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by encom 5mo ago
We used to be able to send arbitrary files between phones using Bluetooth. Where did that go? We had a bit of a music piracy ring going at school for a time. Good times.
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by encom 5mo ago
I love SponsorBlock so much. >You've saved people from 21,262 segments (5d 18h 50.7 minutes of their lives) > >You've skipped 3522 segments (1d 5h 17.4 minutes) Not just for skipping ads, but also pointless fil
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by encom 5mo ago
>our biggest design overhaul, ever >A new look for a new era Oh god no, just STOP. It's fine the way it is! I dread these headlines from any software project, because it's always worse. Always - and I have to spe
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by encom 5mo ago
>It's not possible to tell whether a message giving you a link to something is 'sketchy' or not before clicking the link Sure it is. It's just not something the average user can do. But what makes the situation worse
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by encom 5mo ago
You are making benchmarking WAAAY more complicated than it has to be. We're talking about some dude considering a switch to Linux, but isn't sure the performance is on par. Just load up your game and hit the benchmark button. No
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by encom 5mo ago
Just produce your own numbers. Install whatever flavour of Linux you like (all distrohopping leads to Debian) on a separate partition and benchmark it yourself. It isn't complicated. In the case of my machine, I haven't observed a
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by encom 5mo ago
The fact that some games now come with root kits is insane. I really hope Microsoft cracks down on that nonsense.
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by encom 5mo ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7l0Rq9E8MY
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by encom 5mo ago
>non english languages (god forbid bilingualism) In my experience, any combination of computers + speech + danish has, so far without exception been terrible. Last time I tested ChatGPT, it couldn't understand me at all. I spoke bot
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by encom 5mo ago
Readable link: https://archive.md/N1Eg9
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by encom 5mo ago
My mother (80+) runs Fedora, and I believe she is incapable of messing it up, even if she did have the root password. Doubleclicking random exe files off the internet is almost uniquely a Windows problem. I dunno about Macs - its users are
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by encom 5mo ago
>slop-flagging I would love something like SponsorBlock for YouTube, but for AI slop. Crowd-flag channels, and banish them from my sight.
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by encom 5mo ago
>an endless parade of meaningless slop This is, increasingly, the front page of HN. Direct slop is uncommon, but not rare. I skip any headline that mentions AI. But sometimes you get baited, you start reading, and it's about AI anyw
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by encom 5mo ago
Must be a new thing, because I have a handful of domains with them and I've never talked to their support. I've used Desec for several years now, and I'm very happy with them. Zero problems, would recommend.
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by encom 5mo ago
Can't watch it right now, but upvoted for Dave Jones. He's taught me so much. Absolute treasure, and the host of one of the last great active forums. Thank you for not blackholing all that info on the disaster that is Discord, lik
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by encom 5mo ago
>Unfortunately it is from 2022, meaning no OS upgrades. False. This is my work phone and the last update was less than a month ago. It's still supported.
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by encom 5mo ago
>"Got a long list of ex-lovers They'll tell you I'm insane" The ex-lover theme is pretty much the foundation of blues music. Maybe not in this precise way, but the idea isn't novel. It's not exactly Bohemian
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by encom 5mo ago
Banksy is the Taylor Swift of art. Mainstream and banal, but with mass market appeal. Both have talent, obviously, but do not create anything profound or original. I'm aware of both through cultural osmosis, but mostly indifferent towa
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by encom 5mo ago
>news channels on broadcast TV So no one below the age of 60 is aware of this.
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by encom 5mo ago
>JavaScript from a website should not be allowed Agreed 100%.
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by encom 5mo ago
>disables lane keeping assistance That is a desirable outcome. I have driven about half a dozen vehicles with this feature, and it has been annoying 100% of the time, and never helpful at all. In the company van I drive (Citroën Berlingo
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by encom 5mo ago
Two of my nerdy passions are coffee and HiFi, and I've observed some degree of... let's call it "magical thinking" in both. Obsessing and over-exaggerating minute details of the process. The extremist audiophiles to a mu
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by encom 5mo ago
Oh no. Will you be adjusting my daily allotted posts further down? Yea I know about your shadow ban. Classy.
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by encom 5mo ago
>free You forgot to factor in the cost of a Mac.
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by encom 5mo ago
Ubuntu is the Windows 11 of Linux. You have to do brain surgery on it post install, to remove unwanted crap. At least there's the option of using a different distro.
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by encom 6mo ago
Yea, the dog shit pentalobe screwdrivers.
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by encom 6mo ago
To avoid having to use Mac OS, and suffering the whims of Apple.
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by encom 6mo ago
Hacks? In my Hacker News? The nerve!
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by encom 6mo ago
Spawning a new tab is also hijacking the back-button, and should be disallowed completely. No exceptions. Opening a new tab, or god forbid a window, is messing with client software. Violations should carry a minimum 6 month jail sentence. P
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by encom 6mo ago
Somehow we have cross platform software today that isn't Electron slop. And shoehorning absolutely everything into what used to be a document oriented application, creating this grotesque mutant abomination we have today, has just move

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