There's a thin line between trusting and gullible, and the difference may be hard to perceive for outsiders. Trusting and gullible alike also means easily exploitable, especially when coupled with hospitality which…
> a country whose name literally just translates into “country of $ethnic_group.” FYI, this is the case with Denmark as well (as long as you permit Dane to be an ethnic group)
Added: Here is the ruleset I use for Hacker News specifically * { font-size: 23px; line-height: 1.5em } a { text-decoration: underline; }
In your browser of choice, install the "Stylus" plugin. This is a plugin that will let you write custom CSS styles for any and all page(s). If your browser of choice does not have the exact "Stylus" plugin it will have…
> is good for ... ... creating a massive pressure for sideloading and alternative/non-official app-stores. Don't for a minute think that those millions of people who currently enjoy that platform will suddently want to…
I think a better question is: Why do you insist on using Google? There are several search engines on the WWW. Google is just one, and I hear people complaining about that one a lot. I don't use it personally, and I…
I don't know if you were around when the US internet was inside AOL? And the French inside Minitel? All the rest of us didn't really care what you all did in there. Platforms and Walled Gardens alike come and go.
> claim better targeted content Any such claim is irrelevant. The personal opinion of the receiver of the content is not relevant, only that the content delivered somehow makes money for the sender. > That has driven…
> participating online with other humans There is a more significant case of "the end of anonymity", that of doing any kind of sale or purchase. The more sophisticated the possibilities for fraud become, the harder the…
As for "glimpse" ... One or two general elections ago[0] the Danish Peoples Party (which at the time was often declared far right and compared to the likes of Geert Wilders et al) got a 25% vote. In the media it was…
> These anecdotes have as much credibility as alien abductions, remote viewing, out of body experiences or other self-reported paranormal experiences... Those types of experiences are not the type of behaviour that is…
> This could instead be explained by having a IQ I respectfully disagree. Reasoning and memory is not the same. If you happen to actually become aquaintaned to more than one of this type of people during your lifetime…
> they flew him over a city and he drew all buildings with there windows etc on a large sheet of paper Steephen Wiltshire, Autistic Savant and Artist [0,1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Wiltshire [1]…
I bought the cheapest one at the store, as I always do. It was even on sale. IIRC it was less than $200. This was in 2022. My former "daily driver" Linux laptop was from 2009, and it gave up in 2023 (keyboard hardware…
> "wipe my data" You may be referring to "hiding your data from your own view" ... For SoMe and other organizations that have very large databases it is a very common procedure (if not outright "best practice") to NOT…
> I can't imagine a successful platform not getting beleaguered by the SEO May I suggest inclusion of the following snippet in the <head> section of every page on such a site: <meta name="robots"…
The keywords that you would want to enter into your preferred search engine are: Digital Picture Frame At this point in time that is already a regular product category. The OP could just have bought one, but chose the…
Thanks all below, I was not aware. I'm (a little) wiser now.
Try styling it (CSS). I've been there. One more reason not to use it.
Please, McCarthy is old hat. Here's a Survey of WorldWide Censorship, specifically the chapter on internet[0] to get you up-to-date. There's also the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) [1] which deals more…
Please note: Ireland This is the national internet regulator proposing that it would require that everyone, adult and children alike, would upload their state ID and live selfies, to porn sites to have biometric…
I see something that worries me in this article. It seems that any private enterprise can just launch any type of item(s) to the moon without any rules or oversight what so ever?!! How TF did we even get there? And how…
> nobody I know uses SMS these days Pro tip: Everyone can still receive your SMS, and respond to it. Which app they'll use for that is unknown to me as I've never[0] used a smartphone. [0] Qualification seems to be…
In other news Bitcoin and crypto stocks came under pressure early Wednesday as the market continues to wait for spot bitcoin ETF approvals by federal regulators, which are expected to come around Jan. 10. [0]…
Here you go: <script> document.write('<b>Screen: </b>'+screen.width+' x '+screen.height); </script> Yes, I know, "document.write()", but then there's something for y'all to refactor too. Win-win.
There's a thin line between trusting and gullible, and the difference may be hard to perceive for outsiders. Trusting and gullible alike also means easily exploitable, especially when coupled with hospitality which…
> a country whose name literally just translates into “country of $ethnic_group.” FYI, this is the case with Denmark as well (as long as you permit Dane to be an ethnic group)
Added: Here is the ruleset I use for Hacker News specifically * { font-size: 23px; line-height: 1.5em } a { text-decoration: underline; }
In your browser of choice, install the "Stylus" plugin. This is a plugin that will let you write custom CSS styles for any and all page(s). If your browser of choice does not have the exact "Stylus" plugin it will have…
> is good for ... ... creating a massive pressure for sideloading and alternative/non-official app-stores. Don't for a minute think that those millions of people who currently enjoy that platform will suddently want to…
I think a better question is: Why do you insist on using Google? There are several search engines on the WWW. Google is just one, and I hear people complaining about that one a lot. I don't use it personally, and I…
I don't know if you were around when the US internet was inside AOL? And the French inside Minitel? All the rest of us didn't really care what you all did in there. Platforms and Walled Gardens alike come and go.
> claim better targeted content Any such claim is irrelevant. The personal opinion of the receiver of the content is not relevant, only that the content delivered somehow makes money for the sender. > That has driven…
> participating online with other humans There is a more significant case of "the end of anonymity", that of doing any kind of sale or purchase. The more sophisticated the possibilities for fraud become, the harder the…
As for "glimpse" ... One or two general elections ago[0] the Danish Peoples Party (which at the time was often declared far right and compared to the likes of Geert Wilders et al) got a 25% vote. In the media it was…
> These anecdotes have as much credibility as alien abductions, remote viewing, out of body experiences or other self-reported paranormal experiences... Those types of experiences are not the type of behaviour that is…
> This could instead be explained by having a IQ I respectfully disagree. Reasoning and memory is not the same. If you happen to actually become aquaintaned to more than one of this type of people during your lifetime…
> they flew him over a city and he drew all buildings with there windows etc on a large sheet of paper Steephen Wiltshire, Autistic Savant and Artist [0,1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Wiltshire [1]…
I bought the cheapest one at the store, as I always do. It was even on sale. IIRC it was less than $200. This was in 2022. My former "daily driver" Linux laptop was from 2009, and it gave up in 2023 (keyboard hardware…
> "wipe my data" You may be referring to "hiding your data from your own view" ... For SoMe and other organizations that have very large databases it is a very common procedure (if not outright "best practice") to NOT…
> I can't imagine a successful platform not getting beleaguered by the SEO May I suggest inclusion of the following snippet in the <head> section of every page on such a site: <meta name="robots"…
The keywords that you would want to enter into your preferred search engine are: Digital Picture Frame At this point in time that is already a regular product category. The OP could just have bought one, but chose the…
Thanks all below, I was not aware. I'm (a little) wiser now.
Try styling it (CSS). I've been there. One more reason not to use it.
Please, McCarthy is old hat. Here's a Survey of WorldWide Censorship, specifically the chapter on internet[0] to get you up-to-date. There's also the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) [1] which deals more…
Please note: Ireland This is the national internet regulator proposing that it would require that everyone, adult and children alike, would upload their state ID and live selfies, to porn sites to have biometric…
I see something that worries me in this article. It seems that any private enterprise can just launch any type of item(s) to the moon without any rules or oversight what so ever?!! How TF did we even get there? And how…
> nobody I know uses SMS these days Pro tip: Everyone can still receive your SMS, and respond to it. Which app they'll use for that is unknown to me as I've never[0] used a smartphone. [0] Qualification seems to be…
In other news Bitcoin and crypto stocks came under pressure early Wednesday as the market continues to wait for spot bitcoin ETF approvals by federal regulators, which are expected to come around Jan. 10. [0]…
Here you go: <script> document.write('<b>Screen: </b>'+screen.width+' x '+screen.height); </script> Yes, I know, "document.write()", but then there's something for y'all to refactor too. Win-win.