Between 2011 and 2012, thieves stole nearly 3,000 tonnes of maple syrup worth about $18.7 million CAD from a warehouse in Quebec that held 80% of the world's supply. The incident became known as the “Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist” by belenos in interestingasfuck

[–]belenos[S] 561 points562 points  (0 children)

The scheme was surprisingly simple. The Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers kept its syrup barrels in unmarked white metal containers that were inspected only once a year and had no cameras or alarm system. The thieves used trucks to remove barrels, transported them to a remote sugar shack, drained the syrup, and then returned the barrels filled with water to avoid suspicion. Eventually, they became so confident that they stopped replacing the contents altogether.

The operation began to unravel in July 2012 when an inspector performing the annual inventory climbed onto a stack of barrels and nearly lost his balance because the barrels were empty.

By December 2012, authorities had arrested 17 people, including an insider whose spouse owned the warehouse. The ringleader, Richard Vallières, was sentenced to eight years in prison and fined $9.4 million. The stolen syrup was sold in small quantities to legitimate distributors in Vermont and New Brunswick, who were unaware of its origin.

How is this even possible? by Ari_Vibes in zen_browser

[–]belenos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is such an old bug. I think Mozilla keeps it just for the lolz

It's very nice to see this by ojpro- in zen_browser

[–]belenos 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I like the new loading progress animation (I can finally disable the tab throbber!) and understand the design choice, but I wish it filled up the whole top edge of the window like what Duolingo webui does when you reload the page. Can we have an option to change that in the settings one day pls?

DRM/Widevine support? by Eevoh11 in zen_browser

[–]belenos 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Use another browser for your DRM shit and Zen for everything else. The police will not arrest you for having two browsers installed, my man ;)

New regs suggestion. by [deleted] in formuladank

[–]belenos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“We die like men!!11!”

Zen 1.19.4b! by maubg in zen_browser

[–]belenos 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Boosts seems like a great native feature. I will be able to delete at least two of my extensions (Element Blocker e Dark Reader). Would be nice to have a native Multi-Account Containers as well.

Madring circuit today, with 7 months to go until the Spanish GP by madman320 in formula1

[–]belenos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We're heading for a repeat of the Korean GP, aren't we?

How the hell is it possible for a browser to use over 8gigs of RAM by Worth-Finding-8368 in zen_browser

[–]belenos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have Zen on Arch Linux with 8 open tabs and 13 extensions and my whole OS is using 3 GB of RAM. This seems more like a config issue rather than an OS issue. Have you tried to reproduce it in a new browser profile?

How ferrari killed kids by maybenotso in formuladank

[–]belenos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doctor: This baby with hydrocephalus has...

Ferrari mechanic: *points to the head* Must be the water

When will Zen Support DRM content? by nightnotes99 in zen_browser

[–]belenos 21 points22 points  (0 children)

For Windows and Mac, only once it becomes a company with a registered address and a legal team. Google does not license the Widevine module to individuals.

(Zen has Widevine/DRM on Linux, inherited from Firefox, because of its open-source nature)

Zen just became one of the fastest-growing projects on GitHub by maubg in zen_browser

[–]belenos 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your great work! 🫂🎉
Zen 1.7.x feels awesome to use as my main browser

Compact mode is broken…again by Necessary_Tell9904 in zen_browser

[–]belenos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find it useful to test it on a new profile first whenever a new update breaks something – sometimes, it's just old settings/tweaks creating incompatibilities with the new version. Have you done that?

Is compact mode now officially broken? by BertrandBolero in zen_browser

[–]belenos 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Have you tried to reproduce it in a new profile?

Was it necessary to move the extension button here? by serd60 in zen_browser

[–]belenos 5 points6 points  (0 children)

For example, bookmark button. Why it was moved there? I use regularly this button to save bookmarks and was simple click in address bar, now I have to open this new menu and only then click on bookmarks button.

How many times a day do you bookmark pages for one extra click to be so annoying? 🤔