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1,244karma·643submissions·October 21, 2024
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Clippy for CEO!
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Light up a big fat stogie.
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If you want to type one handed, have you looked into T9? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T9_(predictive_text) …
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>I'd say screw it, get rid of nickles and dimes as well. Quarters can stay, for now. Let's do it like Japan does, only one type of currency. And that currency will be the penny. One dolla…
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Let's pull back up the core line here: > it's not "unreasonable" to ask for patches along with bug fixes, but it is unreasonable to be mad if they don't So the ask (make a…
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Are you on the autistic spectrum and/or not a native speaker of English? If we are discussing if FFMPEG's stance is reasonable, then it follows we are discussing of Google's actions are…
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>No it's not "unreasonable" to ask for patches along with bug fixes, but it is unreasonable to be mad if they don't Your stance seems to be is that it is unreasonable to be anno…
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It's also a lot better UI -- it doesn't look like it's nearly as easy to see a drop down list of JS and selectively enable as NS allows.
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>I cannot judge the validity of your test and I have done any tests myself. I'm going to assume you meant to say "I have not". If you can't judge the validity, maybe you shouldn…
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Can any coin collectors let me know what, if any, effect this may have on the collection of steel pennies I have secured in my bunker in the woods?
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>You're more trackable by using NoScipt and there's no good reason to use it if you know how to properly use uBlock What data do you have to support this assertion? uBlock doesn't se…
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Is it unreasonable to ask that if a massive company funds someone to find a CVE in an open source project, they should also submit a patch? Google is a search company. Seems kind of... evil... to pay …
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Anyone smart enough to contribute to an open source project will probably get struck early in the process.
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>This is a good use of Firefox resources. Unfortunately Firefox is at a natural disadvantage for fingerprinting by virtue of being used by such a small number of users. I'd rather be trackable…
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this reminds me of the little man bags poker players use (a lot of casinos ban full sized backpacks) and not in a good way
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I'd suggest burning her a Knoppix CD-R. I learned on Knoppix, back when storage was scarce and expensive -- I couldn't afford a backup drive for the family PC (which I ended up being admin f…
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>Reading the short article it feels like the old routine Difference being the shutdown will make remediation much harder and take longer.
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>How much useful combat skills can be taught in only a week? You'd be surprised how even a small amount of training can make you deadly with a rifle. Combine that with actually having thrown a…
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I've heard of this guy, but not met him. My CEO told me that I remind them of Jim Halpert and I was like "Really? The guy from the Office? I always pictured myself as more of a Creed"[1…
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Poland's universal health care also removes the incentive for the type of lawyer who most commonly uses "Saul" style advertising -- personal injury attorneys. It is a big business becau…
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Firefox translate seems to work fine on it.
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Not much to be honest --- nowadays I watch a lot of prestige TV for storytelling. Occasionally I read a nonfiction book, or some poetry, but often the "literary" stuff I read is more like th…
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Thanks, this seems interesting but it looks like it's no longer maintained? I'd strongly prefer an open source tool or at least something in active development.
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>Btw, SF night clubs actively refuse to let “tech nerds” in. I got escorted past the line at DNA lounge because I had a Firefox shirt on. (Only solid black shirt I had, outta respect to the goths r…
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>I am long time lurker here and recently I got fed up of the overall pro BigTech sentiment. That's just like your opinion man.
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I used to to run UX surveys https://web.archive.org/web/20170809155252id_/http://kittur.... …
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I hope they bring back AIM
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But a vastly different user experience, with the loss of missed connections and personals due to passage of SESTA/FOSTA https://www.vice.com/en/article/craigslist-person…
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