garciansmith

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by garciansmith 5mo ago
Wow, that has bugged me for years. Frustrating it's not easily configurable.
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by garciansmith 5mo ago
Same, though technically I started it on OpenOffice before LO was a thing. Sent material back and forth with supervisors who all used Word, etc. just fine too, and LO has only improved in the past few years.
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by garciansmith 5mo ago
I don't know if fair use laws will last, but I hope they do, and definitely disagree that sharing revenue would somehow be ideal. I've read criticism of media I've never even heard of (and learned some insightful things), so
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by garciansmith 5mo ago
As always, using Firefox with Ublock Origin is the answer.
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by garciansmith 5mo ago
An infinitely better source than the OP "article," which is just an AI-slop comic.
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by garciansmith 5mo ago
It's interesting that the d-pad is on the right and the mouse pad on the left. I would have thought they'd be flipped, and indeed that's how it was in the prototype picture. I'm curious as to the reasoning for the change
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by garciansmith 5mo ago
I don't have any comment except to say that I think this is the first non-mechanical/custom keyboard in ages to have an F13 key.
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by garciansmith 5mo ago
Historically, what you speak of is an idealized and generalized image. What village are you talking about? Where? When? What was the socioeconomic status of the family? Etc. In reality it would vary whole lot, not just in terms of time and
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by garciansmith 6mo ago
If you have time and the ebay listing is unclear, I would definitely ask. That way if they say you can unlock the boatloader and in reality you can't, you can return it to them as an item "not as described" at no cost.
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by garciansmith 6mo ago
I wouldn't call the PC Engine unsuccessful. Sure it did poorly in the US, but it did well in Japan, even outsold the Mega Drive (Genesis). That's definitely part of the reason it had quite a few good games by Japanese companies.
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by garciansmith 6mo ago
Even besides services you might need to access, as pointed out in another response (e.g., banks, shops), how are you going to check the veracity and understand the context of the information you seek without going to the (possibly hallucina
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by garciansmith 6mo ago
Slop. "And most importantly, it reinforces a simple but urgent truth: In the world of OT, security is no longer optional. It is foundational."
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by garciansmith 6mo ago
In the article's example, Notepad, there's still a button that does the same thing in the exact same spot. All they did was change the icon.
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by garciansmith 7mo ago
Most don't spam texts, but those that do I've switched out. And yeah, I should probably use a fake number so whoever has Jenny's number in my area code doesn't get messages about how a toilet tank gasket is being deliver
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by garciansmith 7mo ago
This actually misses some, namely the "your order is out for delivery" email which precedes the "your order is delivered one". And some places might split up the delivery into parts so you get even more despite being del
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by garciansmith 7mo ago
I disagree, it wasn't about consumers, but rather other businesses. The walled garden approach Nintendo took in America was needed to convince retailers to stock video games on store shelves again. And of course the Famicom didn't
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by garciansmith 7mo ago
Thank for the clarification, but it all should really be in that post if your goal is to try to persuade people of your argument (and "put an end to the speculation" about what happened), since people who don't know the backg
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by garciansmith 7mo ago
https://xcancel.com/i/status/2040577536136974444
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by garciansmith 7mo ago
I wish this was more clearly written. Maybe I missed something, and I guess this is supposing the reader already has a lot of background, but there are several points that confused me. "At the time, nobody could imagine that the compan
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by garciansmith 7mo ago
Yeah, Fastmail's aliases are great. I used to do things described by some other commenters, like myemail+nameofservice@ and whatnot, but this way the email is automatically generated and you don't have to put any thought into it.
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by garciansmith 7mo ago
There's more context in another HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47602859 As an outsider it's pretty opaque to me. I think the Document Foundation (handling LibreOffice) wanted to (re)release an onl
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by garciansmith 7mo ago
I never get the fear behind extensions, at least not to the level where you wouldn't use an open-source extension that's extremely well vetted. And even if that isn't good enough for you, choosing to browse the web without us
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by garciansmith 7mo ago
You can root GrapheneOS, they just don't recommend you doing so.
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by garciansmith 7mo ago
They have? What was the relevant case? It was my understanding that some lower courts have ruled one way, others the opposite. There are also many nuances in particular cases (e.g., the police wanting a broad search of a device for somethin
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by garciansmith 7mo ago
Making those connections are what builds a narrative: writing history is looking at the sources and constructing a narrative around that you think is significant. And if you really do find a connection so tedious, maybe it doesn't matt
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by garciansmith 7mo ago
It means the content of two tabs is side by side but nothing else like the browser chrome. Haven't used this in Firefox yet, but I certainly find it useful for other apps like file browsers.
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by garciansmith 7mo ago
Or perhaps people down voted because absolute statements on social relationships are often not absolute at all. Or maybe they even have a personal experience that is contrary to your statement. I say this as a childless person whose closest
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by garciansmith 7mo ago
Ublock Origin's element zapper or picker gets rid of it. Can't seem to reach archive.today/is/whatever sites today.
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by garciansmith 7mo ago
The idea that somehow AI is magically unbiased and not influenced by those making it is incorrect.
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by garciansmith 7mo ago
Browsing the internet without an ad blocker is indeed dangerous.

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