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matkins··on PayPal’s crackdown on ASMR creators
One has to be extremely naïve not to know what "ASMR creators" are actually selling. I don't think it's all that weird that they are being banned from PP for using it to sell indecent content.
matkins··on Combating blog article theft by delaying RSS feeds
First, DNT makes my browser more unique, which means I will be easier to track.

Second, I have no interest in seeing ads or having my data sent to third parties.

matkins··on The Evolution of Reddit’s Architecture (2017)
>I've never been like this. I've actually really liked virtually all of the widely panned UI redesigns over the years: iOS 7, every version of Windows, every evolution of Facebook.

Same. And I still hate the new Reddit. Not because of the new design but because of how slow it is and because they have shifted CPU usage from their servers to my computer.

matkins··on The Evolution of Reddit’s Architecture (2017)
I've been using reddit for almost a decade. I've found many people on reddit saying that if it wasn't for the redesign (and the mobile apps) they would not be using reddit. It surprises me to see that some people like it; it made me realise this will mark a very, very big demographic shift in the website. Many old users will leave, and many new users will come. Whether that's for good or bad remains to be seen. I think the original spirit of Reddit may end up disappearing, but I don't think that's something that is worth saving, as redditors and their culture are crap.

You compare it to having added thumbnails and whitespace, but this is a complete site rewrite, both in the backend and the frontend. Nothing to do with what you mention.

Personally I will also quit once they force us to use the redesign because I find it to be slow and, let's say, not "productive" enough.

matkins··on The Evolution of Reddit’s Architecture (2017)
reddit.com's time spent on each request and uptime are shameful, and they are not getting any better after the redesign.
matkins··on The Last Goodbye
It's a shame it was flagged, but that's the way of this site. Everybody pretends to be a goody two-shoes. For those who can't see it, go to your profiles and switch "showdead" to on.
matkins··on The Number of Youth in Juvenile Detention in California Has Quietly Plummeted
I don't think that comparison is fair. Europe is an advanced, civilised and homogeneous place; Somalia and the US are nothing like that (for different reasons)
matkins··on The Number of Youth in Juvenile Detention in California Has Quietly Plummeted
So maybe make throwing someone in jail not cost a million.
matkins··on America is pushing the labour market to its limits
Perhaps your ad blocking extension is not correctly configured? I didn't see any of that, but I've enabled additional lists (they come by default with uBlock Origin, just not enabled; you merely have to mark a few checkboxes.)
matkins··on Coca-Cola buys Costa Coffee for £3.9bn
Maybe Time wasn't so valuable after all, don't you think?
matkins··on The Rise and Contentious Fork of RSS
Amount of websites that offer RSS != Amount of users who still use RSS
matkins··on Ask HN: Why are cheaper hosting services like OVH not very popular?
OVH support is atrocious. If you have a problem, fasten your seatbelt.
matkins··on A new CSS-based web attack will crash and restart your iPhone
I'm sure you're in the absolute minority. Most people want all apps, including the browser, to stay the way they were when they closed them, even after a reboot