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sha666sum
8y ago
I've ran into various comments around the internet/reddit that Google sites like Youtube are slower on Firefox, and that changing the user agent to Chrome fixes it.
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8y ago
Firefox DRM is only downloaded after explicit user consent.
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8y ago
He understood it and it's mentioned there in the blog post.
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8y ago
> Personally, I think LXDE/Lubuntu is obsolete. I suppose this is precisely why the project is changing direction. LXDE/LXQT are pretty cool desktop environments and I'd hate to see their development come to a halt even if
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9y ago
There's a lot of pseudoscience out there like flat earthism, homeopathy, dowsing and what not. The belief that "the establishment" is ignorant and narrow-minded and could be proven wrong by a determined individual willing to
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9y ago
I'm no journalist, but I guess that being first to report is more important than minor errors in the article.
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9y ago
I think dmenu is a good example of this. It's a common launcher application that's (at least) known to all i3 users. Here's a succinct explanation from the man page: "dmenu is a dynamic menu for X, which reads a list
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9y ago
In other words, in a few years everyone will need to replace their perfectly good computers because of software bloat.
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9y ago
> This guy didn't experience what happens in most mental breakdowns. Your case is really not what I would call "most mental breakdowns" and it's unfair to belittle someone else's issues because they don't ma
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9y ago
I ran into a CloudFlare DDoS protection screen and had to enable JS. The irony is real.
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9y ago
My biggest gripe with SourceTree (and Atlassian products in general) is the poor use of screen space. Too bad this new visual look seems to do nothing to fix it.
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10y ago
In PowerShell, ls is an alias for Get-ChildItem.
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10y ago
Personally I started out with Arch on an old 64bit Atom netbook. I got a nice hobby out of it, and liked it so much I put it on all my computers. If you have a knack for googling and enjoy reading high quality wiki pages that document far b
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10y ago
That Dropbox retains data far longer than what can be considered reasonable. It's in the headline, of course, but I think that quote highlights the severity of it quite well.
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10y ago
>I installed dropbox earlier tonight and I allowed it to do a full sync with my local folder. When I checked it out as it was close to finishing I found 2 extra folders in there. >They are so old I initially didn't even recognize
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10y ago
So that I don't make unfounded claims I had to do a bit of research on the Android app permission model. Source: https://developers.google.com/android/guides/permissions > Google Play services automaticall
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10y ago
I misread your post in haste, sorry.
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10y ago
Slightly tangential, but yesterday my Gmail app kindly informed me that I need to give Google Play Services the following permissions in order for it to function: - Body Sensors - Calendar - Camera - Contacts - Location - Microphone - Phone
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10y ago
Sandboxie is nonfree and after a trial period only allows sandboxing one app at once. Firejail just had a local privilege escalation exploit, but I'm still using it (although more cautiously than before). Mbox appears unmaintained, and
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10y ago
The screenshot on the github page shows running _yaourt_ as _root_. I can't see how doing it on Windows makes it less horrifying than on Arch.