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qxcbr··on Firefox 67.0 Released
>Suspending unused tabs

Didn't they already do that? I remember receiving a spinner whenever I changed between tabs very often since they introduced that multi-process thing.

>More power to you with every update

*Except when we decide to remotely execute code on your computer using Studies/Normandy/whatever

qxcbr··on Minimum pay at Basecamp is now $70k
People are paid depending on their worth.
qxcbr··on Microsoft’s Edge for Mac browser now available in preview
There's a big difference between writing their own engine from scratch and forking Blink. For starters, even if they fork, they can still keep cherry-picking fixes and new features from Google's Blink. After all Webkit is under the GPL so they can't just close the source.
qxcbr··on Microsoft’s Edge for Mac browser now available in preview
Right? If you asked me, I'd say that domain "microsoftedgeinsider.com" belongs to some Indian scamming call centre.

For what reason have they purchased that domain instead of hosting it under microsoft.com ?

qxcbr··on Microsoft’s Edge for Mac browser now available in preview
Since it's in their interests to have a browser installed on Windows by default, if Google did something wrong, they will definitely fork Blink. What alternative do they have?
qxcbr··on DeleteFB: Selenium script to delete all of your Facebook wall posts
For legal reasons, there's a 0% chance that it's immediately deleted, but I'm sure that after a few months some cronjob prunes the database.
qxcbr··on Microsoft’s Edge for Mac browser now available in preview
I see it as a version of Blink (the fastest and most secure rendering engine there is) which is not controlled by Google. To me, it is something to consider.
qxcbr··on Group Chats Are Making the Internet Fun Again
I agree. I know most people don't think the same way. But my friends and I do, that's why we keep using EFnet.
qxcbr··on Linux distros without systemd
>They're rare in the US. KDE-as-default is close to the norm in Europe.

Based on what?

qxcbr··on Linux distros without systemd
They didn't really have an option: the same organisation controls GNOME and systemd, so they introduced systemd as a hard dependency of GNOME to force distros to adopt systemd. And you can't have a distro out there without GNOME, so...

Those distros that can run without systemd have to make their own patches to "fix" GNOME, which is very costly. Even Gentoo struggles with that, as it takes them a long time to release new versions of GNOME because they have to write the patches to strip out systemd first.

qxcbr··on Group Chats Are Making the Internet Fun Again
So like any other messenger? You can delete your logs whenever you like, but they don't get deleted automatically.
qxcbr··on Group Chats Are Making the Internet Fun Again
No emoji/pictures/link previews is a feature to me. You know if someone posts a link nobody's going to click.
qxcbr··on Getting my personal data out of Facebook
They are only getting what you are giving to them.

If you decide to browse the web without uBlock Origin or if you decide to use Android, you know what you're being exposed to.

qxcbr··on Google confirms Play store will continue to function for existing Huawei phones
Maybe Average Joe won't care, but he's informed about what is actually happening, and he should care and take his decision based on that. The fact that he's proud of blaming the wrong party is not something to be applauded.
qxcbr··on Mystery meat OpenJDK builds strike again
This is the norm for Debian, including their own mystery meat in every package without asking upstream, and then making it look like an official release. I remember there was a post about that from the Redis guy a few days ago.

The guy who made those Docker images is not to blame in my opinion because he just trusted Debian, which is a renowned distro; he expected them to do the right thing. I believe Debian has a good reputation that they don't deserve anymore.

qxcbr··on Wisconsin bar owner uncovers 134-year-old circus poster
This one works

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/us/2019/05/18/durand-bar-...

qxcbr··on Google suspends some business with Huawei
>WhatsApp and signal work fine without GCM/FCM, dunno about other apps but WhatsApp it's international standard so you are fine

Probably not after Android 8.