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dastanktal [comrade/them]

@ dastanktal @hexbear.net

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Baby Marxist. Under deprogramming

Blog: https://dastanktal.planam.link/

I like to argue as a way to learn. I won't use fallicous argument techniques if you won't. I will still try and be polite though. Will probably keep commenting as long as people respond.

  • I switched from chrome to firefox and it's SHOCKINGLY bad

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  • Yeah, I don't know what this person's complaining about. Firefox can use a little bit of RAM initially, but if you're not going back and forth to the tabs constantly, it doesn't, it unloads them from RAM after like an hour, and it reduces its RAM footprint to a tiny fragmented amounts.

    You block origin is really really tight and prevents practically any problems I have and then I use No script on top of that which just makes my setup super lightweight.

    In the same boat with using 32 gigabytes of RAM, but I also have systems that have 4 gigs of RAM that I've never had issues with Firefox.

  • I switched from chrome to firefox and it's SHOCKINGLY bad

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  • I simply installed firefox and then used it normally for the past month. I guess my "misconfiguration issue" was installing firefox.

    This is clearly a skill issue from somebody that's unable to use the event viewer in Windows.

    I don't mind trash-talking software, but I think it should be deserved and not because of some poor kid's inability to run a computer correctly.

    As far as AI, Mozilla is a complicated company that makes missteps and mistakes all the time, but they do make one of the best commercially viable privacy tested browsers.

    Sorry, buddy, when Google Chrome is also pushing it, your point's invalid.

    Edit:

    Your list of extensions does not inspire confidence, especially when you're using Adblock Plus instead of a real adblocker like ublock origin. Did you even check to see if the extensions you were using were causing the problems by turning them off or using a private window?

    Cookie editors can cause major problems with websites, and Adblock Plus seems to be a headache from what I've heard to use.

  • I switched from chrome to firefox and it's SHOCKINGLY bad

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  • That's fair. I consider the privacy issues, but I really, really hate the user interface of Google Chrome itself and Brave is basically a copy and paste of their UI.

    I like Vivaldi for all of the additional features it offers users. I only use it for work-based stuff, so the privacy stuff doesn't really bother me since my company's already monitoring all of that or when I need a Google-based browser for whatever reason.

    If privacy's a major concern, then I would probably just go to like, librewolf which is developed by the community to be as privacy forward as possible.

    You can also just add a few add-ons to make it more privacy-focused like no script and no cookies and ublock light.

  • I switched from chrome to firefox and it's SHOCKINGLY bad

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  • This is a really nice response, OP, you should listen to what this person has to say.

  • I switched from chrome to firefox and it's SHOCKINGLY bad

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  • Your entire post sounds like something one of my developers would type out after spending a half hour trying to figure out how to install a new piece of technology. As I tell them, your issues are probably due to a misconfiguration issue.

    I use Firefox personally day to day and have very little issues with it. I'm going to point by point rebuttal:

    Slow, don't know what you mean, I use it every day. Do you perhaps have other add-ons or something running in it that's causing it to slow down or maybe sites that don't work appropriately?

    Firefox uses less RAM on average than Chrome, but a lot of your any of the Blink browsers. It is true that it uses less RAM, but there are other builds that are even leaner. I use it to maximize the amount of RAM I have access to on my system so I can run virtual machines in my professional career.

    What AI bullshit are they pushing on you? I didn't even know Firefox had AI features. That's how little it bothers me and how little it actually comes up.

    If it's crashing constantly, there seems to be a problem with your setup and not necessarily the technology itself.

    Yes, their ad model is annoying, and the fact that they have ads to support themselves suck, but they have to make money somehow, and nobody else is paying for it

    I don't relaunch my Firefox and use it to the tune of 50 plus tabs for 30 plus days straight with little issue. The new integrated sidebar tabs make this really nice.

    I've literally never had the restore previous feature never not work for me, but you could also just install a session manager extension of which there are many if that's not good enough.

    I will fully admit, profile management is a total wreck on this browser, so I won't actually complain about that point.

    I'm not sure you should use any alternatives. I'm not entirely sure you can handle a browser correctly. However, I think Vivaldi would probably fit many of your pain points along the company embracing anti-AI.

    Careful though, I think they have ads somewhere on their site too to support their browser.

    Link to blog:

    https://vivaldi.com/blog/keep-exploring/

  • Hey environment, how's it going

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  • Humans are notoriously short-sighted.

  • Americans Are Having Less Sex

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  • It's a bot that copies hacker news threads.

  • Step back and take it in: the US is entering full authoritarian mode

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  • Well, that explains some things.

  • Step back and take it in: the US is entering full authoritarian mode

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  • Having secured his grip on the capital, the president is now set to send troops to several rebel-held cities

    🫠 the United States is not nearly this cool.

  • Argentinian President Javier Milei leaves rally after protesters throw rocks

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  • “They could have killed anyone,” Adorni said of the protesters.

    Too bad they didn't.

  • 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law

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  • I tried to get a scam site that literally steals people's money banned and they wouldn't do anything about it, so I'm not even slightly surprised about this.

  • 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law

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  • Couldn't they just side step this whole thing by geofencing the site?

  • 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law

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  • Do you know how badly you have to fuck up to get banned off of Cloudflare? 🫠

  • I'm humbly asking for the cutest picture of a bug you can find

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  • “These were not negotiations”

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  • Wonderful read, thank you for sharing.

  • Grok told us how to give Musk the Luigi Special, apparently.

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  • It kind of seems like Grok is just open AI chat gpt on the back end.

    Otherwise, why else would all of these chats have ended up in Google's index?

  • Protests as newborn removed from Greenlandic mother after ‘parenting competence’ tests

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  • Is it racisim? Feels a lot like racism.

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    Replace your phone app to FOSS😀

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  • i mean, ya have their metasearch engine, is technically closed source, but they open source all of their other stuff, and, searXNG has to be hosted by yourself unless you're willing to trust some rando out on the internet that's hosting their own version.

  • Japan asked countries to skip China's WWII commemorative events in Sept.

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  • Must have missed that in my lesson about unit 731.