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Notices by Sean Tilley (dsh@deadsuperhero.com), page 29

  1. Sean Tilley (dsh@deadsuperhero.com)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2017 08:07:43 EDT Sean Tilley Sean Tilley
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    Yeah, money helps and Google's engineers could start their browser with lessons learned, but I think they did it well - less screen real-estate to menubars from the start, address bar and search bar in one, sandboxing, each tab its own process etc, etc. - it worked better, faster and sucked us all in with their centralized services - search, spamfree Gmail, Docs, YouTube...
    In conversation Friday, 04-Aug-2017 08:07:43 EDT from parlementum.net permalink
  2. Sean Tilley (dsh@deadsuperhero.com)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2017 07:56:18 EDT Sean Tilley Sean Tilley
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    Right, internet explorer is so abysmal that I can believe significant numbers of people deliberately sought a better browser. However, their reason for choosing Chrome might have been driven by the dominance of using Google search, where the Chrome browser is constantly advertised for easy download. You have to know about Firefox to find and download it. Since the Chrome browser is fast, as it should be since it is produced by a very wealthy company with a vested interest in mining the data of its users, people like it for performance reasons. I'm a big Firefox supporter but to me it's very much like Hubzilla or any of these privacy respecting open source apps: without corporate support and advertising of the software, it will remain the underdog and possibly become completely irrelevant depending on how hard the corporations want to push it.
    In conversation Friday, 04-Aug-2017 07:56:18 EDT from grid.reticu.li permalink
  3. Sean Tilley (dsh@deadsuperhero.com)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2017 07:46:09 EDT Sean Tilley Sean Tilley
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    Firefox addons are great, IE addons sucked too, Chrome supports web standards like HTML5, CSS3, WebGL, WebRTC a lot faster than Firefox. Edge 16 scores higher than Firefox!

    https://html5test.com/compare/browser/mybrowser/chrome-58/edge-16/ie-11/safari-10.2.html
    In conversation Friday, 04-Aug-2017 07:46:09 EDT from parlementum.net permalink
  4. Sean Tilley (dsh@deadsuperhero.com)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2017 07:29:14 EDT Sean Tilley Sean Tilley
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    As a Google product, I assume Chrome is a data-collection tool.
    In conversation Friday, 04-Aug-2017 07:29:14 EDT from hub.farthinghalearms.com permalink
  5. Sean Tilley (dsh@deadsuperhero.com)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2017 06:55:15 EDT Sean Tilley Sean Tilley
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    I stick to Firefox because of the plugins to block third party request. Would this be a reason for you @Haakon Meland Eriksen ?

    /edit/ Or why do you prefer Chrome?
    In conversation Friday, 04-Aug-2017 06:55:15 EDT from digitalesparadies.de permalink
  6. Sean Tilley (dsh@deadsuperhero.com)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2017 06:20:27 EDT Sean Tilley Sean Tilley
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    Opinion: people switched to Google Chrome because IE sucked at the time - it did not even work with Sharepoint, Firefox is chosen because it works nearly as well as Chrome, because of extensions, web development and a bit more privacy?
    In conversation Friday, 04-Aug-2017 06:20:27 EDT from parlementum.net permalink
  7. Sean Tilley (dsh@deadsuperhero.com)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2017 06:00:36 EDT Sean Tilley Sean Tilley
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    They're really giving far too much credit here to the public when it comes to "choosing a browser". I bet the number of people that make a conscious choice about their browser are statistically insignificant.
    In conversation Friday, 04-Aug-2017 06:00:36 EDT from grid.reticu.li permalink
  8. Sean Tilley (dsh@deadsuperhero.com)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2017 05:05:14 EDT Sean Tilley Sean Tilley
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    I think I actually lost a day somewhere. Oh well.
    In conversation Friday, 04-Aug-2017 05:05:14 EDT from macgirvin.com permalink
  9. Sean Tilley (dsh@deadsuperhero.com)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2017 04:29:10 EDT Sean Tilley Sean Tilley
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    That's a question. If you are born in California, let's say, and move to Australia, as an example, your birthday date on documents is timezone-adjusted or you will get older by a day?
    In conversation Friday, 04-Aug-2017 04:29:10 EDT from cumulo.trammenti.org permalink
  10. Sean Tilley (dsh@deadsuperhero.com)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2017 01:42:07 EDT Sean Tilley Sean Tilley
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    What does it take to cause a switch? Decentralization of day-to-day services. The browser is dead at the hand of services, long live the decentralized service browser. If Mozilla built a browser with decentralized search ala Yacy as a core feature I would switch, because I would feel empowered about wresting the search results presented to me from payed rankings with added privacy. If the browser came with a service for nomadic decentralized publishing ala Hubzilla, I would switch.

    What would it take for you to switch browser?
    In conversation Friday, 04-Aug-2017 01:42:07 EDT from parlementum.net permalink
  11. Sean Tilley (dsh@deadsuperhero.com)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2017 22:00:09 EDT Sean Tilley Sean Tilley
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    Say goodbye to proprietary BIOSes, say hello to coreboot.
    In conversation Thursday, 03-Aug-2017 22:00:09 EDT from parlementum.net permalink
  12. Sean Tilley (dsh@deadsuperhero.com)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2017 21:41:54 EDT Sean Tilley Sean Tilley
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    I haven't heard of PureOS, but the search led me to https://puri.sm/. Looks pretty cool. Does anyone have experience with these laptops?

    Products – Purism



    The Librem are the first high-end laptops where you are in control and have complete visibility into the operating system, all bundled software, and the deeper levels of your computer. Typical laptops use hardware chips coupled with software that can betray you (including tracking you without your consent). News stories have shown how these chips c...
    In conversation Thursday, 03-Aug-2017 21:41:54 EDT from grid.reticu.li permalink

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  13. Sean Tilley (dsh@deadsuperhero.com)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2017 16:20:24 EDT Sean Tilley Sean Tilley
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    I do that with some of my relos but that's mostly because it's actually their birthday here in oz.
    In conversation Thursday, 03-Aug-2017 16:20:24 EDT from macgirvin.com permalink
  14. Sean Tilley (dsh@deadsuperhero.com)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2017 15:52:55 EDT Sean Tilley Sean Tilley
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    I used lolcommits once. Then I looked through the photos and they were kinda boring and basically all the same. Fun idea but your real face when you commit doesn't match the fun stuff people post.
    In conversation Thursday, 03-Aug-2017 15:52:55 EDT from deadsuperhero.com permalink
  15. Sean Tilley (dsh@deadsuperhero.com)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2017 14:41:39 EDT Sean Tilley Sean Tilley
    Idea: set up a #Hubzilla channel for my Git commits, get each message to include an image generated by lolcommits:
    https://github.com/mroth/lolcommits

    Automatically reshare to my personal channel, which federates and cross-posts everywhere.
    In conversation Thursday, 03-Aug-2017 14:41:39 EDT from deadsuperhero.com permalink

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  16. Sean Tilley (dsh@deadsuperhero.com)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2017 14:34:40 EDT Sean Tilley Sean Tilley
    My father and I both accidentally wished each other happy birthday a day early. Like father, like son.
    In conversation Thursday, 03-Aug-2017 14:34:40 EDT from deadsuperhero.com permalink
  17. Sean Tilley (dsh@deadsuperhero.com)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2017 14:14:42 EDT Sean Tilley Sean Tilley
    Weird cover story, but I really hope the best for #Mozilla. Absolutely one of my favorite companies. #Firefox

    FIREFOX FIGHTS BACK

    Inside Mozilla, CEO Chris Beard and his team are preparing to outmaneuver Google’s Chrome browser. The battle begins in November, with their release of Firefox 57.
    In conversation Thursday, 03-Aug-2017 14:14:42 EDT from deadsuperhero.com permalink
  18. Sean Tilley (dsh@deadsuperhero.com)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2017 06:38:14 EDT Sean Tilley Sean Tilley
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    Hubzilla normally links tags at the source. Diaspora links them at the destination; which totally messes up tags that were linked at the source and leads to disparities in tag content which tends to favour large sites over smaller sites. I forgot about this issue during the re-write when implementing the V2 federation protocol and the new markdown library. Will sort it out tomorrow.
    In conversation Thursday, 03-Aug-2017 06:38:14 EDT from macgirvin.com permalink
  19. Sean Tilley (dsh@deadsuperhero.com)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2017 06:03:21 EDT Sean Tilley Sean Tilley
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    @dsh why is there a link to https://deadsuperhero.com/search?tag=Diaspora at the end of this post? And it looks like the data there are not public.
    In conversation Thursday, 03-Aug-2017 06:03:21 EDT from mastodon.social permalink
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