ramjambamalam

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[–] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They do the same shit for Google search results. Search weather or stock tickers with a Chrome user agent* and you get a rich, interactive chart of the weather forecast or stock history. Search with another mobile user agent and you get a static snapshot of the weather or stock price at an instant in time.

There's even an extension for Firefox for Android which changes the user agent for Google searches to Chrome, to get the rich content.

* just a user agent, not an actual browser, which proves that it isn't about browser capability, but rather abusing their monopolistic market position in search to further their web browser's market share. Sound familiar, Microsoft from the 90's?

[–] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How are the new portals in Portal: Reloaded different?

[–] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Uh, in that case, I'll take two.

[–] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Daixin ransomware group is despicable and I hope they get what they deserve.

[–] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago

That's a problem with the shell though, not the filesystem. It doesn't matter which files filesystem you're using; most interactive shells use spaces as token separators and therefore spaces in filenames need to be enclosed in quotes or escaped.

[–] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

Make sure some of your backups are kept offline (so that they won't be encrypted along with everything else) and also test that they work regularly! Otherwise they might not do what you think they do.

[–] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

That means you've never heard Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, which is a shame because it rocks.

[–] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

I'd totally pay for NSA+ to live-stream American phone calls and Internet traffic.

[–] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

Bingo. Buy a VPN for privacy just means, give us your data instead of your ISP.

Now, a VPN provider may very well be more trustworthy than your ISP! But then again, maybe not... That depends on your circumstances and risk profile.

[–] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

That seems like a very individualistic view. Is it safe to assume you generally disagree with regulation in the name of public safety?

[–] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

So given that total abstinence is practically impossible, do drug users deserve to die of overdose?

[–] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Does prohibition work?

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