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po1nter··on Pixel 5
Not sure what you mean by Mainland Europe (it's not a single country) but it works for me here in France.
po1nter··on Six Figures in 6 days
Maybe he's talking about reader view which, for me, can be enabled with F9 or clicking the icon in the address bar (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-reader-view-clu...)
po1nter··on Firefox 81.0
You can create your own with the Firefox Color official extension:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firefox-color...

po1nter··on .NET Team Survey: Native AOT
For the new language feature is usually look them up when there's a new release and try to use them in any new code I write. And since I'm a resharper user, it usually suggests code rewrite using new language features.
po1nter··on [dead]
It's this one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_al-Adha

Eid Al-Fitr has already passed (right after the fasting month of Ramadan)

po1nter··on Cloudflare TV
A bit off-topic but I find the effect when you mouse over the logo is very uncomfortable to look at.
po1nter··on Google Pixel Buds
Apple should be using WebP on their page. It'll reduce the page size quite a bit.
po1nter··on Google Pixel Buds
I 100% agree with the point you're making but at least Apple's landing page is scrolling smoothly on Firefox (76.0b8 (64-bit) on Windows 10) unlike Google's which is "jumpy".
po1nter··on Real Time Person Removal from Complex Video
In MS Teams you can blur the background while video chatting. So I'd say yes, it exists.
po1nter··on Time.gov was upgraded today
My device's clock is off by 1 hour.

I looked into it and it turns out that on Firefox Developer Edition (v73.0b12 64-bit) returns an incorrect value for Date.getTimezoneOffset() (0 instead of the expected -60). I'm not sure if it's a bug or an anti-tracking/privacy "feature".

po1nter··on Verlan: French slang that inverses words
I've been living in France for more than 5 years and I have never heard of this.

Is it specific to a region in particular?

po1nter··on Firefox 72.0
I absolutely love this feature and the fact that I don't have to use a 3rd party extension is even better. It's also practical for websites that autopause videos as soon as you switch to another tab which I find ridiculous.

I'd love for them to add a progress bar and subtitle (think youtube, netflix or prime video) in the PIP window.

po1nter··on SpyCloud: A service like “Have I Been Pwnd” but you can see the leaked data
I did not create this service. I just find it interesting that unlike HIBP, it actually shows the data that was included in the dumps (passwords, password salts, IP addresses, etc.)
po1nter··on OnePlus Hit by Data Breach
> We took immediate steps to stop the intruder and reinforce security.

How did they get in? and why wasn't the security "reinforced" in the first place?

po1nter··on How Google uses blacklists, algorithm tweaks and contractors for search results
> Google search is an inferior product

Inferior compared to what, exactly? I have yet to find a good replacement.

po1nter··on Using Firefox for a faster, calmer and distraction-free internet
I'm on the Firefox Developer Edition and it supports this natively. You can see how it works here https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/07/testing-picture-in-picture...
po1nter··on Using Firefox for a faster, calmer and distraction-free internet
This is just not true:

> Each time one opens a tab

you can customize to look exactly how you want it.

This is my new tab page: https://imgur.com/TpSzOCZ

> Every week in my mailbox

Don't subscribe to newsletters you don't enjoy.

> When opening any other website and their popup is here to tell me « You’re protected! »

You get this the first time only or after an update with new features.

> When one opens a website and FF asks « Do you want to install this privacy extension? », pointing at the Facebook jail or the container feature.

I don't like the recommended extensions thingy but it can be disabled https://imgur.com/xjTG4N2

> When suggesting to use Pocket or any new idea

Any new idea? really? we should just stop innovation.

po1nter··on Using Firefox for a faster, calmer and distraction-free internet
This is my new tab page: https://imgur.com/TpSzOCZ

Note that the search bar can also be removed. So yes, as distraction free as you want to make it.

po1nter··on A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web Store
The MS Edge one is offered by "Nik Rolls" and not "Raymond Hill (gorhill)" like the one on the Chrome Web Store and Mozilla AMO. I'm guessing they're not the same person so why should I trust this extension instead?
po1nter··on Water found on a potentially life-friendly alien planet
Berenberg Bank founded 1590 (429 years ago)
po1nter··on Pure JavaScript WiFi QR Code Generator
Native QR code reader integrated into the camera was just added to my Galaxy S8+ with the July update.
po1nter··on 1Password silently removed major features on iOS
I use Keepass[1] with the Kee[2] extension on Firefox and on Android I use Keepass2Android[3]. All 3 are free and opensource.

For synchronizing the kdbx file I use Dropbox.

[1]: https://keepass.info/ [2]: https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/keefox/ [3]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=keepass2androi...

po1nter··on Show HN: Chitter – An inbox for your users
> Chitter is basically email for your website.

Is this the equivalent of having a contact@mywebsite.com where users could contact me? Maybe I'm just stupid but I'm not really sure I'm understanding what the product is.

po1nter··on Cloudflare Network Performance Issues
The date on your link is February 21st.
po1nter··on Apple blocks Facebook from running its internal iOS apps
One must be nuts to trust and run an entire OS made by Facebook.
po1nter··on Was ditching the headphone jack a good idea?
> But it comes at the expense of more space for batteries or features that more people will use.

Yet Samsung did fit a 4000 mAh battery, a headphone jack, wireless charging, expendable storage, fingerprint sensor, 512Gb of storage AND a PEN in their IP68 Note 9.

po1nter··on Non-official site with a tampered version of KeePass
I've reported the website here: https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/?t...

Hopefull it will be blocked by the browsers using the safe browsing list.

po1nter··on What's Going on in Your Child's Brain When You Read Them a Story?
I didn't give them my consent so I got redirected to the plain text version of the website on which you can read the article without being tracked https://text.npr.org/s.php?sId=611609366
po1nter··on CS 189: Introduction to Machine Learning
The SSL certificate used here does not match the domain name as it is Github's wildcard certificate.
po1nter··on Do not use NPM 5.7
> I use ncu to check updates every couple of days

You can use "yarn outdated" for that.

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