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Okay, good luck with that mantra in a decade! I think it's very obvious that programming abilities are being destroyed from the inside out, but sure, tell me in a decade I was right when everything is collapsed.
So, what about healthcare? Back to paper records? Because it's not acceptable to me that everyone in the world will eventually see my private medical records.
Re:Firefox Expands Fingerprint Protections on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @02:02PM (#46049389)
It uses the existing FF container functionality, so uBlock should not be affected. I also use uBlock and haven't noticed anything bizarre. Maybe you just used YouTube right before a necessary update to uBlock's filters got loaded.

Regarding login, it's a struggle with any container addon. But I like how this one makes it easier. It streamlines it a bit because you can right click the page and go to Auto Containers -> Exclude tab from domain exclusions, then login as normal and add each intermediate domain to the container's URL patterns. It would be nice if the dev could add a way to record all intermediate domains and add them at the end; sometimes I miss one or two due to an auto-redirect.

Re:Firefox Expands Fingerprint Protections on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @02:57PM (#45892020)
I've recently switched from Containerise + Temporary Containers to Auto Containers. Brand new addon, but the dev is responsive and IMO it works much better for creating new containers on the fly as you browse.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/auto-containe...

https://github.com/Shajirr/FF-Auto-Containers

Re:"No Tax on Tips" Includes Digital Creators, Too on Friday September 12, 2025 @04:08PM (#45226175)
The employer is shifting the responsibility of wages to the customer (you). It is customary in business to pay a wage even if an employee makes a mistake. The tipout structure of most restaurants, where the server tips out the kitchen and support staff, also collects a percentage of all *sales* from the server's tips, so not tipping results in a server paying your tipout from their tips just for the privilege of serving you, hence the agast faces.

Tipping should be illegal to substitute for pay. Majority-tipped restaurants are almost always predatory and take advantage of both customers and employees in order to further enrich the owners.

Re:A receipt printer cured my procrastination on Thursday June 12, 2025 @12:43PM (#44259808)
We're on the same brainwave. Literally thought to myself, "but I forget to eat all the time" and scrolled down to see this.

ADHD obviously can make stuff like this hard, and most neurotypical people seem to operate on a "if it's important I'll remember it" mentality, which I'm incredibly jealous of. I still haven't found a good system for tracking important tasks without getting "overloaded" with too many tasks and/or subtasks.

Dangerous for the potential consequences we cant predict, and the violation of ethical considerations for a sentient organism.

We dont fully understand consciousness or how it works, and by experimenting with these, we could inadvertently create something capable of suffering or even self awareness. Without a clear understanding of these processes and how they work, it's downright reckless and unethical to assume theres no risk. Dbingham rightly points out that we're treading into unknown and potentially unethical territory.