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Re:My Friend Bob Cringely on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @11:23AM (#50167795)
Technically, sure, you're absolutely right; but the moral of the story is (I think) that making your interviewer think you're an out-of-box thinker all but guarantees an offer.
Re:My Friend Bob Cringely on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @11:01AM (#50167470)
Another story worth reading (same blog/author):

A Google Interviewing Story

https://tyma.com/google-interviewing-story/

Re:ThinkPad I9990303 Error Catch-22 on Saturday October 17, 2026 @05:14AM (#50129315)
"The IBM Hardware Maintenance Manual for the ThinkPad 750 says that error I9990303 indicates a faulty system board. It also contains this curious note: I9990303 errors can be caused by exposure to strong magnetic fields."
Re:The new Firefox design is here on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @11:02AM (#49894549)
Bonus:

/* Hide Kit mascot illustrations from menus, dialogs, and in-app alerts */

.mascot-icon,

.panel-header-mascot,

[mascot="kit"],

.onboarding-mascot-container {

    display: none !important;

}
Re:The new Firefox design is here on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @10:58AM (#49894479)
Here you go: add this to your userChrome.css file.

/disable gradient

/ 1. Remove the toolbar/tab bar gradient completely /

:root:not([theme-image-in-toolbox]) body,

:root[theme-image-in-toolbox] #navigator-toolbox {

    background-image: none !important;
}

/ 2. Strip Nova purple accent color/focus outlines from the URL & search bar */

:root {

    --toolbar-field-focus-background-color: var(--toolbar-field-background-color) !important;
}

.urlbar-input-container, #searchbar {

    --toolbar-field-border-color-focus: var(--toolbar-field-border-color) !important;

    box-shadow: none !important;

}
>I can just kill the GPU rendering process

>and it picks back up with no data loss,

>whereas with Firefox I had to restart the whole thing

about:processes > kill the GPU process without having to restart Firefox.

Re:Backdoors in VStarcam Cameras on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @08:35AM (#46526211)
"For some reason VStarcam really wants to have access to their customer’s passwords."

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