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Re: Size of Life

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Post by qn9n » Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 1:05 PM UTC

catoc wrote: post #237

No.fun in the cookie dialogue. Had to click 26 (sic!) switches to opt out of being tracked.

Honestly I don't really see cookie banners anymore because I have a dismiss feature built into my ad blocker.

Re: Size of Life

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Post by arein3 » Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 1:06 PM UTC

simonw wrote: post #139

setgree wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He has many other cool visualizations! Space Elevator: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45640226 Deep Sea: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21850527

He was also responsible for one of the worst web pages ever created: https://neal.fun/stimulation-clicker/ (It's utterly brilliant but monstrous.)

Thabk god the page crashed after 15m

Re: Size of Life

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Post by catoc » Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 1:10 PM UTC

miramba wrote: post #240

catoc wrote: post #237

No.fun in the cookie dialogue. Had to click 26 (sic!) switches to opt out of being tracked.

It is encouraging to know that I am not the only one who does that (sometimes, on interesting sites. otherwise I just leave).

I would have definitely left normally. Just wanted to see the site.

And I know this also likely not Neil's idea of fun, and mostly the silly EU rules that are to blame but still, dialogs without a directly available "refuse all" are the worst

Re: Size of Life

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Post by N-Krause » Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 1:10 PM UTC

catoc wrote: post #237

No.fun in the cookie dialogue. Had to click 26 (sic!) switches to opt out of being tracked.

uBlock seemed to have handled it for me.

Re: Size of Life

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Post by catoc » Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 1:11 PM UTC

qn9n wrote: post #241

catoc wrote: post #237

No.fun in the cookie dialogue. Had to click 26 (sic!) switches to opt out of being tracked.

Honestly I don't really see cookie banners anymore because I have a dismiss feature built into my ad blocker.

Always afraid that auto dismiss results in auto allow-all on thus type of dialog.

Re: Size of Life

#246

Post by kunley » Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 1:13 PM UTC

N-Krause wrote: post #244

catoc wrote: post #237

No.fun in the cookie dialogue. Had to click 26 (sic!) switches to opt out of being tracked.

uBlock seemed to have handled it for me.

Not on mobile..

Re: Size of Life

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Post by kunley » Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 1:13 PM UTC

miramba wrote: post #240

catoc wrote: post #237

No.fun in the cookie dialogue. Had to click 26 (sic!) switches to opt out of being tracked.

It is encouraging to know that I am not the only one who does that (sometimes, on interesting sites. otherwise I just leave).

Yes, you are not the only one.

Re: Size of Life

#248

Post by solarized » Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 1:18 PM UTC

All hail web based apps!

We really dont need playStore and appStore to run beautiful things like this.

Re: Size of Life

#249

Post by 01-_- » Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 1:28 PM UTC

Wow! That's very interesting.

Re: Size of Life

#250

Post by rsynnott » Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 1:44 PM UTC

SubiculumCode wrote: post #58

Why haven't I seen a Tardigrade with my eyeball? It seems like they are the size of a spot on a ladybug from the pics.

The spot on the ladybug is black against red, usually (there are many varieties); it's very conveniently highlighted. We're better at seeing "bold colour on bold colour" than "semi-translucent thing in water".