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3,140karma·1,202submissions·December 12, 2023
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Had never even heard of it. And their website doesn't help at all - https://www.onlyoffice.com/ - At first, I thought it is selling some kind of add-on for Businesses to use with…
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Being 'politically correct ' is hard. In India - Gemini AI’s reply to query, ‘is Modi a fascist’, violates IT Rules: Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar - https://www.thehindu.c…
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Doesn't the fact that the founder managed to raise so much money and create a company that was once worth $22 billion suggest that in certain aspects, of being a businessman, he was quite good?
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Related: A surprising food may have been a staple of the real Paleo diet: rotten meat - https://www.sciencenews.org/article/meat-rotten-putrid-paleo... Is the process of rottin…
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Yes, this is just Apple level bullshit - trust us with your private data even though no law prevents us from exploiting it ...
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You make a good point and I don't get why you are being downvoted. > Reuters reported earlier this month the deal would be blocked by European Commission antitrust regulators and that its main…
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> Why are companies happy to sell me a "dumb" monitor, but won't sell me a TV unless it includes a bunch of fragile "smart" features? Oh, I guess you haven't heard o…
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> Does intimacy somehow lend knowledge of whether someone's looking for a long term relationship? Intimacy also implies letting one's guard down and revealing your "truer" self …
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This argument is not new - "they don't know any better than us" is what was used to deny the poor, the minorities and woman their right to vote for a long time. And these rights were …
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They are planning an IPO ... so this is good publicity for cheap and helps counter the bad PR they've been receiving from all their actions.
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Not sure - did Popcorn Time ever allow streaming torrents through the browser itself? Some torrent sites today have a streaming section where you can browse a catalogue and watch torrent videos righ…
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I personally think streaming services are overestimating that the 2k or 4k streams that they offer is a huge advantage they have over "pirate services". I don't think they have properly…
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Yeah, as you figured out, a separate profile is currently the only workaround. In case you aren't aware, there is an easy way to quickly launch it though in Firefox or Pale Moon - go to about:pr…
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Some tips for macOS users: 1. Use the XMoon theme - https://addons.palemoon.org/addon/xmoon/ - to greatly improve the aesthetics of the browser and get a familiar "macO…
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As an indian, when I was younger and naive about politics I would have been outraged over this. But now I believe that all foreign media platforms should be monitored and regulated, and if possible al…
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You may be surprised to know that the open source Godot game engine has also been adopted by some developers as a GUI toolkit (See Standalone Tools and Applications Made with Godot GUI - https:…
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This is the right answer. (The Vivaldi browser company too say the same thing in their forums when asked why "phoning home" cannot be completely disabled). It's also a bit frightening b…
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What I found "odd" was that an Iraqi author was the first to translate the manuscript and publish the English version - https://www.amazon.com/Delectable-Foods-Dishes-al-Anda…
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Fair point. To quibble though, I guess you are only thinking of iPhones and iPads. There are other mobile devices with built-in support for sdcards, and even USB drive, that easily allow you to save y…
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It's the cost of getting a college education in the US that turns people off from it. Those who can't afford it often tend to rationalise it as "unnecessary". And unfortunately tha…
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Israel is just another country in the middle-east seeking to exploit cheap indian labour: Indian workers heading to Israel not eligible for protections under government’s ‘e-migrate’ portal; must pay…
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A doubt - isn't the antennae an important part of any Wifi router? Are they too standardised now, with multiple options, and as easy to use as plug-and-play with such boards?
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I prefer the suggestion to show a percentage instead of the raw count of upvotes and / or downvotes. Seems more meaningful and contextual. And less likely to contribute to a mob mentality like be…
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> Does anyone know why Wirth never modernized his style? Readability. It's easier to read the source code with uppercase keywords. (I think Wirth once said that code is written once but read m…