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karolg

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    Comment #20448630

    > Getting specific is harder on Google because it just omits or misinterprets my search query keywords quite often. I have this problem too. Google often thinks that I made a typo …

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    Comment #19288219

    I'm amazed that this f cked up system of obligatory tipping is still in use in US.

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    Comment #19084256

    I'm not planning any physical assault :D and I don't think that any software is worth any assault. It is just a tool, if I don't like it, I modify it or change to a completely new …

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    Comment #19081376

    I hate autoplay so much that probably no one in the whole universe hates it more than me. This is the stupidest human invention ever. I'm really grateful for customizability of fir…

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    Comment #19076493

    https://www.mjt.me.uk/posts/falsehoods-programmers-believe-a...

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    Comment #18898792

    It is explained in the next paragraph what "npx" is: > Yep. cool? “npx” allows you to run a temporary package, which will be deleted right after each use. Use this command to try a…

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    Comment #18715081

    You've misunderstood settings. Blocking pop-ups don't have anything to do with notifications. They are completely unrelated functions.

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    Comment #17867375

    Actually, Firefox has UI for this. Click "Menu -> Web Developer -> Service Workers". This will open a special page "about:debugging#workers". It shows active service workers and al…

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    Comment #17790407

    I didn't know until today that there were user reviews on Netflix.

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    Comment #15110992

    I agree that you can make significant savings with G12 tariff in which night usage is about 30% cheaper than during a day in comparison with fixed-price G11. But unless you have yo…

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    Comment #14974504

    I use e10s for about a year and I have processCount set to 4. It worked almost flawlessly and content process crashed maybe 1-2 times in this time. I enabled "Recommended performan…

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    Comment #14962565

    I'm probably getting old because I can't stand this new trend of putting useless gifs (or mp4's actually) every two paragraphs in every article on the web. Oh, and of course all of…

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    Comment #14932186

    One of positive outcomes from this new firefox strategy is that I will finally learn how to make browser extensions because only one addon I use (uBlock Origin) will work in Fx57 s…

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    Comment #14905035

    Option to disable autoplay in background tabs exists in Firefox for so long that I forgot it isn't enabled by default. Go to about:config and set: media.block-autoplay-until-in-for…

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    Comment #14855501

    AVG also started doing this recently. I get a lot calls from family members and friends who aren't tech-savvy and can't differentiate between browsers. They think their "bookmarks"…

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    Comment #14719874

    If I understood correctly, it is technology similar to GTK+'s Broadway https://www.google.com/search?q=gtk+Broadway

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    Comment #14478160

    This icons don't look like anything to me. Main purpose of icons should be to replace text and McDonald's failed this time.