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by webmobdev 3y ago
I'd be suspicious of any research from BigTech on this - it is in their vested interest to allow and control political discussions on their platform due to the huge influence it gives them in shaping political discourse in any country.
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by webmobdev 3y ago
I used to believe the United States had the most sophisticated production and mediums for creating and spreading their propaganda and cultural values. But the ban against Russia Today ( Accused of spreading propaganda, RT gets deplatformed
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by webmobdev 3y ago
I was interested in Servo, but its website is exasperating - any idea where I can find info on what HTML, CSS and JS standards it supports?
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by webmobdev 3y ago
Youtube (and many other free video hosting services) also serve pirated TV series and movies this way. It's pretty commonand old tactic and not unique to TikTok.
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by webmobdev 3y ago
It sounds like you've had an awful experience with CBT. Whatever be the therapy, the skill and experience of the therapist matters a lot too. From what you've said, I get the feeling that you think (or experienced) that CBT is all
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by webmobdev 3y ago
I honestly wasn't even aware this was an issue. But someone who works with browsers would obviously encounter such issue that they have to address, and that's why I quoted the specific excerpt from Pale Moon release notes. A searc
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by webmobdev 3y ago
I am talking about specific PR campaigns based on our conversation , not ads about specific apps. Please see my other comment. (And while I haven't worked in AdTech, I have experience with Print and Internet advertising.)
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by webmobdev 3y ago
Yes, 100% sure because we weren't discussing any specific apps . We were discussing in-app purchases in games and how it is unethical of Apple to encourage such kind of games on the App Store simply because they make more money for th
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by webmobdev 3y ago
You assume that I continued using Apple devices. After that experience, I disabled Siri, iCloud, etc. on my mom's iPad and personally have never bought any new Apple devices.
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by webmobdev 3y ago
Oh, Apple Siri absolutely listens to your conversations and targets you too. I have personal experience of this in India where Siri on my friend's iPhone "overheard" our conversation about apps on app store and started showin
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by webmobdev 3y ago
Ok, but what other use cases are there for using this datatype? (Particularly in a web framework).
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by webmobdev 3y ago
Cut them some slack please - even they need the occasional PR hype to ensure funding.
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Ask HN: Why are many Web Frameworks using BigInt?
1 points by webmobdev 3y ago|6 comments
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by webmobdev 3y ago
It says Arabic is the hardest language to learn for English speakers - I thought Chinese was the toughest? Is Arabic more cumbersome to learn than Chinese?
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by webmobdev 3y ago
Don't CLI tools use data structures and algorithms?
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by webmobdev 3y ago
Did Servo manage to become a full-featured browser rendering engine - I thought the project was abandoned by Mozilla?
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by webmobdev 3y ago
A common use case for maximized browser window - tab-bar on the left- or right-side of the browser, and websites set to zoom to more than 125+ % to read it comfortably ... With higher resolution and bigger screen monitors everything seems
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by webmobdev 3y ago
Fair warning. But wasn't Waterfox sold to System1 - "an advertising company that tries to "make advertising better and safer, while respecting consumer privacy" - https://www.ghacks.net/2020/02&#x2
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by webmobdev 3y ago
You do know that "communist" artists in Hollywood were spied on, harassed and even blacklisted? See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_blacklist
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by webmobdev 3y ago
Breaks every 30 - 60 minutes from computers and meetings; socialising with people or spending some time alone during the breaks, depending on your mood and personality; mini-meals (food / Snacks) and water.
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Mohamed Al-Fayed began life as a porter in Alexandria and died as a billionaire(arabnews.com)
42 points by webmobdev 3y ago|65 comments
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by webmobdev 3y ago
I was told by a physiotherapist doing his Phd that if everybody did Tai Chi and indian Yoga he would be jobless - Tai Chi helps with "stretching" the nerves and Yoga does the same with muscles. (Your nerve flossing description was
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by webmobdev 3y ago
It says SIP supports instant messaging. Never knew that. I wonder why it is not a popular protocol for all these "instant messengers" out there (especially since it also support P2P)? How does it compare to Matrix?
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by webmobdev 3y ago
India has a competent opposition. But any competent opposition is limited in democratically fighting an authoritarian regime that doesn't subscribe to democratic values.
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by webmobdev 3y ago
Three-phase power supply for residential use is common even in India.
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by webmobdev 3y ago
Yes, dual licensing is a one way to commercialise xGPL software. Note though that it still protects the developers' rights: 1. You have to seek explicit permission from the developer of the xGPL OSS code to use it under a different lic
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by webmobdev 3y ago
Just like every other OSS license. No, not like "every other OSS license". OSS licenses, like MIT or BSD for example, allow others to modify and "close-source" it. The license doesn't oblige them to produce or d
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by webmobdev 3y ago
> People using AGPL seem to be signalling that they don't appreciate other people using their software for profit. No. We use xGPL to protect our (developers) and users "right to repair". xGPL developers don't care
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by webmobdev 3y ago
There are other complex issues - one of the reasons India decided to shutdown the fab was because they require an incredible amount of pure water. India is afraid that diverting water to fabs would hinder its agricultural production and cur
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by webmobdev 3y ago
While "the 4th largest military in the world" sounds awe inspiring, the reality was that when the Americans attacked, Iraq had a poorly trained "4th largest military in the world" that was also poorly maintained because

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