I don't want to decide "this is something I want to bookmark". Just pop another tab and done with.

Clutter. Yeah. But why is that a bad thing?

I'm running FF52 (LTS) because the "consumer" grade Firefoxen don't allow unsigned extensions, with no saving throw (the LTS ones do).

The next LTS version (57 IIRC) is going to lose real extensions, with only the stripped down WebExtensions.

So what is a user to do?

I receive a lot of phone spam. I don't want to have to be interrupted each time I receive a call to answer it and figure out what it is. Without crowdsourcing, how is any of this going to work?

We had a genuine Lisp->C transpiler (we just called it a converter) way, way back when (in the late 1980's, probably before a lot of you were born and maybe even in some cases before your parents were born) at Thinking Machines Corp. The system software for the Connection Machine CM-1/CM-2 (which was effectively a gigantic coprocessor) was originally written in Lisp for the Lisp Machine (Symbolics 36xx IIRC), but eventually we figured out that we needed it on *ahem* more conventional platforms. Rather than rewriting all the code, someone hacked together a Lisp->C converter.

To what end? It gives you sports car performance (and then some) while still being able to carry people and schtuff like a family sedan.

Pull up at a light next to a Lambo...

From el Wik (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_American_Physicians_and_Surgeons)

This organization is hardly impartial. It's a conservative organization that was originally formed in the 1940's to fight "socialized medicine". It takes a number of decidedly off-beat positions, including that HIV doesn't cause AIDS, that human activity doesn't contribute to climate change (what this has to do with medicine is beyond me), and so forth. See their Wikipedia entry.

Now, having an opinion isn't grounds for not voicing one, but under the circumstances I think this is relevant information about this group.

4TB 2.5" external hard disks go for about $120, and I bought one for about $100. That's $25-30/TB. Amazon sell 15x25GB archival-grade Blu-Ray disks for $67.50, which is $180/TB.

And not even that much more expensive to use SSD's (if you're worried about stiction) than archival-grade Blu-Ray disks. I'm seeing internal SSD's in the $240 range; USB3 enclosures are cheap. If you want it packaged, it's going to set you back a bit more, but still less than double the price of archival Blu-Rays.

We're one of three houses on our street (in Brookline, MA) that Comcast won't serve because we're too far from a utility pole. They don't seem too interested in doing anything about it; we've called repeatedly. So we're stuck with damnfool 1500/368 (kbit) DSL. Feh.

Three showstoppers:

1) I have a bunch of old extensions that are not signed. Things like FLST, OpenNewWindowFromHere, and others. I'm not much interested in losing that functionality.

2) I sometimes like to edit extensions with, you know, emacs or something. Things like FLST, where I like the tab flip behavior but not the focus last selected tab itself, which the developer didn't provide a way to turn off while keeping tab flipping.

3) Some extensions have code that can't be given to Mozilla for verification because the code is proprietary.

I'm fine with signing to be enabled by default. I'm not fine with not having a workaround for that. I want to decide for myself what gates I want closed.

What does "[c]ontent blocking software should focus on addressing potential user needs (such as on performance, security, and privacy) instead of blocking specific types of content (such as advertising)" mean? Most users *want* to block specific types of content, namely advertising (particularly obtrusive, bandwidth-heavy ads). People don't want to block something just because it's bandwidth-heavy, otherwise they'd be blocking videos and such that they do want to watch.

And how's this going to play with Firefox's mandatory extension signing that's scheduled to take effect with FF43? Will they refuse to sign extensions that don't follow these guidelines, thereby going beyond a model of simply ensuring that the extension isn't harmful? Will they get around that by defining extensions that don't follow these guidelines as "harmful", even if they're doing exactly what users want?

There's a really slippery slope Mozilla looks like it's heading down...

and then it will be a *real* beast.

I've bought used high end Dells a generation or two behind for the past 15 years, ever since I've had a laptop. I've had an Inspiron 8000, 8200, 9400, and for the past 4+ years a Precision M6500, which is a beast -- i7-920XM,16 GB RAM (which can be expanded to 32 GB), 2x2.5" bays, optical bay, mSATA, 17" WUXGA screen w/Radeon HD7820, a pair of USB3 ports, and an eSATA port. The only things I've had to replace have been the keyboard twice (due to my sloppiness around it; it's no more fragile than any other), the battery, and some memory that developed errors (not likely due to the laptop). I've run various versions of openSUSE on it with no problems of any kind, and no blobs either. The tech's a bit dated -- first generation i7, SATA2 (3 Gb/sec), only 2 USB3 ports -- but with the mSATA it's plenty fast for the photo processing I do on it. If you need something more up to date, you can pay a bit more for a used M6600 or M6700, although you'll give up the WUXGA. No mechanical problems with the lids and that that I had with the 8000 and 8200 (the 9400 was disappointing, having a 64 bit processor but basically set up as a 32 bit system that couldn't exceed 3 GB of usable RAM).

There's no comparison between the low end and the high end Dell laptops. The high end ones are built solidly, easy to repair and upgrade, and just plain feel solid. Of course, this puppy isn't light, and the power brick itself is substantial. Battery life isn't great either. But if you want a solid system that will run Linux well and won't give you any trouble, this is worth considering. If you want a smaller system, the Precision M4x00 is a 15" screen but otherwise basically the same, I believe (it may not have the second drive bay).

about "GNOME" and "excellent interface design", aren't you?

Put a 3200x1800 (or 4200x2400 to match the resolution) screen in a Precision with the i7 version of that chip, and now we'd be talking.