1. ancymon Nov 20, 2025 parent

   The article is from June 13, 2025.
2. ancymon Jan 27, 2023 parent

   Is it the most user friendly way to have own OSM map with vector tiles?
3. ancymon Apr 13, 2022 parent

   In this case you mean Wikipedia editors will start making their content more attractive to advertisers?
4. ancymon Apr 13, 2022 parent

   They also oppose having ads on Wikipedia. Personally I don't see much difference between banners asking for donations and ads. I understand there are "bad" ads (privacy violating or ones causing conflict of interest), but not all of them are like this. Same with cryptocurrencies - some of them are "scam", but not all of them. It's strange that Wikipedia sees world as black and white.
5. ancymon Apr 1, 2022 parent

   Would be nice to be able to download pdf/mobi. Also it seems to be work very much in progress. Just clicked random page: https://eth2.incessant.ink/book/05__proof-of-stake/03__fork-... , it's a page full of "TODOs".
6. ancymon Apr 17, 2021 parent

   Your personal blog? I think GDPR usually is applicable only for businesses. For example you don't need to adhere to GDPR when saving new contact on your phone. Maybe personal website might fall into such category as well.
7. ancymon Apr 11, 2021 parent

   Problem with music/video piracy was mostly resolved by providing reasonably priced usable services. Maybe instead of lobbying for quick takedowns, someone should put effort into providing services people would rather be using instead of bothering with finding pirated content.
8. ancymon Apr 6, 2021 parent

   A lot of people had started investing because they don't know what to do with the money. When you stop spending money on restaurants or vacation or other stuff which is no longer available, you end up surplus. So why not invest it in the stock market?
9. ancymon Mar 12, 2021 parent

   I've had unintentional usage for few hundreds dollars. After explaining the situation and setting API limits the bill was cancelled. Your situation seems a bit different. But maybe explaining the situation and asking for help first is the best option.
10. ancymon Feb 28, 2021 parent

    Maybe you used (i.e. were assigned) "bad" IP? For my account using shared VPN triggered suspension (but in my case, I am allowed to get verified by providing my phone number (but after providing the number I am not receiving verification messages and there's no other way to get verified)).
11. ancymon Feb 15, 2021 parent

    As I understand, for example in Europe Pfizer is producing vaccines in single factory and not in sufficient number. Why production doesn't happen in more places? Couldn't they sell license to other European pharmaceutical companies to produce it? Is production process so unique it can't be replicated in other places?
12. ancymon Jan 17, 2021 parent

    > What more do you want?

    E.g. listen for an hour and then decide if I want to buy it.

13. ancymon Dec 14, 2020 parent

    I think one of the reasons for user tracking is fraud detection. The moment you get rid off it, nobody would be willing to "risk" advertising on smaller, unknown websites. So maybe such ban would make monetization for small publishers much harder.
14. ancymon Dec 6, 2020 parent

    If they really needed money, they would put some ads. They claim Wikipedia must be independent and that's why there are banner free. But for me it does not make sense, I am sure you can have business relation without compromising values.
15. ancymon Nov 16, 2020 parent

    Try building solid online identity. If you become recognizable and get some followers then in case of problems you could complain on social media. If your complaint gets enough upvotes you get personalized support :/
16. ancymon Nov 3, 2020 parent

    I am not sure what exactly do you mean is not true. But in fact the article you linked says about pre-gdpr cookie consent. So it kind of contradicts what I said. But in practice to gather such consent it was allowed to say "if you don't consent, please disable cookies in your browser" and that's what I meant about "I understand" button. Regarding the exempt for this notification, I am not sure if CF cookies should be considered as strictly necessary.
17. ancymon Nov 3, 2020 parent

    But the regulator guide is about GDPR. And it's consistent with what I wrote - GDPR law does not require consent for such cookies. So the regulator is ok with no consent.

    Apart from GDPR law, there's also separate EU Cookie Legislation which was passed before GDPR. This regulation require clear user notification (not consent) that cookies are used. As far as I know (but I might be wrong, I don't follow it) this law is still in place and GDPR did not replace it. So that means you still need cookie notification banner (but not with "I accept" button but with "I understand").

18. ancymon Nov 3, 2020 parent

    You might be kind of wrong. I think you don't need consent. But the cookie law still requires notification banner (which is basically the same thing). That's because cookie usage by itself (no matter the purpose) requires notification.
19. ancymon Oct 31, 2020 parent

    You don't really need own email server to solve such problem. If only you had own domain, you could have moved it to different provider and still have access to the services which require your email address.

    By the way, I often hear how it's good for privacy to use (basically all the time) such VPNs. But my experience so far is that using internet via popular VPNs is annoying. Some websites won't let you in, you get a lot of random CAPTCHAs to solve (e.g. to get Google results) and it seems you can lose email account. For me it's too much hassle.

20. ancymon Oct 22, 2020 parent

    Isn't it other way around? Authentication is about confirming one's identity and that's what oAuth is used for. Authorization is about giving proper permissions and that's what happens after you get authenticated and has nothing to do with oAuth. Am I missing something?
21. ancymon Oct 6, 2020 parent

    It would be nice to see how it compares to other products. Lately I've been noticing quite a few GA alternatives, would be nice to know which one is really worth looking into.
22. ancymon Jul 7, 2020 parent

    Does a software which helps you saving bookmarks really need several mainteners? Why can't it be just "finished" and no longer be developed? Does saving bookmarks really need to be (no matter how)"hosted"?
23. ancymon Jun 8, 2020 parent

    The whole point of this thread is about doing something personally fulfilling. I think throwing money at some cause is not the way to get there.
24. ancymon May 9, 2020 parent

    Got the same. Did they say somewhere how many accounts were affected?
25. ancymon Mar 7, 2020 parent

    For query "malesia bus conections search" DDG gives me porn results (I have safe search disabled). That doesn't make me thin it's "good enough".
26. ancymon Nov 4, 2019 parent

    Some say as long as you anonymize user IP (call: ga('set', 'anonymizeIp', true);), you can only mention GA usage in privacy policy.
27. ancymon Aug 4, 2019 parent

    I think GDPR requires website owner to inform users what exactly is being processed and by who. The problem for website owners is that Facebook won't really tell what data they process and who will they share it with or they do not seem to allow to revoke consent.
28. ancymon Jul 19, 2019 parent

    For me Nextcould seemed overcomplicated. It's whole platform for multiple users with multiple features (e.g. calendars, contacts). It did not seem to be solution for single user who just wants dropbox alternative. But the biggest issue I had with it, I couldn't find instructions for backing it up and restoring.
29. ancymon Apr 12, 2019 parent

    I can't find that it is about forign IRSes, can you point me to more specific place?
30. ancymon Apr 12, 2019 parent

    So, it basicaly makes easier to avoid taxes? For example you earn in bitcoin and you now have easy way to spend it. That's probably not applicable for US citzens, but would IRSes around the world be able to get your data from coinbase?

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