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asteroidp··on Ask HN: What's Your Digital Estate Plan?
I have passwords and instructions. The directions are "burn it all to the ground"
asteroidp··on Millions of Americans retired early. Now they want to work again
Baby boomers are here to ruin the party again
asteroidp··on What happens if you try to download and install Firefox on Windows
I would love to buy software that doesn't pull this shit. It shouldn't just be a expensive version
asteroidp··on Kaspersky is declared a US national security threat and is banned by the FCC
Good! Although 20 years too late
asteroidp··on My own phone number is now spam texting me
Worse. It's the system working as built and intended
asteroidp··on Ask HN: What happened to Clubhouse?
It was a cutesy novelty that was invite only for iOS only and meant for the "elites" of silicone valley
asteroidp··on Wipeout (PSX and Windows Source)
Where in game advertising felt real and sensible. Yet was low key

Then advertisers went bat shit insane

asteroidp··on Ask HN: Does Java need a modern Java UI toolkit for desktop/web?
Java has needed that since day one of it's release
asteroidp··on TrueCaller built a billion-dollar caller ID data empire in India
I am assuming it has plenty of cell spoofing tech in there too
asteroidp··on Slobbing out and giving up: why are so many people going ‘goblin mode’?
It's Only posting carefully crafted an curated thinks to show other you too can be a shallow fake human being
asteroidp··on Freshmeat.net, 1997-2014 (2014)
Once sf.net became a super obnoxious piece with shady ads. It was an incredibly fast exodus.
asteroidp··on Economists say that high gas prices triggered the housing crisis in 2007 (2012)
It's amazing how tight people budgets are they simply can't absorb a relatively small increase
asteroidp··on Crude oil market opens at $125
Why do oil companies feel entitled to federal lands. They really are part of the welfare state
asteroidp··on NFT Buyers Furious After Art They Spent $70M Turned Out to Be Hideous
That's what nfts are. Ugly pieces of shit that are just plain stupid in every way
asteroidp··on Researchers have found a major encryption flaw in 100M Samsung Galaxy phones
Samsung. Can you please stop writing software, you simply are not very good at it. From phones to tvs to refrigerators...just stop
asteroidp··on PSA: Get Computer Glasses
Same thing ui designers. Thats why I resize all the fonts on the page. The probably negates all the UI designers attempts to make the audience go blind
asteroidp··on PSA: Get Computer Glasses
I highly recommend getting 4k gear and just rescale to 2.0

Everything looks gorgeous and it's easy on the eyes

asteroidp··on Bypass Paywalls: a browser extension to help bypass paywalls for selected sites
He was a total prick and engaged in blatantly illegal practice to get his billions

Just because he has whitewashed his bio doesn't mean he is a good guy

asteroidp··on Bypass Paywalls: a browser extension to help bypass paywalls for selected sites
Then they should remove the massive amount of interuptions by ads
asteroidp··on Bypass Paywalls: a browser extension to help bypass paywalls for selected sites
They should pick one: pay for it, OR fill the page with 50 shitty ads

You shouldn't have to deal with both

asteroidp··on Ask HN: Ads with small budget for personal project?
Why does everything have to be monetized? You know people used to do hobby stuff for free right?
asteroidp··on How to earn money by hacking a “walking for money” app
No one would ever see prison time for some thing like this.. ever
asteroidp··on Ask HN: Why not target the Russian oligarchs?
They are via swift
asteroidp··on Ask HN: Why are fonts on websites so small?
The first time I do when setting up is adjust the fonts. I limit the size to a very narrow band. And then basically lock it so only a couple my favorites fonts will work

Designers must hate me but I don't care. Their designs suck

asteroidp··on 1.7M Hondas are being investigated for phantom braking
I would love to see the breakdown by age. When it was Toyotas fictitious problem it came down to a bunch of old people. People that shouldn't even have a license
asteroidp··on Inside Pornhub
You never ever have to have the ianal disclaimer on the internet
asteroidp··on Windows 11 Pro will soon require a Microsoft Account during initial setup
Or not worry about Granada at all
asteroidp··on Adblocking people and non-adblocking people experience a different web
Without aggressively blocking the hundred or more ads on a webpage, I honestly don't think the web would be that useful now a days

Advertising has gone absolutely bonkers and filled the web with complete trash SEO farms with 40 links to some shitty slideshow

I don't believe the web would have caught on like it did if this current condition was v1.0

I wonder how much the website designer even views their own site. It's astounding anyone would approve of this. It now represents the brand as extremely low quality

asteroidp··on Kia’s new EV6 electric crossover goes straight to the head of the pack
Hyundai makes cars that are insanely easy to steal. I'm surprised Congress hasn't had a word or two
asteroidp··on Gas stove is always polluting, even when it’s turned off
Obviously that makes you a shill rolling in sweet sweet conspiracy money
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