As someone who works in digital marketing/advertising, I'm torn between the appeal of anonymity and just having everything out there so I can observe the marketing/remarking. One thing that's really interesting to me is that the comfort that comes from running a browser that claims first class tracker blocking really creates a false reassurance. The good it serves is shutting down some truly bad-agents -- but it hardly slows down the really big agents. First-party data is still being tracked, that data is still being shared with big data brokers, and then being-reshared with other really big agents.

-allen (June 13, 2018, 11:59 PM)

I just "instinctively" thought PNG was very likely to be better for webpages because from my own (admittedly subjective) experience, I found that most web pages produce both lighter and better quality pictures being saved as PNG, unless the contents of the page includes a significant portion made of pictures (especially if those are already in JPEG), and thus it seemed only natural to question the choice of JPG.

For now we only know that OP encounters some kind of issue when posting PNG pictures to forums working with vBulletin, which seems to be the only reason —although I guess it may be a fair enough one, if the issue is too bothersome and can't be fixed— why he favors JPG.

-ConstanceJill (June 14, 2018, 02:29 AM)

I've used Pearl Crescent Page Saver Basic for a while, it allows both PNG and JPEG.

Also, I second the question: why jpg ? PNG offers lossless quality and may even produce lighter files (depending on the contents on the page).

-ConstanceJill (June 12, 2018, 03:35 PM)

Funny story.  I have a laptop from my company that they have for me to take home.  They've become more and more restrictive, to the point that to even use webmail you have to connect to to the vpn.

-wraith808 (June 05, 2018, 12:45 PM)

That might have to do with DNS registration and security (through obscurity). When you connect with VPN to your company's network, your system becomes part of that network and features such as webmail do not require to be completely/correctly/properly configured to become accessible for the computers in your company's network. Which makes for (much) less direct attack vectors that people outside your company's network can use to wreak havoc.

-Shades (June 06, 2018, 10:16 PM)

As a bonus POTUS has put his name behind the company

-4wd (June 05, 2018, 06:02 AM)

That's a bonus?      

-cranioscopical (June 05, 2018, 08:31 AM)

Learn something every day.  I thought POTUS was some soggy herbs stuck on a sore spot for pain relief.   

-MilesAhead (June 05, 2018, 01:45 PM)

Thanak goodness you were able to weed out the confusion!

-cranioscopical (June 05, 2018, 04:38 PM)

Speaking of weed, I watched Up in Smoke again last week.  It is still funny after all these years. 

-MilesAhead (June 06, 2018, 08:27 AM)

Gitlab runs on Microsoft Azure.
https://twitter.com/.../1004087778760646656

-Tuxman (June 06, 2018, 02:47 AM)

What is your definition of monopolies?

What would happen if GitHub would close in thirty minutes and why?

-Tuxman (June 04, 2018, 02:46 PM)

exclusive control of a particular market that is marked by the power to control prices and exclude competition and that especially is developed willfully rather than as the result of superior products or skill