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F-ES Sitecore24-Jan-19 3:43

F-ES Sitecore

24-Jan-19 3:43

I think google are going to incorporate some kind of built-in blocker from chrome which will give them double-bubble. People will pay for the adverts then pay to not have them blocked. It will also allow google to tighten its hold on the internet to drive its own political agenda by blocking content it simply doesn't want you to see.

#MakeTheInternetGreatAgain #BuildTheFirewall

ZurdoDev24-Jan-19 4:10

24-Jan-19 4:10

If you wanted the content on a paid site and found a way to get the content without paying, I think most would agree that is wrong. Why is ad-blocking any different?

Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.

Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.

F-ES Sitecore24-Jan-19 4:15

F-ES Sitecore

24-Jan-19 4:15

The thread isn't about the morality of ad blocking, it's about the morality of google.

ZurdoDev24-Jan-19 4:17

24-Jan-19 4:17

F-ES Sitecore wrote:
The thread isn't about the morality of ad blocking, it's about the morality of google.

Yes, I know. It's still a valid question.

F-ES Sitecore wrote:
the morality of google.

The company that wanted to use their power to affect the outcome of a Presidential election? Ya, what morality?

Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.

Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.

Rick York24-Jan-19 4:50

Rick York

24-Jan-19 4:50

Because taking something you are not authorized to is not the same as refusing to accept things you do not want.

"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"

ZurdoDev24-Jan-19 4:56

24-Jan-19 4:56

Rick York wrote:
you are not authorized to

So, if a website explicitly said that you must accept ads, then you would use no adblocker?

Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.

Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.

Basildane24-Jan-19 4:55

Basildane

24-Jan-19 4:55

Here are some points. You may not agree with them, that's ok with me.

The Internet was not created to be an advertising platform for scumbags.

The vast majority of websites are nothing but click-bait to try and attract people so they can push ads.

If you created a website with the goal of pushing ads, then you should take it down. This is not what the web was designed for. Go away. Sites like these are just trash.

I've been a network engineer since the 'net was telnet and gopher, and many servers didn't even have passwords. You could just log into them. That was before "marketing people" discovered that the Internet would be cheap way to exploit people.

With VERY few exceptions, I have not seen any advertising since around 1999.

Finally, the Internet was created for the free exchange of information. NOT MARKETING.

I'm not saying that marketing should be illegal, I'm saying that your opinion that the Internet is a giant advertising platform is wrong. And we will fight it until our last breaths.

ZurdoDev24-Jan-19 4:57

24-Jan-19 4:57

Basildane wrote:
the Internet was created for the free exchange of information. NOT MARKETING.

And things evolve. Should everything on Amazon.com be free? Big Grin | :-D

Basildane wrote:
your opinion that the Internet is a giant advertising platform is wrong.

Of course it's wrong. And it's not even my opinion. Why would you think it is?

Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.

Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.

#realJSOP24-Jan-19 5:42

24-Jan-19 5:42

ZurdoDev wrote:
Should everything on Amazon.com be free?

Abso-f*cking-lutely!

".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

ZurdoDev24-Jan-19 5:44

24-Jan-19 5:44

John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
Abso-f*cking-lutely!

Are you sure? Big Grin | :-D

Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.

Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.

dandy7224-Jan-19 5:33

dandy72

24-Jan-19 5:33

Basildane wrote:
your opinion that the Internet is a giant advertising platform is wrong.

Completely agree that it's not what it was created for, but denying it's what it turned into nonetheless sounds kinda naïve at this point.

MarkTJohnson24-Jan-19 5:57

MarkTJohnson

24-Jan-19 5:57

Basildane wrote:
Finally, the Internet was created for the free exchange of information. NOT MARKETING

Marketing doesn't fall under free speech?

So, you saw an advertisement, how were you harmed in that?

#realJSOP24-Jan-19 6:32

24-Jan-19 6:32

Marketing isn't the "free exchange of ideas". And the internet wasn't invented to promote free speech.

MarkTJohnson24-Jan-19 8:17

MarkTJohnson

24-Jan-19 8:17

John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
And the internet wasn't invented to promote free speech.

True. It was an US DoD idea.
Created to defend free speech?

#realJSOP24-Jan-19 8:30

24-Jan-19 8:30

More like to alert the government when subversives (aka patriots) used it to criticise the government. :/

RickZeeland24-Jan-19 6:31

RickZeeland

24-Jan-19 6:31

For anyone looking for an alternative to AdBlockPlus, here is a list: https://www.slant.co/topics/6946/~ad-blockers[^]

Well, That's Annoying

#realJSOP23-Jan-19 23:42

Re: Well, That's Annoying

23-Jan-19 23:42

In VS2017 you can add files using "add as link", so the physical file only exists in one place, and any change to that file is reflected in all projects that use it. Theoretically.

In practice, it doesn't work at all on non-compilable files - you know - like in a web project. I tried using the feature with shared cshtml files, and linked files aren't found. at all.

What the actual f*ck Microsoft?

EDIT =================================================

Well, it seems you have to view the file's properties, and change Build Action to "Content", and Copy to Output Dir to "Always Copy". Manually. Like you're back in the the 80's.

EDIT AGAIN ===========================================

A preferrable approach - create a RazorPages class library and put all your common code in that (css, js, partial views, etc).

modified 24-Jan-19 6:39am.

RickZeeland23-Jan-19 23:49

RickZeeland

23-Jan-19 23:49

Maybe you can add the folder where the file is to: Projects - Reference Paths, but I'm not a web-developer so can't tell if this will work $Shucks | :-\$

Re: Well, That's Annoying

Mark_Wallace24-Jan-19 0:11

Mark_Wallace

24-Jan-19 0:11

ms never got behind symbolic links, for whatever reasons of taste or style, so it's not surprising that their guys aren't good at working with them.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

Re: Well, That's Annoying

PIEBALDconsult24-Jan-19 2:16

PIEBALDconsult

24-Jan-19 2:16

It's worse (but improving) in SSIS' Script Tasks.

CCC WSO OTD 2019-01-24

DerekT-P23-Jan-19 22:07

DerekT-P

23-Jan-19 22:07

Express craftsmanship is dead after one visits Cuba (10)

pkfox23-Jan-19 22:18

pkfox

23-Jan-19 22:18

Express = Articulate

Craftsmanship = Art
one visits Cuba = icu
dead = late

We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP

DerekT-P23-Jan-19 22:19

DerekT-P

23-Jan-19 22:19

Well done... thought it might last longer than 11 minutes! Will you explain or shall I?

pkfox23-Jan-19 22:21

pkfox

23-Jan-19 22:21

I was late logging on this morning Big Grin | :-D

- explanation added - nice clue by the way

We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP