I think you should be able to edit permissions in the extension’s manifest.json. I don’t know if they will be overwritten by updates though. I was working on an experimental local add-on, so I had more control over it.
See: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/manifest.json
Got it. Thanks for clearing that up. I thought you were talking about antinatalists ending existent life.
Yes, in the ideal scenario, I think it is best to “end” all life, via gradually phasing out of existence. I think that would cause minimal suffering. I do not realistically think that it could happen in the next generation (or in any generation owing to how extreme and controversial it is perceived by the general population).
Sure, you can be compassionate and empathetic to existing beings, but I see not bringing new beings out of empathy (due to the potentiality of their guaranteed suffering) to be more moral and a purer form of the trait.
Not sure what you mean by that. Neither I nor antinatalism advocates for ending existent life. It is just about not causing additional suffering by bringing new beings into existence.
If anything, I believe that we should acknowledge that we are all in this suffering together, and be compassionate to fellow living beings.
I do want the human race to end though. Not painfully, but rather phasing out gradually (although I do realize that antinatalism is such an unpopular opinion that it isn’t really possible). No hate for children or any other being though. I just want there to be less suffering.
Am I the only one who thinks it is cute? This is far from nightmare fuel!
What the fuck are they supposed to do? Burn down the company, and go homeless? As a Linux daily driver (both home and work; I’m just fortunate on the latter), you are making a really dumb argument.
Windows users think I’m a nutjob. Mac users think I’m poor. And I think I’m superior.
Yeah, except this isn’t really about the children. This causes a lot of adults to face restrictions and submit their IDs to surveillance companies like Persona/Palantir. Also, I’m fairly certain you are aware why tying your identity to your browsing activity is a bad idea.
Also, there are noninvasive ways to implement this, like:
I do not think everyone (including adults without children) needs to suffer because some parents find it hard to do parent.
Also, I think this should be more about cracking down on addictive algorithms by social media companies (and holding them accountable) than enforcing a blanket ID collection. None of these laws do anything about that. Even adults are addicted to these platforms, and at best, all this law does is push the addiction until after 16 (in a realistic scenario, children can, and will circumvent this).
How the fuck did the author even greenlight the shitty AI image? It being AI aside, who the fuck codes with a gaming controller? And before you say “game devs”, no, they don’t.
If you have a .docx file, rename it to .zip, and extract it. You’ll see the .docx is just packaged text (and image) files.
What are the advantages of self hosting your VPN? Is it to just hide your sessions from your ISP? Also, does it not link the domain (and identity, which I’m assuming you have provided during registration) to your online activity? I thought the whole point of these commercial VPN sellers was that you could “blend in” the traffic, and add enough noise to make any sort of aggregations meaningless.
If you, however, did register and pay for it anonymously, what service is it? The last time I searched for anonymous VPSs, all of them were outside my budget.
I usually go with CoMaps. If it doesn’t work, then I go to GMaps WV (I have my VPN on, so Google doesn’t know my IP), get the coordinates of the destination, and open it in CoMaps.
Links:
CoMaps: https://codeberg.org/comaps/comaps
GMaps WV: https://github.com/woheller69/maps
Ha ha, may be that came out a bit wrong. What I meant is I don’t have a complete understanding of the architecture and the structure before I start coding. It is only when I write the first test and the first function that I start noticing the structure and the limitations. I can’t think of all the branches where the code might fail unless I start writing and realizing the elses.
I never understood vibe coding (or ✨Agentic Coding✨) tbh.
May be I am too stupid, but I think as I code and code as I think. I do not usually formulate a plan before I start coding. I am categorizing architecture as code btw because, for me, architecture involves pseudo-code to some degree .
Even in college, I could never just understand lectures. I needed to write down the formulas and work out the derivations myself to grasp them. I know there are people who understand things right away, but I am not one of them.
So, now, when I see senior developers (which I am not) vibe code green field projects, I am just astounded as to how they manage the architecture + understanding + optimization + maintenance context.
If you look closely, it also knows your gender.
Btw, I am not able to create an account.
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I see. Thanks for the link.
How are they getting around it? I thought Australia implemented some sort of ID verification? And given that social media platforms notoriously refuse to run on VPNs, how are the teenagers bypassing the checks? Is everyone there using their parent’s ID or something?!
And why would you trust your own ISP more than reputable VPNs?
Sure, this statement is very valid for (free) VPNs which are not reputable, and act as data mines instead of providing true privacy; but your statement reads very much like we do not need VPNs at all.
ISPs know what sites you are visiting and when, and they are ready to comply with the government. Also, we have acts like Online Safety Act (UK), which incentivizes more data collection. Combine that with age verification on every site, and you are basically giving away your browsing history.
I agree that a VPN alone is not going to protect you, and you need to authenticate less into websites, and clear your cookies after every browser session (basically good OpSec). However, I also think that reputable providers like Mullvad and Proton are a must.
You should be able to use CalDav to sync your Google Calendar into a different calendar client. Of course, this still means you will be using Google Calendar, but from the comments, it seems you want to stick to it for the time being.
I have a GrapheneOS device (and do not have a Google account in my personal life), however my work uses the Google suite of products, including the calendar. So, I have DAVx⁵ (https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/at.bitfire.davdroid) CalDav set up along with Etar (https://f-droid.org/packages/ws.xsoh.etar/) for UI and widget. This works well for me without relying on the official Google Calendar app and Google Play Services.
As I understand it, being childfree simply means not having and not wanting children. There doesn’t need to be a philosophical reason for that; reasons such as finding children annoying can be enough. Antinatalists, however, are philosophically opposed to procreation. They believe that suffering is an overwhelming part of life (stemming from disease, financial status, bereavement, and many others), and they argue it would be better if someone were never exposed to it in the first place. Existing beings, though, learn to deal with it.
Because antinatalism is a philosophy and childfree is a life choice, you will see people across the entire spectrum.
Personally, I started out as childfree and later became an antinatalist. I don’t like how noisy children are. I can spend some time with children, but after a certain threshold, I get really tired and annoyed. Also, my depression and anxiety play a large part in my decision not to bring children into the world. I don’t want them to go through all this bullshit (and this is where antinatalism comes in).
If I ever “change my mind” like countless people suggest, I’ll just adopt.