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Comment · 10 years ago
Comment · 10 years ago
Cookies can be/are used for extensive tracking (even when you're not techically on the site). The EU requires websites that use cookies to display conformation message on how cookies will be used to track the user.
Comment · 10 years ago
Also the SE
Comment · 10 years ago
Earlier post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11722329
Seems 550 dyno hours are for ALL, not per app :(
Comment · 10 years ago
They have a provided a FAQ page about Free Dyno Hour [1]
Previously you get 540 dyno hours (18 hours/day), now it's 550. If you provide a valid credit card, you'll get 1000 dyno hours (you will NOT be charged unless you EXPLICITLY switch to a paid plan)
Comment · 10 years ago
None in my [Mac]book. If you're running on OSX, open WhatsApp web on Safari, allow notification & pin the tab. Same outcome but resource efficient (compared to an Electron app).
Comment · 10 years ago
Couldn't agree more. I'm a lead web developer at a company and whenever I'm asked to interview a potential employee I give em' a short coding task. Internet access is allowed. The only restriction I give em' is not to clear their search history.
If the candidate knows the problem he/she is facing and can formulate good query to look for a solution; that's a ++
[1] has been known for draining battery, so no surprises there.
[2] which for a couple of releases has become even more unusable. On my MBP (2014, i5, 8GB), takes over 4+ seconds for the bar to activate. Hopefully with the introduction of E10S [3], next releases will be much more perfomant.
[3] https://wiki.mozilla.org/E10s
EDIT: I did not know Safari is no more on Windows. So in that case Edge is the winner for Windows.