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> Their activity detection does not inspire confidence. Google is an incredibly bad proxy for user activity.

I mostly agree with you on Google but your post has no substance either.



lol

has if the nix peeps are reading the code nix is wget'ing


> Anything integrated deeply into chrome is going to be a lot harder to de-activate.

There IS still the option of not using Chrome.


Yes, but with Mozilla an endangered species with funding troubles, regular lay-offs and a fragmented (and confusing) mission FireFox does not seem like it has the best of futures ahead.


the binary world of "ff vs chrome"

ff is not even second


I'm out of the loop on blockchain currencies.

What would be a good 'non-shit' shitcoin?


I like Iota a lot. Decentralized, no fees (to get a transaction validated, you validate others) low energy requirements, lots of industrial partnerships. About to get smart contracts a-la Ethereum, but without the out of control costs for transactions.


IOTA arguably is not decentralized at the moment and has questionable history: https://www.coindesk.com/iota-being-shut-off-is-the-latest-c...


Have a look at Cardano Ouroboros: "An environmentally sustainable, verifiably secure proof-of-stake protocol with rigorous security guarantees."


Tezos is technically awesome, it uses proof of stakes, and use a non brain dead Turing complete language for its smart contracts.


you're going to outlive the site


repair process will probably be:

"here's a new, have a nice day"


IME - Input Method Editor


Thank you! I have edited my post to add that.



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