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by jalk 2y ago
What’s the point besides a curious hack?
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by jalk 2y ago
Think it was the Tannebaum Networking book which has a chapter on queuing theory. Couple of lectures on that, only to find the chapter was concluded with something like: "Empirical evidence has shown that network traffic doesn't f
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by jalk 2y ago
And learn all the other subjects they don’t love to do in their spare time. Presumably the parents also have things to do when the kids are in school.
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by jalk 2y ago
How about a system for rebooting if the phone is not close to a specific Airtag or similar device. Ofc. with the possibility to override by unlocking.
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by jalk 2y ago
So some time in the future, the Telcos will report, that 30%-50% of calls are Scammer AIs talking to Granny AIs
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by jalk 2y ago
I bet a large part of the graffiti scene, would see that as cheating as you would remove huge chunks of the danger. As an armchair psychologist, I know it's not the art that attracts teenage boys to graffiti.
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by jalk 2y ago
There are plenty of browser extension to filter away shorts. I.e. Enhancer for YouTube: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/enhancer-for-youtub...
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by jalk 2y ago
If we had those in my schoolyard, that would literally happen within 5 minutes -"spinny-spinny-whack-to-the-sack"
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by jalk 2y ago
So one-way IrDa?
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by jalk 2y ago
So shouldn't it be mandated in peoples homes as well?
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by jalk 2y ago
Yes there are plenty of good reason for AM based emergency radio, but the fixation on cars is pretty odd. Plenty of scenarios where the car is not accessible, so should radios also be mandated in peoples homes? Here is a free one for you El
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by jalk 2y ago
If we are worried about emergency broadcasts, perhaps we should focus on portable solar/crank driven radios, instead of relying on one being bolted to your car, which in new cars also requires the entire car entertainment system to be
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by jalk 2y ago
At least Firefox Reader View works there without any issues
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by jalk 2y ago
Was it connecting the world 45 years ago, or was it just the US and perhaps Canada?
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by jalk 2y ago
And that’s even with his feet on the ground out of frame ;)
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by jalk 2y ago
If they made it more stable, you could use it to move your nitroglycerin around, in 3kg batches
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by jalk 2y ago
Can you can give an example of what expensive things those cheap plans are restricted from having access to (IPv4 blocks?)
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by jalk 2y ago
Can't the operators just sell unlocked phones with monthly installments instead? The installment plan will then include free service for some amount of data/minutes. If the user chooses to switch operator, they are still bound by
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by jalk 2y ago
It's a proverb, not an analogy (hence the quotes). Read it like "Just because you do X, doesn't mean that everybody else does X too"
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by jalk 2y ago
"Thief believes everybody steals"
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by jalk 2y ago
/me going to the store, to buy a cigar
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by jalk 2y ago
My kids were very a bit too reckless with the DVDs - thrown all over the living room and some got scratched and/or soiled to the point they couldn’t be played and the dvd tray took some rough handling as well.
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by jalk 2y ago
Worthless (as in low monetary value) doesn't mean useless.
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by jalk 2y ago
That is not correct. You can use a "USB security key" - e.g. YubiKey See https://www.bankofamerica.com/security-center/online-mobile-...
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by jalk 2y ago
Selling a house in Denmark requires the seller to acquire a “condition report” from a certified inspector. The report is valid for 6 months and costs around $1000. This also ties into the optional “owner transfer insurance” which covers ser
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by jalk 2y ago
The Open Air Museum in Denmark is a museum of old buildings from all over the region https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frilandsmuseet > The museum features more than 100 buildings from rural environments and dating fr
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by jalk 2y ago
Is this something that happens often or are you simply speculating?
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by jalk 2y ago
As the author writes: it's not a secret, anymore than your house adresse is, but it allows a burglar to recon and plan an attack
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by jalk 2y ago
> There is no denying that modern graphic resolutions have reached unachievable heights Who thought current resolutions were unachievable?
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by jalk 2y ago
> Unrelated: Is it normal in marketing to refer to customers as "targets"? She was talking about "ad targeting", not the customers as targets: "In the morning we will target our customers with a message about Co

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