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by vocatus_gate 7y ago
It's a much better app, user experience-wise. I prefer Signal for obvious reasons, but WhatsApp is easier to use (and has a much better web interface).
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by vocatus_gate 7y ago
WhatsApp allegedly uses an implementation of the OpenWhisper encryption system that Signal created (and still uses). However as there is no source code available unlike Signal, there's no way to verify if WhatsApp "really" is
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by vocatus_gate 7y ago
A buddy of mine is Special Forces (U.S.). He said JSOC recently banned use of WhatsApp and encouraged everyone to switch to the open-source Signal (another encrypted messaging app). Allegedly WhatsApp uses Signal's encryption (OpenWhis
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by vocatus_gate 7y ago
I had that same problem years ago (US customer here), but as of....2015 or so? it seems to have improved quite a bit. Now I rarely lose signal entirely when in buildings.
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by vocatus_gate 7y ago
Incidentally, there's a great write-up by Digital Foundry on why Crysis still melts modern CPUs, and is still CPU-limited. https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2018-why-c... "Not a trick, not a
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by vocatus_gate 7y ago
It's unfortunately not AMD, but I recently got the 2019 ThinkPad X1 Carbon and love it. It was spendy (~$1300 for 512GB SSD, 16 GB RAM, 1440p screen and 8th gen i7 w/ vPro), but the build quality is excellent, and battery life on
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by vocatus_gate 7y ago
A solution I've found is to listen on 1.7x speed. Originally I bumped to 1.3x, but over time your brain adjusts and has no problem following along at faster speeds.
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by vocatus_gate 7y ago
You can also just do "youtube-dl U7VwtOrwceo" No need to tell it best quality; it does that automatically.
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by vocatus_gate 7y ago
> This person isn't even a contact in my contacts anymore ...did you not actually read his post?
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by vocatus_gate 7y ago
Couldn't be more wrong. I deleted my account the moment they did that. Human rights are more important than a video game. There's plenty of other games to play from companies that don't actively support oppressive regimes.
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by vocatus_gate 7y ago
Just my personal anecdote, I run Mint 19.2 x64 on my X1 Carbon and love it, no issues beyond some initial fiddling to get my hotkeys set up the way I like.
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by vocatus_gate 7y ago
Why did Apple ever remove MagSafe? Makes no sense to me.
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by vocatus_gate 7y ago
I left the NSA after 4 years because I didn't want to support some of the things going on there. Can't dismantle it, but can at least not contribute.
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by vocatus_gate 7y ago
I typically request my check immediately upon receiving the food. That way I can leave whenever I'm ready and not sit around waiting.
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by vocatus_gate 7y ago
That's hilarious, I wonder how much that ended up costing them?
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by vocatus_gate 7y ago
Probably too late to contribute to the discussion, but I chose Windows Batch for the Tron project ( https://old.reddit.com/r/TronScript ) because it's super reliable and works on every version of Windows.
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by vocatus_gate 7y ago
I would assume...(guess?) that FreeDOS will continue to exist in VM's to support extremely old industrial control systems (for example, one of the major dairy plants in my hometown of Phoenix, which still uses [last I checked, 2016] so
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by vocatus_gate 7y ago
"butwhy.gif"
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by vocatus_gate 7y ago
Wait...I have a legitimate question (was about to post some snarky comment but now I'm wondering). WHY did you need DOS??? Use an XP VM? Some sort of Linux emulator? Flashing the firmware on a device manufactured long after the existen
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by vocatus_gate 7y ago
DOSBox is a better option, if you have any interest in playing really old DOS games (Captain Comic, Commander Keen, Descent, etc) on a modern system. As far as running FreeDOS...it's a cool exercise in preserving compatibility for hist
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by vocatus_gate 7y ago
Monero for the win....the only truly fully anonymous cryptocurrency. Even if it never takes off, the existence of privacy-oriented coins like it can help influence public awareness of the importance of financial and personal privacy.
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by vocatus_gate 7y ago
At least in crypto, that's why things like the Ledger or Trezor are really important, at least if you're storing any non-de-minimus amount. Protects against things like 0-days, etc.
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by vocatus_gate 7y ago
Can you stream from a local media source, e.g. SMB share?
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by vocatus_gate 7y ago
This is why I wrote the Tron project ( https://old.reddit.com/r/TronScript ) in batch. It's a huge pain, but batch ALWAYS works and doesn't change, unlike PowerShell v1/2/3/etc. More work, but wo
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by vocatus_gate 8y ago
Literally the only use is digital monetary instruments. Maybe "smart contracts." Everything else? Nope.
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by vocatus_gate 8y ago
What is Carmack up to these days? Last I heard he was still fiddling with VR stuff and doing rocket hobbyist projects on the side?
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by vocatus_gate 8y ago
I'm going to get downvoted for this, but you don't have to state "IMHO" or any variation of that in your posts. You are the one posting it; we know it's your opinion. It just adds grammatical clutter and noise to an
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by vocatus_gate 8y ago
This is why I oppose "cloud services" at all points unless it's absolutely something we can't do ourselves. The second you start relying on another business for a critical service, you've ceded control of your opera
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by vocatus_gate 8y ago
Is that still true these days? I was under the impression they required a phone number now, or something else "real-world" to tie to.
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by vocatus_gate 8y ago
Path of Exile (free to play) is surprisingly good and feels more "Diablo" than Diablo 3 did. Highly recommended if you're itching for Diablo 2-style gameplay.

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