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by jwatt 6y ago
In addition to the author being a long term contributor, the piece seems to have been a leader for a discussion[1] on the qemu-devel mailing list (where it seems to have been positively received). [1] https://lists.nongnu.org&#x2
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by jwatt 6y ago
New thread, post-team announcement: https://forum.manjaro.org/t/discussion-about-the-change-in-m...
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by jwatt 6y ago
It would have been nice to have a more proactive response in the original discussion on this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12092188
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by jwatt 6y ago
I'd been hoping that the recently released USB boot support for Raspberry Pi OS on the Pi4 would mean that Ubuntu for Raspberry Pi would also get USB boot support soon. Unfortunately it doesn't look like it will happen any time so
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by jwatt 6y ago
#1 would be useful for sure.
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by jwatt 7y ago
I wonder if the single most effective thing that can be done to lessen symptom severity/risk of death is to work on improve cardiovascular fitness (since the clear majority of deaths seem to be amongst people who have cardiovascular il
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by jwatt 7y ago
The latest edition has the Tweedbank line: http://www.projectmapping.co.uk/Reviews/Resources/Barry%20Do... There are some other interesting maps at: https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinat
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by jwatt 7y ago
FWIW, one issue with having the plain HTTP site available is that browsers (without the HTTPS Everywhere extension installed) will default to loading the unencrypted site when someone types your domain into their browser. Google is also giv
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by jwatt 7y ago
Exactly. As a user I've installed the browser add-on Let's Encript and have the "Encrypt All Sites Eligible" option enabled to block all unencrypted pages. On the odd occassion that I encounter a page that isn't ava
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by jwatt 7y ago
> Is it practical to have giant nuclear powered facilities that either pump cooled air or artificially cool surface ocean water? That would be like opening your refrigerator to cool your room - more heat is emitted from the radiator on t
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by jwatt 7y ago
https://publicsuffix.org/submit/ is one place.
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by jwatt 7y ago
It no doubt benefits individual investors, but if index funds were to swallow up the market the main benefit of capitalism - the efficient allocation of capital - would at some point arguably be destroyed. That raises the question of whethe
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by jwatt 7y ago
Have you aliased `hg` to `chg` (built-in I believe). That solved things for me.
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by jwatt 7y ago
It was Netscape in 1999 he got flown out. Documented in Code Rush, which is an awesome documentary for anyone interested in the history of the Web: https://youtu.be/4Q7FTjhvZ7Y?t=3037
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by jwatt 7y ago
Firefox has various privacy.resistFingerprinting preferences that can be flipped by extensions (or manually). Expect some sites to break though. Edit: Oh, apparently there's built-in UI now: https://blog.mozilla.org/fir
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by jwatt 7y ago
Presumably you're using an outdated Firefox ESR version with known exploitable holes then? The oldest supported Firefox ESR (60.0) was the first ESR version to enable Quantum and drop support for old-style Mozilla Add-ons.
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by jwatt 7y ago
Does Mycroft need a network connection for voice recognition to work? I wasn't able to conclusively tell from a quick scan of their website but their Get Started document[1] says "Mycroft devices need to be paired with your Mycrof
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by jwatt 7y ago
I guess abandoned mines with both above and below ground storage areas might also be useful. The deeper the better.
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by jwatt 7y ago
The "full map" at https://hooge104.shinyapps.io/future_cities_app/ seems to be 503 right now. :/
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by jwatt 7y ago
Wirecutter has a great article about the alternative repellents and their evaluation: https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-bug-repellent/
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UK's “non-profit” internet registry prepares a £100m windfall for board members(theregister.co.uk)
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by jwatt 7y ago
> Think this nations are just doomed and can't get any better? I'm not sure if that question was directed at me or to all readers, but if directed to me, no, I certainly don't think that. > So wealth goes up, life expec
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by jwatt 7y ago
> We're already at a point where the birth rate worldwide is just at replacement level We're at around 2.5 according to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_fertility_rate And there are lots of countries i
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by jwatt 7y ago
His follow-up video after the patch, FWIW: https://youtu.be/UTguywiC9aw
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by jwatt 8y ago
It's probably worth comparing notes with Bingxing Wang, who has a similar project to provide an open source Apple Touchpad driver for Windows: https://github.com/imbushuo/mac-precision-touchpad/
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by jwatt 8y ago
> I take issue with the idea that Chrome was initially adopted, or served, "to break the Web free from corporate greed." Indeed. When Chrome was first released Firefox had already broken the IE monopoly having reached around 33
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by jwatt 8y ago
I'd love to see the list of apps your teacher parents approved. :)
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by jwatt 8y ago
That's an old, long closed bug. I think the bug you want is https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1488740
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by jwatt 8y ago
Many (most?) backup systems seem to mount the backup filesystem locally, allowing ransomware to access and encrypt the backup files too. For example, not too long ago I set up a networked drive that can be accessed only with a password over
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by jwatt 8y ago
That function was added in Firefox 61: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1434007

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