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For me, TLS errors would happen every so often after we had used all our data allowance and our connection was being shaped to a slow speed. Once the speed returned to normal it was fine. I always thought it was the slow speed but maybe there were bugs in the shaping software.

I previously used my partner's Google account to watch on YouTube and it had built up recommendations based on what I previously watched since I didn't use the subscriptions, but one day it all just disappeared and only showed recommendations from my partner's subscriptions. I'd prefer if they implemented a user driven exploration system rather than attempting to guess what I want but it must be useful to be able to change how it works without modifying the user interface. I eventually gave up and used my own account with now 32 subscriptions and it's better than it was although it shows a lot of videos I've already watched. It throws in a few videos from other channels but it's mostly from the subscriptions.

GitExtensions includes a terminal and shows the commands it runs and I recently discovered the GitGraph extension in VSCode which allows having a terminal open at the same time. There's more text focused ones like Magit or Tig, I haven't used them personally but from reading the manual of Magit it looks like it can [1] and Tig allows for setting up custom commands [2].

1. https://magit.vc/manual/magit/Running-Git-Manually.html

2. http://jonas.nitro.dk/tig/manual.html#external-commands

I understand Microsoft needs to continue supporting IE for old websites but my boss a couple days ago used the Microsoft Lifecycle Policy as a reason why we, as website developers, need to support IE11 also. I would like articles saying people shouldn't use IE to also explicity answer the question, "Should website developers support IE?"

I've been using Waterfox since Mozilla changed their extension format and it's been incredibly stable. I used it for the Tree Style Tab extension. There's probably less reason to use it just for that anymore but vertical tabs in Firefox still isn't the best experience. I use Firefox with Tree Tabs at work with the extra user UI modification required to hide the top tabs and the sidebar headings. Only allowing one sidebar means when I accidentally open the bookmarks I need to mess around to get my tabs back.

I don't have the stats to back this up but I imagine there would be a significant portion of unsavory comments that appear from people/bots that didn't actually watch a large portion of the video. I think it would work in YouTube's and creator's favor to disable adding a comment until you watch a large portion of the video or you load all the ads.

the Supreme Court avoided a final judgment on the matter by finding unanimously that the plaintiffs did not have standing to bring the suit.

Perhaps existing businesses have a standing to bring a suit by arguing that they already provide jobs. Maybe they already receive a proportional tax benefit?

I like to think about the length of the outside of a circle. It's only when you use a line with a beginning and end in the shape of a circle that you can measure it. The idea can be extended to 3D with a spiral staircase that has no beginning and end. The steps of the staircase cannot be measured until you give it limits.