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by dormento 6y ago
Daily reminder that google's captcha implementations serve to collect data for their image recognition models. The fact that they can also be used to block bots on websites is mostly coincidental. This is also true of previous incarnat
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by dormento 8y ago
"Our very strength incites challenge. Challenge incites conflict. And conflict breeds catastrophe."
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by dormento 8y ago
What kind of monster puts milk on their tea? :) You're right though.
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by dormento 9y ago
Just wanted to chime in and say thank you. HN needs more comments like this.
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by dormento 9y ago
Massively so, yes. However, it is a sign of the times - people expect interactive, practical apps, and stakeholders expect faster delivery and development. I only wish it were unavoidable.
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by dormento 9y ago
You can try going to https://encrypted.google.com , it seems to not show amp-crippled content.
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by dormento 9y ago
"Tico" (sounds exactly like Tikku) is brazilian portuguese slang for "penis". Makes for some fun reading... "Tikku...can be erected" "Many Tikkus can grow side-by-side like mushrooms" "Where ever
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by dormento 9y ago
I create this HN account to help someone with this exact same issue. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8701003 tl;dr: 1) create a label; 2) add the message to that label; 3) Go to google.com/settings/takeout a
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by dormento 10y ago
It is a play on the seemingly random sentences Terry (the creator - or rather the prophet - of TempleOS) would include on his comments.
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by dormento 10y ago
Back then it was just called "hardware" ;)
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by dormento 10y ago
On OSX it used to be that you had to disable the pager daemon, then remove the swap file. Probably need to disengage system protection for it to work though. sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.app
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by dormento 10y ago
I'd like to complement: most _stuff_ is built by total amateurs winging it.
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by dormento 11y ago
Just a small nit: The words sound alike but they mean different things. You should have read everything, then you would have seen the reference. Source: grammer.
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by dormento 11y ago
I've always seen it as more like an age gap thing. Youngsters usually refer to those as "notebooks", and older people (or those that work in an enterprise setting) call 'em "laptops".
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by dormento 11y ago
This is standard on shopping malls in Brazil. Helps a ton. Another cool thing (and I don't know if this is standard) are these small red/green lights above each spot, allowing you to see from far away if that particular spot is ta
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by dormento 11y ago
I can confirm betterSnapTool does that. When you install certain utilities (like Ubar dock replacement), it even tells you to disable window snapping.
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by dormento 11y ago
When someone of great importance to the community passes away, a black line is added to the top bar as a show of respect. In today's case, it is for Marvin Minsky ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Minsky ), pio
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by dormento 11y ago
I believe nathans comments were sarcastic in nature.
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by dormento 12y ago
How close is the friend in question? I would not assume malice outright. I advise to check if your friend is alright, he might be sick or in jail.
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by dormento 12y ago
For anyone searching for a blocking solution on OSX, the name is actually Glimmerblocker. It still works on Yosemite.
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by dormento 12y ago
He's moved to Nakameguro earlier this year.
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by dormento 12y ago
Even better: Win + shift + number will start a new instance of the application in that taskbar position (multiple explorer windows, for example). Win + shift + left/right will move the current focused window between monitors.
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by dormento 12y ago
Created this account just to help you :) I was in the same situation last week - I needed an old file that was inside a .rar archive, and gmail wouldn't let me download it. I knew about google takeout, but i didn't wat to download