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by lozf 9y ago
I was going to say similar about the requirement to provide the purchasers name and address for TV Licensing, but I just searched for details on when it started - certainly we had to do it back in the early '80s, and discovered that i
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by lozf 9y ago
It definitely loses something in a browser, as opposed to the days when you could watch it stream direct to your terminal via telnet to towel.blinkenlghts.nl
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by lozf 9y ago
And isn't Googles method of anonymization simply to "blackout" the last octet of each users IP, so in many cases one wouldn't even need much in the way of additional data.
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by lozf 9y ago
That's all standard on all the real ThinkPads (T and X series) since the IBM days. Most if not all of these models have 3 year warranty, and many with next business day on-site. Probably applies to the mobile workstation series too (us
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by lozf 9y ago
Being ultra-portable makes it less of a chore to lug a high spec machine between the places it get's plugged in at for heavy work, and still allows lighter use on the go.
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by lozf 9y ago
Just posted for clarity - I remember people getting the wrong end of the stick when it first became popular.
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by lozf 9y ago
Once again a "null test" like this, completely disregards the fact that lossy codecs such as MP3 use a psycho-acoustic model to determine which frequencies can be discarded with minimal impact to what humans actually hear, and is
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by lozf 9y ago
"Repeat after me: ... " Win / win.
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by lozf 9y ago
Yes, and on the subject of salt; a tiny pinch in a cup of coffee really does help to bring out the flavour. I've no idea about the effects on health, (probably depends on the rest of ones sodium intake) but it tastes good.
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by lozf 9y ago
Of course I meant "... in the growth of top posting...", I think most of you got the gist that I'm not a fan. 100a I must express myself clearly when posting. <return><esc>
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by lozf 9y ago
Gmail also had a big hand in the reduction of top posting, by hiding the quoted message by default (click the little '...' icon to see it). This means that replies in-line, or below quoted text are instantly hidden and then you ge
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by lozf 9y ago
Recently I needed results that included nothing after the decimal point, so resorted to awk to do the math: awk "BEGIN { print int($SECONDS /60 /60)}"
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by lozf 9y ago
wow ok, neat... gonna have to spend some time with your book, Thanks!
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by lozf 9y ago
!$ is not merely the last word, but the last argument - particularly handy when it's a long path. Also love the way zsh expands these with a single tab press - great for clarity or further editing.
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by lozf 9y ago
Hexayurts[0] > Domes 0: http://hexayurt.com (sorry, I don't have time for a more detailed post just now).
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by lozf 9y ago
Search your favourite online store or ebay for "3.5mm stereo inline volume control" -- a few inches of cable with a headphone plug and socket on either end and a passive volume control between them. Simple but effective.
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by lozf 9y ago
AAC when well encoded sounds great, but there are too many sub-par encoder implementations that just don't sound good - sometimes worse than MP3. If you're encoding AAC use either Apples encoder, or one of those from Fraunhofer:-
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by lozf 9y ago
One workaround is to put your Opus audio in either a webm or mka container.
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by lozf 9y ago
Install sox and you might not need one. See my reply up-thread for details.
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by lozf 9y ago
If you have sox (free, cross platform, open source) installed, you can run e.g.: play -n synth 08:00:00 pinknoise for 8 hours of noise -- you might prefer either whitenoise or brownnoise, and maybe play around with the eq or ot
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by lozf 9y ago
Just because you have them in your contacts, doesn't mean they have you in theirs. Also, IIRC Signal uses a hash of the phone number to display if one of your contacts is also using Signal. I understand how that notification might feel
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by lozf 9y ago
Gait-tracking is not just the stuff of Doctorow Novels: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspon... (2007) http://www.imaging.org/site/PDFS/Reporter/Article
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by lozf 9y ago
My local bus stop has had an e-ink display showing when the next few bus routes are due, since last summer. I don't get to use it that often, but when I do it's often broken or stuck displaying wrong information. Just last week it
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by lozf 9y ago
As I recall (and just for completeness), Little Snitch phones home too - unless you use it to block itself. I definitely appreciated it when I was using OS X though.
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by lozf 10y ago
> "... total transparency with citizens reporting on each others, state surveillance everywhere." Like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIuf1V1FhpY (Tom Scott's "Oversight" from 2013)
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by lozf 10y ago
Both Matrix and Signal use WebRTC for VoIP so the content is encrypted by default. Call set up and signaling is also encrypted by default with Signal, and possible with Matrix - it's automatic if the room from which a call is establish
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by lozf 10y ago
I prefer to use a short memorable name as an alias in `~/.ssh/config`, so with keys set up properly ànd a suitable alias in .zshrc I can connect with 4-6 keystrokes, and take full advantage of zsh's auto-completion across hos
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by lozf 10y ago
I'm pretty sure that images could be removed from public view yet still provided to the authorities along with any logs pertaining to their upload, to facilitate tracking.
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by lozf 10y ago
You could even throw a little steganography in to the mix, so those who check for the content they want, but pay little attention to file size continue to participate in storing your data!
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by lozf 10y ago
If you're downloading music from youtube you should really leave it in it's native AAC, Vorbis, or Opus format (and remux the container if necessary). This saves further quality loss caused by another iteration of lossy to lossy t

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