internet to people that you wouldn't say to them …