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Re:How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds on Friday May 20, 2016 @04:53PM (#11741424)
how come this article only got 2 points[1] when someone submitted it here a day ago, but this time it's at the top of everything?

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11726766

+1

i tried turning off scripts a while back

i could refresh any page and it would near-instantly return me to the same scroll position without jumping around as scripts load

i didn't have to feel so cautious about sites abusing my browser to show me popups, subscription forms or ads

it felt really empowering for some reason

> or Cloudflare

https://www.cloudflare.com/ssl/#cloudflare-ssl-options

cloudflare's "flexible ssl" option encrypts the connection between their datacenter and the user, but not the one between the datacenter and the actual web server

i guess it's better than nothing if your host doesn't support ssl but the false sense of security could be harmful

Re:Real-life JavaScript Generators on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @05:46AM (#11570536)
i think the generator-to-async-function hack is kind of ugly and not a good example of "real-life javascript generators" at all
Re:Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) on Thursday April 21, 2016 @07:51AM (#11541295)
what are they going to do when they run out of letters in the alphabet?
Re:Ask HN: Helping a dev who drinks? on Wednesday March 16, 2016 @10:42PM (#11302262)
endangering his health probably
Re:End of the World on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @09:18PM (#11250411)
the page seems to only work over http

i had to disable the site's HTTPS Everywhere rule