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by jnurmine 8y ago
The tracking protection using DNT and the like is indeed a gimmick. It is an ineffectual and passive way to hinder tracking. Better ways are to be more active: to reject third-party cookies, disallow sites from storing anything, uninstall F
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by jnurmine 8y ago
Is it really...? are they measuring the right things? You get what you measure. So what do they measure? Do they ask for User-Agent logs from various sites around the net? Or do they rely on third party cookies or how does it work...?
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by jnurmine 8y ago
Why not? New patients are born every day.
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by jnurmine 8y ago
Yes, indeed. It might also help to understand how the operation works. The method seems to be, based on my understanding of analyses in the Finnish media about how the "troll factory of Saint Petersburg" operates: 1. amplify suita
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by jnurmine 8y ago
The poster probably referred to the operation at 55 Savushkina Street in Saint Petersburg: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Research_Agency
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by jnurmine 8y ago
I wonder if it does anything useful at all, since it -O9 is not defined, unless the compiler is some kind of special version.
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by jnurmine 8y ago
Disclaimer: I might or might not agree with EU but I think I see the mechanism of action. Now, the thought about "the EU attempting to regulate the internet" is rather myopic. EU is not initiating anything, the EU is simply contin
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by jnurmine 8y ago
If this is a widespread issue, I wonder why do companies insist in building/keeping fabrication facilities in China? I would guess the cost structure of chip manufacturing is heavy towards things other than personnel costs... but is th
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by jnurmine 8y ago
I don't like it neither. This is horrible. I tried Bob Marley's "Is This Love" and a bunch of others, and they are nausea invoking experiences. The constant back and forth stereo panning is just disturbing. It probably m
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by jnurmine 8y ago
Thank you, I see what you mean. Firstly, I agree that Git has a learning curve. However, trying to learn anything based on man pages alone is not a good idea, in my opinion man pages are for reference and not a substitute for more extensive
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by jnurmine 8y ago
But... I am puzzled. Honest question here. What is wrong with meritocracy? Isn't it a system where your talent, effort and achievement are meaningful, and attributes like race, gender, wealth, sexual orientation etc. are irrelevant to
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by jnurmine 8y ago
So how long does one need to charge this to get the 400+ miles out of it?
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by jnurmine 8y ago
Google Flights is generally fine. But sometimes it figures out quite fringe stuff like Stockholm-Dublin roundtrip with a 17 hour layover in Dubai. It was not cheap either. Sounded like something like a global minima.
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by jnurmine 8y ago
Trilogy: it's actually six books, not three. What to call it? Hexalogy? After the original six came books by Herbert's son, but I've never read those so cannot comment.
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by jnurmine 8y ago
Can you please give an example of the things you mean? Edit: wording.
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by jnurmine 8y ago
Nope! I have missed it. The only one I've seen is the movie with "that Twin Peaks guy". Though it is a cult film and all that, I did not think it was very good to be honest. The movie was rather confusing and made more sense
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by jnurmine 8y ago
Exactly. After reading the whole Dune trilogy, my first thought was: wow, what an experience. My second thought was: whoever makes a series of films of this, and stays faithful to the books, they will surely make billions of dollars.
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by jnurmine 8y ago
There's also "repo" from Google. And many other tools. Git is not a panacea for bad design. If you have interdependent repositories (I read that the same as a cyclical dependency, A needs B needs A), then you should fix that
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by jnurmine 8y ago
Once upon a time, I remember having to use Visual Sourcesafe, and it started silently corrupting the repository after 2 Gb. Probably some length somewhere was a 32-bit signed variable. I remember that the corruption was silent. That was bad
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by jnurmine 8y ago
The way I see it the Git nomenclature makes much sense. You "push" to a repository, if it is yours, but you cannot just push to the repositories of others. You make a "pull request" for others to fetch changes from you.
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by jnurmine 8y ago
I am of the opinion that anything you might need to read two-three times over a longer period of time should be copied locally, or to some service, for later retrieval. I use Pocket a lot, and "share" into it from different device
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by jnurmine 8y ago
Does anyone know of an English translation? My German is not that good and the font too old to be able to effortlessly read that.
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by jnurmine 8y ago
Pre-pay with Swish. That's how we pay for veggies from farmers. I just fetch 'em at the end of my commute
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by jnurmine 8y ago
Even 4 year olds comprehend much more than you seem to give them credit for. Do you think small children are somehow unable to understand things they are interested in if you explain to them on their level? Maisa in this case probably learn
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by jnurmine 8y ago
I play games on Linux on Steam, and I usually turn off all kinds of phone-home features and don't take part in questionnaires, this includes the Steam client, too. I guess I am not alone. Point is, the statistics might not be an exact
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by jnurmine 8y ago
Yes, exactly! The hummus comparison is spot on. Another example: supermarket guacamole (that green weird-tasting paste) vs. guacamole from real avocados freshly made.
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by jnurmine 8y ago
Won't fly ash leak contaminants to the groundwater supply?
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by jnurmine 8y ago
The first time I tried high quality olive oil was at at an Italian restaurant. The oil was delivered with a piece of freshly baked bread and a small container of salt flakes. When I tasted it I thought it was unreal. It was that good. I do
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by jnurmine 8y ago
I don't have an account now and never had an account either. Their purpose seemed somehow shady from the get-go. All that for free, what's the catch? What do they sell? And later the catch became obvious. For some people Facebook
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by jnurmine 8y ago
When it is 0 C, you can expect ice/snow outside. Yesterday it was +20 C, today it is +25 C, so it is noticeably warmer. -10 C tomorrow, so you'll need your woolen cap and padded jacket. -20 C and add a layer of underwear underneat

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