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by swebs 7y ago
>If we ban loot boxes in video games, why dont we ban Magic/Pokemon card boosters that you can buy from physical shops? Yes please! Or at least just the slot machine aspect. It would be great if you could buy a box of cards and know
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by swebs 7y ago
When will OS vendors stop defaulting `python` to Python 2? It seems like an unnecessary trap that pushed new developers to an out of date version. Even Ubuntu 19.04 defaults to Python 2.7.16
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by swebs 7y ago
unfalsifiability != evidence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot
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by swebs 7y ago
Such as? Everytime ransomware is in the news, it's always something that targets Windows exploits. Even though Linux machines would be a much more valuable target since they usually host production databases and such.
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by swebs 7y ago
Or just don't load any "analytics" scripts at all. Do you really need to know the aggregate mouse positions of every user on your addon page?
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by swebs 7y ago
Are there any actual statistics on this?
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by swebs 7y ago
My mistake, I thought the Nord Stream serviced Sweden.
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by swebs 7y ago
Japan is also an island, but you don't see anyone trying to make the claim that it's not part of Asia. I wish people would stop conflating Europe and the EU.
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by swebs 7y ago
Yes. It makes a world of difference that Pennsylvania is one of the largest gas production regions in the world, and can supply the population-dense northeast corridor. In Sweden, you have to pipe gas in all the way from Russia.
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by swebs 7y ago
Outside the event horizon, sure. But imagine the (extremely) far future when the universe is dominated by black holes and even those photons have been absorbed. You would not be able to extract any information about the past universe aside
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by swebs 7y ago
Nah, natural gas is just so much cheaper than electricity in the USA.
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by swebs 7y ago
It looks like that specifically forbids them from enforcing the law, not public works projects. And there seem to be several exemptions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act
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by swebs 7y ago
I don't see any mention of that https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcri...
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by swebs 7y ago
>Is it just nostalgia for the "classic" version Yes, pretty much. The reason it has been getting so much fanfare is that people have been trying to play vanilla WoW for over a decade on private servers, but kept getting shut do
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by swebs 7y ago
>Releases August 27, 2019
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by swebs 7y ago
>Some claim that Lyme disease was introduced into the northeastern region of the U.S. by a man-made strain of Borrelia burgdorferi that escaped from a high containment biological warfare laboratory on Plum Island. However, there is ample
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by swebs 7y ago
I wouldn't mind foxes. They're pretty cute.
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by swebs 7y ago
>If you live in a lyme-tick area, you should have antibiotics on hand at all times. Does this mean oral or topical? And if topical, would tryclosan be enough?
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by swebs 7y ago
This is pretty common among all professional sports. There is a standard league and a female-only league. Women are free to compete in the standard league, but it's just very uncommon for them to win, which is why the female-only leagu
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by swebs 7y ago
Heh, the term is "prima donna". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prima_donna
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by swebs 7y ago
How is it sexist?
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by swebs 7y ago
>Not only with Autodesk but also with other companies, we keep requesting improvements. However, it takes time for those improvements to make it to proprietary software. We expect faster improvements by using open source software. That&#
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by swebs 7y ago
So how do you run this? I just see a bunch of javascript files.
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by swebs 7y ago
>This could've easily been named pokésay Not for users with a US keyboard
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by swebs 7y ago
Failed? It's doing quite well
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by swebs 7y ago
You can upload your app to Fdroid. It (unfortunately for users, fortunately for you) doesn't include a review system.
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by swebs 7y ago
In theory, by remembering the last one you used. In practice, by just marking the damn pages.
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by swebs 7y ago
Some sort of 2FA code, either from an app on your phone, or a unique code page provided by your bank.
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by swebs 7y ago
I know when you make an account with Nordea, they give you a page with several hundred codes printed on it. Each time you authenticate, you have to use the next code in the list. If you use any other code on the page, it's considered i
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by swebs 7y ago
From what I hear, Apple tries extremely hard to block Linux from booting on new Macbook models. Disabling "secure boot" isn't enough.

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