Please add “Chew Bubble Gum” to the ad list …
Love the idea
They Live (1988) inspired Adblocker
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#172Earlier quoted context omitted.
Did something nefarious happen to your link?
I guess JWZ has some sort of referral check that instantly black-holes any traffic coming from HN? And interestingly, the WayBackMachine snapshots are similarly boobytrapped: https://web.archive.org/web/20260115112314/https://www.jwz.o... So I guess google "They Live Mozilla Logo" if you want to see the article. Sorry about that!
He’s had that in place for years. Yes, it’s special treatment for visitors from HN.
Re: They Live (1988) inspired Adblocker
#173Re: They Live (1988) inspired Adblocker
#174Earlier quoted context omitted.
I guess JWZ has some sort of referral check that instantly black-holes any traffic coming from HN? And interestingly, the WayBackMachine snapshots are similarly boobytrapped: https://web.archive.org/web/20260115112314/https://www.jwz.o... So I guess google "They Live Mozilla Logo" if you want to see the article. Sorry about that!
He’s had that in place for years. Yes, it’s special treatment for visitors from HN.
such information leak just means your browser isn't private enough
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#176Earlier quoted context omitted.
Interacting with a computer in natural language is much more human than typing in special codes and punctuation.
So telling someone to make a table for you is more human than making it yourself, because you're using natural language instead of saws and hand planes?
Commissioning a craftsman you respect to make custom furniture to your taste and specifications sounds human enough to me.
Re: They Live (1988) inspired Adblocker
#177I wish I could upvote this 10 times! I love the film - blew my mind when I saw it on cable just after it came out.
One of the messages has changed of course. Nowadays it tends to be "stay fearful and do not reproduce".
I think you're several years late with this(?)
no reproduction was indeed part of general transhumanism left (individuality doesn't work with parenthood obligations)
but now with Europe and US economies on slowdown and with possibility of war looming, "your life for the country, your labor for the economy" starts to get steered/pushed towards by the elites (edit: pun not intended)
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#179Earlier quoted context omitted.
> somehow I don't think that is what Carpenter was going for. Same deal with the Starship Troopers movie. When Helldivers first came out, it was really incredible to see how many people truly didn't get the irony.
> Starship Troopers movie This movie is so misunderstood. It's basically disliked by Heinlein fans who took offense, and by people unfamiliar with both Heinlein and Verhoeven who thought it was actually Beverly Hills + Space Fascism without irony. I like it for what it does, but I'm more of a fan of Robocop.
Heinlein meant the book literally and not as a farse or satire.
Re: They Live (1988) inspired Adblocker
#180UBo Lite pales against the original UBo, it doesn't matter if it's a cool fork.
I don't see ads with ubo lite. From my perspective it does just as good of a job.