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nsuser3

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    Comment #23624579

    You can use Stylus ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/styl-us/ ) to add custom CSS to websites.

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    Comment #23516786

    Real example of why this is a bad idea: www.cs.usfca.edu is not cs.usfca.edu. The latter doesn't even have a DNS entry set up.. A screenshot of the browser will not show the www, m…

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    Comment #23213416

    Customizable HN feeds (inofficial): https://edavis.github.io/hnrss/ It's really easy to get posts on the frontpage only if they have more than x points: https://hnrss.org/frontpage…

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    Comment #22994603

    Try setting media.peerconnection.enabled to true in about:config.

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    Comment #21239430

    Some mitigations also apply to AMD CPUs.

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    Comment #21162381

    Smarter bad actors could still do it without being detected. Hiding an encrypted message in unsuspicious messages isn't that difficult. I really don't see the point of having such …

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    Comment #21156010

    > But then it will immediately break because 32 bit dates wrap around in 2038! Do modern browsers still use 32 bit timestamps internally? Regardless, it's probably not a good idea …

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    Comment #20799696

    The difference is a matter of getting used to it.

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    Comment #20788012

    Maybe by detecting the notification vibration?

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    Comment #20783422

    I'm not his employer (luckily).

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    Comment #20502531

    Isn't it all about 'engagement' (at least for companies)? Facebook -> make the user see more ads Amazon -> make the user buy more things

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    Comment #20293001

    How old is your PC? Mine is ~5 years old and Chromium has worse performance for me.

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    Comment #20097100

    The total amount of loaded pages in Private Browsing doesn't really have to be private?

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    Comment #20081534

    > Far better entropy > random array of everyday words No, that's not how entropy works. Random characters still score better.

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    Comment #19918240

    It's open source and I haven't heard anything negative about it. Only downside is that using a VPN at the same time is probably (?) impossible.

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    Comment #19914068

    Try Blokada ( https://blokada.org/ ), it blocks ads system-wide.

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    Comment #19866129

    > also allow some higher-but-not-peak intensity software to be written with GC where it might not be today (games come to mind), although that could actually encourage more energy …

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    Comment #19731442

    Off-topic, but I really like that the website offers a text-only version without tracking.

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    Comment #19669141

    > -full desktop support for video and voice calls Any desktop support would be nice. WhatsApp web is not a real solution.

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    Comment #19646096

    > The classification also seems a bit manual and arbitrary. That's because it was basically copied from /r/NSFW411's wiki.

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    Comment #18896184

    > [...] Then they are only willing to pay a fixed price for a car that averages the value of a "peach" and "lemon" together (p_avg). So every used car has the same price?

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    Comment #17551068

    They are in monospace?

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    Comment #17535953

    Eve could defeat any strategy by dropping all messages.

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    Comment #17529494

    > is much more engaged with them What do you mean? Isn't he just reading them?

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    Comment #17516729

    Let's call it the MacBook Pro Pro