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| 07-16-20
| By JR Raphael
Posted on 07/17/2020 6:43:51 AM PDT by Red Badger
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07/17/2020 8:32:06 AM PDT
by
freds6girlies
(many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first. Mt. 19:30. R.I.P. G & J)
Tech bookmark ( browser controls )
To: Red Badger
From ad-infested websites to autoplaying videos and an endless array of pop-up provocations, it’s a wonder anyone makes it through the day without going completely berserk. It doesn’t have to be that way, though.
Nope. You can go to FreeRepublic.com for your news. No ad infestations. No autoplaying videos. No endless array of pop-up provocations.
Here you only go berserk from the daily flood of leftist lunacy infecting our nation.
To: OriginalChristian
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posted on
07/17/2020 8:58:59 AM PDT
by
OriginalChristian
(The end of America, as founded, began when the first Career Politician was elected...)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
07/17/2020 9:03:37 AM PDT
by
Cedar
To: Red Badger
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posted on
07/17/2020 9:19:54 AM PDT
by
upchuck
(D.Horowitz: America did not invent slavery, America ended it. Preserve the American way of life.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
07/17/2020 9:23:59 AM PDT
by
ducttape45
("Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people." Proverbs 14:34)
To: ducttape45
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posted on
07/17/2020 10:12:34 AM PDT
by
faucetman
(Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
To: ShadowAce; Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; AppyPappy; arnoldc1; ATOMIC_PUNK; ..
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posted on
07/17/2020 11:55:15 AM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
07/17/2020 12:41:12 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: Red Badger
I use Irfanview to open my photos. FREE https://www.irfanview.com
When an image is in the WebP format it will display an error but I can click on save and it saves as a .jpg or .gif type as examples and now opens along with showing a thumbnail of the image.
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posted on
07/17/2020 1:17:33 PM PDT
by
minnesota_bound
(homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
07/17/2020 4:44:38 PM PDT
by
kb2614
(Cheer up, for the worst is yet to come!)
To: AloneInMass
American Thinker made me disable my ad blocker and now I get a massive headache every time I go there. I use the MVPS HOSTS file which I edit to add or remove links.
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posted on
07/17/2020 7:04:56 PM PDT
by
daniel1212
(Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
To: UnwashedPeasant
They missed one: Install a profanity filter on your browser. It makes the internet much more pleasant. Below are links to a good one. You can customize the filtered words. And you can customize replacement words. For example, it can display “Pelosi” as “Pignosey.” Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/advanced-profanity-filter/piajkpdbaniagacofgklljacgjhefjeh?hl=en Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/advanced_profanity_filter/ Thanks!
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posted on
07/17/2020 7:07:30 PM PDT
by
daniel1212
(Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
To: Red Badger
The annoyance: Secure and encrypted website connections are now the norm, but some older or less actively maintained sites still haven’t gotten on the HTTPS bandwagon—which isn’t optimal, to say the least, especially if you’re on a public Wi-Fi network where someone could theoretically snoop on your activity.
The answer: The Electronic Frontier Foundation has a fantastic extension called HTTPS Everywhere, available for both Chrome and Firefox. Once installed, it ensures all traffic in your web browsing adventure is properly encrypted, even if a site itself isn’t taking the proper measures.
This isn't correct. Sites that don't support HTTPS can't use it, they're still a basic HTTP protocol. All HTTPS Everywhere does is attempt to use HTTPS whenever you load a page, if the link didn't have it or something like that. But it won't "force encryption" on sites that don't support it...
To: Fresh Wind
3. “An error occurred. Please try again later”. I’m guessing your ad blocker is preventing the display of an ad, but you still have to wait for the 15 or 30 seconds for it to get to the video you want to see.
I've had this issue before, but it doesn't fix itself in 15-30 sec. Anytime it does it to me, a quick refresh (f5) reloads the page and it works fine. Couple seconds, tops.
To: Svartalfiar
The page refresh doesn’t work for me.
I would assume GoogleTube gets paid for delivering the ad even if I don’t see it.
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posted on
07/18/2020 1:06:32 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(China kills close to 600,000 and the sheeple sleep. Cops kill one person, and cities burn.)
To: Red Badger
Very useful information. Bookmarking.
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posted on
07/18/2020 1:22:53 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(Polls are for dancing)
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posted on
07/18/2020 4:39:10 AM PDT
by
Tunehead54
(Nothing funny here ;-)
To: Fresh Wind
The page refresh doesn’t work for me.
Well that's about all I have for that particular problem. What browser are you running / do you have adblockers built in or add-ons?
I'm on Pale Moon with a couple add-ons, so something in my settings might make that work for me.
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