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nic-waller

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    Comment #35121467

    It appears to be scraping HTML pages. https://github.com/yashsinghcodes/wik/blob/main/wik/info.py#...

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    Comment #34403888

    Mea culpa. Thanks for pointing out my error.

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    Comment #34401679

    This "blog post" is nothing but an entire chapter copied verbatim from "Psychology of Money". That seems to go well beyond fair use doctrine.

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    Comment #33527258

    I saw a similar aggressively red warning on Mobile Safari. Apparently it uses the same database of "deceptive" pages. I turned off "Fraudulent Website Warning" in Settings and then…

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    Comment #26520408

    Some sites use localstorage instead of cookies for session tracking.

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    Comment #26200571

    I started using Cloudron recently and I really like it! I came to this thread to mention it, but I see you're already here.

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    Comment #26154505

    Impressive tool, but the supporting documentation is what I appreciate most. I think the prevention guide could be improved by providing an example service control policy that bloc…

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    Comment #25899430

    It's easier to set up back yard solar panels than a back yard fuel refinery.

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    Comment #23970999

    I really think there is an under-addressed niche here. I haven't tried your product yet, but I was pretty hopeful when I saw this posted here. That being said, I have some feedback…

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    Comment #23532424

    Me too. But I doubt it will ever happen without regulation. The only development in this space that I'm aware of is from a South African company called root. You can run custom cod…

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    Comment #23462846

    Ah, I didn't see the N records originally. That makes sense! Because I'm enthusiastic about data structures, and now that I've finished my work day, I thought I'd come back with a …

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    Comment #23457239

    Storing the lookup map on disk as a JSON-encoded dictionary seems less than optimal for package size and module load time. Two plaintext files (M.txt and F.txt) would be simple and…

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    Comment #23207470

    My hobby project is https://random.surf (works better on desktop than mobile). I share that same desire to visit the web less travelled. I want to discover interesting sites that d…