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by marcusjt 7y ago
Presumably they have real stats not just guesses, but still, seems like a dumb place to move it to without any indication/affordance.
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by marcusjt 7y ago
Aha! I wondered why the appearance of previews was inconsistent, now I know what to do to make them appear, thanks!
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by marcusjt 7y ago
There's nothing "unique" about those visits, just using the referrer isn't enough to make them unique.
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by marcusjt 7y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vantablack
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by marcusjt 7y ago
"exhilarate" > "exfiltrate"
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by marcusjt 7y ago
Or possibly the payment is offered in bitcoin because that's how anyone "performing similar acts of hacktivism" would want to be paid?
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by marcusjt 7y ago
This is an incredible documentary about British tax havens and the influence of the City of London in the running of UK government & foreign policy https://youtu.be/np_ylvc8Zj8
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by marcusjt 7y ago
I remember reading about this feature but alas it's disabled / not implemented on Samsung devices (or at least not on my S9)
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by marcusjt 7y ago
>There's nothing exactly that differentiates FB Dating from Tinder and I can't think of an USP differentiating the two, except that FB Dating may be more convenient. I couldn't disagree more - Tinder shows you pretty much
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by marcusjt 7y ago
IMHO it's not about Facebook directly making money from dating subscriptions, it's about getting back a chunk of the user engagement that Facebook has lost to dating apps, i.e. adding dating gives users another reason to stay in t
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by marcusjt 7y ago
i.e. Nielsen advocates something much more like Material Design
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by marcusjt 7y ago
That's a Windows OS issue and it drives me crazy too, I raised an issue for it on the official Windows 10 feedback site, will try to find & post the link for it later, can't right now...
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by marcusjt 7y ago
According to https://youtu.be/SnB6iRDoJ90 (7:45 onwards) even before China started refusing recyclable waste only 9% of what went into blue bins in the USA was actually being recycled, the other 91% was being incinerated or
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by marcusjt 7y ago
Also if you notice that your address is wrong/old like I did then you can't change it on that screen, it says to "contact us" and after 15 mins of very slow support chat, I eventually was given the URL to edit my details
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by marcusjt 7y ago
Yes, alas, same for iOS AFAIK. It's a flaw in the security/trust model of both platforms. Similarly, you'll be prompted for new permissions if a malicious new owner adds new permissions to the app, but nothing tells you it&#x
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by marcusjt 7y ago
Yes but whether dark is more efficient or not depends on screen technology, plus there's battery level, viewing conditions and user preferences to factor in, so ultimately it's up to the phone OS / supporting software to make
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by marcusjt 8y ago
Given living standards in the West and thus the way we currently consume the Earth's resources, this planet cannot support everyone living to 80, let alone longer. Therefore surely better (in terms of the greater good) for us to live s
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by marcusjt 8y ago
Interesting, post above yours says O2 and Vodafone share network, and I'm on Vodafone but rarely if ever have issues.
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by marcusjt 8y ago
Ha! I just stumbled upon that myself then came back here to comment and spotted yours!
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by marcusjt 8y ago
An enlightening post indeed, but the title reads oddly - "Who is Demoscener?" suggests that there is a single person called "Demoscener" that your article is about, whereas as it's actually about multiple people in
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by marcusjt 8y ago
Me too - I'm 38, live & work in London, still go out 4 or 5 nights a week (especially weekends) and everyone I'm "friends" with runs their social life almost exclusively through Facebook, as do I, with the exception
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by marcusjt 8y ago
Thank goodness for that! I hope their inaction persists, buying time for solar & battery infrastructure to be built and make nuclear redundant there.
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by marcusjt 8y ago
”just"
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by marcusjt 8y ago
"Accessibility - coming soon" This is not acceptable any more.
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by marcusjt 8y ago
> They were busy snoring when it came to 9/11. They weren't snoring of course, there's no shortage of evidence showing foreknowledge about 9/11 that was consciously ignored by the Bush administration and the intellige
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by marcusjt 8y ago
Amazon wants to automate & eliminate manual tasks, not add more manual tasks to what they've already got. But Amazon's bright sparks might be able to come up with an automated approach to solving this problem (e.g. via machine
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by marcusjt 8y ago
Play Store URL is https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.intra
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by marcusjt 8y ago
See also "The Precautionary Principle", which environmental policy should ideally always follow but alas all too often doesn't, as in this case.
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by marcusjt 8y ago
"There's no additional fee to use it" then? ;)
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by marcusjt 8y ago
Arrogance is the cause, not success itself.

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