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2y ago
It still works.
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2y ago
Worldcoin? Government issued auth service is a viable option too. Just get some flag like "isBlind" in it. Disabled status is granted by the government after all.
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Well, France doesn't have Zone Improvement Plan codes. It is somewhat annoying to fill forms on websites with "ZIP code" in them for people outside US. They aren't called this way anywhere else (except for one or two cou
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2y ago
> People ask us things like “how long do I cook [something] and we often have no idea how to answer that question. Yes. Answers like "until it sounds differently" just cause more questions while being the actual answers. How th
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> although the old multi-windowed interface was just something else Well, it's pretty good for multi-monitor setup. Dedicating the whole monitor for the image without endless panels in the way is convenient.
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I guess the main reason here isn't "keeping an old version", but having a version that doesn't require an internet connection to be activated and doesn't send any data to Adobe. But having an older version can be us
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2y ago
> he can imagine wars being fought over AI I wonder how did he come to such a prediction. When was the last time we had a war over advanced tech? Armies didn't fight over telegraph, radio, phones and cars. A war to get AI would also
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2y ago
That's a great way to drive someone insane. 1. Put some of the forbidden symbols in the file names of, let's say, a bunch of photos. 2. ZIP them 3. Send to someone who ordered those photos with Windows/Linux computer. 4. An h
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2y ago
File saving dialog doesn't have functionality for purchases or subscriptions, so it may have a lower priority in the eyes of upper management.
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How can anyone come to the conclusion that it's a good idea to use imprecise generation on the go in the tool made to refer to specific already defined things? Year 2024. Now we use more computing power to make computers remember thing
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2y ago
Food intake makes blood go to stomach, temporarily reducing its amounts in the other parts of the body. It may cause some fatigue.
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2y ago
> You can click on the three dot menu at the right of the path, there is an option to open a terminal. I use Black Box as a terminal app, but Nautilus will open only default distro-provided terminal application with its menu.
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2y ago
It isn't about GNOME apps. Their UI actually stands in the way and require fiddling. In GNOME Clocks: - You cannot set the name for a timer when creating iy. You need to set the time and start it first, then either pause and reset it o
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2y ago
I assume they keep a few jars of electricity at home.
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2y ago
They set the price themselves. It's their fault that they can't provide a service at their own price.
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2y ago
Such folks usually have modern GPUs, so they don't experience such problems.
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2y ago
There is no other choice but Nouveau. But it's not that fine because it means losing hardware video decoding. > using a card that old on a modern machine suggests It's an old laptop. Totally adequate for scrolling web, watching
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2y ago
THE PLAN 1. Install the editor version free from proprietary stuff from big corporation 2. Install a proprietary editor extension by big corporation 3. ?????
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> It almost seemed like an intentional snub at Nvidia. I don't think anybody can come up with better intentional snubs at Nvidia than the Nvidia itself. When it comes to their older graphics hardware, their drivers just refuse to wo
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> If you are dealing with consumer grade stuff that is sold a million times sure. It's not a sure thing. Out of a bunch of mass produced monitors sharing the same model number and specs, some may still malfunction not reporting the
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Regarding autoskip, I have an interesting experience with it in the past. My friend asked me to write a userscript that simulates pressing the "Skip ad" button, so he won't stain his mouse with grease while eating. Checking i
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2y ago
You are able to do so, but is it allowed by the website's terms of service? It may say that you are granted the license to extensions only with Microsoft builds of vscode. Microsoft isn't a stranger to distribution restrictions an
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2y ago
Because such a move would break YouTube for a lot of legitimate users without Widevine. Like the whole userbase of Safari.
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> Wouldn't this be trivial to defeat by pulling the playlist multiple times (maybe via a proxy to get a different IP), and only showing the chunks which did not change? Since the YouTube marks ads, I guess pulling the playlist twice
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No. The cached files will remain intact, since the "video chunks" playlist will add new items, but not change or remove the existing ones like that: video_part0076.ts video_part0077.ts video_part0078.ts ad_part00
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> To splice in ads they'd have to re-encode on the fly no? No. Video files on streaming services like YouTube are served as a bunch of chunks listed in a text playlist. So all they need to do is just to add a bunch of lines in the m
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They are already testing this approach on some percentage of audience.
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> Their response is basically "we won't abuse it". Their response states that the data will be used for the improvement of existing products and services. They offer generative AI as a service. So "we won't abuse
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Never thought that I will see the return of third-party repackagings ala "Joe Shmo's Super Hyper Windows" in any somewhat popular capacity. I expected it even less in a recomendation for an actual problem. Time is a flat circ
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2y ago
jasomill's question/assumption is about PRO version. Internet connection and Microsoft account are explicitly required for HOME version . There's no mention of such requirements for PRO version. Therefore, it's reasonab
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