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    • O
      oyaji @Gustaf
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      @Gustaf said in The OFFICIAL programming thread:

      Incognito mode my friend

      is there some benefit from hiding your search history from yourself?

      © 2015 - 2025 oyaji

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      • ?
        A Former User
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        Spotted this today in one the IDEs I regularly use for work:

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        As near as I can find out, tab autocomplete has been a feature of IDEs since the late 90s / early 2000s. I guess now that it’s powered by an “AI Core Assistant” it’s awesome or something and worthy of more money.

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        • Gators1G
          Gators1
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          I think it’s more like every software company has to incorporate “AI” in their products these days or customers will think it’s obsolete shit. I keep getting that from the sales assholes calling me to sell data platforms. All they want to talk about is their new AI and I am like “Dude, I am not a guilable CXX. I need your platform to do what similar platforms did before #AI started trending.”

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            A Former User @oyaji
            last edited by A Former User

            @oyaji said in The OFFICIAL programming thread:

            @Gustaf said in The OFFICIAL programming thread:

            Incognito mode my friend

            is there some benefit from hiding your search history from yourself?

            No but incognito mode is another tool if you don’t want data brokers having and selling a complete picture of your browsing habits. I mean, they can still match up a lot of that stuff even without third party cookies but it’s less accurate (specific) and not as valuable. You can disable third party cookies in your regular non-incognito mode too but that often breaks shit.

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            • Gators1G
              Gators1
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              I read that Google engineers bust out laughing at the idea that incognito anonymizes you in any significant way. They have more ways to identify people besides cookies, especially if you are using Chrome.

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                A Former User @Gators1
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                @Gators1 Yeah it’s not so much Google I’m worried about. They at least seem somewhat ethical and responsive to public scrutiny and criticism. And they don’t want to sell your data, just use it for their own benefit.

                It’s more the dozens of shitcunt data brokers that most of us have never heard of.

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                • GustafG
                  Gustaf @Gators1
                  last edited by Gustaf

                  @Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL programming thread:

                  I think it’s more like every software company has to incorporate “AI” in their products these days or customers will think it’s obsolete shit. I keep getting that from the sales assholes calling me to sell data platforms. All they want to talk about is their new AI and I am like “Dude, I am not a guilable CXX. I need your platform to do what similar platforms did before #AI started trending.”

                  We should create an AI Driven version of LOT and finally be free from Lithu’s crushing despotic rule!

                  "Let's give it a week! Still a disaster? Let's give it another week…" -Tazz

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                    A Former User
                    last edited by A Former User

                    I don’t blame lithu for this, it’s coming from a dozen places and this website is no different to any other but:

                    I just logged into OT with a browser I never use for this website and only scrolled through the last 10 pages of this thread. UBlock has blocked 119 third-party cookies, the overwhelming majority of which exist purely to track you across multiple websites and then onsell the data about your browsing habits.

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                    Now I could use something like UBlock in every browser but it’s way too aggressive given I want to support advertising and the like.

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                    • TheMouseT
                      TheMouse @A Former User
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                      @Hog said in The OFFICIAL programming thread:

                      I don’t blame lithu for this…

                      Hog is obviously a bot!

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                      • Gators1G
                        Gators1 @Gustaf
                        last edited by

                        @Gustaf said in The OFFICIAL programming thread:

                        @Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL programming thread:

                        I think it’s more like every software company has to incorporate “AI” in their products these days or customers will think it’s obsolete shit. I keep getting that from the sales assholes calling me to sell data platforms. All they want to talk about is their new AI and I am like “Dude, I am not a guilable CXX. I need your platform to do what similar platforms did before #AI started trending.”

                        We should create an AI Driven version of LOT and finally be free from Lithu’s crushing despotic rule!

                        GustafBot would definitely be an upgrade.

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                        • GustafG
                          Gustaf
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                          Can you imagine the sheer hilarity!!??? We could market this and make trillions!

                          "Let's give it a week! Still a disaster? Let's give it another week…" -Tazz

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                            Gators1 @Gustaf
                            last edited by

                            @Gustaf said in The OFFICIAL programming thread:

                            Can you imagine the sheer hilarity!!??? We could market this and make trillions!

                            …or sued for crimes against humanity.

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                            • GustafG
                              Gustaf
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                              Nothing ventured, nothing gained

                              "Let's give it a week! Still a disaster? Let's give it another week…" -Tazz

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                              • Gators1G
                                Gators1
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                                @Kyle, can you have one of your trains take him to a camp?

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                                • KilemallK
                                  Kilemall Careful, railroad agent @Gators1
                                  last edited by

                                  @Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL programming thread:

                                  @Kyle, can you have one of your trains take him to a camp?

                                  There are load limits for both axles and bridges. One of the schnabel cars maybe.

                                  Meet The Schnabels; The WORLD'S LARGEST Railcars!

                                  https://i.imgur.com/hX2CMMZ.jpg

                                  Never go full Lithu-
                                  Twain

                                  No editing is gonna save you now-
                                  Wingmann

                                  http://s3.amazonaws.com/rrpa_photos/72217/DSC_2528.JPG

                                  http://s3.amazonaws.com/rrpa_photos/20416/PTOB 101_resize.jpg

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                                    Gustaf @Kilemall
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                                    "Let's give it a week! Still a disaster? Let's give it another week…" -Tazz

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                                    • KilemallK
                                      Kilemall Careful, railroad agent @Gustaf
                                      last edited by

                                      @Gustaf said in The OFFICIAL programming thread:

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                                      You’re an attention whore, yer gobbling it up.

                                      Plus you made Gators appeal to the train gods, totally undercutting his morals, GJ!

                                      https://i.imgur.com/hX2CMMZ.jpg

                                      Never go full Lithu-
                                      Twain

                                      No editing is gonna save you now-
                                      Wingmann

                                      http://s3.amazonaws.com/rrpa_photos/72217/DSC_2528.JPG

                                      http://s3.amazonaws.com/rrpa_photos/20416/PTOB 101_resize.jpg

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                                      • GustafG
                                        Gustaf
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                                        It was nice to see him turn to the dark side

                                        "Let's give it a week! Still a disaster? Let's give it another week…" -Tazz

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                                        • Gators1G
                                          Gators1
                                          last edited by

                                          The enemy of my enemy is…

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                                            oyaji @A Former User
                                            last edited by

                                            @Hog said in The OFFICIAL programming thread:

                                            @oyaji said in The OFFICIAL programming thread:

                                            @Gustaf said in The OFFICIAL programming thread:

                                            Incognito mode my friend

                                            is there some benefit from hiding your search history from yourself?

                                            No but incognito mode is another tool if you don’t want data brokers having and selling a complete picture of your browsing habits. I mean, they can still match up a lot of that stuff even without third party cookies but it’s less accurate (specific) and not as valuable. You can disable third party cookies in your regular non-incognito mode too but that often breaks shit.

                                            i did not realize there was any benefit beyond hiding search history from other users of the same computer. thx!

                                            © 2015 - 2025 oyaji

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