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by odux 4y ago
Sublime is slow though. Both loading and editing. For a native editor I would expect it to be fast and snappy (like Notepad++ on Windows or Textmate on Mac). But the speed and responsiveness is similar to VSCode. The Windows version of subl
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by odux 5y ago
Because sex is intimate and personal. Today getting involuntarily filmed kissing is more harmful than involuntarily filmed playing golf, and kissing is socially acceptable in most western cultures.
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by odux 5y ago
Irrespective of one’s moral views, whether one consented (to the act, or filming the act or publicly sharing the video) is a serious concern.
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by odux 5y ago
This situation (interviewing for someone else) is not uncommon in the IT/Software contracting field. Even more common is someone sitting across the room from the interviewee and giving answers. Sometimes through headphones hidden under
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by odux 5y ago
Does this work on BigSur? I have used it for years but have not been able to make it work after I upgraded to BigSur.
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by odux 5y ago
They apparently do but only within a users computer (or account, I don't remember). I would be pretty uncomfortable they comparing my files checksum to a master list of sorts
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by odux 5y ago
In this case, these are very complementary and can even be considered the same thing. the core Android auto idea is to give a driving interface with limited features, less distractions, large legible texts etc. It is by default displayed in
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by odux 5y ago
This sounds awfully similar to 'why can't they eat cake'.
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by odux 5y ago
So taxes are subscription to living in a city/country? Kind of, but you can opt out of subscriptions.
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by odux 5y ago
The are critical pieces of the modern world yes. But not a utility. One cannot live without a utility and utilities generally have a monopoly in most places. If my power or water company bans me for some reason I am toast. I have to endure
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by odux 6y ago
And, in my experience, a lot of noise. Way more than a regular fan for the same perceived amount of air flow.
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by odux 6y ago
I will try this when I get to my mac but such apps in the past have caused significant CPU load for me.
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by odux 6y ago
> Even substantially expanded rail will never solve the problem of "I want to get from point A to point B, as quickly as possible, whenever I'm ready to leave" in a fundamentally different way. But a substantially improved
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by odux 6y ago
Thanks for this. I was watching it yesterday and thought 'there is no way everyone was ok with bicycles' when he said that. It is not human nature. I also think a healthy dose of skepticism is good as long as we fall back to scie
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by odux 6y ago
I hear this argument a lot from Indians, that Gandhi was loyal to the British and he helped install a pro British government. I don't know what the proposed better alternative is. The British was ruling the country for the better part
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by odux 6y ago
The public whiteboard is very interesting. It is a nice way to showcase collaborating capabilities. It would have been a great messy canvas except for that one user or bot determined to erase everything someone else draws :-)
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by odux 6y ago
> Luckily they could refer me to a local shop nearby which was open at that time Not telling that is the case but happens all the time in India. The local shop and this guy have a profit sharing deal :-)
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by odux 7y ago
Not OP. But similar situation. My name is of the form <given nane> <father's given name> (a bit more complicated than that, see my other comment). So if my father's given name is Jack, my name may be Michael Jack. In m
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by odux 7y ago
I did not know that this was common in Pakistan. I am from south India and my name (and almost all names in this part of the country) are of the form. <GivenName> <Father's Given Name>. This gets less common as one move
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by odux 7y ago
Tight margins and Apple don't belong in the same sentence
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by odux 7y ago
I like how 10 years back or today the answer to such pishing issues (then specifically tragetted to IE, now Chrome) is 'use Firefox'.
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by odux 8y ago
Interesting you say that. When I grew up I was always told that four legged furniture was more stable than three legged ones. Three legged stools/tables were common (but not chairs I think) when I grew up and I was always cautioned aga
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by odux 9y ago
The skull case NUC also comes with a non skull case in the package, for those that don't want a skull PC.
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by odux 9y ago
Off topic but do you have recommendations for cheap rootable phones? (LG or otherwise)