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Same here. I have to trust/use an extension and third party desktop application (Progressive Web Apps for Firefox) to get this feature to work and not have to rely on Chrome/Edge/etc.

I can easily see less patient or understanding users dropping Firefox if they find out it doesn't work with Progressive Web Apps.

Looks like I might be moving to Proton Pass after all! I'll give them some time to see what they do about this, but will happily give my money to someone else and migrate friends/family as well.

Here's what Google's Gemini had to say about it when I asked:

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What does this say?

VVu7 d0 y00 4ll th1nk 4b0ut 1337$p34k? 1 h4v3nt 8u$t3d 1t 0ut 51nc3 m1ddl3 5ch00l, 8ut m4y83 th3r3’5 p0t3nti4l #3r3.

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This is written in l33tsp34k (leetspeak), an internet language that replaces letters with similar-looking numbers and symbols.

Here's what it says when translated:

"What do you all think about leetspeak? I haven't busted it out since middle school, but maybe there's potential here."

Would really suck if people said "fuck it", did return to work but intentionally decreased productivity. Best to get laid off than quit.

Personally I think its great to have online discussions/questions available on a forum (like lemmy) that are federated and accessible anonymously as it allows answers or discussions to be created and available for others to search and find in the future. There's a lot of content that I find where answers or discussions were posted on reddit, but I can't access it if I'm trying to reach it anonymously (bad for privacy).

I would encourage these kind of posts as:

1. They generate content for lemmy/the fediverse.
2. The new content brings in more people, perspectives, and collaborations.
3. People seeing active discussions on this site will inspire others to post more and help bring in other perspectives.
4. Understanding the "Ten thousand" XKCD ^(xkcd.com) perspective lets you realize that people are learning all the time and that trying to get feedback in a forum is not a bad thing regardless of how many other options there are.

Localsend is great!

If you need something that works with just a web browser, try wormhole.app

If wormhole is blocked or not working, use any 'Send'^{(github.com↗)} instance, which is a fork^{(github.com↗)} of Mozilla's Firefox Send^{(github.com↗)}.

It’s actually still happening under Biden.

Its a bit more nuanced than that. That's like saying "people who wear seat belts still die". Well yes, that's a fact, but intentionally or not, you're making a claim without context and painting a picture in the mind of others that doesn't reflect reality.

Under the Trump administration’s so-called “zero tolerance” policy, separations were calculated and deliberate.

The goal of zero tolerance was to criminally prosecute all adult migrants who entered the country illegally. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) would detain parents and transfer their children into the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement.

“Cruelty was the point of that policy,” Langarica said.

Biden rescinded the policy in January 2021. Yet, three years later, more than 1,400 families remain separated, according to the latest update from the Family Reunification Task Force.

The report argues that separations have happened for decades, but under the Biden administration they are a result of bureaucratic processes, lack of transparency and accountability — not purposeful cruelty.

Source: https://www.kpbs.org/news/border-immigration/2024/07/29/report-reveals-migrant-family-separations-continue-under-biden

You can find the latest Family Reunification Task Force progress reports here: https://www.dhs.gov/publication/family-reunification-task-force-progress-reports

• Signal ^{signal.org↗} - Free, open source, completely end-to-end encrypted messaging that lead by a non-profit.
• Shelter ^{f-droid.org↗} - Use Android's built-in "Work Profile" feature to install or clone apps into an isolated space.
• Simplex ^{f-droid.org↗} - Like Signal but for the more paranoid. Not as good from a UX perspective so I can't recommend it to everyone, but definitely just as good if privacy/security is your ultimate requirement.

Posted this previously:

yes. use any of the following, in no particular order:

• ecosia.org - A non-profit certified B corp that plants trees by serving ads in your search results. Bing search underneath.
• duckduckgo.com - A privacy friendly search engine. Primarily sourced from Bing but mixes in a few other sources.
• any SearXNG instance - A self-hostable search front-end to various search engines.
• marginalia.nu - specifically 'random' - An independent DIY search engine that focuses on non-commercial content, and attempts to show you sites you perhaps weren't aware of in favor of the sort of sites you probably already knew existed.

already ditched them most of them and moved to self hosting movies, TV shows and music. I'm still paying for music but the latest drama of losing tons of classics on YouTube music due to SESAC licensing has me rethinking what I'm even paying for.

Any sites out there even serving JXL? With a "global usage" of 13%, I don't see many developers wasting their time on it unless there's some niche use case that requires it.

Oh, hey! Wasn't even a problem for me.

Alternatively, download Organic Maps and contribute to OpenStreeMaps and help make the best alternative even better.

From their page:

• Detailed offline maps with places that don't exist on other maps, thanks to OpenStreetMap
• Cycling routes, hiking trails, and walking paths
• Contour lines, elevation profiles, peaks, and slopes
• Turn-by-turn walking, cycling, and car navigation with voice guidance and Android Auto
• Fast offline search on the map
• Export/import bookmarks in KML/KMZ, import GPX
• Dark Mode to protect your eyes
• Countries and regions don't take a lot of space
• Free and open-source

Scrubs! [0] [1] [2].

It had a great 8 season run (the 9th season doesn't exist, ignore those who incorrectly say it does). The show was funny, insightful, great dialogue, characters, serious moments and a great cast. Additionally the music choices in each episode were always top-notch. Note that "a handful of songs were replaced in the versions released to streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu due to licensing issues." [3].

Lastly, "IGN gave the first season a perfect score of 10. The seven following seasons were rated, respectively, 9, 9, 9, 8, 7.5, 8.3 and 7.5" [4].

[0] https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/scrubs

[1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285403/

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrubs_(TV_series)

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrubs_(TV_series)#Music

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrubs_(TV_series)#Reception

Seems it already exists: https://lemmy.ml/post/20673023/13895633

By that simple logic any new browser will be ridiculously behind Firefox. Firefox's code base has been in development for nearly 30 years - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Navigator

I was excited for it up until I saw what happened. I get the perspective the maintainer might be coming from, but they made a huge deal out of something that shouldn't have been.

Sure, but it’s worth asking why the management is so poor

Could just be incompetence.

Working in a bigger corp and seeing people continuously fail upwards or get hired into positions where they run around like headless chickens - sometimes the reason is leadership putting people in the wrong role and not holding them accountable because its easy to "fudge metrics" and believe things are going well.

The strategy I've seen far too often:

• Deliver a half-working project that is bursting at the seams and requires more work and resources (or introduces a technical debt that most people can't even begin to comprehend).
• Leadership declares it a success because a long enough train wreck takes time to be noticed when you're near the end of the tracks and the people at the front lines are doing everything they can to avoid it.
• Find a new job before the shit hits the fan (typically hold off until your RSU's fully vest) and talk about how you implemented X while saving company Y and how successful it was.
• Leave the place worse off than before.
• The project/implementation starts showing signs of failure and leadership blames others (because the guy who implemented things is now gone and he did things so well how could it possibly be their fault?)

Too often I've seen meetings between management not even understanding what their "core issues" are. How do you even make a business better if you don't even understand your pain points?

It's both fascinating and scary.

Hard agree. Apple's ecosystem is primarily completely closed-source. If you abandon them or they abandon you you're left with nothing. At least with open source-based projects like Chrome/Firefox you can fork the code and not have to start from zero against a goliath. Apple would never give its customers that kind of leverage.

I agree with you. It's frustrating to see people lump in genuinely good AI/ML work like private on-device translations in attempts to discredit Mozilla. There are good criticisms against them. They've made mistakes. There's zero need to lump in AI/ML.