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by doc_gunthrop 4y ago
I had some knee pain issues (likely caused by ITBS) last year when I increased my running frequency. Not wanting to rest for more than a few days, I'd still go running and then just reduce to a walk when the pain became unbearable. I r
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by doc_gunthrop 4y ago
As the ancient saying goes, "Mens sana in corpore sano".
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by doc_gunthrop 4y ago
The findings in TFA state that the "beauty premium" for male students remained the same during the switch to online teaching (versus the decline in female students). This would appear to indicate that internal factors play a large
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by doc_gunthrop 4y ago
In addition to reading PDFs, SumatraPDF also functions well as an ePub reader. It's free, lightweight, and (obviously?) works offline. https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader
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by doc_gunthrop 4y ago
Seems it's more due to a number of scalpers who use(d) automated scripts to make bulk purchases from online vendors in order to sell at a markup on sites like amazon. That's why the legit vendors like Adafruit now set a quantity l
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by doc_gunthrop 4y ago
> The world needs less pseudoscience misinfo, not more. Fully agreed. I appreciate the stern yet information-laden correction. It's certainly much better than hearing specious claims based on conjecture/misinformation that only
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by doc_gunthrop 5y ago
They didn't make any indication that it's good to use the word, but rather that self-censoring to mitigate the knee-jerk reaction of ignorant people is not good. > If a word is bothering someone why don't you find out why,
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by doc_gunthrop 5y ago
That's the version I have; the Matthew Ward translation. Some other versions start with "Mother died today" or "Mama died today", but I prefer this version. This book also inspired the song "Killing an Arab&quo
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by doc_gunthrop 5y ago
Not only do they keep your friend information on their servers, they maintain a copy of every single message you've ever sent via Discord. Their service is the antithesis of private communications.
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by doc_gunthrop 5y ago
FairEmail is also a nice open-source, privacy-focused email client available on F-droid. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/eu.faircode.email/
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by doc_gunthrop 5y ago
A distinction needs to be made clear here with regards to the data being transmitted to Google by LineageOS in this study. In the cited paper ( https://www.scss.tcd.ie/Doug.Leith/Android_privacy_report.pd... ), the devic
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by doc_gunthrop 5y ago
Your point is that the device doesn't matter. If Khashoggi and his fiance had Android devices and used an encrypted messaging app such as Signal (or something similar like Session, Briar, etc.) his abduction would not have occurred as
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by doc_gunthrop 5y ago
The abductors obtained that information through his fiance's iPhone. This iPhone was infected with NSO's Pegasus malware and the infection was executed by sending a zero-click text message with automatic payload delivery. There is
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by doc_gunthrop 5y ago
Will this also be implemented in the mobile browsers (e.g. Firefox for Android)?
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by doc_gunthrop 5y ago
This. [ example meant to highlight the difference between a low-impact, low-effort comment from a social media site like reddit versus sites like SO where some degree of technical expertise is a precondition ]
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by doc_gunthrop 5y ago
Widespread adoption of these kind of products are a precursor to a big-brother dystopia. Given FB's reputation (and raison d'être), it's plausible that these devices will become tools for purposes such as crowd-sourced sousve
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by doc_gunthrop 5y ago
You could say that it's the little things that help to really tie the film together (even though they don't really have a significant impact on the main plot). In most cases they aid in defining the characters. Jesus being a peder
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by doc_gunthrop 5y ago
It seems the lesson here is to always use a VPN (or Tor) if you're under such threat.
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by doc_gunthrop 5y ago
In France, there is a national gender equality rule (enacted in 2013) that states that no more than 60% of new appointments to management positions in public service should go to one sex. Though bringing more female representation and there
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by doc_gunthrop 5y ago
If you're on Android, take these security steps when dealing with QR codes from potentially shady sources: 1. Download and install QR Scanner from F-droid ( https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.secuso.privacyFri
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by doc_gunthrop 5y ago
The YT channel Invicta made an excellent video covering in detail this very topic with regard to the military units, titled "Everyday Moments in History - A Roman Soldier Prepares Dinner". https://www.youtube.com/w
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by doc_gunthrop 5y ago
Reading a fiction and a non-fiction is doable. Non-fiction and another non-fiction as well. But not two fiction novels at the same time.
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by doc_gunthrop 5y ago
On the upside, three states so far have abolished qualified immunity (New Mexico joined the list earlier this year). The first was Colorado in 2020. So there's hope this may spread to other states in the coming years.
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by doc_gunthrop 5y ago
Another user mentioned bibliogram.art as a front-end for anonymous IG browsing. There's also an Android app available on F-droid for this purpose: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/me.austinhuang.instagrabber&#x
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by doc_gunthrop 5y ago
It's been argued that hiding the network name can make you more of a target because it makes you stand out more than your seemingly more innocuous neighbors. That is unless you never connect any devices to your hidden AP. Like being th
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by doc_gunthrop 5y ago
That's like asking "do people allow javascript when opening webpages in 2021?" It's common for browser-based email services (such as Gmail) to default to loading remote images.
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by doc_gunthrop 5y ago
For maximum security & privacy, go with GrapheneOS (used to be CopperheadOS back in the day). Caveat is that you won't have Google Play (or even MicroG), which means some Google apps (and paid apps) won't work and if you want
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by doc_gunthrop 6y ago
FYI this is by the same developer who authored the popular NetGuard ( https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard ) for Android.
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by doc_gunthrop 6y ago
> A basic home computer could easily mine all of the blocks if the difficulty was low enough (i.e. there were no other miners). It's pointless to suggest hypotheticals that aren't even remotely applicable in the real world. Nev
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by doc_gunthrop 6y ago
I miswrote the part regarding the size of each subsequent block getting larger. However, the part about the rising cost of resources to sustain the cryptocurrency is valid in practice (assuming the current trend continues and BTC continue

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