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by ajvs 4y ago
Gentrification which increases the price of housing and other goods is a common complaint in Mexico. Though in my opinion this financial arbitrage is simply inevitable due to the housing market in Western countries being overinflated by inv
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by ajvs 4y ago
This is actually a custom ROM feature, vanilla Android doesn't have it. You might be using LineageOS/GrapheneOS/etc.
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by ajvs 4y ago
I didn't see a single line arguing how the content of this blog post was wrong also. If you think there are gross inaccuracies then please do write a better focused critique.
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by ajvs 4y ago
I can't wait for Element/Matrix to sort out their performance issues and match the privacy of Signal so we can deprecate all these crappy proprietary silos.
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by ajvs 4y ago
Except our new King has previously taken money from Saudis and supports the WEF, so they've already lost that trust.
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by ajvs 4y ago
I prefer open-source Veloren instead since it's built in Rust, has far better performance and functionality, and has a more RPG-like focus similar to Cube World. https://veloren.net/
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by ajvs 4y ago
North Korea already funds it's nuclear program with crypto so it's a bit late for that. Also despite crypto allowing for pure privacy already with coins like Monero, this hasn't stopped tax revenue. It's not a black-or-w
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by ajvs 4y ago
I'll believe it when I see it. This same administration has been secretly emailing Big Tech to censor people like Alex Berenson so I don't buy that they want moderation transparency and reform.
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by ajvs 4y ago
No longer "ruling" over them though.
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by ajvs 4y ago
Except they lobby for tax cuts and exemptions so it doesn't touch their wealth, whilst getting money from the taxpayer also.
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by ajvs 4y ago
archive.org?
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by ajvs 4y ago
But then when your collection gets to a certain size it's barely usable without an app. You lose all the easy traversal between interlinked notes for instance. I think plain text sets the bar very low for the functionality absolutely r
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by ajvs 4y ago
> A part of this is due to the inherent nature of sandboxing I've got no problems with my sandboxed Flatpak Firefox. > Why did we choose to make Firefox a snap? All pros are shared with Flatpak. What is the value add for users he
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by ajvs 4y ago
More of your storefront being portable is a big plus for any business that fears lock-in or unwanted removal from Amazon. I haven't looked into the specifics of this offering, but if you were able to use your own custom domain for your
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by ajvs 4y ago
Linux phones, but they're still years off usability-wise.
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by ajvs 4y ago
There's laws for messaging and app stores as well.
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by ajvs 4y ago
The bigger complaint looks like it's about buying houses as investment vehicles, often leaving them empty, rather than using them as housing.
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by ajvs 4y ago
The article states that later in the day is the biggest issue: "Officials asked residents to conserve power on both Wednesday and Thursday between 4 and 9 p.m. local time".
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by ajvs 4y ago
It's okay to point and laugh here, because one week they're banning non-electric vehicles and the next they're saying people shouldn't charge their electric vehicles due to insufficient electricity.
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by ajvs 4y ago
Except that example is already against their existing ToS.
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by ajvs 4y ago
What do you mean by that exactly?
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by ajvs 4y ago
Ah yes let's keep funding them to throw their lives away for us in a war they can't win, that's certainly the more morally respectable position.
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by ajvs 4y ago
> Russia is going to end up in a much worse position without any significant (and maybe any at all) gain. Judging by how bad the inflation and energy poverty is in the West, as well as the continued loss of ground and billions in Western
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by ajvs 4y ago
Dungeon World, Masks and Blades in the Dark are some popular TTRPGs that use PbtA as their basis.
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by ajvs 4y ago
I think the only thing that would give more trust is a remote attestation setup similar to GrapheneOS[1] since it's the only way to prove that servers are running the software they publicly say they are. The configuration would have to
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by ajvs 4y ago
They don't have to. I think gorhill recognises it's simply unfeasible to produce an effective content blocker on MV3, and I hope he puts his foot down and doesn't take on the maintenance burden of an additional nerfed browser
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by ajvs 4y ago
This is because modern Intel processors don't support S3 sleep[1], they instead only have Microsoft's Deep Sleep (s0ix). The only alternative is laptops with ARM or AMD(?) processors, but I haven't got a good recommendation f
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by ajvs 4y ago
Since at least the 2019 model Dell XPS 13s no longer have S3 sleep mode and instead uses Microsoft's "Modern Standby" (s0ix)[1], which consumes tons of power whilst in "sleep" in order to have slightly quicker wake
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by ajvs 4y ago
The use of perfectly good farmland for solar panels is wasteful. Have you not heard of the current Netherlands protests about the same, which is likely to cause food shortages in the years to come? I'd rather instead nuclear power pl
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by ajvs 4y ago
What's the recommended GPUs with best performance:cost?

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