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falqun

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    Comment #42356409

    I don't know, I feel like some of the more pressing features of this browser are already provided with add-ons such as Vimium. And I would really like to see this on a Firefox back…

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    Comment #41644613

    Hm, not sure if I did something against that already, but for me the option in about:preferences was unchecked and also I am unable to check it. I am not sure why that is, anyone h…

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    Comment #41044226

    I would not exactly expect innovation. I would expect: fair pricing, local (as in the country you live in) hosting (for legal reasons), features like using your own domain, maybe s…

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    Comment #41002646

    "oh sorry, the computers at fault here, cant do nothing about it" - god I hate that line of reasoning. Its your system, so its your responsibility.

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    Comment #40984827

    The deletion of the account would not delete commits associated with it. The commit would still contain everything potentially malicious, plus a reference to an account that would …

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    Comment #40915443

    I could see someone perceiving the usage of the word condom in this context as negatively connotated. Its not the word condom that is wrong in itself, its more to do with devaluing…

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    Comment #40455297

    I'm just waiting till the first customer of some shady contract binding them to a greedy software company would use that to declare a payment as illegal and therefore that they can…

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    Comment #40295435

    I am not that mutch of TUI interface user myself but I can recommend taking a look into ranger. Its a file manager with vi-like key binds that I enjoy because its for me a way fast…

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    Comment #40246516

    how is that relevant?

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    Comment #40246476

    You do know that Antifa stands for Anti Fascism and is a political movement not a defined group, right?

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    Comment #40050426

    I think because MS and others are approached by Universities because of things they promise businesses. For example: A rather large University in town got hacked. They ran their ow…

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    Comment #39987667

    Hello, I use tab groups to be more productive. Why, you ask, use tab groups instead of OS windows? The same reason you use tabs in the first place instead of OS windows, to have an…

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    Comment #39968758

    If they would be smaller, e.g. a new startup on the marked, I would agree. But currently its the defacto place for your music to put if you want an audience. I would argue that one…

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    Comment #39356471

    Without having any specific information on the matter at hand: revisionist history does not need fabricated facts. Its very possible to revision history by omitting crucial parts. …

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    Comment #38718581

    Could you give a hint to the employer or the industries you talk about? Surely if an employer wants to very very securely lock down the workspace they would just tell employees to …

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    Comment #38693288

    https://web.archive.org/web/20230426211700/https://www.teleg...

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    Comment #38216951

    https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/informed_consent

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    Comment #38072098

    Ever heard the story of cambridge analytica and the 2016 election? Granted, its an extreme of the system, but there are quiet some actors willing to pay for such services.

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    Comment #38035661

    >legitimate interests No, telemetry is not something MS needs to fulfil the primary purpose of VS Code. Best example is that the OSS version is there, without any telemetry enabled…

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    Comment #38035617

    Well, we are talking about GDPR. Setting a date to comply by is part of the enforcement of the GDPR afaik. I bet someone is setting points of a legal case, e.g. MS can say "oh no o…

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    Comment #37790052

    Kink, chaos and poly/RA? :D

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    Comment #37627650

    So how do you plan to make money? Do you want to move to a subscription based model, do you show in app ads, do you sell data? I cannot find a reference for such information on you…

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    Comment #37259309

    There is a big difference between the association with the flag and actually living the culture. But to be fair you would only really know that if you were actually dipping a toe i…

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    Comment #37259043

    I disagree. Take absurdism, or the deconstruction of gender for example. Or people using mastodon just to show the 12-ish friends that they repaired a their dirt cheap bike. I thin…

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    Comment #36269062

    Sure (kind of)! Make a donation to the Mozilla foundation. https://donate.mozilla.org/ It's not directly paying for the product, but it also does show as "this user wants our vpn" …