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Re:Russia blocks Meta's WhatsApp messaging service, FT reports on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @09:15PM (#46984120)
I believe it's quite popular, actually. Data gathered from a leak [1] shows that Russia had the 5th largest share of total WhatsApp users as of 2021.

[1] https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.20252

Re:Ardour 9.0 Released on Thursday February 05, 2026 @02:21PM (#46903811)
Congratulations on the new release! I've seen some forum discussions on this in the past, and I'd imagine it's a frequently debated topic. However, I'd like to ask about the technical feasibility of implementing a feature similar to Ableton's 'Warp' within Ardour. I understand that Ardour and Ableton have fundamentally different architectures and that different DAWs can prioritize different workflows. Given the current state of the codebase and the development roadmap, I'm curious how realistic the implementation of BPM-synced time-stretching actually is or if it remains significantly outside the project's scope.
Re:The Dank Case for Scrolling Window Managers on Friday January 30, 2026 @08:24PM (#46832334)
I had an excellent experience using niri to manage visuals for a university event recently. I was handling background loops, videos, and slides, and since it was a last-minute setup I had to improvise the entire workflow. The scrollable layout was perfect for this, I organized the windows horizontally in the exact sequence they needed to appear, which effectively turned a mix of an image viewer, video player, browser, and PDF readers into a seamless presentation (I could just have used the browser but it would have felt clumsy in comparison). The ability to keep everything in fullscreen and instantly exchange windows between displays via keyboard shortcuts made the transitions almost invisible to the audience.
Re:Firefox 147.0 on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @09:54AM (#46616712)
Firefox now supports the Freedesktop.org XDG Base Directory Specification. Finally!
Re:Magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-Firefox-clean on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @07:21PM (#46610602)
PS although the add-on was removed from Mozilla’s add-on store (AMO) (because of DMCA Takedown Notice) it’s still signed and manually checked for security by Mozilla (hence the delay in signing).

That explains why I couldn't find it. I believe this is the most comprehensive and up-to-date paywall bypasser out there.

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