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HERE[0] or OpenStreetMap[1] are both pretty complete and good for a user and developer usage.

[0] https://www.here.com

[1] https://www.openstreetmap.org


HERE was flagged for me by Disconnect Malvertising filter in uBlock Origin.


I like Here except that, at least in Android, it seems to run as a background service most of the time. Because of this, I ended up uninstalling.


Try offline maps on android.


Interesting point of view, but is it only related to the Computer Science Engineering field?


Not necessarily, but Computer Science is one of those fields that you can easily be self taught without many physical resources. In fact you mostly only need a computer and the internet, which most people do have.

It's different from a kid learning to become a mechanic. They'd need far more resources for that.


There is as well anonbox.net[1] from the CCC which is pretty useful too, even if its functionalities are a little bit different

[1] https://anonbox.net/


I am personally using an often not mentioned solution.

I use Gandi.net as registrar for my domain name and they provide email hosting[1], CalDav and CardDav with it. They even have a web interface (using SoGo[2]).

So all my emails, contacts and calendars are properly managed[3] by a French company.

[1] https://www.gandi.net/en/domain/email

[2] https://sogo.nu/

[3] https://www.gandi.net/en/no-bullshit


One thing I love to do is to block all the garbage of websites with uBlock Origin by adding my own filters. That does not give a result as good as this project but it quicker to do.


Yes. One example where this worked particularly well for me is the Youtube homepage, where I blocked all the content so only the search bar and sidebar are still visible. They've since changed the html and I have since made two workarounds for the homepage, but for years that saved me from getting distracted by all the crap people watch and forgetting what I was going to search for.


For this, you could use uMatrix (by the same author).


Is it not possible to just use GitHub? I mean, by creating a second repo which would be only for discussion, like tablesaw-support. I have no idea if is it again their ToS however.


I personally still have the "Subscribe" icon (Firefox 59). I had to move it from "Customize" to my toolbar but it is definitely there.


Thanks for the tip, I just added it back.


it used to be in plain view all the time (maybe 10 versions ago, I don't remember exactly)



I have never understood why HN does not do like Reddit – replacing the username by [deleted] or ghost.


Yes, you can use the trial: https://brain.fm/app?v=0000#!/trial


> I walked into the office certain I was about to be fired. Wait, can you be fired that easily ?


Many US states are "At Will" employment. You can be fired for almost any reason, at any time. At the same time, you can quit at any time. Giving notice is a professional courtesy, but not strictly required.


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