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by slacka 4y ago
Do you know anything about HP's failure under her rule? I don't care about her gender, but I do know for a fact that they lost market share and had a massive brain drain under her tenure. Her massive layoffs included axing their R
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by slacka 4y ago
Yes, unless you are a botanist, you don't need the ability to identify a zoomed individual leaf. After about 10-20 Qs, I identified all 3 of the zoomed out poison ivy plants correctly, but incorrectly labeled 2 zoomed in leaves as pois
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by slacka 4y ago
> People don't leave their WiFi open Yes they do. From my 1st WRT54G to my latest AX mesh, I have never had a WiFi password. My friends and family that were visiting over the Holidays apricated it. Everyone used it, no one asked me
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Gerald “Jerry” Lawson's 82nd Birthday(google.com)
6 points by slacka 4y ago|0 comments
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UK startup's fusion gun will fire a 1B-G projectile at a fusion fuel pellet(interestingengineering.com)
2 points by slacka 4y ago|0 comments
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by slacka 4y ago
Do you prune your history of garbage? Every time I clear out all the click-bait, poor quality, and accidental picks out of my recent Watched History, I find the quality of the recommendations go up. Are you subscribed to some high-quality c
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by slacka 5y ago
Agreed. I'd bet money that 20 years from now, the anti-cholesterol fad will be viewed just like the anti-fat fad. Cholesterol is an essential building/repair block that our body makes, with very little absorbed from diet.[1] Since
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by slacka 5y ago
What frustrates you about Linux is exactly what drew me into FreeBSD. Have you looked into the BSDs and their development model? For example, the FreeBSD kernel and the base operating system are developed as a cohesive unit like you describ
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NSA Network Infrastructure Security Guidance [pdf](media.defense.gov)
130 points by slacka 5y ago|55 comments
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by slacka 5y ago
I have an old Dell with a 32-bit 2.33 Ghz T2700. Linux fully supports the GPU, and no issues with missing 32-bit packages on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. It's a spare browsing / retro gaming machine hooked up to the TV in the guest room.
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by slacka 5y ago
It's clear that engagement/profit is why Facebook is pushing parents towards these dens of misinfo. Without government oversight, they're not going to change. Has our democracy been so captured that it no longer is able to pe
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by slacka 5y ago
>> Fruit almost always has plenty of fiber in it to modulate sugar absorption > but do we have sufficient sources to back it? It's not an assumption, it's a well known fact that adding fat or fiber[2] to a high GI food wi
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by slacka 5y ago
Does that work on Wayland or just x11? Doesn't the Widevine plugin prevent basic screen captures of its content?
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by slacka 5y ago
When I first read the headline, I assumed this was some kind of query to the Intel Management Engine. But in this context, it's some good programming humor.
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by slacka 5y ago
> streaming services, the rationale is "we can still call it ad-free, if the only preroll ads we run are for our own shows!" At least on my services, they are just short trailers, never annoying ads like Progressive's. And
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Python stands to lose its GIL, and gain a lot of speed(infoworld.com)
18 points by slacka 5y ago|3 comments
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by slacka 5y ago
I haven't read Reamde. What was the opening sequence? The zoom In Effect when you pick a local address?
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Google Worker Unrest Rises After Removal of Russia Voting App(bloomberg.com)
8 points by slacka 5y ago|14 comments
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by slacka 5y ago
> you remember the early days of the pandemic when Donald Trump was very pro-mask, including regularly wearing a mask himself, I don't remember it. Because it never happened: https://apnews.com/article/michael-p
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by slacka 5y ago
> Russia spent less money [Citation needed] You have no idea how much money they spent. What we do know from sworn testimony is that they reached 126 million users through Facebook alone [1] We also know they funneled millions into NRA t
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by slacka 5y ago
> As a young healthy person I personally worked with a "a young healthy person" with your attitude. He's dead now. This is not your average cold we're dealing with. Most vaccine boosters are spaced out 6+ months, but
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by slacka 5y ago
Tor is also useful is to verify country specific customization on your website are working. I regularly used Tor on reports of issues with default language or currency. It's just a quick toggle of a setting in "torrc" to limi
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Google’s Fuchsia OS will soon roll out to all first-gen Nest Hubs(arstechnica.com)
3 points by slacka 5y ago|1 comments
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by slacka 5y ago
This project is badly in need of an update. It's using an ancient 4 yo. version of tesseract.js. The current version: https://github.com/naptha/tesseract.js is based on tesseract v4.1.1, a newer your Ubuntu 18.04
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by slacka 5y ago
I can confirm that just a simple modification to the standard registration form keeps out all bot spammers. If your forum or bug tracker is small enough, that will eliminate all spam. The built-in spam countermeasures like CAPTCHA's se
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by slacka 5y ago
> saving a bundle in shipping costs on new kitchen cabinets Both Lowes and Home Depot offer free delivery for orders over $45. I've also done several home improvement projects, and never needed to pay a dime in shipping. Are you buy
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by slacka 5y ago
/r/ClassicMacGaming/ and /r/emulation legit roms sign up at pleasuredome
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by slacka 5y ago
> fears of hosting Mac roms leading to incomplete instructions and shady download sites I'm a bit of an emulator hobbyist and have played with the native version of Basilisk II. If you weren't an outsider and part of the commu
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by slacka 5y ago
I lived in China for 2 years. Americans have no idea how liberating it is to be able be able to hop on a 200 mph train and arrive at totally different climate in hours. Over lunch, my coworkers would talk about a weekend of drinking tea in
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by slacka 5y ago
> Wayland support is getting really good these days Depends on your needs and hardware. I have an Nvidia desktop and Intel Laptop both running Arch + GNOME 40. Intel is definitely less buggy, but I still find myself switching back to X11

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