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cable2600

847karma·750submissions·August 2, 2017
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Curious that Apple does not mention how to turn it off but adjust it: https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/change-your-voiceover... …
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I currently have DOTNET6 on Unbuntu 22.04.1 with Visual Studio Code, and code doesn't support DOTNET6 yet for Linux. Any ideas?
3y ago·view thread
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Lack of quality control in programming, weak passwords, not updating the server software quick enough, holes in the firewall.
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Humanities jobs are almost gone, you'd have to get a job as a teacher teaching humanities. Everything is done with computers these days. They have to get a good enough job to pay off $80K in stud…
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I still have it, but I lost two CDs and the serial number to install it. It worked on Windows XP.
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Commercial databases are expensive and you have to buy a license for each client. Not so with open source databases. If costs is critical use a free and open source database like PostgreSQL or MySQL.
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It is a matter of affording it, and upgrading from a lesser card. Bitcoin miners bought out all of the GPUs and now that Bitcoin went bust they are selling them cheap on eBay. I am waiting for the nex…
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When Al Gore said in 1998 that California would be under water by 2005, he was exaggerating for politics. A lot of climate change data was cherry picked and exaggerated to scare people into taking act…
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Break up into the Baby Apples. One for macOS, one for iOS, one for iPhones and iPads, and one for Macintoshes. Open source the OS, even the mods Apple made that they don't share.
4y ago·view thread
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I just use LibreOffice instead of MS-Office. https://www.libreoffice.org/ I am not a big fan of MS-Office being forced software that takes over Windows and activates a key online and …
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Battery would go dead if not recharged in a quick enough time. I used to own one in the early 2000s. For the price you are better off with an Android phone.
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Sounds like US companies need to start making chips again. Apple-IBM-Motorola used to make the PowerPC processors. Maybe they can make ARM64 processors?
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I have grammar issues and they say I write like a child on Amazon.
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Amazon chose MOBL because it was compatible with the PRC format the old Palm Pilots used. The Palm Pilot was the original eBook reader.
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Sam's is a wholesale club known for marking down prices. Amazon.com is a retail store. I wonder how many other businesses this effects?
4y ago·view thread
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Looks good. Another C64 OS is on the Mega65 in Commodore 65 mode: https://mega65.org/
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Yes my i5 Windows 10 machines takes longer to boot, but then I don't have a SSD virtual hard drive.
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Something fishy is going on here. I remember Hillary Clinton did the same with her email server using Bleach Bit. Both sides destroy data.
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I'd rather use Wordpress instead. It is free and Medium has a paywall.
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LibreOffice handles WordPerfect data files and templates. https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/can-libreoffice-open-wordperfe... HSTRIP will strip out ASCII values from a WordPerfect da…
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Looks like both the Democrats and Republicans are fighting each other and in turn ruining the economy and the country. Already 30 trillion USD in debt and high inflation and high gas prices. Electric …
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Too bad it does not have Sound Blaster emulation.
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Good thing it is not 0 https://youtu.be/jZwW7oEE91o
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Yes I was banned from PayPal without a warning or reason why. I followed the TOS, I did everything they wanted me to do. Suddenly they decided they could not do business with me and limited my account…
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Permalink here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/5251478676/permalink/1016197... He's in bad shape medically and in a wheelchair. It links his Patreon, Gofundme, an…
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I heard they like China are going to GNU/Linux.
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Provided you can avoid cancer and viruses long enough to live to be 100.
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Marketing is key, Microsoft marketed VSCode to Python programmers and others. It was written into tutorials to use VSCode as an IDE. Richard Stallman wants me to use eMacs. Microsoft wants me to use V…
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Funds for mental health hospitals got cut in Obamacare. Just release the funds and get people screened when they become a threat. Screen for threats with background checks esp at Gun Shows. Someone ca…
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The Columbine boys used a blow torch on their father's gun lockers to get guns. Made homemade bombs using plans found on the Internet. America Culture breeds sociopaths.
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