samoa42

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by samoa42 6y ago
while i too apreciate those services, it's not like they invented publication of pirated content.
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by samoa42 6y ago
yep! using it for my family for about five years now. completely painless across devices. apples can access it via builtin caldav/carddav, android needs an app.
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by samoa42 6y ago
there was some fallout with apple in late 2018 and zuckerberg allegedly ordered facebook employes to use android instead.
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by samoa42 6y ago
have noticed this with a growing number of websites; they load fine/fast if you block .js but show a paywall/annoyification when .js is enabled... "if you insist"
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by samoa42 6y ago
i mostly stopped bothering with in-browser video when mpv wiht youtube-dl integration came around. either drag the url to the player window or use an open-with addon. hardware decoding, no ads, buffering as i please
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by samoa42 6y ago
since Tabkit died with xul and Tree Style Tab beeing a poor replacement (that crashes often) i use vivaldi althou its still not as good as the original opera or ff-tabkit were in regards to the vertical tab ux. browser ux really seems like
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by samoa42 6y ago
true, would be more sensible to make it a "real" federal tax instead of collection via a obnoxious semi-private entity. while i have not owned a tv for the last two decades i still sometimes consume their content via internet or c
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by samoa42 6y ago
> 720p max, which is way below industry standard maybe low for western standards, but the majority of devices worldwide cannot display higher resolutions. hek, even new budget phones today rarely exceed 720p. anecdote: worked at a cinem
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by samoa42 6y ago
> It's not popular relatively speaking, no >irrelevant and annoying in the internet age disagree strongly
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by samoa42 6y ago
one site i frequently consult for electronics is https://geizhals.at because it lets one filter by various product characteristics. it is mainly for DACH region. i guess their business model is whitelabeling for other sites whic
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by samoa42 6y ago
just beware that pi-hole and nextdns are not the same thing, albeit they maybe solve the same problem on the user end. but nextdns is suffering from the same problem as every other centralised service (beeing a prime point for siphoning inf
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by samoa42 6y ago
how does jq solve the problem more elegant/shorter/readable/portable?
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by samoa42 6y ago
i guess there is hope that whales or public funding will cover them
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by samoa42 6y ago
seems youtube is blocked in china and iran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_YouTube
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by samoa42 6y ago
in case some dont know: proton is a config shim around wine and dxvk (both foss). wine is a 27year old project that does the bulk of the work. credit where credit is due.
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by samoa42 6y ago
probably a win-win situation with google wanting to ensure users can use google services (foremost doubleclick) and users wanting to avoid crappy or censored isp resolvers. but gog not using the harvested data seems somewhat unbelivable
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by samoa42 6y ago
"those who dont know history are bound to repeat it" literacy is the only way to improve humanity.
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by samoa42 6y ago
resold once, neither the buyer nor me was happy with the deal. family and friends it is
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by samoa42 6y ago
not saying you are wrong, but the vast majority of covid infections are either mild or completely asymptomatic
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by samoa42 6y ago
afaik 1st-gen bbr is somewhat unfair to other cc-algos to the point that it will starve them. use it if you want to be 'that guy' (or google :) update: slide 27 and onwards https://www.potaroo.net/presentations&#x
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by samoa42 6y ago
fwiw not quite but we are on the right track "The vote means that the European Commission now has the full support of the Parliament in moving forward with the development of laws [...]"
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by samoa42 6y ago
how about $vendor shall hand over detailed schematics and replacement parts to anybody
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by samoa42 6y ago
well said, especially > This technology is extremely political
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by samoa42 6y ago
romanticising the past eh?
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by samoa42 6y ago
no
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by samoa42 6y ago
might be an interesting comparison with a netbsd release from the era
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by samoa42 6y ago
seems like a race to the bottom (unpaved roads again)
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by samoa42 6y ago
diesel engines have a very non-linear torque so the electric help goes a long way in making it more fun to drive.
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by samoa42 6y ago
i doubt that very much
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by samoa42 6y ago
i naively support the argument for speed limits concerning safety and emissions. at the same time i know that the freedom to drive fast does not really impact crash or efficiancy metrics very much and having been to countries with universal

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