The-Old-Hacker

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by The-Old-Hacker 1mo ago
Comments Owl already does this.
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by The-Old-Hacker 1mo ago
I use a browser extension called F.B. Purity. It's worked across multiple browsers for years. https://www.fbpurity.com/
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by The-Old-Hacker 1mo ago
https://archive.ph/l3IZt
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by The-Old-Hacker 1mo ago
The Farsi word div may be related to the English word devil.
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by The-Old-Hacker 2mo ago
I've read this story before but it's worth a repeat.
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by The-Old-Hacker 2mo ago
A decision undo button.
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by The-Old-Hacker 2mo ago
Yep, that happened to me too. The biggest joke was that LinkedIn forced me to create a password before I could delete the profile they'd created without my permission. This happened after I'd visited several LinkedIn links on my P
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by The-Old-Hacker 3mo ago
"Great people are sometimes oddly-shaped" Great people are racehorses, not donkeys. And racehorses tend be skittish. But they win races for you.
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by The-Old-Hacker 3mo ago
We used to do this in the software documentation team I worked with for 9 years: we would discuss something verbally, then the person who'd called the discussion would summarise the conclusions in an email to team members. They could t
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by The-Old-Hacker 3mo ago
Rosa Brooks, the author of the piece, is American. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Brooks
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by The-Old-Hacker 3mo ago
Secret Santa!
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by The-Old-Hacker 3mo ago
Source headline: Big Tech, big cons: Scammers are hiding in the apps that make your life easy
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by The-Old-Hacker 3mo ago
https://archive.ph/85isU
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by The-Old-Hacker 4mo ago
A wonderful rabbit hole for anyone fascinated by number properties. Focusses almost entirely on positive real numbers.
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by The-Old-Hacker 5mo ago
https://archive.ph/loQZu
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by The-Old-Hacker 5mo ago
Very good. Worth it just for the custom CSS ability, to be honest, although the option to mute users comes a close second. "The friendly release notes" presumably refers to this page: https://github.com/insin/
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by The-Old-Hacker 5mo ago
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/08/british-c...
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by The-Old-Hacker 6mo ago
A phrase involving horses and stable doors comes to mind.
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by The-Old-Hacker 6mo ago
https://archive.ph/RJHvW
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by The-Old-Hacker 6mo ago
https://archive.ph/a3pRV
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by The-Old-Hacker 6mo ago
https://archive.ph/VdzLq
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by The-Old-Hacker 6mo ago
https://archive.ph/ZKi5G
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by The-Old-Hacker 6mo ago
https://archive.ph/3WE7U
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by The-Old-Hacker 8mo ago
Very useful. Easy to install and use and nicely designed.
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by The-Old-Hacker 8mo ago
Uitstekend!
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by The-Old-Hacker 8mo ago
Ironically, the Celtic tribe referred to were the Ancient Britons.
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by The-Old-Hacker 8mo ago
Related recent discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46326021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46301629
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by The-Old-Hacker 8mo ago
https://archive.ph/fSWYv
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by The-Old-Hacker 9mo ago
https://archive.ph/JsWRv
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by The-Old-Hacker 9mo ago
See also: https://x.com/FaytuksNetwork/status/2003237895897780632

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