ethcat's comments

On: Is X Down?

[ethcat]

At least part of their servers. They used to have a status page (https://status.twitterstat.us/), but not anymore.

On: Trump wins presidency for second time

[ethcat]

"Republican voters relying on friends and family more than traditional news media for their election news." https://news.northeastern.edu/2024/11/06/trump-voters-news-d...

[_rm → ethcat]

This is actually an excellent technique. Your friends act as filters of the noise and negativity, and only the important bits reach you.

[plewd → _rm]

I'm not quite sure what you mean, that friends/family are a good source because they filter out noise? I would assume it's the worst type of source, people that are biased and don't provide a basis for their views, and might not always be understanding if you ask doubtful questions.

[_rm → plewd]

For instance, if there's a hurricane coming I might get a message about it.

I won't get one about the other 100 click bait trash pumping out of the news machine.

[paulryanrogers → _rm]

This perspective keep me locked into the Republican party for decades. It took a long time for me to seriously consider perspectives outside the bubble.

[result2vino → _rm]

This is…what? It isn’t “actually an excellent” anything. My family only relays the most absurd rage-bait news to me. I’d rather go without it.

[_rm → result2vino]

Lol guess depends on your circle then

On: Biden and Trump in the First 2024 Presidential Debate [video]

[ethcat]

What is the point of watching them debate if no one is fact-checking everything they say in real time? https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/27/politics/fact-checking-the-cn...

On: Show HN: I built an indie, browser-based MMORPG

[ethcat]

HTTP/1.1 502 Bad Gateway Server: nginx/1.18.0 (Ubuntu)

On: Tell HN: YouTube beat uBlock Origin on Firefox

[ethcat]

Make sure you are using uBlock Origin version 1.51.0. This cat-and-mouse game will never end.

On: Update on Twitter's Rate Limits

[ethcat]

To be honest, it doesn't bother me because I've moved to other platforms. The main reason I log on to twitter is to see if anyone I follow has moved to another platform.

On: Tell HN: Firefox Is an awesome browser right now

[ethcat]

Multi-Account Containers made by Mozilla is the reason I can't stop using Firefox. Chrome doesn't have any similar extension that can display multiple profiles in one window like it does.