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“By mistake”? This was absolutely criminal. And since this is a very small town (<1000), knowing the kind of people who live in small towns, I could very well believe this is a case of “fuck everybody else”
What makes you think this money is going to development of the browser instead of… everything else they do?
For some reason, every comment that suggests that this is a Russian hack has a green glow.
Re:Ask HN: Why is there a black bar on HN? on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @11:56AM (#30362401)
Or a “title” attribute so it has a tooltip.
Re:Apple’s iPhone has 56% share of the U.S. smartphone market on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @09:56PM (#30355844)
You just swipe from the left part of the screen.
Re:Texas sues Meta, saying it misused facial recognition data on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @09:22AM (#30346755)
Of course you get rights: the right to use the service!
Re:Texas sues Meta, saying it misused facial recognition data on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @09:07AM (#30346580)
If you don’t have the legal expertise or the time to read a contract you hire a lawyer to have him see if the contract is reasonable, or you don’t sign it.
Re:Texas sues Meta, saying it misused facial recognition data on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @09:05AM (#30346546)
I don’t read tos (as in contracts of online services) but I don’t cry when something unexpected happens because I didn’t read them.

It’s my right to sign contracts without reading them. It’s not my right to pretend I didn’t sign them because I didn’t read them.

Re:Texas sues Meta, saying it misused facial recognition data on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @08:57AM (#30346441)
Then don’t use the services. I wouldn’t sign a contract without reading it. “Your honour, I had no time to read the contract, therefore it’s void” seems a bad excuse.
It seems obvious that this is the result of someone else having abused Reddit too much from PIA addresses.

I also find blanket proxy bans reasonable: it’s akin to refusing service to those who wear a balaclava to a store.

Re:GiveSendGo Has Been Hacked on Monday February 14, 2022 @04:36AM (#30330080)
That’s a very brave criticism of Soros you have there!
I posted it sincerely, even though I don’t completely agree with it.
The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. They have greatly increased the life-expectancy of those of us who live in “advanced” countries, but they have destabilized society, have made life unfulfilling, have subjected human beings to indignities, have led to widespread psychological suffering (in the Third World to physical suffering as well) and have inflicted severe damage on the natural world. The continued development of technology will worsen the situation. It will certainly subject human beings to greater indignities and inflict greater damage on the natural world, it will probably lead to greater social disruption and psychological suffering, and it may lead to increased physical suffering even in “advanced” countries.
Re:Nearly a third of TV ads play to empty rooms on Saturday February 12, 2022 @04:07AM (#30311234)
Spaniard here and I confirm. TV always on even at a low volume is a given no matter the circumstances. I think we’d all feel weird if that background noise wasn’t there. I’ve always imagined it’s the same everywhere in the world, but perhaps I’m wrong.
…or heterosexuals are a hundred times less likely to engage in risky behaviour.
What is SimilarWeb and how do they know that? Because I have a hunch that they are pulling the numbers out of their asses just so they are mentioned in articles from shitty blogs like this one.
Re:Twitter Problems? on Friday February 11, 2022 @12:53PM (#30304615)
Having the client make a request every second is a sure way of staying down in case of overload
Re:Why won’t anyone teach me math? on Friday February 11, 2022 @11:01AM (#30302947)
How did you interpret “immature” as “not smart enough”? A baby is not mature, which doesn’t mean he won’t grow up. “Immaturity” means that there’s room for improvement and that that improvement is attainable.

What I mean to say is that this issue stems from your misunderstanding of the meaning of the word “mature” and nothing else.

Re:Nike.com's robots.txt on Friday February 11, 2022 @07:37AM (#30300688)
Tap the AA button next to the url field and zoom off using the bottom left button.
Why move on when I can live in fear and, what’s even better, legally compel the rest of people to live in fear as well?
Re:Flexbox Froggy – A game for learning CSS flexbox on Monday February 07, 2022 @07:53PM (#30253669)
Is it worth it to use flexbox now that grid exists? I’m not sure if they solve the same kind of problems.
The fewer people who understand these complexities, the more money those who do make :)
As far as I can tell, 4chan is vehemently against the current neoliberal wars. They laughed their asses off at the US abandoning Afghanistan and are questioning why the NATO has to be in Ukraine at all. Perhaps I misunderstood your tone.
Re:Ask HN: Why is the Ubuntu Software Center so buggy? on Saturday February 05, 2022 @02:05PM (#30224609)
I assume they are short of money to make it work.

If it was because the developers are incompetent, they would’ve been fired. But when there’s no money, there’s no money.

Re:Don't allow animated favicons (2001) on Friday February 04, 2022 @10:39AM (#30208168)
Hilarious and cute at the same time.
You mean “public APIs not being comprehensive enough”
Re:Ask HN: General Mood of the Community on Thursday February 03, 2022 @12:14PM (#30195243)
I waste as little time as possible writing contrarian comments here because I know they will get flagged immediately and nobody will get to read them.
Re:Facebook loses users for the first time on Thursday February 03, 2022 @03:52AM (#30190240)
People are hardwired to censor some words like that (like cov!d) precisely because of 1
Re:Regarding the Neil Young–Joe Rogan Spotify Saga on Sunday January 30, 2022 @10:42AM (#30138084)
Spanish law makes sedition illegal as well. If apple is to remove encouragement of illegal acts they should remove all those podcasts.

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