ambichook

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by ambichook 3y ago
i understand people disliking using tone indicators, especially when they can ruin a joke, but they are really wonderful things that can prevent misunderstandings like this online
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by ambichook 3y ago
if a company is making more money by using google adsense, which tracks me across the internet, it has sold my data to google
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by ambichook 3y ago
and yet these companies consider piracy stealing too, thats just copying for free without consent, where's the difference?
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by ambichook 3y ago
flame war detector will downgrade posts like this if i understand HN correctly :)
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by ambichook 3y ago
its a cookie stored on their device right? if its not a unique cookie it would still be anonymous if it isnt cleared every time they leave wouldnt it?
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by ambichook 3y ago
i think it's worth noting that those cookies keep track of whether you have filled out their feedback form and to count the number of unique visitors to the page, or cookies from third parties the website may present embeds from https
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by ambichook 3y ago
would an adjustment of GDPR that forces websites to respect DNT solve the problem? am i missing something obvious? (aside from the pain in the ass that is amending laws) /gen
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by ambichook 3y ago
its built off the bones of titanfall 2, which used source, its been that way forever. that fact is the titanfall equivalent to "did you know that viggo broke his toe when he kicked the helmet?" and is a key part of speedrunning te
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by ambichook 3y ago
> I'm pretty sure that the plaster cast skeleton in the image will be supported by thin cables or wires from the ceiling. Which would be supportive of my point. so would a human skeleton? it has no connective tissue, it needs extern
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by ambichook 3y ago
capped data is ass , as someone who couldn't get uncapped until about a month ago when i moved, if someone tried to legislatively require data caps i would be on their ass trying to make them stop SO fast
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by ambichook 3y ago
if the alternative is the worst worst, then yes i actually participated in something. as summed up by someone else, and i am paraphrasing here, if you have the option to vote for 80% hitler and actual hitler, and you choose neither, if actu
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by ambichook 3y ago
running wears out your life support faster, same with jetpacking, that may be why you're running out. sometimes the rng is just not in your favour, though, so you may need to make a new save just to wind up on a different planet, but
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by ambichook 3y ago
voting should just be mandatory tbh, i dont understand why people seem to refuse to participate in democracy maybe it's a cultural thing? i'm australian and it's mandatory here so that may be affecting my views?
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by ambichook 3y ago
that's not an app store feature, that's an iOS feature. i agree, it's fantastic, it doesnt require apps be distributed via the app store to work, however, its a part of iOS having well designed permissions controls
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by ambichook 3y ago
there's absolutely nothing illegal about installing the app, if you can find a mirror that's operated outside of US borders by a non US company then you can just download it still
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by ambichook 3y ago
quick question, is facebook on the google play store? can you name 3 major apps that are apk install only? theres still way more friction to installing them than to just going and downloading them from the play store, so most apps are bette
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by ambichook 3y ago
If users want more freedom, they can just hit the third party app toggle. Some users like the walled garden; they can choose the app store. do you see the equivalence here? what am i missing?
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by ambichook 3y ago
i mean... the app is still going to have to ask the OS for permission to use those features, which will then pass the question on to the user like it always has won't it?
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by ambichook 3y ago
a question, is facebook on the google play store, which has the standard 30% cut? netflix? discord? just because the option is there doesnt mean every app is just going to up and leave, it just means they have a choice , and if apples cura
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by ambichook 3y ago
steam takes a 30% cut but valve isnt strongarming every game dev on PCs to use their store, they can go to alternate places or even just do it themselves directly. the playstation, xbox and switch are also problematic for the same reason
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by ambichook 3y ago
didnt sony lose a class action lawsuit over the ps3 and the ability to run linux on it?
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by ambichook 3y ago
they fight it because it works and impacts their bottom line, i dont see how that's evidence that regulation is ineffective as a whole because people can just find loopholes
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by ambichook 3y ago
a hotspot that provides internet requires a cellular connection, you can still just make a hotspot that has not internet connection and acts as a regular lan
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by ambichook 3y ago
mostly because people dont talk about nuclear as much in general. in aus at least, it seems like nobody cares, and the second you raise the idea you get a bunch of people crawling out of the woodwork going "i don't want to grow an
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by ambichook 3y ago
heat seekers havent been rear aspect only in decades, all aspect IR missiles are the norm now. the main issue is that most NATO IR missiles are very short range. much easier to instead program your radar guided missile to lock the big glowy
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by ambichook 3y ago
remember the razer phone? that actually looked genuinely interesting, but it got killed off by the time i was in a position to actually buy an expensive phone :<
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by ambichook 3y ago
now imagine an electric falcon... it'll never happen because the aussie auto industry isnt even a corpse anymore but i can dream
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by ambichook 3y ago
the ABC is ok , it at least provides a baseline for news reporting, although like any media it has its own blind spots. i personally am strongly opposed to forcing browsers and facebook to prop up independent media, though i dont have a be
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by ambichook 3y ago
a trans woman who had been on HRT for 5 years managed to qualify for and come second in an event, and later won some others, yes that is most certainly evidence that she had an unfair advantage /s she was also in the ballpark with th
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by ambichook 3y ago
i avoid them like the plague because i hate owing money, but i'm not from the US and as far as i understand, having a credit card is really important for building a credit score there isn't it? would not holding a credit card not

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