Nexxxeh

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by Nexxxeh 11y ago
I'm not sure. Aren't teenagers supposed to be the demographic most likely to change networks? There is an element of inertia and of being held hostage though. Why go through the hassle of everyone changing networks of Facebook sti
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by Nexxxeh 11y ago
OP's inability to grasp something is entirely their problem, not Facebook's. I object when privacy is taken from me. I will, however, give up a degree of privacy in exchange for convenience. That is informed consent. If one's
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by Nexxxeh 11y ago
Weren't there already problems last year because the BGP tables got too big for some ISP equipment to handle? http://www.zdnet.com/article/internet-hiccups-today-youre-no...
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by Nexxxeh 11y ago
>My understanding is that technical Illusions tracking system is tied to the retro-reflective mat. The glasses see some LEDs on the mat and use that to determine their position and orientation. So the tracking is limited to the glasses b
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by Nexxxeh 11y ago
I wonder how it'll compare to the system Technical Illusions uses for castAR's tracking. Especially given the divergence of the two teams. (Technical Illusions being the company of Jeri and Rick, who left Valve taking the Augmente
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by Nexxxeh 11y ago
>You could always use Linux in a VM as a backup too. I'd have thought one would need to be doing some serious heavy lifting to really notice the impact by running your VM on fullscreen compared to bare metal. The host OS isn't
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by Nexxxeh 12y ago
I apparently inherited several less-than-ideal traits from my mother. One of them is a noticeable reaction to aspartame. If I consume significantly more than one chewing-gum's worth, there's a rapidly onset negative effect on my d
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by Nexxxeh 12y ago
>But especially here in the UK, almost no VOD services support even basic subtitles, let alone multiple audio tracks. Sky Go and Now TV still don't support subtitles. It is infuriating. Amazon Instant Video however, since very late
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by Nexxxeh 12y ago
> You won't be able to use them with a Netflix stream (thanks to DRM) I think you're wrong, and to blame DRM is ridiculous. You can load your own subtitles on Netflix, html5 or silverlight. You don't even need a Chrome ext
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by Nexxxeh 12y ago
I'm a SwiftKey user but I rarely use the integrated Swype because the prediction engine is ridiculous. It usually predicts what I'm going to say in two letters per word. It can be logged into your Twitter, Facebook and Email (iirc
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by Nexxxeh 12y ago
I think parent meant it in a positive way, as opposed to negative. "So good you don't want to leave" as opposed to proprietary tech results in vendor lock-in.
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by Nexxxeh 12y ago
Would using an external drive make it noticeably slower, making performance non-representative?
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by Nexxxeh 12y ago
Are Apple glad it wasn't found by a "You have 90 days before disclosure" outfit? Look at that timeline...
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by Nexxxeh 12y ago
Part 2 of a 5 part series: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05pn66z They covered FORTRAN yesterday. The website on desktop requires Flash. There is custome software for Android. Get_iplayer should grab it just fine: h
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[BBC] Codes That Changed the World – COBOL [iPlayer Audio](bbc.co.uk)
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by Nexxxeh 12y ago
I'm don't look like any of the video game characters from the games I play, regardless of gender. An extreme diet and a lot of gym time and a set of stilts might get me somewhere near Agent 47, or binge eating and a wig might move
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by Nexxxeh 12y ago
To set up a new machine for a client I charge about $75 to: Remove the pre-installed crap. (Using MCPR or NRT to remove bundled AV.) Ensure MSE or Windows Defender is up and running. Install the usual software - VLC, LibreOffice (or MS Offi
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by Nexxxeh 12y ago
>And then follows the "search the title on google", and so on and so on. >It's from the Wall Street Journal, of course it's paywalled. Can we just have a macro that auto-pastes the same conversation thread for each
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by Nexxxeh 12y ago
Paywalled for me.
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by Nexxxeh 12y ago
Obviously the tone wouldn't do at HN, but this Reddit post in /r/unitedkingdom mentions a lot of the problems with the new mobile site and the Android app. http://www.reddit.com/r/unitedkingdom/comme
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by Nexxxeh 12y ago
>I´ll stick with adblock edge. Well, you can use what you want. We have no vested interest. >still not able to block youtube ads, thanks, but no thanks. But you're wrong, of course. And you've not given enough information fo
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by Nexxxeh 12y ago
Well that doesn't inspire confidence. I'm not a Box user; is data usually encrypted with a user-supplied key as well before transmission to Box's systems? Is access to Box's "internal" S3 storage going to poten
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by Nexxxeh 12y ago
I watched a 1080p video using HTML5 on Opera yesterday. As a test, I just popped open the first interesting looking video on my signed-in YouTube front page (my account has been set to HTML5 for a while). https://www.youtube.com&
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by Nexxxeh 12y ago
>A trivially simple change fundamentally alters the process for the better: soak the pasta in cold water for a couple hours (as far in advance as you like, for convenience). The pasta rehydrates and takes on the texture (but not flavor)
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by Nexxxeh 12y ago
If you don't already have digital coax in on your amp, and digital out on your soundcard? I don't think I'm unique in having both?
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by Nexxxeh 12y ago
The author asks for language corrections on his documentation. >English is not my native language, corrections and fixes will be greatly appreciated. There's nothing really bad that I could see. No potentially ambiguous instructions
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by Nexxxeh 12y ago
In reply to the child post (of my other comment), because I can't do so directly due to nesting limited: >Have you read any of the above? >It's clear they didn't care, that's why I'm saying the ICO should have
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by Nexxxeh 12y ago
They had 17 months, and their Twitter account was still posting at 9pm this evening. If they gave two shits about our data (and it might include mine, it definitely includes my mum's), or if they were capable of a sensible helpful cohe
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by Nexxxeh 12y ago
I know my mum has a Moonpig account so I'm pissed about this, but I don't recall if I have an account. Recently, I have mostly been using CFHDocmail. It's 96p for a full colour A5 greeting card of your own design. (It's
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by Nexxxeh 12y ago
Or, if you're using Chrome/Chromium/Opera, try uBlock: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock I use AdBlock on one machine and uBlock on the other, both in Opera. I've not noticed any real difference in

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