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portugee··on Browser extension that strips Google Analytics tokens from URL query strings
No. It's still deliberately injecting misleading data.
portugee··on Browser extension that strips Google Analytics tokens from URL query strings
I don't see how deliberately providing false data to organization is amusing here. If you don't want your web sessions tracked that's fine, but there are legitimate reasons for websites to want to understand user behavior. Some of it is for digital marketing purposes but also for usability, for example, how are folks getting to our documentation, is this prominent enough?

Seems a popular opinion that user tracking = bad but it's more nuanced than that.

portugee··on ICQ Now Supports IFTTT
My biggest takeaway from this article is that ICQ is still around.
portugee··on Dell’s 32-inch 8K UP3218K Display Now for Sale
This is the single reason why I have not made the switch to 4k displays. I simply cannot give up my existing 24" 16:10 monitors.
portugee··on Stop Panicking: H-1B Visa Reform May Keep More Bright Foreign Minds in the U.S
I wasn't aware of a panic response regarding H-1B visa reform from anyone than perhaps the large companies that exploit them.
portugee··on Android Studio 2.0 Released
Actually using dynamic versions (i.e. 1.3.+) are cached for 24 hours (unless you override the default). So you typically just pay the penalty for looking for new versions once a day.