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This works exceptionally well in the lynx terminal-based browser.

https://lynx.invisible-island.net

At this point I think the only options are using the built in OS security for personal use, and endpoint protection like fieldeffect.com or crowdstrike.com for businesses.

Which is basically TOR

The aim of this is to block tracking. I don’t believe Mozilla or anyone else has much interest in blocking ethical, contextual ads.

If I stopped using YouTube I would already be eligible, and the answer is yes.

Yes but the user should in principle have some control over what data gets used for such purpose and what doesn't, it is their data.

Just adding "Wordpress" and "Pocket Yoga" to this list.

Wordpress is a good example of a service with a web implementation as well to try from the browser.

Does anyone know what the transfer fees amounted to?

Neat, I just learned what the Y combinator actually is!

Something about that really aggravated me, looking into bitwarden - worst case I'll save some money.

I just put a hard shell case on my MacBook and cover that with stickers. The MacBook stays pristine and unaffected underneath.

I used to love this game and totally forgot about this! This is awesome!

I'm just wondering why we seem so fixated on 15$. Have we considered if 9$, 12$ or any other value might be more optimal from a utilitarian perspective?

The 0 does not count as a lower number. There at 18 numbers in both the groups 1-18 and 19-36. Each of these give a 18/37 chance of winning, which is lower than 50% and therefore loses in the long run when the money is being doubled on a win.

I'd suggest waiting until iOS 13 for native SMB support.

I wouldn't expect non-commercial search to be a free option.

I would add Telegram if it's not too challenging.

I'm aware that some people do not care but for me the fact that it uses Faceboook messenger is an immediate non-starter for me.

To be fair I'm aware that they keep asking me to sync my calendar but deny it every time, I'm quite sure that function would have to be explicitly allowed.

Ads are fine, and I actually like the ads in magazines. Unfortunately on the web it has become a different beast, where the industry is compromising user privacy to target individuals rather than rely on contextual advertising. This is evil and has to stop.

> A couple of those systems would make a real nice private cloud.

+1. I host an R710, R410 and 2 R610s in my basement and its a lovely cluster. I would never have them on any other floor.

1$ per pixel

I find the best way to convey to people the reason why these smart speakers and devices are so cheap, and seem to be on sale almost perpetually.

A growing number of smart devices are being sold at below-cost, using a combination of data harvesting, ads and a proprietary app/skills store to make a profit for the maker after the sale.

From a pricing perspective it looks like the first two chapters out of seven are free, and then it would cost 30$ a month to continue (or 12$/month yearly).

I once bought a fantastic yoga app for 4.99$ from an independent developer, I used it every day for a month due to its simplicity and understandably.

It has since been bought by Gaiam, where it was switched to a >4.99$ per month subscription, while offering little to no additional features. Furthermore when contacting the company they had no way of honoring my original purchase, the response was basically "too bad for updating, and here's 10% off a yoga mat".

I greatly fear the integrity of software ownership when it comes to apps. I love the model of paying a fixed price for a great software release that fulfills a need. I feel like there needs to be some way for the user to retain the state of an app or there's no longer the guarantee of keeping what you originally paid for. You're now at the whim of an vendor cutting features or putting them behind a paywall after the original sale.

As long as your service can be spun in some way as a startup you should definitely apply to this grant from google.

https://cloud.google.com/developers/startups/

In my experience it's very easy to get, and the minimum is 1000$ credit for a year (scroll down to Program options). If you're lucky you can even get 3000$ and few other goodies.

The Candian Association For IT Professionals (cips.ca) administers the only nationally recognized IT designation, called the I.S.P (think of it like a P.Eng for computer scientists).

Their goal is to make this a requirement for the handling of certain types of sensitive data, as one needs to swear by a code of ethics in order to become a bearer.

"And last year it tried to persuade the countries by promising them $5m (£3.8m) worth of free Kindle e-readers and hosting services."

That's hilarious. Imagine if they just gave up the fight in exchange for like 100,000 Kindles and some AWS credits.

This is precisely my setup, and I couldn't be happier. I have a lot of internal infrastructure including pi-hole, confluence and a number of self-hosted services. WireGuard lets me go anywhere on my laptop and its like I never left home, and I just keep two configurations for when I want to forward only internal IP addresses, or all my traffic.

Not necessarily, but it still does grab a huge amount of data. Internet provider, device, session time, pages navigated during session and even ways to segment users across devices, using that data for testing or ad targeting. Not to mention I was able to unintentionally identify my neighbour browsing on one of my client’s sites using those metrics.