deftturtle

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by deftturtle 3y ago
what if instead of breaking encryption and violating privacy rights, we had governments enforce the death penalty for people that rape children? Why are we trying to violate the rest of society through our refusal to take out the trash?
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by deftturtle 3y ago
can confirm.
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by deftturtle 6y ago
I don’t trust the US government and would prefer to wait and see if there are side effects. Are there risks to taking a vaccine that was rapidly produced? We won’t know until we know, and so I will wait at the minimum. So no, I won’t take i
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by deftturtle 6y ago
I've moved it elsewhere, thanks! I didn't mean to upload that page yet, got careless and hadn't refined it.
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by deftturtle 6y ago
I emailed her in response to the Snowden revelations back in 2013. I noticed some similarities in her format. Here's what she emailed back: ------ Dear Cale: I received your communication indicating your concerns about the two National
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by deftturtle 6y ago
As others have pointed out, you could use a static html page, vanilla js, etc, but ignoring this, I see value for future learning. Sure, there are alternatives, but it looks like the industry wants React skills. I've never used React,
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by deftturtle 6y ago
Used Adguard for about 2.5 years, and literally switched to NextDNS yesterday after reading this article. I've got a blog post about DNS ad-blocking [0], updating stuff now and then. I hope it points out some of the different features
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by deftturtle 6y ago
Same here. I'd got an iPhone 7 with 128GB for only $100 used, on Craigslist. I only buy used phones now, and I never spend more than $200. The market is always saturated with used phones, and they work fine. I bought two Sony a7ii came
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by deftturtle 6y ago
Modern sites are so bad that anything else is "genius." IMO the site needs parallax scroll and hamburger menus. /s
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by deftturtle 6y ago
I use the basic HTML version, which is much faster. You can change your default here: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/15049
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by deftturtle 6y ago
I've used online printing for my cell phone, even pictures from latest iPhones, and they look grainy at 4x6 or 5x7. Maybe it's just a poor printing service. But I spend a lot of time on my computer looking at photos, and the cell
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by deftturtle 6y ago
With a larger sensor, you don't have to compress the image as much, so you can record more detail per unit of area. If you take two pictures of the same scene, one with a small sensor, and the other with a larger sensor, the geometric
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by deftturtle 6y ago
Been wondering about switching to X-Pro2 or X-T2 from Sony a7ii. I can't afford to own both. Any thoughts, or just keep the full frame sony? I don't have any native lenses for either and just adapt analog film lenses
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by deftturtle 7y ago
uMatrix is great for blocking 3rd party stuff globally in your browser. Outside of the browser, I rely on DNS blocking rather than modifying hosts files. Wrote a little post about how I configured my blacklists and whitelists with AdGuard P
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by deftturtle 7y ago
I'm so done with Apple, but more generally, with cell-phones. I was very excited to have Signal available back in 2015, but when I learned about cellular baseband processors and DMA attacks, I realized the whole smartphone stack is ins
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by deftturtle 7y ago
Here’s my take on minimalism, expressed as website design goals: https://www.calebyers.com/blog/website-design-goals.html
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by deftturtle 7y ago
Absolutely. Notice how Gabriel Weinberg is spamming his DDG search-engine. Nothing against DDG, but this is a shady tactic for promoting your business. https://www.quora.com/profile/Gabriel-Weinberg
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by deftturtle 7y ago
DuckDuckGo is an offender here. Drives me nuts. See Gabriel’s profile on Quora: https://www.quora.com/profile/Gabriel-Weinberg
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by deftturtle 7y ago
Never written a line of perl in my life, but this seems like total satire. They talk about “machine learning” trends and apps and putting classes in “every school.” It’s exaggerated and funny. Check out their linked site, “Teen Perl,” which
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by deftturtle 7y ago
It’s a shame they don’t allow female nipples but allow male nipples. Clear cut sexism, and is there no way to sue them?
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by deftturtle 7y ago
You are correct, and I reached out to the author about fighting their bogus claims. He wasn’t interested, but this was a while ago. Perhaps if this new parody font fights them, he’d be willing to do the same for smelvetica
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by deftturtle 7y ago
you're limited to what Apple has allowed you to have. Search app store for content blockers. This "story" [1] by Apple contains most popular, and I've used Ka-Block! and Ghostery Lite. I would go with either or both. [1]
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by deftturtle 7y ago
After Apple destroyed safari extensions and forced everyone to use declarative net requests, there are few options. I’m pretty sure Ghostery is now unable to perform the analytics or data collection from previous versions. KaBlock and other
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by deftturtle 7y ago
Definitely worth reading all 3 before you come here and comment on the subject. My takeaway is that the company needs to come clean, or it’s going to snowball into disaster.
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by deftturtle 7y ago
Agree! Also TAILS has been great during my lunch break on old corporate computers. Makes them usable again, while avoiding surveillance
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by deftturtle 7y ago
It’s my understanding that StartPage is a proxy for Google Search, and DDG is both a proxy for Bing, Yahoo, and other places, with some “instant answers” thrown in, like JS minifiers, color pickers, and other tools. I’d like to see DDG do s
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by deftturtle 7y ago
My solution is to have a blinking green, which indicates that it’s about to turn yellow. We might also lengthen the yellow duration, but knowing that the light will switch gives time to decide if you can speed up or decelerate safely, witho
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by deftturtle 7y ago
You can also try i.reddit.com for an even older version.
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by deftturtle 7y ago
I don’t see why Safari can’t block extensions from sending data to remote servers. Seems like a pretty basic thing, so we have more powerful tools and not the privacy risks
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by deftturtle 7y ago
I agree. I’ve got an SE, 5S, and 5C, and when they all die, I’m looking into Purism’s lineup. But if Apple resurrects the SE, I will probably get it.

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