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Christian Libertarian Internet lover.
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webspinner··on Retaking the web browser, one small step at a time
Oh yeah, Google is really bothering me right now with that crap! I run adblock for an accessibility reason, not just for an I hate ads reason. Stop trying to ban me from the entire internet, and especially YOutube!
webspinner··on Retaking the web browser, one small step at a time
I'm looking for a good feed preview addon that isn't an RSS reader! Because I kind of have that, well not really, but sort of. RSS reader extensions wouldn't be accessible to me anyway, because I use a screen reader. I just need something where I can pull the feed up ya know, like it used to. The one I have is very slow!
webspinner··on Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance
It's been happening since the invention of the internet. Wait, probably because that's where it came from. OK OK not the web itself, but first there was ARPANET.
webspinner··on Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance
Yes that's definitely newspeak! It's also the reason why I run adblock. It's gotten me in trouble a few times with streaming services, they don't love it. I still run it.
webspinner··on Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance
Right! I was going to say something like that. Google is in all honesty, corrupt. Then again, most big corporations are this way. Google and Microsoft seem to be a bit more than others, though.
webspinner··on Should we use AI and LLMs for Christian apologetics? (2024)
Count on HN to troll the ever living crap out of something!
webspinner··on Should we use AI and LLMs for Christian apologetics? (2024)
I don't ever use one at all, even for that purpose. If I'm looking for something I use a good old-fashioned search engine.
webspinner··on Should we use AI and LLMs for Christian apologetics? (2024)
No we should never do that! As a Christian, I would never support it! You get strange answers with LLMs as it is, so it just wouldn't be appropriate. I suppose we should ask the question, should we use an LLM for any other religious evangelism or text? I'm sure the answer would be no, if it were a different religion. Also, I have a problem with the privacy implications of them in general.
webspinner··on Show HN: Mashups – Resurrecting Yahoo Pipes, my side project
Oh, this is really cool, and exactly what I'm looking for, but uh, I really wish I could test it! Thing is, I probably can't. I use a screen reader, so I doubt the interface would work for me, but maybe I'll try it, just for fun.
webspinner··on Tell HN: Impassable Cloudflare challenges are ruining my browsing experience
Sure I believe in accessibility, just not lawsuits, yes two different things! If I don't like the way a service works, I cut ties with that particular service, and don't complain. Sometimes I'll contact them first, to advise them they have an accessibility issue, but I'm nice about it. I did this last year actually, I was testing feeder, I contacted them, to let them know I would be testing the service. When it really wasn't working for me, I needed them to make some tweaks, when the tweaks they made didn't work for me, mostly change the tabbed navigation that I wasn't using, I left. That being said, I like RSS a lot! However RSS readers these days leave a whole lot to be desired! I've been looking for one since 2013. I did use Miniflux for a while, until the service that was managing it for me shut down. I didn't learn terminal when I was young lol. I also have chronic migraines, so not sure if I could try and fix that now.
webspinner··on Tell HN: Impassable Cloudflare challenges are ruining my browsing experience
Please do not use that term! I cannot fly! I don't believe in that sort of thing, either. I'm libertarian, and would rather not sue over much of anything! Especially something that would lack standing. Oddly enough, I haven't been interrupted by CloudFlare too much. I do use Firefox on Windows, but haven't gotten into Linux as of yet. Although it might be fun, I'd probably break it too much lol! I do run adblock, mostly for accessibility reasons. I don't want ads all over the page, when I'm trying to navigate. That makes the web suck a whole lot less! I do like RSS, I wish it was still supported in the browser, without an extension.
webspinner··on Google's Results Are Infested, Open AI Is Using Their Playbook from the 2000s
Right, A lot of times I'm searching for a filing. Or a site link. I do not ask questions when I'm doing so, that's ridiculous. I don't ask questions if I'm searching for a recipe, or something in my local area either. Actually, I very rarely do this.
webspinner··on Google's Results Are Infested, Open AI Is Using Their Playbook from the 2000s
Google has put it's early 2000s history where it can't find it! In the garbage most likely, but somewhere deeper.
webspinner··on MIT study explains why laws are written in an incomprehensible style
There was a book written about something like that in 1949. Well OK OK I'm half joking, since the book wasn't entirely about that!
webspinner··on MIT study explains why laws are written in an incomprehensible style
Well, here's how you come to understand it. You take the time to read filings, and follow trials. Trust me, it works!
webspinner··on MIT study explains why laws are written in an incomprehensible style
Well, if you understand legislative language like me, they really aren't.
webspinner··on UK's Online Safety Act comes into force
This is the worst piece of legislation ever! If the US ever passes something like this in my lifetime, I'm planning on ending it.
webspinner··on Lfgss shutting down 16th March 2025 (day before Online Safety Act is enforced)
This is what bad legislation does, punish small communities!
webspinner··on FTC takes action against Gravy Analytics, Venntel for selling location data
Well... I think the NSA should be abolished!
webspinner··on FTC takes action against Gravy Analytics, Venntel for selling location data
Well, if you follow legal cases as I do, you know that isn't true! We are surveilled just as much as everyone else, save for maybe the UK, but we're even getting pretty close to that!
webspinner··on I was banned from the hCaptcha accessibility account for not being blind (2023)
Yeah, sue them. They'll love that.
webspinner··on I was banned from the hCaptcha accessibility account for not being blind (2023)
Yes that's my mother.
webspinner··on I was banned from the hCaptcha accessibility account for not being blind (2023)
Yes because all of us are stupid according to hCAPTCHA!
webspinner··on I was banned from the hCaptcha accessibility account for not being blind (2023)
I would have a privacy concern with it, and then your going to force everyone to do verification. Age verification isn't even passed here in the US, although a lot of companies do it. They wanted to make it law over the last couple years.
webspinner··on I was banned from the hCaptcha accessibility account for not being blind (2023)
I like it myself. If I have to use CAPTCHA that is, I can't stand it on principle!
webspinner··on I was banned from the hCaptcha accessibility account for not being blind (2023)
Can you have them translated into your native language? I mean I imagine if your using Google from a different country, it might take notice. Maybe it doesn't apply to reCAPTCHA, Google can be stupid like that!
webspinner··on I was banned from the hCaptcha accessibility account for not being blind (2023)
I'm OK with reCAPTCHA, but uh... Just not a fan of Google!! I'm an expert reCAPTCHA solver.
webspinner··on I was banned from the hCaptcha accessibility account for not being blind (2023)
First of all, why should I want them to set a cooky on my system? I don't want them to do that. Yeah, I do use session cookies. However, I shouldn't have to have a company set one on my system to get around their stupid CAPTCHA!! In other words, I shouldn't have to disclose anything to them. I could be an AI for all they care.
webspinner··on Gemini AI tells the user to die
This is why we need to regulate AI out of existence.
webspinner··on Teach yourself to echolocate (2018)
I also have tinnitus. I need to get my hearing checked. I have an appointment coming up.
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