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by rootkea 7y ago
> he moved so fast I could barely read anything or follow him. Same here. So 1. I downloaded the gif 2. ffmpeg -i screencast.gif foo.mp4 Now watching in vlc at decreased playback speed. (Press `-`)
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by rootkea 7y ago
But why Slack though? Can't we have a IRC/matrix channel?
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City of the Future: Singapore [video](youtube.com)
2 points by rootkea 8y ago|0 comments
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by rootkea 8y ago
> We have fundamental enforceable human rights, Oh yes, you mean the one where a journalist is put under draconian NSA for criticizing the government.[0] > democratic government Oh right. The one where hate-mongering communal bigot
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by rootkea 8y ago
Nope sorry. Slack is a walled garden. And relying on a walled garden means handing over your control, freedom and privacy which eventually gonna lead to similar kind of exploitation/abuse. As another HN commenter @SamWhited put it, &qu
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by rootkea 8y ago
That's correct. Because it's the FLOSS devs who need to learn to empathize with the ordinary user. Disclaimer - A FLOSS dev here.
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by rootkea 8y ago
> I used to find Quora interesting but it just has so much of this low-quality spam on it now. I am an Indian and I concur. I honestly don't remember the last time I visited Quora since then.
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by rootkea 8y ago
> Luckily a throwaway Google account with BS info and a temporary backup e-mail address is easily created every 3 months. Sigh! Google makes phone verification compulsory when you try to create the Google account (mandatory to use Google
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[Paper] A “Need for Chaos” and the Sharing of Hostile Political Rumors(psyarxiv.com)
1 points by rootkea 8y ago|0 comments
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Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine(longnow.org)
2 points by rootkea 8y ago|0 comments
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OpenPGP User ID Comments Considered Harmful(debian-administration.org)
1 points by rootkea 8y ago|0 comments
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India’s Biometric Database Is Creating a Perfect Surveillance State(huffingtonpost.in)
3 points by rootkea 8y ago|0 comments
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by rootkea 9y ago
> The service that's trying to strip the +'s are trying to prevent users from using their (usually free) service in a way that will cost them more money, but never convert to and profit. I can always create multiple email accou
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by rootkea 9y ago
It reminded me of The Million Dollar Homepage.[0][1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Million_Dollar_Homepage [1] http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/
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IBM Q Experience – Experiment with a Quantum Computer(quantumexperience.ng.bluemix.net)
2 points by rootkea 9y ago|0 comments
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Spamming the spammer(gitlab.com)
1 points by rootkea 9y ago|0 comments
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District – A Game about Representation and Redistricting(polytrope.com)
5 points by rootkea 9y ago|0 comments
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by rootkea 9y ago
This (besides privacy considerations) made me switch to DDG finally! Thanks!
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by rootkea 9y ago
> I can't use wget to pull it, because of authentication. What are you talking about? Wget supports --user and --password options.
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by rootkea 9y ago
I got the same "Google promotion" add with Google encrypted. BTW I'm using uBlock Origin.
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by rootkea 9y ago
This is actually happening right now with me at my college. There are routers, MySQL databases with default username password combinations. The college have installed CCTV cameras a while ago and you guessed right, they are accessible with
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by rootkea 9y ago
s/Think/Thing/
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Google Vim plugins(opensource.google.com)
1 points by rootkea 10y ago|0 comments
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[video] Tesla Powerpacks and Solar Powering Kauai(youtube.com)
1 points by rootkea 10y ago|0 comments
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13 things you should give up if you want to be successful(cnbc.com)
1 points by rootkea 10y ago|1 comments
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IPFS – The Permanent Web(github.com)
67 points by rootkea 10y ago|17 comments
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Advanced R(adv-r.had.co.nz)
5 points by rootkea 10y ago|0 comments
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by rootkea 10y ago
Not alone! I'm more into TV though. I have international free streaming TV channels as bookmarks. Starting from DW to NHK World. These international TV channels give a glimpse into the culture, viewpoint of a country IMO. It would be v
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Open Observatory of Network Interference(ooni.torproject.org)
2 points by rootkea 10y ago|0 comments
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by rootkea 10y ago
Disclaimer: I have never used ICQ. Here I'm noticing few comments about how people met their significant others on ICQ. It seems, in those times, ICQ didn't face a "social awkwardness" as is faced by Omegle today.

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