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  1. Comment on Private by design: How we built Firefox Sync in ~tech

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    i really like how you can customize the entire ui through css, I like the containers feature, I like the rss feature

    i really like how you can customize the entire ui through css, I like the containers feature, I like the rss feature

    1 vote

  2. Comment on What if app stores were federated? in ~tech

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    like others have said, isnt this basically how ubuntu PPA and other distros equivalents work? by default you only get one or sometimes 2 or 3 repositories to download software from, but you can...

    like others have said, isnt this basically how ubuntu PPA and other distros equivalents work?

    by default you only get one or sometimes 2 or 3 repositories to download software from, but you can add additional ones to get updated or different software.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on Dear Developer, The Web Isn't About You in ~comp

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    Honestly, its surprising how many sites work fine with noscript

    Honestly, its surprising how many sites work fine with noscript

    7 votes

  4. Comment on The OnePlus 6T won't have a headphone jack, but battery life will be improved in ~tech

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    telling people to use usb-c headphones instead of 3.5mm is ONLY acceptable if you put 2 usb-c ports

    telling people to use usb-c headphones instead of 3.5mm is ONLY acceptable if you put 2 usb-c ports

    2 votes

  5. Comment on Esports 'too violent' to be included in Olympics in ~sports

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    I understand the argument that video games are not sports. Even though they require skill, practice, concentration, and other traits also required by traditional sports, you cant really argue that...

    I understand the argument that video games are not sports. Even though they require skill, practice, concentration, and other traits also required by traditional sports, you cant really argue that video games are active, something that most, if not all, sports are. However, to say no because of violence is kind of ridiculous. are sports like boxing and football not also violent? what about non violent games such as rocket league?

    6 votes

  6. Comment on Four days on in ~talk

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    out of curiosity, what kind of scripts do you use?

    out of curiosity, what kind of scripts do you use?

  7. Comment on What steps do you take to secure your online use and privacy? in ~talk

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    ive always thought that. if you install every single privacy addon, its got to raise some red flags and you become a target and are watched more closely. even though a bunch of companies and...

    ive always thought that. if you install every single privacy addon, its got to raise some red flags and you become a target and are watched more closely. even though a bunch of companies and government are tracking everything, its not like they actually have the time to read what everyone is doing, just people on a special list

    5 votes

  8. Comment on What steps do you take to secure your online use and privacy? in ~talk

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    Pi hole is extremely easy to setup. you run 1 command and it has a setup guide where you select a few multiple choice options and it does everything for you. then you have to set it as your dns in...

    Pi hole is extremely easy to setup. you run 1 command and it has a setup guide where you select a few multiple choice options and it does everything for you. then you have to set it as your dns in your router settings. it comes preinstalled with a few block lists, but you can add your own. depending on what you ad, they may block sites important to you. some stricter lists block sites such as youtube or facebook for obvious reasons. if you uses thoose sites and thoose blacklists, you can just whitelist thoose specific sites. the block lists need to be updates, but the pihole automaticly does this about once a week. sometimes the pihole gets updates that you have to manually install, by running pihole -up, but its only gotten about 2 updates since I installed it maybe 6 months ago. if you want more information, they have a pihole website, and a subreddit.

    I would highly recommend you at least experiment with it

    2 votes

  9. Comment on What steps do you take to secure your online use and privacy? in ~talk

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    Im not super concerned about my privacy, as in Im not just going to stop using youtube and android, but I am more concerned than most people I use firefox with privacy badger, https everywhere,...

    Im not super concerned about my privacy, as in Im not just going to stop using youtube and android, but I am more concerned than most people

    I use firefox with privacy badger, https everywhere, ublock origin, umatrix, noscript, and duck duck goes extension. I use duck duck go to search, but still use regular youtube and gmail.

    I also have a pihole setup with unbound

    7 votes

  10. Comment on What steps do you take to secure your online use and privacy? in ~talk

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    yes. unbound + pihole is great. the dnssec and privacy of unbound with the ad blocking of pihole

    yes. unbound + pihole is great. the dnssec and privacy of unbound with the ad blocking of pihole

    4 votes

  11. Comment on Observatory by Mozilla in ~comp

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    oh, that makes sense. I thought it was odd that as the makers of the tool, they didn't get an a+

    oh, that makes sense. I thought it was odd that as the makers of the tool, they didn't get an a+

    1 vote

  12. Comment on The JPEG Committee is “exploring Blockchain” to put DRM into JPEG in ~comp

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    you would probably be able to opt-out of the drm in your images, just like not all games have drm now

    you would probably be able to opt-out of the drm in your images, just like not all games have drm now

    1 vote

  13. Comment on Observatory by Mozilla in ~comp

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    mozilla.org only gets a b+

    mozilla.org only gets a b+

    3 votes

  14. Comment on Google adds warning for users searching for Fortnite in Play Store, could lose $50 million or more in 2018 from Fortnite bypassing it in ~games

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    you may read it that way, but im sure there are lots of people who dont understand how google play works and may not read it that way

    you may read it that way, but im sure there are lots of people who dont understand how google play works and may not read it that way

    3 votes

  15. Comment on Are loot boxes part of the video game or illegal gambling? in ~games

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    it is 100% gambling. you pay money for a chance to win something worth more money. I see the argument that in games like csgo, your not winning money, you win items. However, those items can be...

    it is 100% gambling. you pay money for a chance to win something worth more money. I see the argument that in games like csgo, your not winning money, you win items. However, those items can be exchanged for money. To me, that's like saying poker isnt gambling because you get poker chips, not money. everyone knows that those chips in poker and skins in games can be exchanged for money. In csgo, it says the $$$ amount right on the item in your inventory

    5 votes

  16. Comment on Bethesda blocks resale of used game: Legal move could have far-reaching consequences for used game sales in ~games

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    games come with a warranty? I know gamestop lets you pay extra for some protection in case you break it, but im pretty sure that's a gamestop thing, not a Bethesda thing, and you pay extra for...

    games come with a warranty? I know gamestop lets you pay extra for some protection in case you break it, but im pretty sure that's a gamestop thing, not a Bethesda thing, and you pay extra for that. it doesn't come with it. what does the warranty even protect against? It can't be in case the game is a buggy mess at launch

    3 votes

  17. Comment on I don't trust Signal in ~tech

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    matrix is federated. you can host your own instance on your own domain and still chat with people from other domains. it also supports many different types of bridging

    matrix is federated. you can host your own instance on your own domain and still chat with people from other domains. it also supports many different types of bridging

    4 votes

  18. Comment on Why you need a network-wide ad-blocker in ~tech

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    yes, but you dont need unbound for dnssec. cloudflare has support for dnssec and dns over https. my pihole also says that Google, Norton, DNS.WATCH and Quad9 support dnssec

    yes, but you dont need unbound for dnssec. cloudflare has support for dnssec and dns over https. my pihole also says that Google, Norton, DNS.WATCH and Quad9 support dnssec

    1 vote

  19. Comment on What operating system do you use? in ~comp

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    windows on my desktop because games and Im to lazy/ dont feel like reinstalling all my programs on Linux. solus os on my laptop

    windows on my desktop because games and Im to lazy/ dont feel like reinstalling all my programs on Linux. solus os on my laptop

    2 votes

  20. Comment on Why you need a network-wide ad-blocker in ~tech

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    I already have 2 of these setup. unless you use unbound as well (a recursive upstream dns) there will be no slowdowns. even with unbound, its only slow the first time you visit a site. if...

    I already have 2 of these setup. unless you use unbound as well (a recursive upstream dns) there will be no slowdowns. even with unbound, its only slow the first time you visit a site. if anything, there may be a slight speedup because once a site has been access, it is cached locally on the pi and since your computers not downloading the ads, there is less to download and therefore faster

    2 votes