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by pwg 3y ago
> I've also been pondering a backwards-compatible fork of PNG - but rather than a fork, mine would be a subset. Specifically, it would be an as-simple-as-possible uncompressed* bitmap format, suitable for use in low-complexity embed
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by pwg 3y ago
> technical level that makes it cheaper for Amazon to run but introduces multi-hour latency. Are you not assuming here that the multi-hour latency is due to "technology". It is also very possible that the multi-hour latency is
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by pwg 3y ago
> But this is something new. Software isn't "designed" any more, it re-renders itself to try and predict how I want to use it. It's like if my car rearranged the dashboard based on my driving behavior. "Well, you
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by pwg 3y ago
So far, yt-dlp ( https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp ) still downloads youtube content (at least it downloads videos), and once downloaded there are no ad 'insertions' during playback.
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by pwg 3y ago
And these companies wonder why so many continue to pirate. Pirated copies do not get erased due to the whims of the copyright owner.
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by pwg 3y ago
See pnmcat's ( https://linux.die.net/man/1/pnmcat ) -leftright or -topbottom options.
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by pwg 3y ago
> Unintuitive mapping of HJKL to (left, Up, Down, Right). Provided one's keyboard is labeled in the way the ADM3a keyboard was ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:KB_Terminal_ADM3A.svg ) they become perfectly in
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by pwg 3y ago
> it is time for a new machine if the hardware is as old as the operating system. Under the reasonable assumption that they are a typical "elderly user" then the hardware itself is likely more than capable of handing their use,
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by pwg 3y ago
From the article: >It’s ridiculous that, with no evidence whatsoever, Google approves these types of suspensions on an app > It’s absurd that Google seems to make no effort at all to verify the copyright claims being made Unfortunatel
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by pwg 3y ago
> I don’t know if this is a self selecting group on HN but I’d think a disproportionate amount of us read it growing up. I am a member of that group. This was one of my favorite magazines growing up. And I do have to say I felt a twing
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by pwg 3y ago
Ublock origin - default settings (in the "I'm an advanced user" mode) to block all javascript. I saw no cookie consent banner while reading the first part of the article.
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by pwg 3y ago
> including social security numbers With the exception of current and ex. employees (for which Autozone needs the SSN to withhold tax for the IRS) why would Autozone have the SSN of any customer? I don't believe I've ever bough
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by pwg 3y ago
To remove, for the airlines, the old grey market of resold "non-refundable" tickets that which the original purchaser can no longer utilize that existed before the ID requirement. There is more profit in being able to sell an unoc
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by pwg 3y ago
Try https://www.kraken.com/
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by pwg 3y ago
> The main thing in mind that it did do is cause massive fees and restrictions for businesses to send text messages. I am fully in favor of businesses incurring "massive fees and restrictions" for sending text messages. The neg
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by pwg 3y ago
If you want to debloat, you'll want to install Slackware and Fvwm2 as the window manager. Of course some 'tinkering' with fvwm2's config can make the defaults be more to your liking.
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by pwg 3y ago
If you go this route you will discover a world full of pain. PDF's look nice on screen and/or printed, but internally they are not always so nice for data extraction (unless the creator specifically set them up to be data extracte
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by pwg 3y ago
> Will ublock origin Since the attack is likely JavaScript based, provided one configures Ublock Origin to by default deny all JavaScript (this is not Ublock's default mode, you have to turn on "I am an advanced user" mode
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by pwg 3y ago
> The first 8086 PCs were the discount models in the PS/2 line (April 1987) You missed two earlier ones. The Olivetti M24 (also sold as the AT&T 6300 in the US) was released in 1983 and used the 8086 CPU. https://en.
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by pwg 3y ago
Try out yt-dlp: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp Downloads, without ads, the videos. The only ads that remain are those that the creators insert themselves when creating the video.
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by pwg 3y ago
Give yt-dlp a try: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp The only ads are the ones the creators insert into the videos themselves.
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by pwg 3y ago
Happy with Tello: https://tello.com/
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by pwg 3y ago
> Brought a brand new HP Laserjet M110we. Do not buy HP printers anymore. Return this one as defective.
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by pwg 3y ago
Please don't. No one wants your SPAM.
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by pwg 3y ago
It is worse than that. For those old enough to remember, at least in the USA the old Bell System ad's from the 50's and 60's were to be sure to answer all calls within three rings. That 'within three' part got bur
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by pwg 3y ago
> but I see a lot of malice on these attitudes. A more likely reason is that "advertising monetization" is higher in the non-basic view, and the siren song of more ad money (and tracking data) results in retirement of this view
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by pwg 3y ago
Don't. No one wants your spam.
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by pwg 3y ago
> do you have a general idea how refrigeration works More than a 'general idea'. But you'll find as you've already learned, a huge percentage of people have no idea.
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by pwg 3y ago
The emphasis should be on "less 'ad-full'" -- that is the "experience" it provides, a significant reduction in advertising.
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by pwg 3y ago
I've not experienced that one (yet) myself. If you are running an older version and there has been an update, try updating to the newer version and see if that helps.

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