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protonscientist commented on What is Google doing with its open source teams? theregister.com/2023/01/2... · Posted by u/elorant

malinoal · 3 years ago

maps missing main roads is a (relatively) new "feature", you have to disable "prefer fuel-efficient routes" in your navigation settings to get sensical routes back

protonscientist · 3 years ago

The routing can be pretty silly. I'm not going to journey down some backroad for a projected 3% fuel saving.

protonscientist commented on What are some interesting uses of WebUSB you have come across? · Posted by u/moondev

BiteCode_dev · 3 years ago

This is cool, but both safari and firefox will not implement it:

https://usefulangle.com/web-updates/post/80/firefox-decines-...

I assume this is because of security concerns.

protonscientist · 3 years ago

Am I alone in thinking even its Chrome implementation is a massive security risk? The fact that users can grant any webpage COMPLETE control of a USB attached device is astonishing. Live webpages shouldn't be able to access this feature - can't wait for fake jailbreak and backup services to start cropping up.

protonscientist commented on Cached Chrome Top Million Websites github.com/zakird/crux-to... · Posted by u/edent

est · 3 years ago

Chrome is the dominate browser in China. Even if not Chrome, then it's Chromium-based alternative UI shells.

protonscientist · 3 years ago

It's fascinating (and says a lot) that Google's internet monopoly persists even in places where it's outright banned.

protonscientist commented on Gripes with RSS after one week blog.jez.io/rss-after-one... · Posted by u/jez

jesushax · 3 years ago

>Funnily enough, the old.reddit.com view does have a <link> to the RSS feed.

Maybe that's not a coincidence! Aaron Swartz, one of the co-founders of Reddit, was also one of the developers of RSS. Most people already know his story, but for those who don't: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz

protonscientist · 3 years ago

You can also tack ".json" to the end of most Reddit URLs to get it in JSON format which is much easier to work with when scraping content. It's hardly documented anywhere online as well but interesting that they offer both.

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