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by acka 4y ago
A fad basically, fits the dictionary definition pretty well IMO.
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by acka 4y ago
Ads in an app which is being used for navigation while driving , are you serious? if so, then Google should be taken to court for reckless endangerment. In-app ads (tailored for attention grabbing and engagement) and safe driving are simpl
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by acka 5y ago
When I visit a website of some business, I provide them with an IP address for use during the session (because of the way TCP/IP works). I'm okay with said site using some kind of load-balancer, DDoS protection or what not, as lon
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by acka 5y ago
doesn't "tablet mode" still work in the current releases of Windows 10/11? I do remember that not all applications supported it (either cleanly or at all).
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by acka 5y ago
I believe that grandparents point was that by not taking on any debt they don't have a credit score which can be verified. You can't verify something that doesn't exist in the first place.
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by acka 5y ago
> This argument does not help. Those same folks cannot carry around a crypto-buck either. I'm commenting on this as well as sibling and descendant comments: There are First World countries (several in Europe) in which credit cards a
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by acka 5y ago
Please do realize that if your project ever ends up under source code management, reading diffs and merging changes may cause headaches for anyone who wishes to contribute to your code. SCM and liberal use of code reformatting tools usually
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by acka 5y ago
Have you tried installing[0] code-server[1] in Termux[2]? code-server is basically the VSCode app split into a backend which runs on NodeJS and a front end Web app which runs in an Android browser app and communicates with the backend runni
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by acka 6y ago
Minor nit, it's called Shibboleth (as in Shibboleth Single Sign-on architecture).
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by acka 6y ago
Like with Git, the usual set of common *nixy tools (coreutils as well as certain shell built-ins) contains tools in both the 'porcelain' (meant mostly for human consumption) and 'plumbing' (meant mostly for scripting and
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by acka 6y ago
It wasn't aiming for correct spelling, nor correct grammar for that matter. Rather, I think one can compare it to something like "Das Keyboard"[0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Keyboard
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by acka 6y ago
It is all related, so everything taken together does indeed matter. When we as consumers insist more on buying locally produced, durable, interchangeable, replaceable, repairable (!) components to build things we're actually likely to
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by acka 6y ago
Firejail[1] is IMO a good alternative. It handles sandboxing using Linux namespaces and seccomp-bpf. [1] https://firejail.wordpress.com/
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by acka 6y ago
I can confirm the strong deterrent towards having a credit card, any personal loans really, in the Netherlands. My bank, and I believe most banks in the Netherlands, requires proof of stable income well above minimum wage before even consid
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by acka 6y ago
In my opinion, manufacturers who cannot be bothered to provide updates to their software should not be allowed to claim intellectual property rights on the hardware. When support ends, drivers and documentation should be made open source, e
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by acka 6y ago
When someone manages to write a raytracer in COBOL I will be truly impressed.
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by acka 6y ago
No Newegg in my country, sorry.
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by acka 6y ago
Yeah, and if you're lucky enough to find a seller that way, 9 times out of 10 it will be a wholesaler who will only sell you stuff if you have a corporate account, meaning you either own a business yourself or are cleared by your boss
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by acka 6y ago
This law article is utterly hilarious and self-contradictory. No-one should be able to circumvent "a technological measure that effectively controls access", by definition. If someone does circumvent a measure intended to control
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by acka 6y ago
s/scurvy/rickets/g Rickets is most commonly caused by vitamin D deficiency. I suspect the comment which you replied to made an honest mistake confusing scurvy with rickets.
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by acka 6y ago
(Supposed) FCC regulations[0]. To prevent users from using non-compliant firmware on their devices, i.e. locked bootloader which will only boot OEM-supplied signed firmware. [0] https://www.wired.com/2016/03/way-go
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by acka 6y ago
> It's no secret that I want a Python implementation for WebAssembly. It would not only get Python into the browser, but with the fact that both iOS and Android support running JavaScript as part of an app it would also get Python o
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by acka 6y ago
I ordered direct from a manufacturer a month ago, order shipped from Shenzhen via Hong Kong to Europe using DHL Express (sellers choice). Total cost including shipping was less than similar offers on Amazon with standard shipping. Package a
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by acka 6y ago
There are articles about him on WikiSpooks[0] and Conservapedia[1]. [0] https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Eric_Ciaramella [1] https://www.conservapedia.com/Eric_Ciaramella
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by acka 6y ago
Using pip, and possibly other tools, you can try using a .netrc[0] file to manage login credentials for private repositories. Although it is a cleartext file (so you may need to manage access to it, for instance when using it in CI), at lea
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by acka 6y ago
> This is an area where teenagers routinely make money by building these kinds of websites. ... only for those websites' backend services to be breached and the customer account data to be shared on the dark nets by other teenagers,
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by acka 6y ago
Windows Sandbox is only available on Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise, which precludes this solution from use for a lot of users.
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by acka 6y ago
Let's call those happy customers the Eloi, and call the Amazon employees (who are by then manufacturing everything) the Morlocks. See where this is going? I for one don't want to be living in that timeline.
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by acka 6y ago
Why not cut through the red tape and collaborate with research groups in other countries? These groups can release apps for their respective regions, and as long as the data generated by the apps is compatible, it can be aggregated any way
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by acka 6y ago
The link to the Wikipedia article on Bradykinin[0] appears to be mangled, I'm posting the correct link here. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradykinin

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