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In The Know Florida beachgoers call 911 after stumbling upon bizarre sight: 'That would scare the hell out of me'
Yahoo ^ | 19 Nov 2020 | Katie Mather

Posted on 11/20/2020 6:48:27 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT

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To: FroggyTheGremlim
Oh Alex, these spelling, grammar errors are part of the charm of FreeRepublic.

As are the spelling corrections and grammar improvements they elicit.

Regards,

41 posted on 11/21/2020 2:35:25 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I guess it could be washed away from a store during a hurricane. It could be from Andrew or a recent one.


42 posted on 11/21/2020 4:02:53 AM PST by Deplorable American1776 (We might be DEPLORABLES, but we don't cheat like Dems)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Hour wrote. “Upon further investigating, she realized it was a mannequin!” It’s unclear how long the mannequin was in the water or where it came from.

You know, you can post up to 300 words in an excerpt, rather than a couple sentences as if you were click baiting, requiring those who were enticed to go to Yahoo with its over 550 network requests in the first minute (hit F12 in Firefox, then Networking, then reload the web page). With ad blocking.

43 posted on 11/21/2020 4:11:18 AM PST by daniel1212 (Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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To: alexander_busek

Mourning/ morning???

Yes, the grammar police keep me on speed dial.

They no longer bother to send a notice for minor infractions.

Due to budget cuts, I seldom hear much out of them.

“Of all the things I’ve lost, I miss my mind the most.”
Old Mr T. understood.
And that is not to imply I ever had the grammer/grammar thing.


44 posted on 11/21/2020 9:48:15 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: daniel1212

A clickbaiter?
Woe is me!

If only Microsoft had actually purchased Yahoo.
But no.

The F12 view was a fun way to waste a morning!

I found similar numbers at CNN and USAtoday
A different article on Yahoo and left untended for a minute showed 1024 requests, an upper limit?

THANK YOU for the how to.

When you post, do you check the number of requests?
Where do you draw the line?
Is there any guidance for this function?

Breitbart, a site I avoid because it sometimes bogs down with crap, today was on good behavior and under 300, moved right along.


45 posted on 11/21/2020 10:36:45 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
"We are glad it wasn’t a real body!” Ocean Hour concluded.

Now there's proof this organization, whatever it is, really cares.

46 posted on 11/21/2020 10:46:46 AM PST by Robwin ( )
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To: DUMBGRUNT
A clickbaiter? Woe is me!

No, not really, but it is like those bloggers who post enough to entice you. Please do not take it too personal, it is just that I see this a lot, sometimes even posting irrelevant material (Facebook links, etc.) when excerpts could provide the gist of the story.

If only Microsoft had actually purchased Yahoo. But no.

When you post, do you check the number of requests? Where do you draw the line? Is there any guidance for this function?

No, since I know that there are multitudes of articles pasted each day, and reader's time is valuable, and having to having to go to a link and thus add one more tab (I have hundreds open myself across 6 browsers) and often face the onslaught you refer to, then rather than providing a couple sentences or so, instead I try to include as much of the article as I reasonably can, trying to use "Reader's digest" type editing. Like here. And unless I am posting all of an article that I think can be so shared (one here) or a composition of my own as here, then for in copying and pasting most then I click on "this is an excerpt" in the article post page, since that allows 300 words, which excerpts I first paste in https://wordcounter.net/ to get the number.

The F12 view was a fun way to waste a morning! I found similar numbers at CNN and USAtoday A different article on Yahoo and left untended for a minute showed 1024 requests, an upper limit?...Breitbart, a site I avoid because it sometimes bogs down with crap, today was on good behavior and under 300, moved right along. THANK YOU for the how to.

Wow. Glad you like the F12 feature, which is one the reasons I like Firefox, though besides two portable Quantum installations I actually run two profiles using the legacy Firefox ESR since that enables the many extensions that Firefox Quantum broke. Thank God for such tools. Image where we would be under socialism.

47 posted on 11/21/2020 4:18:28 PM PST by daniel1212 (Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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To: daniel1212
F12 also works in Chrome, could not quickly find it in Opera?

Note that your CNN link made 1618 requests as I read the article???

Thanks again.
Screenshot of Chrome:

48 posted on 11/21/2020 8:25:17 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
F12 also works in Chrome, could not quickly find it in Opera? Note that your CNN link made 1618 requests as I read the article??? Thanks again

Yes, but since the excerpts provide testimony (even by CNN) that exposes antifa then reading the whole article is really not necessary, and in this instance it waters down the case. But did any of those 1618 requests vote for Biden?

49 posted on 11/22/2020 3:49:52 AM PST by daniel1212 (Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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To: alexander_busek

I was joking about ‘Morning Wood’, (You know, early morning erections?), not floating, not any sort of sadness towards Natalie. Got it?


50 posted on 11/22/2020 5:35:53 PM PST by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy Mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: FroggyTheGremlim

Ruben Clamo’s strange daughter.


51 posted on 11/22/2020 5:45:24 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Screenshot of Chrome

Meanwhile, look at all the network requests from here:

Firefox-FR-NetworkRequests

I like the dark theme.

52 posted on 11/23/2020 3:13:14 AM PST by daniel1212 (Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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To: daniel1212

YES! I did that first thing to establish a baseline.

And was surprised by the differences; guessing, the more crap being sold the higher the number, also more non text components add to the total.
The totals are not always the same between Chrome and Firefox.
On this thread, Chrome shows 7, Firefox 6. FF does not list ‘common.css’; on this thread.

Running Chrome and FF side by side.
I’m using a big old HP Z420 dual xeon workstation with 2 monitors and Ubuntu 20.04, helps to keep the house warm.
Not a computer guy, but it was provided by my employer, when I retired they said,return the drive and keep the rest.

Thank you again, this is interesting stuff! (Yes, I’m easily amused)
Have a happy Thanksgiving!


53 posted on 11/23/2020 7:32:52 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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And was surprised by the differences; guessing, the more crap being sold the higher the number, also more non text components add to the total.

Yes, and which is one reason more bandwidth and PC power is needed as years go on.

The totals are not always the same between Chrome and Firefox. On this thread, Chrome shows 7, Firefox 6. FF does not list ‘common.css’; on this thread.

In either case it is quite the contrast btwn FR and ad sites. www.breitbart.com shows over 100 requests in 30secs if you scroll.

Running Chrome and FF side by side.

At least. I have to use FF quantum portable if I want to also use FF legacy ESR, but i also run Chrome portable. That way it is all together can be transferred rather easily. Thank God.

’m using a big old HP Z420 dual xeon workstation with 2 monitors and Ubuntu 20.04, helps to keep the house warm. Not a computer guy, but it was provided by my employer, when I retired they said,return the drive and keep the rest.

Looks pretty good for its age if this is right. I have Linux on a rig that is mainly just used for the Internet. The one I am using is W/10 Pro (from a $30.00 upgrade to a retail channel W/8 years ago) on a home built rig. Thank God for what we can get and do.

Thank you again, this is interesting stuff! (Yes, I’m easily amused) Have a happy Thanksgiving!

Yes it is interesting, and have a good Thanksgiving indeed. Much to be thankful for.

54 posted on 11/23/2020 4:16:44 PM PST by daniel1212 (Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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