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by Confiks 6y ago
They replied with: Thank you for getting back in touch. I get that you've come to rely on SongShift to transfer your playlists to other services, thus I understand how you feel when the service was removed. However, please know
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They replied with: Thanks for reaching out to us. We deeply understand that this will be a disappointment for you as you can no longer create transfers from Spotify to another music service. This is because it violates our Terms and Con
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FWIW you can download all your playlists in JSON format with the GDPR export tool in the privacy settings of your account [1]. It take "up to 30 days" for them to email you the ZIP-file. In the cased of the linked blog post, it to
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This effect is called hormesis [1] and is quite established for various kinds of stressors. For example also in the context of oxygen depriving breathing exercises and cold baths [2] (which is how I came across the term only this week). On
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Here's a guided exercise [1], and a video with more explanation can be found here [2]. You shouldn't forcefully exhale completely; just let go of your breath. Also, sit or lie down; don't stand or do anything else. Initial sc
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by Confiks 6y ago
FWIW a Dutch blog (often satirical, nonsensical, stupid or any permutation of those) also has gotten its iOS app rejected six times due to their stories about covid, but also due to stories about religion and sexuality. Dutch topic about it
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Would anyone have any direction on what kind of projectors North was using for this product? I have no idea where to start searching. In the same way, I would also be very interested in any further info on Ellsworth's Tilt Five proje
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Regardless of your judgement about self-experimentation, and regardless of the fact that a whitepaper is explicitly not a peer-reviewed journal article, the whitepaper [1] is a very interesting and carefully considered document. They argue
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An alternative to this option that might make both camps happy is to use the Business Source License [1] that is source-only for new changes, and automatically become open source after a certain time (default after 4 years). It allows creat
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If you want to know more about the judgement and Standard Contract Clauses, the FAQ page on Schrems' site is a good start: https://noyb.eu/en/next-steps-users-faqs While SCCs are not technically prohibited, any co
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by Confiks 6y ago
Please "remember that the community is divided on divisive topics and that the person disagreeing with you is probably not a spy, but just someone who disagrees with you." [1] Also, specifically about astroturfing: "[T]he ove
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Thanks for asking the question and putting so much care into stating it. I have no idea what kind of methods HN employs. I personally always check the posting history when I'm in doubt about the intentions of a poster. Most of the time
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If I look at your other posts, you're indeed pretty constructive elsewhere. Then, don't you see that the claim you make, that "any comment that isn’t 100% backing the CCP falls to a negative score in a matter of minutes"
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by Confiks 6y ago
Hey, I can't tell if this is irony or not. Then again, you probably won't read this if it isn't.
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Deco lets users prove facts about their TLS sessions while hiding sensitive data(deco.works)
1 points by Confiks 6y ago|0 comments
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by Confiks 6y ago
This idea is similar to DECO [1]: "DECO is a privacy-preserving oracle protocol. Using cryptographic techniques, it lets users prove facts about their web (TLS) sessions to oracles while hiding privacy-sensitive data." [1] https:
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by Confiks 6y ago
I can imagine such a device would be quite disconcerting to Winston and Julia as well, hidden away in a natural clearing; around a tiny grassy knoll surrounded by tall saplings that shut it in completely.
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I too discovered the device in a German hotel. For first-time users, it seems gamified towards the opposite goal. As I was under the shower for far longer than normal, I found out it was slowly drowning a polar bear.
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by Confiks 6y ago
I was looking for a comparison with other tools, and "LibrePCB vs. KiCad" in "comparison with other EDA tools" [1] gave some good measure: "Although LibrePCB has many cool advantages, KiCad is (currently) much more
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by Confiks 6y ago
Here's an excellent talk that addresses your question: Open Source is Insufficient to Solve Trust Problems in Hardware [1]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzb37RyagCQ
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When interpreting this, please also consider the warning [1] by Tedros Adhanom et al. in a letter in The Lancet: "[I]t is very important to adhere to WHO's recommendation that the BCG vaccine is used for COVID-19 only in randomise
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by Confiks 6y ago
Museums really try to hold on to the 'copyright' on their reproduction, for example by claiming that the act of reproduction can be seen as creative, and not purely technical. See for example this response by the Van Gogh museum [
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I appreciate your analysis, but "the reason this post appears to be on the front page" is not necessarily to "cover for the president's strange assertions about sterilizing blood". It has sparked some nuanced discus
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Indeed, sorry. I was under the impression that every daily ratchet-key was independent, and only the inter-day keys were linked. The conclusion of your post still is not possible however. I edited my post.
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> It means that contacts with infected persons can't be linked across days, and it means that I can't build an app that alerts me that someone who was previously infected just walked by. Edit: This actually turns out to be corr
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Various issues that have been open for quite a long time [1]. [1] https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/issues/4758#issuecomment...
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> Not true, getting a lower dose of the virus initially gives your body more time to develop antibodies. Can you substantiate that claim with any evidence, preferably by citing published articles? I'm not disagreeing, I just wasn&#x
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Has anyone found anything on the health implications of mounting 220nm lamps [1] indoors, beyond the issue of damaging human DNA? In other words, if you assume those lamps to be safe to living cells due to the light not penetrating beyond
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What Sets Us Apart: Filecoin’s Proof System(filecoin.io)
53 points by Confiks 7y ago|65 comments
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It isn't purely about the (energy density of the) chemicals themselves, but also about the available reformation / hydrogenation processes. As far as my limited knowledge goes, the processes for methanol have seen more development

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