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by csydas 9y ago
Honestly, the control over how everything is show with macOS is a lot better than it is in Windows (imo). Control over where the notifications are, very clear and easy "on/off" for each application (I would prefer the default
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by csydas 9y ago
Call me cynical, but I don't think Google wants to fight this fight. While I admire that they backed out of China instead of complying, if anyone has the deep pockets and influence to make such changes, it's Google. Look at what&#
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by csydas 9y ago
Well, I think that's what people are mostly concerned about. The current considerations regarding biometrics is that it ultimately results in an immutable means of identification that cannot be revoked. With IRL identification (passpor
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by csydas 9y ago
To be clear, DNT being enabled by default was probably more harmful to DNT than helpful. DNT should have been a choice from users and a clear indication of intent; by making it Default, there was no conscious decision like there is with Ad-
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by csydas 9y ago
In the US they are. Comcast has rather notorious Customer Retention policies and frequent abuse of their position as monopolies in many cities, whether it's a matter of the prices, the data caps, the script injections, the promises mad
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by csydas 9y ago
I think a much simpler and more elegant answer is "they didn't think of that, they just want to block Telegram." As someone in Russia, the block pretty much only hinders use of the legitimate services, not of Telegram. Numero
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by csydas 9y ago
Many reasons: - It assumes this is all that the data is used for and that the data doesn't get a second life with companies that can use the information to punish you. - It assumes that the data is never stolen by malicious entities an
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by csydas 9y ago
Not to be dismissive of what f-droid does, but a large majority of the applications available might be generously described as a student's end-of-year project, and often are not very good. This is not to diminish what is being done, as
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by csydas 9y ago
> The average consumer doesn't have a remote server or the knowledge to set one up. Which is fine to say, but doesn't really address the main issue of the IoT Cameras and honestly comes off as exploitative as an excuse. Just be
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I would question that. Rutracker is supposed to be blocked by order of Roskomnadzor, but many isps here still are able to reach it. This happened almost a year ago so it's not a matter of propagation, it's just poor or lack of enf
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by csydas 9y ago
> When you're seeing elevated request volume, it's likely that there's something substantial worth requesting Or you're seeing persons trying to frustrate the system with senseless requests. This happens with busines
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by csydas 9y ago
Why can't it be both sides' issue? I have a fairly uncommon first and last name, but I still get emails from the few folk who share my name combination, and I too have gotten sensitive information that I shouldn't have. I can
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by csydas 9y ago
> Once they begin questioning one news source, they begin developing general critical reasoning ability. I think this is being very generous to the idea of skepticism. Skepticism is a very difficult thing to learn properly, and more or l
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As a reasonably self-aware dumb tech person, I would say that this defense would not fly with me any more than "any ____ should know that the product can't actually do that." There's a reason that such consumer protectio
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by csydas 9y ago
Except for all of the non-user user tracking they do with shadow profiles and their omnipresence on the web. Like too many things nowadays with tech and finance you don't have to have done anything to be affected by what these companie
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by csydas 9y ago
It isn't the default version because currently it can't be booted from. ReFS is a pure storage-style File System, and it's been full of headaches since release for those trying to use it as such. Comparing it to APFS isn&#x27
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by csydas 9y ago
Well, US domestic flights do too (it's more generous than EU carriers I believe), but still limited. However, my point was more than during my time in various EU countries and Russia, this limit is much more carefully enforced, especia
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by csydas 9y ago
> And honestly I don't think any significant amount of people search Google images wanting Pinterest results. Sure they do, if the picture on Pinterest is relevant to the search term; they wouldn't have clicked on the thumbnail
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by csydas 9y ago
Tangent aside, it's quite true - no one checks bags due to the fees and airlines are disinclined to enforce their rules. Last time I flew in the US I got into a near fight with a guy who was allowed to bring 3 large carry-on bags onto
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by csydas 9y ago
Granted, but people already report ransomware to the police with little to no effect. Businesses held hostage with their entire livelihood report it and still end up paying most of the time. The resolutions come month later typically. I&#x2
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by csydas 9y ago
Why not just a voters ransomware? Lockdown the computer except for access to the voting tool, activate day-of, and it lays the stakes out: vote for our guy or say goodbye to your data. You don't need a physical presence to coerce, it&#
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by csydas 9y ago
I think he's talking about literal dollar priced masks or giveaway sleep masks which are usually just a tiny piece of fabric around something more solid, which attaches to you by means of an elastic band; the band however resists falli
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by csydas 9y ago
Entirely possible it's just a roll of the dice. My friend and I both had Comcast at our places only .5 miles from one another and the experiences were polar opposite. She never got the information for logging into the website to pay an
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by csydas 9y ago
The Pocket seems dubious to me - the article got my attention, but the price tag I'm seeing on Amazon ($600+) makes me shy away. Refurb 11" MacBook Airs are in that range, plus any other number of low-end Windows laptops, or even
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by csydas 9y ago
> Especially when you realise that most people dont really need to see a doctor. With regards to the US, the issue isn't the medical need to see a doctor, it's the bureaucratic need to see one, as you can't get ap
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by csydas 9y ago
> (not sure about the modern Russia) Highly dependent on the hospital and provider you have. Modern Russian does have a general government health care for most things, but you can also get private insurance. For the general care, you us
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by csydas 9y ago
After having lived in Russia for a bit, I'm mildly surprised that a US equivalent of Marshrutki [1] haven't really popped up in US cities. While St. Petersburg and Moscow have really well built out public transit systems, the urba
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by csydas 9y ago
Well, nothing you said is wrong, but the reason is wrong. Both St Petersburg and Moscow have a very well distributed and supported above ground public transit system as well, going back to the early years of the Soviet Union. Trams, trolley
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by csydas 9y ago
You haven't been reading then. For people doing enterprise work and backups it's been a nightmare - here's one backup vendor that's been tracking issues with high RAM+CPU usage for almost 2 years now [1]. Early on if dat
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by csydas 9y ago
Well, it adds an air of authenticity when everything lines up right as you just the validity of a page. Let's assume for a moment you were the type to look for support on Facebook for your bank, and you looked wherever for "MyBank

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