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middleload··on Firefox Replay
Just for perspective: 1% of 1 billion is 10 millions. That's a lot of people and then some.
middleload··on uBlock Origin: Address first-party tracker blocking
Taking care of a server that receives browsing data from lots of users in lots of countries must be a nightmare.
middleload··on Bulgaria is the world’s fastest-shrinking country
This would infuriate me to no end. It's not enough that I'm forced to leave my home because of corruption and other problems? You dare come after me and ask for money? I would give up my citizenship the fastest I could.
middleload··on A large number of Stack Exchange mods resigning over new policies
It's not clear to me. Were those people paid or volunteers?
middleload··on California passes bill that classifies gig economy workers as employees
In my country, working as an Uber driver gets you a good salary. I think it's around 1000€ (minimum wage being less than 500€). Is it different in USA? Do they get less than minimum wage for 8 hours?
middleload··on About the “Security Issue” on VLC
LTS depends on CVEs. And we see here that the CVE database is not entirely trust worthy. The chain is a bit broken.
middleload··on China Prepares to Drop Microsoft Windows, Blames U.S. Hacking Threat
As a 10 years user of Linux (at home and at work) let me tell you that page is full of FUD.

It's picking up every issue on Linux and paints it as a disaster.

Then it goes to "I have no idea what I'm talking about" mode with

> There's no concept of drivers in Linux aside from proprietary drivers for NVIDIA/AMD GPUs

middleload··on Who to Sue When a Robot Loses Your Fortune
I'd argue that the same is true today. No big org is using pure OSS. They have big contracts with Redhat and the likes and they like to pretend that they're covered.
middleload··on Show HN: DeskGap – Like Electron, but uses the system webview
Maybe you don't listen.

"Apps" like Slack are on my hate list even above desktop Java apps. Seriously, I can't understand how come it's acceptable to use >1GB of RAM to display 10 lines of text.