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by slategruen 5y ago
Switched to Fedora after a few years of hopping from different Ubuntu-based distros and I never looked back. Only problem that's most frustrating is Wayland.
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by slategruen 5y ago
It's funny how much it's been becoming more difficult it is to tweak Windows with janky workarounds compared to just installing a Linux distro altogether
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by slategruen 5y ago
A handful of my professors don't allow us to use this kind of pens, especially for major examinations. The issue was the ink disappears when exposed to heat. Yes, you could place the paper in a fridge when that happens but what kind of
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Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra’s 45W charging solution is barely any faster than 25W(gizmochina.com)
4 points by slategruen 5y ago|0 comments
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by slategruen 5y ago
In my country (Philippines), TikTok has been one of the main sources of political misinformation besides Facebook and YouTube (for a lesser degree). It's gotten so bad that it's impacting the coming national election wherein the p
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Is SMB open-source? Am I contributing to Microsoft monopoly by using it?
2 points by slategruen 5y ago|2 comments
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Who are some of the best/worst “tech” YouTubers/reviewers
3 points by slategruen 5y ago|6 comments
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by slategruen 5y ago
It has debug log (which I have trouble deciphering), firewall log (empty), and user log (I haven't been thorough yet but it looks like I'm the only one logging-in).
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How do I check if our home network is compromised?
8 points by slategruen 5y ago|10 comments
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by slategruen 5y ago
I think research quality isn't the primary problem. Yes there are bad quality papers being published but it usually highly depends on the institution. The problem here really is unending demand for novelty. I find it weird that academi
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by slategruen 5y ago
After about a year of online shopping spree heavily induced by lockdowns, I decided to record and analyze all the purchases I made online and not surprisingly, a lot of those are either left unused or broken. This made me realize how a lot
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Why a lot of programmers don't like using the IEC/SI standard for file sizes?
2 points by slategruen 5y ago|1 comments
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by slategruen 5y ago
Maybe it's their second shot to enter once again in the tablet operating system market? Seeing how Android-based tablets aren't really getting as solid nor as popular as iPads, Microsoft might spin off a new tablet experience but
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How do you objectively decide whether to repair or to replace an aging device?
2 points by slategruen 5y ago|2 comments
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by slategruen 5y ago
This. macOS has been in an incremental phase for several years now. Windows 8 was a major overhaul from Microsoft which ended up as a big mistake since they didn't consider the impact of such an overhaul in terms of user experience. ma
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Restarting and Offline Updates(fedoramagazine.org)
2 points by slategruen 5y ago|0 comments
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by slategruen 5y ago
Exactly. Finding the "most effective" mask and mandating it isn't practical anymore. I live in a developing country and there are relatively few antivaxxers here. Not a lot of people here are against mask mandates either. How
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Should I buy a wireless access point with WPA3 or is WPA2 enough?
4 points by slategruen 5y ago|2 comments
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What blockchain platforms look promising?
1 points by slategruen 5y ago|1 comments
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by slategruen 5y ago
Unless there will be another communication platform that could capture a good chunk of Facebook's users, Facebook is here to stay. A lot of Facebook features are just very difficult to implement in other platforms nowadays. One example
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Could we expect less spotty coverage with 5G?
5 points by slategruen 5y ago|3 comments
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How do I transfer files from Linux to iOS and vice versa via local WLAN?
6 points by slategruen 5y ago|10 comments
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Are we ready for laptops with 4k resolution and/or 120Hz refresh rate?
4 points by slategruen 5y ago|7 comments
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by slategruen 5y ago
I forgot to mention it: although I've been studying computer engineering in university, the tech industry in my country is quite limited to software. While there's a handful of semiconductor companies here, very few from my univer
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Ask HN: Not getting into tech even if I have a tech-related degree?
7 points by slategruen 5y ago|8 comments
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Why Most Japanese Clip Art Looks the Same(youtube.com)
2 points by slategruen 5y ago|0 comments
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Dell’s Luna laptop concept is all about repairability(theverge.com)
10 points by slategruen 5y ago|2 comments
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Is the subscription business model more ethical than ad-centric models?
2 points by slategruen 5y ago|1 comments
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11 years ago, Google acquired Widevine(seattletimes.com)
2 points by slategruen 5y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Example of technological regression (instead of advancement)
6 points by slategruen 5y ago|2 comments

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