Throwthrowbob

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by Throwthrowbob 4d ago
I remember a friend installing Zoom on a Linux computer through their software manager. Later, they removed it and found that when they visited the page in the software manager for Zoom, it automatically tried to install Zoom without intera
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by Throwthrowbob 9d ago
- In their mobile application: - They decreased the number of visible digits of unread e-mails from four (untested past four) to three. This is one of the first things the user sees when opening the application. - After providing fee
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Firefox 155 and beyond will be released in a two-week cadence(support.mozilla.org)
17 points by Throwthrowbob 25d ago|7 comments
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by Throwthrowbob 27d ago
I use user.js to harden the browser settings but this is local to the user's account. It's good that someone is describing using policies. I ended up a bunch of trial and error while looking at copies of the prefs.js file in the b
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by Throwthrowbob 1mo ago
Looks like about 30 MiB with a quick test.
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by Throwthrowbob 4mo ago
Dave Jones also did some videos on the LMV321 used in his uCurrent Gold project. The AS5X variant caused issues while others worked fine. Looking now, a document source suggests the AS5X variant in the parts list... but it's explained
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EV charging station fire caused by remote technician, report finds(vancouver.citynews.ca)
1 points by Throwthrowbob 4mo ago|0 comments
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by Throwthrowbob 4mo ago
Looks like the vendor has the option to disable Link: https://support.stripe.com/questions/how-to-turn-off-link
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by Throwthrowbob 4mo ago
Neat, but Ruffle failed to load the first game I tried, with reasoning that there is possibly no file to load. And then I was blocked by Cloudflare, even though there were no Cloudflare scripts to enable (checking in an alternate browser).
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YouTube Meet the Line-Dancing Community Doodle Taking Up Resources
1 points by Throwthrowbob 5mo ago|0 comments
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Kobalt Tools(kbalt.com)
3 points by Throwthrowbob 6mo ago|1 comments
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by Throwthrowbob 6mo ago
I thought this was entertaining, getting AI generated header images and then discovering the actual tool below. Plus the verbose descriptions.
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by Throwthrowbob 8mo ago
It may just be me or my internet, but I tried this specifically to see the effect and it was a very slow escape (seemed delayed starting to load, and then loading the escape page).
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by Throwthrowbob 8mo ago
Alternatively, the back of your knee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkLfAG0AAzQ Though this is more for the coughing/sneezing rather than the door opening.
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by Throwthrowbob 11mo ago
This occurred without an update to Firefox, and against my explicit wishes in my user.js: user_pref("browser.search.update", false); Not impressed.
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by Throwthrowbob 11mo ago
I used https://www.canada.ca/en/services/taxes/income-tax/personal-... (or an equivalent page, in case it's shifted around) to look for options a couple years back. I was glad I had this list to loo
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by Throwthrowbob 1y ago
How does one get the combined effects of multiple subdomains? For example, no AI, safe browsing, html, lite, as proposed by others?
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by Throwthrowbob 1y ago
If you don't use Private Browsing (or the equivalent) or otherwise clear your browsing cache, DuckDuckGo's AI assistant can be disabled by: - clicking the little gear to the right of the search types (near "Assist" and &
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Why Gamers Are Furious over Take-Two and 2K's New Terms of Service(medium.com)
2 points by Throwthrowbob 1y ago|0 comments
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by Throwthrowbob 2y ago
I remember being thrown off by this. A user.js entry may help. user.js runs on startup of Firefox/Librewolf, so keep this in mind for your usage application. the setting is: "privacy.resistFingerprinting", as in: user_pref(&q
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by Throwthrowbob 2y ago
I had stopped using Waterfox in 2020 because of their association with System1, an advertising company. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22338321 I learned today that Waterfox cut ties with System1 in July of 2023, so I
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by Throwthrowbob 2y ago
Would you please name the bank that had/has this issue?
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by Throwthrowbob 2y ago
I found that damage to either my character or the opponent occurs before what looks like the damage animation (red fill) occurs. This is neat, thank you for sharing!
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by Throwthrowbob 2y ago
Users are noticing: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to... https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/https://answers....
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by Throwthrowbob 2y ago
Users are noticing: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to... https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/https://answers....
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by Throwthrowbob 3y ago
Seeing some other comments about unfair power dynamics: Parking. Parking lot fines where you are accused of misusing a lot and fined: https://globalnews.ca/news/10217661/bc-man-private-parking-c... Or being charge
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by Throwthrowbob 3y ago
I found an application called Alovoa through F-Droid, but I see you don't need an phone application to use it: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.alovoa.expo/ https://app.alovoa.com/ h
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by Throwthrowbob 3y ago
As a heads up, Goodreads was also subject to fake books by authors back in August of 2023, though these were removed. https://janefriedman.com/i-would-rather-see-my-books-pirated...
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by Throwthrowbob 3y ago
Interesting, I found it here previously, but it appears to have disappeared from this site (hence archive link): https://web.archive.org/web/20211222213700/https://www.gamed...
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by Throwthrowbob 3y ago
A friend of mine wanted me to send them encrypted .gpg files due to being remote but not having the files on their person. They found that downloading some of these files from failed to download. After testing and submitting a bug report, t

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