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Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
I presume it's because when you copy a password to the clipboard, another app can view it.
Comment · 3 years ago
I don't understand why it resets at universal jump engine. Is that the end of the game, or is there some way to end up in a different state? I got to the point where that was the only option left.
Comment · 3 years ago
Does activity pub not use public key cryptography? (I don't know the answer to this but assumed it would have)

If each post is encrypted and signed by the author, and Sig chains are verified by servers when recieving updates that each link in the chain is an approved follower, then while posts could be more widely reshared by recipients, they wouldn't show up as from the original author, because the sharer and the Sig wouldn't match.

Seems to me this would be equivalent to using a centralised system like Facebook, where anyone with access to your posts can just copy paste to re share them.

Comment · 3 years ago
It's a shame you don't get to see what the other person voted for, whether they thought you were a bot or a human.
Comment · 3 years ago
Looking through that site, one of the things used to identify you is the value of the "do not track" header...

So the existence of that header actually makes tracking worse on the web

Comment · 3 years ago
I agree, and on top of that Google products used to be, in my experience of top notch quality. But over the past couple of years I'm seeing more and more bugs in Google maps, chrome, and android. I think they've really let the quality bar slip. They were/are in such a dominant position it's taking a long time to crumble, but crumbling they seem to be, slowly but surely.
Comment · 3 years ago
I've been staunchly on the Android side of the Android / iOS question, but this carry-on with refusing to block tracking like Apple has done is really making me consider switching.
Comment · 3 years ago
I've looked for a way to print to a printer on Firefox mobile but have never found one and always have to switch to Chrome just to print.

Does anyone know if it's possible yet?

Comment · 4 years ago
For anyone as confused as I was, peloton is the term for riding bicycles close together in a group. Not the brand of indoor exercise machines.
Comment · 4 years ago
I wish they'd advertise it better. I use Firefox mobile and it's so much better than Chrome I'd hate to go back. If the mainstream were aware how much better advert-less browsing is, by using adblockers on Firefox mobile, that would probably solve the problem.

I'm also a fan of having the address bar at the bottom for easier reach, though I admit it's a niche thing that sounds like a gimmick.

Comment · 5 years ago
I've been given the "we're a small start-up so can't afford to pay what you're currently on" line. I believed it at the time, and told them that's ok, I understand but I'm not willing to take such a big cut.

Then they multiplied the offer salary by 2.5X.

This dishonesty left me with such a bad taste in my mouth I no longer wanted to work for them and declined.

I've personally found honesty to be the most effective way to negotiate. Identify what you want, and what they want, then you've got nothing to hide and can have a grown up conversation to see if you can find a mutually beneficial agreement.

Comment · 5 years ago
Comment · 5 years ago
> You can't sell all of a stock without the price crashing either.

Genuine question, are you sure about that? Assuming the stock is valued correctly, its value is equivalent to its future earnings, adjusted for time and uncertainty. Others who sell might bring the price down, but the real worth of the asset hasn't fundamentally changed, has it?

Contrast that with crypto, where the real value isn't grounded in anything except for supply/demand and it is worth only what others will pay.

Comment · 6 years ago
Unless I'm missing something, the article doesn't back up the claim in the title that "advertisers know where you are" at all.

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