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by daveoc64 4y ago
Some kind of secondary identifier, but only for records where it is applicable (e.g. loyalty card number).
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by daveoc64 4y ago
Why would anyone accept such an NFT? "Yeah, we can see that you paid someone else for this content, so we'll pay the bandwidth and any licensing fees needed for you to stream/download it from us.". A business model like
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by daveoc64 4y ago
Steam has been around for almost 19 years, and with a vast catalogue of games nothing like this has happened to content on Steam.
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by daveoc64 4y ago
The decline in pubs began long before the pandemic.
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by daveoc64 4y ago
Well, yes, we do tend to treat children as children.
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by daveoc64 4y ago
JetBrains offers free versions of several of their IDEs (e.g. IntelliJ IDEA Community), but nothing for .NET
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by daveoc64 4y ago
Flash was able to support file uploads, video streaming, and clipboard access long before the HTML and JavaScript specs allowed for this. Users and website creators wanted these features and Flash was the way to do them. Sure, other technol
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by daveoc64 4y ago
Frustration with the shortcomings of older web standards resulted in the prevalence of browser plugins like Adobe Flash, and non-standard technology like ActiveX. If there are things browsers can't do natively, then someone will build
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by daveoc64 4y ago
I don't know how up to date this is, but there are limitations in both Zoom and Microsoft Teams in regards to video quality: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/207347086-Using-Gr... You also need
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by daveoc64 4y ago
I don't think there is a problem to solve. Shrinkflation is annoying - I'm sure many would prefer to pay more for the same product, but ultimately if you can afford it, you can just buy multiple packs to get the quantity you need.
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by daveoc64 4y ago
There is no such thing as the "UK NHS". There are separate healthcare organisations in England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
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by daveoc64 4y ago
Microsoft has indicated that a future Windows Update will completely disable Internet Explorer in client versions of Windows: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/i...
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by daveoc64 4y ago
What is the "better way" here? There is a legitimate use case for having login/identity stuff on a different domain - many of the largest companies in the world are doing this. How can this issue be solved without either conf
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by daveoc64 4y ago
In the UK, pre-nups are not always enforceable - especially if the terms are not favourable to any children involved. There are also many other scenarios in which a pre-nup or its terms can be invalidated during divorce proceedings. It&#x27
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by daveoc64 4y ago
The internet permission is separate, and without it an app can't connect to the network: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.per... It's so commonly requested though, that virtually
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by daveoc64 4y ago
I know one long-running complaint about Android's permission system was that when you installed an app you were shown all of the permissions that are declared in the manifest, without any way for the developer to explain why they are u
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by daveoc64 4y ago
Apple's Privacy Labels and Google's equivalent in the Play Store are unrelated to permissions. An app may have permission to do something (e.g. access your location), but if the app's usage of this feature does not involve yo
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by daveoc64 4y ago
> Why pay USA wages when you can hire a Canadian or Mexican at 75% the cost? Why hasn't this happened already? If the workers are equivalent, but much cheaper, surely everyone would do it? The reality is that outsourcing is never a
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by daveoc64 4y ago
I don't think they can get rid of it, as not everyone using Apple's services has a supported Apple device. They don't offer a standard like TOTP, so SMS is the only option.
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by daveoc64 4y ago
Album art etc. is supplementary to the music - I don't need to see it on a square piece of cardboard to "appreciate" it. An original artwork is just that - best when the original is viewed. A CD, Tape, or Vinyl is in no way &
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by daveoc64 4y ago
Enjoyment of music linked to a specific physical item seems incredibly shallow to me. If the music is worth listening to, the medium shouldn't matter at all.
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by daveoc64 4y ago
Capacitive touch buttons for electric/ceramic/induction hobs have been very common in the UK for the last 20 years. Like fan (convection) ovens, is this just something that Europe is used to and is alien to people in the USA? Pers
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by daveoc64 4y ago
Yes, because you can still buy it if you want to: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/p/excel/cfq7tt...
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by daveoc64 4y ago
The main problem with email 2FA is that if someone gains access to your email account, they can reset your passwords on many sites and services. They can then bypass both the password (by resetting it) and the 2FA (by simply reading your em
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by daveoc64 4y ago
> The unfortunate side effect of this is, less technical people might see a digital signature as a full and complete proof. While it definitely is not. It's far better than the status quo where easily forged documents (passports, dr
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by daveoc64 4y ago
Tests like that happen in the UK, but any illegal modifications are removed or disabled before testing.
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by daveoc64 4y ago
The standard size of a Paracetamol (as it is known in the UK[0]) tablet in the UK is 500mg. The normal dose is 2 tablets (i.e. 1000mg in total). Wait at least 4 hours between doses. Don't have more than 4 doses in a 24-hour period. Par
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by daveoc64 5y ago
Or you could have just put the CD into your PC to listen to the music, and it downloaded the metadata for on-screen use only?
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by daveoc64 5y ago
What ads do Echo devices say or show? Aside from annoying suggestions like "By the way, you can ask me who the most famous person in the world is".
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by daveoc64 5y ago
Why would EFF care about a newspaper?

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