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Comment Re:Irony or coincidence? (Score 1) 49

Other than a tiny one up in the top right next to the search box, I see no ads in /. in Safari + AdBlock Plus on my Mac. I see no ads at all on my iPhone with Safari + AdBlock Plus.

What's interesting though is when I was recently on holiday in S. America, /. on my phone was infested with ads. When I turned on my VPN to my OpenVPN server running on a Raspberry Pi on my internet, all the ads vanished. There's definitely an element of location to the number of ads you see on /.

Comment Re: how, precisely (Score 1) 57

Sounds like discrimination! Iâ(TM)m 185cm (6'1") and planes arenâ(TM)t built for people my height, and Iâ(TM)m really not that tall. Just getting one that fits my back/shoulders and knees is impossible. My weight I can control, but not my height. And even if you get more space by paying for it, you still have people next to you who canâ(TM)t keep to their own space, even when theyâ(TM)re tiny.

I just flew back from Rio to Lisbon on TAP Portugal. Really nice flight and plenty of legroom in economy. So much better than my outbound flight on Iberia from Madrid to Montevideo; what a shitty airline. Pretty good experience with LATAM around S. America too. There are still airlines that are ok. I try to avoid American airlines and European budget ones; I value my sanity and circulation.

Comment Re: No need for DST in the Tropics (Score 1) 104

I have a feeling that people define DST based on the time when the sun reaches its zenith. Iâ(TM)ve just had a couple of days in Rio and Iâ(TM)d say that there were a couple of hours of wasted daylight in the morning that I would have appreciated in the evening. Sounds like a case for permanent daylight saving! Iâ(TM)ve said the same about my home in London, where Iâ(TM)d appreciate double daylight saving all year around, giving me a chance to see daylight after work in some of winter.

Comment Re: Because (Score 1) 182

I donâ(TM)t.

I donâ(TM)t want the work keeping them safe from all the foxes in our neighbourhood. I donâ(TM)t want shit in my small patch of lawn. I donâ(TM)t want to have to find somebody to care for them every time we go away.

Comment Re: They won't sheild their kids from screen time (Score 0) 73

Our son had zero screen time until he was 3.5. Thatâ(TM)s when Covid lockdown forced him out of nursery and both of us to work from home. It was still limited and it was TV, not device time. Maybe itâ(TM)s a factor of how much screen time parents have? Weâ(TM)re a house where the TV is only on in the evening, and never as background noise.

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