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aphextim
7y ago
Also they do clarify because they are somewhat misleading. On the Tor splash page it states that you can hide your IP from ISP/Employer, however when you read the details about what Tor does they are correct by stating: >If your emp
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You are correct I shouldn't have put it in quotes. They have a private window, or you can open up a tor private window by hitting shift+alt+N for a new tab with tor. Info on what their Tor actually does. https://support.brav
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7y ago
It even has a built in 3 node "Tor" browsing for their private windows if you want.
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7y ago
>I bet if there was a one-click to install firefox with ad-blocker and some other stuff enabled by default people would start switching. Check out Brave, been getting my friends to switch as it has a built in blocker that is even more ve
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7y ago
My vote is on the opposite. Antarctic at -100 degrees F, or what they call "Condition 1" weather. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz2SeEzxMuE
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Personal Opinions: 1)The fact that humans will continue to reproduce and multiply at an ever increasing rate. 2)The need to help the poorest countries/people will always be present. 3)The need for clean water I feel is not going to rem
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You can arrest the dealers all you want, but to actually stop the problem you need to stop the suppliers/cartel.
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I just take all the ones I want form this list and you can copy/past them in PowerShell and they execute one after the other. I would not do what he suggests as that will remove every app. To uninstall 3D Builder: get-appxpac
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7y ago
I've seen this time and time again where someone who was just under the threshold to be cut off, would intentionally not work extra hours, or try for a raise because unless they doubled their income, they end up losing a lot more money
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Yeah he is in rough shape, to be honest we (doctors/wife/family) expected him to go when he was 75-76 or so. He has been hanging on that is for sure. I figure if I can extend his 1 year, to be even say 1 year and 6 months, it woul
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I would be curious to compare this to smoking an actual cigarette to see if there is any difference. Inhaling any vapor/smoke that isn't meant for your lungs is going to cause damage and it would be neat to see a comparison betwee
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If an A.I. were to somehow ever gain "consciousness" I'm sure they would view this flagging as correct.
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I've seen this on a smaller scale where a family farm would be left for the next generation when whoever owned it passed. The children who they left the farm to for whatever reason could not afford the taxes so the entire community wou
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7y ago
Probably an unpopular opinion but I've noticed when labeling the reasons for something as being due to systematic sexism, or racism, the statement implies something greater and beyond an individuals control is holding them back, rather
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As with most things that are new and may potentially disrupt current well-established methods, typically the hesitation to move forward is either one of two things. 1, Money or 2, unverified results. Typically 2 is a result of 1. >But th
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> “I shall alter that when I have a little more time”? We never shall have any more time. We have, and we have always had, all the time there is. It is the realisation of this profound and neglected truth (which, by the way, I have not
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Not just you, I am sure they are working on it.
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In the winter, I heat my home to 68-72 depending on the situation. It can get to -20 degrees Fahrenheit in the worst winter months and maintaining your heat above 78 would be very costly. The article's title should clarify, "Feder
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So around 1% https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/29/tech/alphabet-q1-earnings/ind... >Google's parent company now has more than 100,000 employees. Alphabet (GOOGL) said Monday that it had 103,549 em
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Over the course of my life (I am in my mid 30s), I have gotten probably 75+ tick bites. When I was a kid I lived in the country, about 20 minutes from the nearest town and would have a tick-check every time I returned from being outside dur
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Sometimes when you know you are not wrong, and the other party is acting childish and emotional, sitting back and letting them go while remaining calm is the best strategy. There is a line between being calm, and being calm and egging the o
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I'm sure something like this already exists, I just haven't put too much effort into researching if a solution exists yet. If so I'm all for suggestions! Intro - General Contracting company with 25-40 projects running at any
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From what I've observed running those ultras are just as much of a mental task as they are physical. Granted you need to be in extreme physical shape to do one of these. I feel that if you were to take a bunch of people that are physic
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>Between 1950 and 2015, there were 82 occupations out of 459 that flipped from male to female and/or female to male. Out of the 82, 72 shifted from male to female majority. There were 28 occupations that shifted from majority female
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>Gab immediately became a hub of alt-right activity online, but Torba took pains to say Gab was not a far-right or alt-right social network but was a “free speech social network.” >“Any online community that is explicitly pro-free spe
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The name of this reminded me of an 8th grade math poem. >Roses are red. >Math is pretty fly. >I like your smarts. >So why not be my cutie 3.14159
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That is neat! Thank you for the link :)
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Maybe Iceland and Greenland can finally swap names? I know this is off topic and doesn't add much, I guess I use humor in order to make myself feel better about dire situations (such as climate change tipping point).
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I love being in full manual and being able to adjust the shutter speed and aperture without taking my eye off the viewfinder. I did it more as an enthusiast and was able to get some decent "motion" pictures at a local racetrack. D
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>Not sure how it's relevant here. It is relevant if you are trying to dismiss the message by painting the messenger as untrustworthy.
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