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by nichch 5y ago
> Only if you have it enabled. This is untrue. I just restored an iCloud backup from my girlfriends account to an old iPhone. Our messages are included. On my personal iCloud I have iMessage sync disabled and iCloud backups disabled. S
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by nichch 5y ago
Is this confirmed or are you just saying it because it's technically possible? Edit: Yes, this is confirmed in Apple's privacy policy for location services. "If Location Services is on, your iPhone will periodically send the
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by nichch 5y ago
I can’t speak for what data points Google uses for tracking, however... with JavaScript, there is a plethora of information that can be used to uniquely identify you across IPs, and even across browsers. [0] If you’re logged in to a service
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by nichch 5y ago
I've actually unsubscribed 2 times and Xfinity still sends me marketing emails. I have never been an Xfinity customer myself, put in an address once and never went to their site again.
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by nichch 5y ago
The GP said their iMac is 9 years old.
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by nichch 5y ago
Not 9 years ago. The late 2012 27” are 1440p.
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by nichch 5y ago
The resolution jump may be worth it alone, to be honest.
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by nichch 6y ago
In the screenshots, you’ve removed the URL from the search bar but it seems to be the title of the tab.
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by nichch 6y ago
Sure. That’ll protect you from a site that - you visit once, or only on VPN, and have never visited before - you don’t have a personal account on - doesn’t contain third party scripts that track and correlate data (any js can obtain every p
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by nichch 6y ago
Your IP address is a very small data point in the swarm of information used to fingerprint you. See https://amiunique.org/
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by nichch 6y ago
Interesting. I always envisioned a site where more experienced devs could help out newer ones with mock interviews or coding prompts to help quantify self taught coding skills. I just realized services like this would probably fit the bill
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by nichch 6y ago
Sorry, no more authentication until we can get you on a quick call to talk about your needs.
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by nichch 6y ago
> "Our company does not believe a website or social networking site has the authority to censor what you see and post and hide information from you“ So they decided that they had the authority?
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by nichch 6y ago
Thank you!
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by nichch 6y ago
Is there a source regarding M-DISC being unable to hold up to their lifetime promise? A quick google search brings up amateur-ish blog posts, and even those co sign the medium.
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by nichch 6y ago
What's your daily driver now, if I may ask? I was seriously considering the T14, but the M1 Air is tempting me.
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by nichch 6y ago
Just tried it and it made no change, thank you for the tip anyway!
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by nichch 6y ago
Actually, my T480 on Ubuntu 20.04 drains battery drastically while “sleeping”. I believe it isn’t hitting S3, but I haven’t done too much troubleshooting.
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by nichch 6y ago
Most (all?) fonts on Google Fonts are licensed to allow free usage except selling the fonts themselves. Also, you can just download the font directly by clicking the "Download family" button on the font page.
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by nichch 6y ago
Didn't know what link to post because Downdetector relies on CF, so it is also down.
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by nichch 6y ago
What file metadata is unencrypted?
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by nichch 6y ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20201117163017/https://delistedg...
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by nichch 6y ago
I believe the person was talking about shutting his own service down, pretending as if he was copying ScrapingBee for educational purposes.
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by nichch 6y ago
Unsure if this is new, but as recently as September 2020, Windows definitely SmartScreen'ed an executable created on the same machine.
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by nichch 6y ago
How am I supposed to interpret this? A MacBook Air surpasses my i7-8700k in single and (almost) multi core performance?
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by nichch 6y ago
Is that significant enough to justify the instruction?
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by nichch 6y ago
Would this not be paired with some kind of law enforcement agency action?
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by nichch 6y ago
I’ve had a 240hz monitor for a while now and I wouldn’t say 144hz is a waste. I do agree 100-120hz is the sweet spot, good balance of refresh rate and graphical quality. I would not suggest a 240hz monitor if you are not playing competitive
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by nichch 6y ago
Using Group Policy you can set Windows to download but not install updates. [0] Setting this, I have never had an unexpected restart. Please keep in mind that future Windows updates may adjust this setting. I have had to re-apply the policy
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by nichch 6y ago
Please read https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23708986 before deciding on which browser to switch to. “Currently bloated Firefox” is a baseless claim in my opinion.

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