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721.
by efreak 6y ago
If your VPN is only being used for DNS queries, then they don't have much useful data there. I've recently seen instructions for setting this up on free cloud instances from AWS/Azure/etc. If the only traffic is DNS wr
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by efreak 6y ago
WD MyCloud devices create a .wdmc directory in any folder that has images or videos. I've solved this issue at various times by adding a new file extension for mp4 files (mmp4, associate it with media player) until I changed apps to on
723.
by efreak 6y ago
In windows and Linux you can still open hidden folders and files simply by typing the hidden path element into the file manager. You still won't see any hidden contents, but you don't need to type out the full path--just navigate
724.
by efreak 6y ago
Using current technology in the ways we currently use it. Some of the things we take for granted were considered impossible less than a hundred years ago. Logging full packet data for later decryption is already feasible, and that's al
725.
by efreak 6y ago
The problem with your solution is that the representatives we vote for don't include every combination of sides of every issue. You can vote for the best person regarding internet privacy, but they might have terrible views regarding w
726.
by efreak 6y ago
I wish more companies would do this. I get that sdcards, headphones, etc are cheap and have low profit margins, but I've had eg Samsung ask for proof of purchase on an 8gb sdcard only a year after the model/product id was released
727.
by efreak 6y ago
$string was in BASIC. I'm sure it's even older, though (the oldest BASIC I've used is GWBASIC).
728.
by efreak 6y ago
> Since the pixel 2 is still updated there is no reason other than privacy Features. - The ability to run Android without Google. - The ability to change the location of your clock. - The ability to have some apps open with the status ba
729.
by efreak 6y ago
You can deny permissions to any runtime permissions beginning with apps built for Marshmallow. You cannot deny other permissions. Some apps will absolutely block you from using them unless the permissions are on (this is by design of the
730.
by efreak 6y ago
I did all my (non-school) reading for my first half of college on a Nintendo DSi, before I got a tablet. High resolution, large screen, good backlight, fast display refresh rate--all of these improve the experience, but none of them is requ
731.
by efreak 6y ago
I really wish the publishers/distributors supported OPDS. Either add in a user/password prompt that's not to speed, or just put tokens in the URLs. I'd buy far more ebooks from any distributor willing to do this.
732.
by efreak 6y ago
Overdrive, which is what most libraries I know of use, supports Kindle, Adobe, and it's open format (which IIRC cannot be downloaded and must be viewed in the browser/app one page at a time).
733.
by efreak 6y ago
Plaintext and text are two different things. Plaintext generally means unformatted
734.
by efreak 6y ago
Any of the popular text-mode browser will do it, afaik (links, lynx, w3m) since it's already pretty much part of their functionality. Calibre might be able to do it, as well as exporting many other formats.
735.
by efreak 6y ago
Google reader used store every entry in the feed ever, and it was my primary reason for using it. I was subscribed to tons of webcomics, and this allowed me to easily keep track of where I was. The only limitations to this was the rate they
736.
by efreak 6y ago
Firefox Premium is just branding, so far as I can tell. I can't imagine Mozilla charging for software. They might make software that's not useful without the service (like the VPN client), but the software itself is free.
737.
by efreak 6y ago
> > Obviously if Apple owns one platform, and Google owns the other platform, it is not actually the same situation. There's your different circumstances. > It is not possible for a law or court decision to find differently fo
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by efreak 6y ago
I know quite a few people on Steam who simply refuse to but any games on any platforms other than Steam. Steam isn't an exclusive choice, but there's a nontrivial number of gamers who are loyal to Steam to the point of refusing to
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by efreak 6y ago
To me, "military grade encryption" means following industry standard. "Audiophile quality" means higher quality than you need, care about, or can even tell apart from lower quality.
740.
by efreak 6y ago
HTA works perfectly fine as a launcher for legacy software. I wouldn't touch it for more complicated functionality, but a while back, I wrote an HTA splash screen/launcher for some old software that had been updated. At the time,
741.
by efreak 6y ago
> if it is so trivial, why upload it? That was clearly answered: > because I get free uncapped CI minutes if it is public
742.
by efreak 6y ago
I remember GPS while driving would drain your battery faster than it could charge; you'd have to make sure your phone was fully charged, then keep it plugged in while driving--and it would still die in under an hour. There's still
743.
by efreak 6y ago
Your reply to this comment is dead for some reason. As a response: I really, really wish Mozilla hadn't abandoned Shumway. I also wish they'd written it as a standalone translator instead of making it depends on Firefox. The worst
744.
by efreak 6y ago
No need to make it an open server. For applications that require a limited number of resources, you can implement a whitelist--only allow connections to certain IPs or addresses. Inspect the connections if you have to. For everything else?
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by efreak 6y ago
I do this a regular basis. Not quite daily--Firefox had extensions that manage it for me--but every time I use a text-mode browser (lynx, links, etc) it prompts me when a website wants to store a cookie. The answer is almost always no. >
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by efreak 6y ago
See this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23499672
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by efreak 6y ago
This is part of why Windows is my main boot OS on my desktop. Remoting into Linux (whether it's my SBCs, laptop, or a VM) from Windows is easier and works better than the opposite.
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by efreak 6y ago
Right-clicking was a thing in windows 3.x.
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by efreak 6y ago
HTA is still supported. So is WSH using either vbscript or jscript (unfortunately, powershell has replaced WSH for new functionally, rather than supporting both. Afaik there's no way to manage hyper-v or other newer features from WSH)
750.
by efreak 6y ago
Which was then removed for...reasons. Of course. Why would you want to have little bits of software that could run on your desktop? You know, like sticky notes, a larger clock, weather that doesn't require opening more software/we

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