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by Liquix 7y ago
Whomever runs this site is doing a great service to the public. There's got to be a non-trivial amount of effort involved in manually verifying links and preventing the list itself from being compromised/DDoS'd. Kudos to you,
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by Liquix 7y ago
Herein lies the problem: it doesn't matter how much 'better' or 'smoother' or 'consistent' the change is - or is not, in this case. It's a gross oversight to never inform end users of the change in a
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by Liquix 7y ago
Thanks for explaining! It's infuriating to craft a search query containing all the keywords/operators needed to return relevant results - a search query that would return relevant results 24 months ago - only to see Google ignor
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by Liquix 7y ago
Nord (and perhaps others) seem to have been compromised for months/years - lifetime accounts have been available on the DN for significantly cheaper than other VPNs: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20094946 Doesn
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by Liquix 7y ago
Because they have a crushing monopoly on US online commerce, and 80%+ of customers are happily consuming their cheap goods without knowing/caring about the quality/authenticity.
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by Liquix 7y ago
Interesting point. One could assume that having full access to both the intricacies of the system and the ability to purge/hide people from it would help domestically, but what about international spies? Juggalo paint to fool facial re
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by Liquix 7y ago
Yeah! I've often dreamed about a pill with a tiny adjustable wheel or button that you can set to knock you out for X hours and Y minutes. The problem would be finding a non-narcotic method (modified hypnogogic headset? Slightly raise C
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by Liquix 7y ago
Was that a hypothetical..? If not, are you at liberty to share which chemical?
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by Liquix 7y ago
Thanks for pointing this out.. I (like most other US citizens) have zero idea of what things are actually like in Russia. The news reminds us daily that Russia is a frozen hellscape filled with miserable savages, Russians are the 'bad
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by Liquix 7y ago
Traditionally, OSS contributions are selfless labors of love and curiosity. These people are flexing their intellect and creativity doing something they thoroughly enjoy: solving problems in the most elegant way possible. Code is shared wit
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by Liquix 7y ago
Thank you for the informative and thorough explanation!
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by Liquix 7y ago
It's great how you can read about this type of stuff on Wikipedia. It's said that there's a wealth of classified / shouldn't-be-public information (particularly on US military projects/technology) on Wikipedia.
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by Liquix 7y ago
Great catch + novel idea. But how would the tool distinguish between those sharing their legitimate controversial opinions (everyone has a right to free speech, no matter how 'brainwashed') vs. malicious active derailing?
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by Liquix 7y ago
It's also the matter of convenience / personal life impact - Amazon is ingrained in many people's weekly routine at this point. It's not that people genuinely don't care about an article like this, they just don&#x2
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by Liquix 7y ago
Levelheaded and well-written. I personally am vehemently against all forms of tracking/targeted ads not due to ad preferences, but due to concerns over how much data is being collected and how little control we have over it. I too woul
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by Liquix 7y ago
At present, we believe that the following conclusions are warranted. First, there is no unique relationship between HFCS and obesity. Second, there is broad scientific consensus that there are no significant metabolic or endocrine response
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by Liquix 7y ago
The authors didn't publish thinking "this is going to rock the world, it's ready for mass production"... More along the lines "hey fellow hackers, we found a way to emulate a touch screen at 1% of the price".
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by Liquix 7y ago
YMMV, but I've experienced slight webcam lag on Macbooks even with Apple-optimized applications such as Photo Booth and FaceTime. Perhaps the biggest bottleneck is at the hardware / driver level instead of at the CPU-cycles level
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by Liquix 7y ago
Some prefer an (occasionally abrasive) activist journalist to a 'pure' journalist observing the world from sealed towers. The former may be more in touch with or passionate about their subject material. Different strokes for diffe
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by Liquix 7y ago
Do you have a link to that book perchance?
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by Liquix 7y ago
Hah! That's great. In what kind of bulletproof-vest requiring situation is being strapped to a chair an advantage?!
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by Liquix 7y ago
Well put. The pet is going to be a source of companionship and happiness even if you're too tired to go volunteer or hit the gym. It's also more than just an endorphin hit or not being alone; it's a complex and rewarding rela
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by Liquix 7y ago
Something you classify as an 'extravagance' could be classified by others as 'best friend', 'most uplifting part of the day', revered by the egyptians' 'my only reason for getting out of bed when face
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by Liquix 7y ago
Dang, wasn't aware - that's discouraging. However I was not suggesting Vimeo is 'clean' - don't know enough about the ethics/track record of any of those services enough to imply that Vimeo is anything except a
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by Liquix 7y ago
Emperor G built a beautiful walled city, inviting everyone in, encouraging them to paint their houses whatever color they like. A year later, Big G banned blue houses. If you didn't like the rules, you were more than welcome to build y
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by Liquix 7y ago
> if it exists Herein lies the problem.. Most creators/uploaders know on some level that YT is a toxic monopoly and would be happy to jump ship. Granted some more than others, but I've never observed any sense of loyalty toward
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by Liquix 7y ago
Toyota, Ford, Volkswagen, and every other auto manufacturer have all "killed" many more than three people by way of shortcomings/bugs/flaws. Medical devices, manufacturing equipment, and even space shuttles have "ki
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by Liquix 7y ago
Hey man perhaps Elon's router has achieved sentience and is trying to communicate
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by Liquix 7y ago
Thanks for the correction, I don't know nearly enough about the situation.
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by Liquix 7y ago
Not picking Oracle for the sake of not picking Oracle is a legitimate business decision, especially considering their dubious track record. A government agency tailoring a bid to favor or not favor any company is entirely illegitimate (and

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