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by causi 4y ago
Modern generic-ass naming schemes are absolutely infuriating. I hear someone say "oh yeah, it's been easier since we moved our Bluē processes into Laundr containers which we manage through a mix of Bicycle and Parakeet" and m
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by causi 4y ago
You could use AutoHotKey and a 3.5mm stero jack button to do this. https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/z1oAAOSwzJ5XUnDd/s-l500.jpg
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by causi 4y ago
Interesting. My laptop doesn't have auto-brightness adjustment. Could I use one of these and an SMD light sensor to add that functionality?
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by causi 4y ago
All of McWhorter's material is great. Highly recommend his audiobooks.
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by causi 4y ago
Sure, plenty. They just mostly require us to change over time. Maybe sapient species mature and don't feel the need to ever expand, for millions of years. Maybe interstellar travel is so hard nobody ever does it nor do they make machin
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by causi 4y ago
But what if someone comes up with a mod that makes your wifi better by breaking transmit power rules (at the expense of others). Lots of people might use it, and then there are resulting widespread interference problems. This already exis
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by causi 4y ago
I think we'd better hope that we're alone. If creatures like us are common then that's bad new for us, because "life that behaves like humans and exists for millions of years" and "a galaxy that hasn't bee
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by causi 4y ago
I feel like the huge number of modern TLDs make it harder to spot fake sites and dangerous pages.
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by causi 4y ago
Man I miss backspacing through a URL and sometimes hitting an FTP page with files I wasn't necessarily supposed to be able to download. Halcyon days.
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by causi 4y ago
Root allows the user to bypass DRM such as Widevine.
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by causi 4y ago
Depends on the region. I'm from the US and I've never heard somebody say "rooter"
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by causi 4y ago
But Firefox doesn't look healthy, and it's such a shame. I'd welcome a world where Firefox was back at 30+% As would I, but using Firefox and following its development since 1.5, the outcome is entirely understandable. They
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by causi 4y ago
changing the software on hardware you own is not illegal Not true. The DMCA makes it illegal to "circumvent" DRM schemes. It's also illegal to carrier-unlock your phone without your carrier's permission.
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by causi 4y ago
If I'm reading this right, ArchiveBox is intended for archiving individual web pages, not entire sites.
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by causi 4y ago
Archiving data from the Internet Archive is useful, but I would argue there's a greater need going unfulfilled: local direct site archiving. Twenty years ago you could punch a URL into HTTRACK and get a local site copy that was indisti
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by causi 4y ago
Hell If I had my way I'd add a "right to root" in the Constitution itself. You should have control over your hardware, period.
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by causi 4y ago
It doesn't mark the end of a sentence. It marks that the sentence is not to be taken with the utmost seriousness.
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by causi 4y ago
Are we still pretending "lol" is not just a piece of grammar now?
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by causi 4y ago
You're quoting the top two Pixar executives, and from immediately after Jobs' death as well. How about someone who isn't a millionaire? aren't credible because they became so successful that they're now millionaire
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by causi 4y ago
It being worth it does not determine whether he was an asshole, just whether you are glad he was.
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by causi 4y ago
Is he just a bully? From everything I've read in the last twenty years, there was not one single facet of Steve Jobs' life in which he was not a bully.
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by causi 4y ago
As long as it doesn't damage those things by itself, either it will help them or we're totally wrong about what causes them.
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by causi 4y ago
What site? In my experience almost every .to website is worth bookmarking. Blocking javascript on as well, but worth bookmarking.
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by causi 4y ago
Remember when every single link on a page was curated and almost all of them were worth looking at?
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by causi 4y ago
You can't plug it into your computer and drag files onto it?
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by causi 4y ago
They already did, and it was horrible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnxjRXwC1no
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by causi 4y ago
The law, however, had an exception, where no compensation is due if the flight is delayed or cancelled due to a safety issue. This makes no sense at all. If I order a pizza and it doesn't show up the reason it doesn't show up is
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by causi 4y ago
The only way you're going to get a free Uber ride for looking at an ad is if there's a laser engraver in the back seat that burns it into your skin.
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by causi 4y ago
Dude reuses a private key all over the place and then throws a fit when someone gets it and takes his money. This is like wanting a lock company to give you money when you bought a new house, didn't change the locks, and the previous o
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by causi 4y ago
One major reason: the green card backlog is immense – especially for immigrants from India; it can take decades for them even to have a chance to apply. This is bad even from the most hardcore selfish, anti-immigrant position: you want pe

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