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by daveoc64 2y ago
>wait, you need internet connection to even login? No, you can log in without being connected to the internet (that obviously happens a lot on a daily basis, where people are using a laptop with no connectivity until after they sign in).
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by daveoc64 2y ago
You can disable that feature if you don't want it.
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by daveoc64 2y ago
Mostly because if you try and visit the page that the image was supposedly on, it won't actually be there.
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by daveoc64 2y ago
Why is this on a site that wants you to sign up for marketing, rather than the GOV.UK petitions site?
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by daveoc64 2y ago
Most of which aren't affected by the ULEZ or other similar zones around the UK. Not to mention that many poorer households don't even have a car in the first place.
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by daveoc64 2y ago
Well yes, if the choice is between everyone breathing in air that damages their health, or a small number of people being unable to drive, surely the former is always better?
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by daveoc64 2y ago
Trust isn't really a factor I'm concerned about. The quality of results is good and I can customise it more than any other search engine to suit my needs.
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by daveoc64 2y ago
Yes, that happened once - in 2009. And Amazon gave everyone a full refund.
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by daveoc64 2y ago
>O'Reilly should follow the same business model. They used to, but they have their subscription service now. You can still buy O'Reilly books DRM-free from the major ebook sellers.
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by daveoc64 2y ago
This does not happen with the Kindle Store. Anything you've purchased will remain in your library unless: 1) You delete it (which can happen by accident, due to some bad UX). If you have done this, you can contact Amazon Support and th
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by daveoc64 2y ago
As a moderator of /r/kindle, I can reveal that in January 2025, less than 1% of our visits were from users still using Old Reddit. It does mostly attract users who aren't as technically minded as users on HN. iOS Apps - 36.65
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by daveoc64 2y ago
The web app for sending to Kindle is a lot more reliable: https://www.amazon.com/sendtokindle
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by daveoc64 2y ago
That's arguably got even more restrictive DRM than the Kindle Store. And it's only available in the US.
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by daveoc64 2y ago
Why would I want to connect my ereader to a computer? It's not 2004 and it's not an iPod.
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by daveoc64 2y ago
>I’m not sure why anyone buys Kindles when there are so many better options available. For me, the Kobo lacks something like the Send to Kindle feature. I can send books I've obtained from outside the Kindle Store (DRM free sellers,
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by daveoc64 2y ago
>Apple understood this when the first iPod came out. Offer a better service, not shinier handcuffs. It's a shame they haven't tried to pressure the publishers into dropping DRM for books. The DRM used by Apple's bookstore
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by daveoc64 2y ago
> But it would be healthy for everyone if people supported a DRM-free and non-surveillance ebook ecosystem. I dream of a day when that's possible, but all of the massive publishers with over 80% of book marketshare insist on DRM.
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by daveoc64 2y ago
>It's strange that they are ending Windows 10 support so soon after they stopped selling it. Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10 - all of these had a published 10 year support lifecycle when they came out. Windo
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by daveoc64 2y ago
Weird that it's not available in the UK - it would have been nice to do this!
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by daveoc64 2y ago
From what I've read elsewhere, this is just so that they can have live sports content with included advertising. That seems OK to me.
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by daveoc64 2y ago
As this proposal does not cover consent for everything a "cookie banner" would, the title is simply wrong.
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by daveoc64 2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...
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by daveoc64 2y ago
It's probably not something that the law in most countries has considered before. The idea of being able to work remotely (especially across international borders) wasn't around when the basics of immigration law and visas were in
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by daveoc64 2y ago
Indeed, the original article on thebookseller.com seemed to go up AFTER the deal was reached.
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by daveoc64 2y ago
>How about supporting a socket for more than one generation? Intel typically seems to support sockets on the desktop for 2-3 generations of CPU: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPU_socket#80x86
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by daveoc64 2y ago
As noted by other commenters, some carriers (I think all of the UK carriers) use IP-based geoblocking to ensure that Wi-Fi Calling only works when using an IP address registered in the UK.
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by daveoc64 2y ago
It's not really anything to do with eSIM. If you used a physical SIM from the same carrier with the same settings, you'd have the same experience. When connecting via a cellular data network, all data will be routed via your carri
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by daveoc64 2y ago
This is not my experience. I have used many 1000BASE-T dongles and they work exactly as advertised - capable of transferring at ~950Mbps. I have also used 2.5GBASE-T dongles and speeds are in the 2Gbps+ range. WisdPi are even offering dongl
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by daveoc64 2y ago
>Why would you need historic addresses for this service? The police (and other authorities like councils) who issue penalties, need to know who was the registered keeper of a vehicle on the date of an alleged offence. That's where t
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by daveoc64 2y ago
The New 3DS consoles did have double the RAM and an improved CPU and GPU, so there were quite a few games like Minecraft and the SNES Virtual Console that could only run on the New models.

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