iamnotacrook

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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
Very frustrating on mobile!
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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
I just got back from a trip to the States and I have to say that US money is very boring by comparison to UK money. How on earth do blind/old people deal with the fact that all denominations are practically the same size, design, colo
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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
There's an app too. There are a number of lower rated players though, if you want to play a human. There are puzzles for practising tactics which I find very useful.
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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
You can play chess via the lichess site - no need for an app as it works great on mobile.
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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
If the helmet wasn't damaged in the crash it meant the energy was harmlessly transferred into your head. You want the helmet to be damaged/destroyed.
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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
China is undergoing an economic miracle which is transforming the lives of millions. Hong Kong is going to get consumed by the mainland no matter which Linux distro or whatever is used. There's no domestic desire to keep HK special. It
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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
What is Google's competition like here? Sounds like Google should be worried.
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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
Not in mine. Screen stopped working as I used the phone. Never dropped it. Under 3 years old and cost £500 new. Never buying another Sony phone.
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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
It would be easier to say what's good about it. A lot easier.
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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
No, because banks make a lot from credit so they'll find a way to issue it and protect themselves.
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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
No nonces, either.
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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
It's on YouTube.
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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
You're thinking of mass shooting 2019/247, not mass shooting 2019/248. (Yes, we're up to more than one a day on average now) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_th...
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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
They can't admit "crazy person with a gun" because they suggests that maybe fewer people should carry guns; better to find a narrative that lets then describe each one as desired: white person "angry, money problems&quot
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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
"Are we going to go through this for every administration now?" No. Nobody cares about this or that shooter (there'll be another one next week) but the next time there's a 9/11 you can be sure encryption will featur
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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
"Shall we make it clear that no humans listened, and that 'analyze' meant via algorithms?" "No, leave it as it is; nobody's that concerned about their privacy being violated by other people listening to recordi
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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
"Does this put the BBC at risk of violating anti-peeping-Tom legislation?" Er, you'd have to be more specific. I'm not familiar with that legislation.
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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
Canon do the same; third party batteries in some cameras don't even show you remaining charge.
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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
The reaction was typically American, I believe was the suggestion. There are perverts everywhere, but people not subject to American levels of fearmongering don't typically visualise child rape and reach for a weapon when another human
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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
"Literally the only hardware improvement I can think of that might convince me to upgrade before it breaks is a smaller screen, for easier one-handed use." Out of interest, why didn't you go for the XR?
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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
"They've been letting the prices creep up much faster than inflation for several years now and they've hit the point where people can't afford the flagship phones anymore" I think it's because you don't ne
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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
Newspapers ads - on paper - are text and graphics. No video, no code, no tracking. I think people are happy with that. But ads on webpages - they're resource sucking privacy invading unvetted proprietary software. If your business re
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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
Less effort to just ship a mobile phone there I'd imagine.
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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
Not a downvoter, but you're probably being downvoted because it's clear that "mental" IS being used to mean "crazy", and quite obviously so.
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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
"2010...Windows... became near unassailable fortresses" Did anyone read this and not laugh out loud? "These hardware bugs turn that idea on its head, suddenly the whole ghost in the shell hacker style dream is again a possibi
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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
Is there a page which explains how this situation arose, why they get money from universities to access information produced at tax-payers expense, their role as gate-keepers, any work they actually produce which is useful, proposed alterna
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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
If one wasn't attempting to make money from others, and expect the State's help in doing so, it would make no sense for IP to exist as a concept. It's like when people say "competition is good for innovation". HN (
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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
Always ignore intention. Either a device sent data to china (etc) or it didn't. Otherwise you're concerning yourself more with PR than the technical aspect. I don't care why the process allowed exfiltration of data.
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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
You want your browser to be fast. Browsers are often the only thing running. You have a bunch of ram. Unused ram is pointless. Disks are large and fast and are used for swap. It's not clear why you're suprised, what the probl
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by iamnotacrook 7y ago
Perhaps in Germany Google can charge for their services, but waive the fee if they solve captchas.

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