therealidiot

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by therealidiot 8y ago
Perhaps PDFs that have been encrypted with some pre-agreed password? I receive payslips as encrypted PDFs by email
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by therealidiot 9y ago
All I want in a modern car is to have nothing smart in it that I'd _need_ (or, want) to root...
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by therealidiot 9y ago
I worry about getting periodic warnings about not being connected, it's something that I'm going to have to ask them to demo to me in-store next time I need a new TV
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by therealidiot 9y ago
My father wanted a license and found it incredibly difficult to get in contact with the nearby group, only to find out (when he eventually managed to get in contact) that they wouldn't be holding any exams for some significant period o
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by therealidiot 9y ago
Using PayPal gives you my email address. I understand I'm probably a minority in this, but I don't tend to give that out anywhere on the web and I don't like that I can't hide it from the recipient on PayPal. No I don&#x
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by therealidiot 9y ago
Google Sheets kinda sucks performance-wise though
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by therealidiot 9y ago
That's not stopped people around me deciding that they want to race me into the hard shoulder because my lane is closing
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by therealidiot 9y ago
I've had similar experiences with them. Had a CPU cooler fail somehow (resulting in one very toasty, unstable server) and they responded within minutes, the whole thing was probably resolved within half an hour.
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by therealidiot 9y ago
I recently learned of MailDev http://danfarrelly.nyc/MailDev/
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by therealidiot 9y ago
That's true, but we still have old ICE powered cars for the moment, not really the case for EVs
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by therealidiot 9y ago
Does any manufacturer make 'simple' EVs? I mean that as in fewer computers. My current car is about 18 years old and besides the ECU there's not that much going on. No touchscreen controls, no telemetry. I hope that one day I
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by therealidiot 9y ago
> I'd actually like for my ad blocker to download all ads and pretend to download the ad, and give the impression of an impression. That way someone would have made a bid for that impression. https://adnauseam.io/
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by therealidiot 9y ago
Wait, you mean receiving money from a private company that you do not have a proper contract with is not a stable source of income? Who knew.
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by therealidiot 9y ago
Does Signal still require Google Play Services?
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by therealidiot 9y ago
If this kind of thing became mandatory I think I'd legitimately consider ending it, however as an optional (so long as it stays this way) thing it's kinda cool I guess. I did have a question about the type of chips available, but
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by therealidiot 9y ago
How would/could this kind of stuff work with e.g. EMV / contactless payments? Or, OpenPGP over NFC? I've seen tons of RFID implantable chips which aren't that interesting, I've also seen NFC ones but they just look
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by therealidiot 9y ago
These are good but if you have any analog audio/video kit nearby (or if you listen to shortwave radio) you'll hear them. Also, avoid TP-Link adapters as they seem to have some issue coming out of powersave mode that means I have t
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by therealidiot 9y ago
But, don't forget: uuuurgh, fragmentation!1!!!!111
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by therealidiot 9y ago
Does anyone remember that time that they blocked any messages containing YouTube URLs in MSN Messenger?
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by therealidiot 9y ago
Many years ago, using Virgin Mobile (in the UK) I remember being charged for incoming calls, however these days on all UK networks (and I assume this is the case for most of Europe) the caller gets charged but the callee does not
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by therealidiot 9y ago
Google search on the desktop also has unclickable links if I change my UA to Chrome while running Firefox
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by therealidiot 9y ago
> tl;dr: You can now use our searchable database (works best on Chrome) We've really gone back to how it "used to be" :( http://i.imgur.com/NXf6Ibz.png
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by therealidiot 9y ago
There are however many people who find high-density living to be unappealing
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by therealidiot 9y ago
I think most voters don't understand the issues, or feel defeated Maybe, I mean I don't know about "most voters" to be honest. I certainly feel like we're defeated and will be walked all over for the rest of our sad
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by therealidiot 10y ago
Even basic Google search seems to do some UA sniffing. I run Firefox but usually browse with IE or Chrome user agents, and clicking the results on a search won't actually navigate to them
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by therealidiot 10y ago
Linux user here, I'll buy what makes sense (e.g. Sublime Text) and is worth it. The problem is that "except for games," commercial support around Linux isn't exactly great. I'm just a developer so my needs are cover
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by therealidiot 10y ago
Could do with adding Finch to the list under Communication https://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Using%20Finch
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by therealidiot 10y ago
It seems that keyserver.pgp.com won't accept keys with revoked subkeys
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by therealidiot 10y ago
Some just hang up on you when they give up. Quite awful
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by therealidiot 10y ago
Choice, to me, is important. I like that I don't _have_ to run a specific piece of software if I don't like the way it behaves/looks. I can pick something else that gets the job done in a way I prefer

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