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by pests 1y ago
It’s not what you meant but it’s what you said. I understand what you meant, but others might not. Many people think their phones/computers are watching their communications. This was in response to your ‘Nobody would say that your OS
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by pests 1y ago
> Nobody would say that your OS is "watching your communications", right? No what? Everyone has been hating on the spying Microsoft has been doing in windows for years. How do you ask this with a straight face.
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by pests 1y ago
> top level government workers that are effectively military (example: POTUS) POTUS is very specifically NOT a member of the military. Elected civilian control was the whole point. Even Eisenhower had to (temporarily) give up his genera
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by pests 1y ago
Did the WHO push for censorship or was it YouTube/Google/others? It was a novel time and things were changing daily. Care needs to be taken yes, but it’s also weighed against clear and open communication. People were very scared.
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by pests 1y ago
Same. I would compulsively graph the options as I went so I could backtrack back decisions.
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by pests 1y ago
Eh, Veritasium is now majority owned by PE now (Electrify). This is why they’ve been introducing new hosts and Derek is doing more intros / voiceovers - the end goal removing reliance on the original channel owner. So does he need to d
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by pests 1y ago
Just go into watch history and delete the video. Or pause watch history before playing
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by pests 1y ago
This was his older content. Ever since his squid game video his videos are larger-than-life with elaborate sets, flying to crazy destinations, etc. The simple giving cars away, or giving a house to a pizza delivery guy, or reading the bee m
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by pests 1y ago
Enjoyed it ans well. Ended the age of cultural exchange.
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by pests 1y ago
Feels like the placeholder blurb I type out quickly to get to the point before going back and editing in the real copy.
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by pests 1y ago
My reason for choosing MySQL in the early days was due to it being the default choice for PHP apps back in the day. Every tutorial, the mysql_ function, every app like Wordpress or anything else, and phpmysqladmin. Postgres was seen as more
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by pests 1y ago
It seems peers are equal and there is no “server” or “client” role, just what you import/export from each.
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by pests 1y ago
> a scheme to allow easy tree traversal Huh that sounds a lot like graphql
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by pests 1y ago
Can’t you just write everything default-async and then if you want sync behavior just await immediately?
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by pests 1y ago
To piggyback, the SIM card is only needed for identify/authentication/billing. Your phone is already in contact with all the towers nearby. Emergency calls, by law in the US, go out to the strongest towers in reach, get tagged hig
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by pests 1y ago
Connect to Wi-Fi and download your service providers mobile app. Load eSIM via that.
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by pests 1y ago
There are demo vids of most their software on YouTube.
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by pests 1y ago
I don’t think companies are asking “can people download this video” but rather “can people watch this video” - downloaders seems like an afterthought or non issue.
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by pests 1y ago
Or locking them out of options. Why not let them do it? It’s their world. We all like to complain about boomer control of society but whose to say in 50 years we get looked down upon for this stuff.
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by pests 1y ago
I love how we are trying to make decisions for our descendants. Just like historical buildings.
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by pests 1y ago
I wouldn’t use that phase for sand grains exactly because there are so many. If you added a qualification like “… that is colored blue” then it sounds fine again to me.
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by pests 1y ago
They’re not telling you its great tho. To continue your analogy, you call your ISP to cancel and they say “are you sure? Two other people are using it as we speak!” and you live alone knowing that’s impossible.
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by pests 1y ago
The 3D printing community is really two different groups: people who like to actually print things and people who like to tinker with their printer.
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by pests 1y ago
Like you say, they could target different messages for different geographical areas. Similar to how in the election last year Dearborn, MI (highly middle eastern) got different messaging from both Trump and Kamala wrt Isreal/Palistine
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by pests 1y ago
For me it’s the potential china influence. Reels and Shorts is at least American and I already have established relations with both companies. Are we for sure the TikTok algorithm doesn’t bump towards or away from certain issues? The data o
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by pests 1y ago
> Rocket attacks by the thousands took place. A terrorist attack with rape and mutilation took place. Women were dragged through the streets naked with blood on their groin. Wasn’t sure who you were talking about there. Still not.
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by pests 1y ago
This Google app is not a browser. Doing ads in a browser is not kosher. Doing ads in an app is more acceptable.
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by pests 1y ago
The output of a usb radio like this is a set of IQ values which is the raw data from the ADC. The amount of values (samples) you get is device dependent and also limited by your interface. The RTL SDR 4 over usb can do up to 2.4-3.5MHz. The
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by pests 1y ago
The milk in American chocolate is spoiled.
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by pests 1y ago
Nah not just a snob.

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