yourduskquibble

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by yourduskquibble 7y ago
> BTW LinkedIn and others are doing the same, and what anyone is going to do about it? Stop using their user-hostile service? They need my eyeballs in order to sell me to advertisers. If they are creating features that turn users away, t
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by yourduskquibble 7y ago
I can't tell if this is sarcasm or serious.
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by yourduskquibble 7y ago
100 round barrels?
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by yourduskquibble 7y ago
One could argue that we do have moderm day timelessness; single use plastics that will take a few thousand years to be destroyed.
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by yourduskquibble 7y ago
No, but they aren't compensated nearly as well due to the market prices being "set" lower than what they can command in another market. i.e. practicing medicine in the U.S. commands a higher wage than in Canada so doctors lea
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by yourduskquibble 7y ago
No I'm saying the supply is artificially constrained by the price of "free" so there is less incentive to go into medicine, hence shortages at the price demanded.
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by yourduskquibble 7y ago
Economic incentives (or lack there of) under socialism. There's too much demand for the supply at the price established ("free").
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by yourduskquibble 7y ago
HN'ers all agree ;) that modern day journalism is filled with hyperbole and unsubstantiated information.
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by yourduskquibble 7y ago
> I think that the new User Interface that Facebook is rolling out will show whether or not Facebook has a real commitment to privacy. How would you determine if the new user interface provided (or not) any [new or perceived] level of pr
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by yourduskquibble 7y ago
> What is the trade-off for not being included by default in the main extension, CPU? gorhill's (developer of uBO) explanation from[1] below: > uBO-Extra is needed to deal with IL stuff because the IL inline script appears at th
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by yourduskquibble 7y ago
Are you using chrome and also have either uBO-Extra or Nano Defender installed? If not it's most likely the ads are being served by Instart Logic. [1] [2] [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBO-Extra/wiki/Sit
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by yourduskquibble 7y ago
> NYTimes is the main reason I've been on the search for some kind of feature for HN (addon? greasemonkey script? ANYTHING) to auto-hide articles based on domain or title matches. Does anyone have a solution? You'll leave an or
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by yourduskquibble 8y ago
> HOAs are still relatively rare outside of SoCal, so this issue is unlikely to pop up for 99.999% of the US population. This seems incorrect. They are more common than you think, especially in neighborhoods built within the last 30-40 y
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by yourduskquibble 8y ago
> I had a call yesterday and the Airpods were beeping that they were dying at the 20min mark, and didn't make it to 30min on the call. > I love the form factor, and I just ordered the "new" Airpods, because I am hoping
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by yourduskquibble 8y ago
Fool me once...
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by yourduskquibble 8y ago
Is it surprising that data that we provide and passes through Google's services are being mined? News at 11. Many may find this shocking or upsetting however I personally find Google Timeline[1] creepier than this set of data. [1] http
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by yourduskquibble 8y ago
I see a lot of technical jargon but wondering how all of this relates and fits in with (if at all) the redesign?
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by yourduskquibble 8y ago
> I wonder if we see it on mobile platforms someday. Not having a norootneeded adblocker on android or ios is very sad Not sure if this is what you mean exactly, but uBlock Origin (as well as a lot of other Firefox extensions) can be ins
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by yourduskquibble 8y ago
Great suggestion I will add that. How discovery happens for others is great info.
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by yourduskquibble 8y ago
> One third-party filter list for uBO that I absolutely love is Web Annoyances Ultralist Glad you find it useful! Personal anecdote: While developing & maintaining a list it can be difficult to know if others are finding it useful be
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by yourduskquibble 8y ago
And the saddest part of your entire comment is that no one will listen when the economic facts are obvious and stop the madness.
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by yourduskquibble 8y ago
Does this surprise anyone who understands the level of psychological manipulation they deploy to create quick dopamine hits that create addicts out of users?
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by yourduskquibble 8y ago
Just curious do you love in a "blue state"... Supporting the pensions of the gym teacher who retired at 55 drawing $100k+ for the rest of his/her life?
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by yourduskquibble 8y ago
Please check out my project[1] if you hate sticky headers. [1] https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances
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by yourduskquibble 8y ago
Check out the uBO Scope extension by the ever amazing gorhill.
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by yourduskquibble 8y ago
Worry not my friend, for you are not alone.
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by yourduskquibble 8y ago
This is a really insightful and intelligent comment, I have nothing great to add to your comment but wanted to pass along my praise.
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by yourduskquibble 8y ago
Playing devil's advocate here (and I think like you) but you're in a minority group just by virtue of being on this site, the average end user that isn't you is really stupid about tech issues and wants "protection"
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by yourduskquibble 8y ago
There is a LOT of nuance in every Supreme Court case and this author either doesn't understand it, or chooses not to; and both of those options are dangerous to helping the public better understand the reasoning behind any deci
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by yourduskquibble 8y ago
Keepass as well.

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