One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment

Re:One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment by ProAm on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @09:13AM (#21584041)

Paying for content you want to read. Good journalism isn't cheap, this is one of those things you shouldnt pirate.

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Re:One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment by lostgame on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @09:18AM (#21584091)

If I could pay somehow on a per-article basis, for the articles I stumbled upon - I would. I don’t regularly read NYT and would have no use for a monthly subscription as HN is the only place I see (unfortunately) regularly posting from NYT.

What we need is some kind of universal pass for articles that you pay a monthly fee for, and then as you read the articles from the sites it supports, it pays that publisher.

Additionally, the poster asked for a workaround - not to be lambasted for their choice to do so. :)

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Re:One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment by Cthulhu_ on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @10:07AM (#21584505)

Dutch startup Blendle tried to do this, working with national newspapers to sell articles on a per-article basis. NY Times was one of their investors.

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Re:One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment by Aloha on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @11:40AM (#21585433)

https://launch.blendle.com

They still are doing it - the issue of course is blendle wants me to be the portal from which I read all my news - and I want to read it from wherever, my account bring debited when I read a blendled page.

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Re:One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment by lostgame on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @12:33PM (#21586133)

>> the issue of course is blendle wants me to be the portal from which I read all my news

Bahaha, yeah, no. That’s not what I’m talking about.

Imagine we could also pay a generic monthly fee for e.g. access to Netflix, Disney+, etc, and the profits go to the services we are watching at the time.

All this celebration of Disney+ is honestly sad af, and shows just how out of touch people are.

We are in days worse than cable television, except that it’s on demand.

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Re:One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment by Aloha on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @01:10PM (#21586573)

I want the digital equivalent of a coin slot I insert money into when I'm on the nyt's website I can insert money into to read.

I think we want the same thing.

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Re:One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment by SuoDuanDao on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @09:21AM (#21584108)

Brave Browser is an attempt at something similar.

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Re:One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment by rb808 on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @09:50AM (#21584365)

If you create an account you get 5 free articles a month so that should suit you fine.

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Re:One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment by ISL on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @09:58AM (#21584422)

I'd do it (and indeed have done it, but don't use the account), if I didn't have to be tracked in order to read....

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Re:One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment by lostgame on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @12:29PM (#21586073)

Yup. This. No, I don’t need yet another company having my info - I’m demanded to sign up on a brand new computer I just set up - I don’t even get a free article anymore.

Tested it on a VPN to make sure, even.

I think ‘quality journalism’ can do without stopping to this level.

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Re:One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @10:26AM (#21584708)

Like Brave?

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Re:One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment by corebit on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @09:20AM (#21584105)

Sounds like Brave's BAT!

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Re:One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment by kevin_thibedeau on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @10:57AM (#21584965)

Then don't implement dark patterns for account cancellation.

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Re:One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment by tehjoker on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @12:13PM (#21585861)

I already pay for state department and Pentagon talking points with my tax dollars.

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Re:One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment by bitlax on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @09:23AM (#21584128)

I do but I have no idea if this is good journalism. I've been disappointed by the New York Times before, but that's irrelevant. According to the FAQ, you're not supposed to post articles behind a paywall which doesn't have a workaround; I'm just wondering what the workaround is. I see you can create an account but I don't know if that really counts.

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Re:One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment by silvester23 on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @09:29AM (#21584185)

You can clear all your cookies for nytimes.com

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Re:One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment by rtkwe on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @09:26AM (#21584154)

If you use Pocket you can add the story to your pocket list and that seems to get around it on most sites.

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Re:One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment by throwaway35784 on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @11:36AM (#21585393)

So because it's worth it to you it shouldn't be pirated? As if your opinion on what laws are worthwhile to follow are somehow better than the actual law?

Nothing should be pirated.

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Re:One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment by cannonedhamster on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @11:46AM (#21585529)

The law is a sham that's routinely changed in favor of those who make the most money. Just because something's legal doesn't mean it's right. The law also applies differently based on who you are and how much justice one can afford. I also think you're exaggerating. Someone saying if content is worth something to you, you should be willing to okay for it is a far cry from them labeling themselves the arbiter of copyright like you seem to have done.

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Re:One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment by throwaway35784 on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @03:30PM (#21588143)

That perspective on the law is a non starter. It's just not true. Picking and choosing what is okay to infringe is by definition being an arbiter of copyright law.

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Re:One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment by tyingq on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @09:26AM (#21584152)

Make a bitly shortened url, then pass that to outline.com: https://outline.com/arZnUx

Or pay for the subscription.

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Re:One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment by bitlax on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @09:30AM (#21584190)

Ok, this works. Thanks.

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Re:One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment by Miner49er on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @09:24AM (#21584138)

I disable JS on it. It works, but can break some of their more elaborate articles.

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Re:One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment by travisoneill1 on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @10:53AM (#21584937)

You get a free article. Use Firefox. Click on the lock icon on the url bar and go to Clear Cookies. Now you get another free article.

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Re:One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment by frosted-flakes on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @09:41AM (#21584270)

As soon as you see the text load, hit the "stop loading" button (usually takes the place of the refresh button). JavaScript doesn't load, so the paywall is never put in place.

Works pretty reliably across the board, unless maybe you have lightning fast Internet. Maybe there's a plugin to selectively disable JS that would make this easier.

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Re:One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment by wmoser on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @09:36AM (#21584231)

Again, not necessarily a work around, but you might check with your local library in the US. Our library gives us access to online NYT.

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Re:One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment by leetcrew on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @09:16AM (#21584064)

reader mode in Firefox usually works for me, ymmv.

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Re:One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment by aphextim on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @10:05AM (#21584485)

archive.is

Copy/paste url

Doesn't work 100% of the time but usually does.

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Re:One Reason the U.S. Military Can’t Fix Its Own Equipment by Spooky23 on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @09:26AM (#21584160)

Pay or use a different browser.

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