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Re: Ask HN: What's the coolest website you know?

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Post by maccard »

account42 wrote: post #367
maccard wrote: post #281

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> Also they have the best return policy. If you don’t like it, send it back and they will reimburse you without asking a single question. Sometimes I forget how good we have it in Europe. In the EU we have a pretty close to universal [0] 14 day no questions asked return period for all online purchases. You occasionally get a crappy retailer who tries to push back but one link to this document stops that pretty quickl…

Non-AMP link: https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/shopping/gua...

Thanks for that - I replied from mobile and Firefox hides the URL by default so I didn't notice!

Re: Ask HN: What's the coolest website you know?

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Post by dopp0 »

JKCalhoun wrote: post #312
sigg3 wrote: post #231

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Runner up must be Archive.org. I donate to both projects regularly.

I donate to archive.org by scanning and uploading new content (old science instruction books, etc.).

you mean "old content", right? (:

Re: Ask HN: What's the coolest website you know?

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Post by NylaTheWolf »

muzani wrote: post #363
kertoip_1 wrote: post #227

Obviously wikipedia.org. Nothing better has been invented in 20-some years. I honestly feel relief when I research some topic and it has Wikipedia page on it, so I don't need to dig through some sh**y blogposts Edit: I mean: it's one of the very few websites that actually provides sources of information. It's insane it's that rare these days. And most important facts are just placed in visible and easy to spot place,…

On a similar vein, TV Tropes. It's still mind-blowing to me having every form of creativity throughout history categorized into patterns.

Oh man, TV Tropes is fantastic! It always sends me down a rabbit hole!

Re: Ask HN: What's the coolest website you know?

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Post by NylaTheWolf »

kertoip_1 wrote: post #227

Obviously wikipedia.org. Nothing better has been invented in 20-some years. I honestly feel relief when I research some topic and it has Wikipedia page on it, so I don't need to dig through some sh**y blogposts Edit: I mean: it's one of the very few websites that actually provides sources of information. It's insane it's that rare these days. And most important facts are just placed in visible and easy to spot place,…

I’ve been meaning to donate to Wikipedia for a while now. Thanks for reminding me :)

Re: Ask HN: What's the coolest website you know?

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Post by Theory42 »

kertoip_1 wrote: post #227

Obviously wikipedia.org. Nothing better has been invented in 20-some years. I honestly feel relief when I research some topic and it has Wikipedia page on it, so I don't need to dig through some sh**y blogposts Edit: I mean: it's one of the very few websites that actually provides sources of information. It's insane it's that rare these days. And most important facts are just placed in visible and easy to spot place,…

Yes, Wikipedia is great. But PSA: its only great if we keep it great.

Re: Ask HN: What's the coolest website you know?

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Post by mercer »

johnwalkr wrote: post #149
andai wrote: post #132

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I spent a few months with extremely slow (single digit KB/s) internet. As you say HN is basically the only usable site. Even HN loaded very slowly though, so I would read it through w3m (text mode web browser) over Mosh (more efficient than SSH). -- Worth mentioning that many sites will be difficult or unusable in a text mode browser, so I recommend Browsh which renders them (in Firefox?) and then converts the image…

Unlike the old days, though, you have to actively not download data, as opposed to not actively download data. For example, make sure synching to the cloud is off (moving a folder, especially if you’re not always connected can easily be an accidental replias of 10GB), making sure an OS update won’t be downloaded (easy on windows but not easy on MacOS except in the case of iPhone tethering), and be careful about brows…

Little Snitch (Mac) can be very helpful in these situations. When I'm on the road and using my limited phone data for internet, I turn on the 'limited' profile where Little Snitch doesn't allow most internet traffic (with some exceptions).
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