markx2

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   by markx2 2y ago

   I had an MRI. I have tragus piercings where the rings are titanium but the balls were steel. It was missed that they were there. I have surgical steel self-done implants in each hand. I have a magnet in one of my fingertips I have NFC chips
2. 182.▲
   by markx2 2y ago

   > Chromium is Open Source, and anyone can fork it if Google go too far. 'anyone'. The resources required to fork and then maintain would be huge, and that completely disregards the publicity needed to say just why the fork was
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   by markx2 2y ago

   Just checked - they have no vacancies for Support staff to help. Make of that what you will.
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   Men on sodium valproate told to use contraception(bbc.co.uk)

   1 points by markx2 2y ago|0 comments
5. 185.▲
   by markx2 2y ago

   That would (1) take an amazing amount of time and (2) an account just saying that type of stuff would be noticed and shadow-banned or downvoted.
6. 186.▲
   by markx2 2y ago

   > Are people farming karma to later sell the accounts to shill products? > Yes. I wonder who buys though. I had an account which was 9 years old, over well over 100k karma and I decided I would delete it. Before doing so and out of cu
7. 187.▲
   by markx2 2y ago

   I viewed source It was not minified.
8. 188.▲
   by markx2 2y ago

   "Create New Problem" is not good text. 2 lines of code with 62362 characters is not good. A never-ending scroll that means I cannot see any T&Cs is not good. I'll pass.
9. 189.▲
   by markx2 2y ago

   Automattic has said for years that they (Wordpress) power X% of the internet. Before wordpress.com users had to actively choose WP. With the advent of wordpress.com and it's 'freemium' tier that arguably started to distort nu
10. 190.▲
    by markx2 2y ago

    DMCA notice probably https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41331185
11. 191.▲
    by markx2 2y ago

    Just wait until Automattic acquires Blogger and switches that to WP.
12. 192.▲
    by markx2 2y ago

    Does wordpress.com count as a major site? They host a huge amount of sites. They are saying Yes to everyone. There is no indication anywhere that they block AI scrapers. In fact, they let a blogger 'profit'. https://wor
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    by markx2 2y ago

    This appears to be the original article: https://www.vice.com/en/article/facebook-helped-fbi-hack-chi...
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    by markx2 2y ago

    London 2009. The first ever Automattic Team meetup and it was Support staff. Matt Mullenweg gave each of us a WP branded Flip camera. I still have mine, though I doubt it holds a charge. Cool toy at the time.
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    by markx2 2y ago

    I use Bitwarden but have used LastPass and 1Password before. I always, without exception, will sign up with a username & password. I would never use a"Log in with". To me, if I am logging in through a different company then it
16. 196.▲
    by markx2 2y ago

    Non-story Article dated July 16, 2024 In the latest Firefox (and it has been this way forever) Settings > Home > New tabs > Blank Page.
17. 197.▲
    by markx2 2y ago

    I'll bet that Conde Nast come after you for using 'reddit' in the name. Might be wise to change that.
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    by markx2 2y ago

    > eliminating stick drift would certainly reduce some number of repeat customers Someone experiencing stick drift - there is no guarantee they will come back to the original company for a fix. In fact they may well go elsewhere. Eliminat
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    by markx2 2y ago

    Also: Terry Deary: ‘Horrible Histories was an original – but the books don’t pay very well’ (July 2024) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/jobs/career-advice/terry-d... No paywall: https://archive.
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    by markx2 2y ago

    Can the explanation be more verbose or link to "Why this matters for you". Inform people instead of what could be read as "I'm just not doing it". Firefox user here since before it was Firefox so I see this as a cha
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    by markx2 2y ago

    Reminds me of the IRA Brighton bomb which was aimed at killing Margaret Thatcher. No remote, just a timer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton_hotel_bombing And then the quote: "Today we were unlucky, but remem
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    by markx2 2y ago

    https://archive.ph/MtRm3
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    by markx2 2y ago

    "The WHO has described the virus as a priority pathogen because of its potential to trigger an epidemic."
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    India alert after boy dies from Nipah virus in Kerala(bbc.co.uk)

    5 points by markx2 2y ago|1 comments
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    by markx2 2y ago

    I was a nurse in the Learning Disability field for 17 years, and cared for many people on the spectrum and dealt their parents. Many parents carried guilt. Many parents transferred that guilt into anger at people like me (for some reason th
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    by markx2 2y ago

    And you do not have the right glass, get Nitro https://nitrosurge.guinness.com/en-gb/
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    by markx2 2y ago

    https://dub.co/privacy "Each customer is responsible for posting its own terms, conditions, and privacy policies, and ensuring compliance with all applicable laws and regulations." then "We collect informatio
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    Boiling point of water dropped below 100C during Storm Ciarán, study finds(theguardian.com)

    4 points by markx2 2y ago|1 comments
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    by markx2 2y ago

    Settings > Appearance > Show scroll bars > Always ?
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    by markx2 2y ago

    Years ago, a computer magazine (I think in the UK) did an amusing look into the flip lids of the current CD consoles. Playstation, Saturn, Jaguar (I think) and the Neo Geo. They placed a penny on the closed lid, and pressed the button to op