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by xethos 3y ago
Nobody else has said so, but most cars have USB ports you can plug a flash drive (or external SSD, in my case) in to for music.
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by xethos 3y ago
My previous TSA agent was thoroughly thrown by my (blade-removed) shavette while travelling with carry-on only. To the point I called out "Oh! Sorry, I already pulled the blade out." while they were examining it.
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by xethos 3y ago
You're right! I thought I'd heard something about that, but couldn't quite remember :) From your linked article though: > in response to mounting pressure from Epic Games and government regulators Just because it came out
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by xethos 3y ago
> The second best option is to allow them access to a clean, low-cost, prescription of it for the rest of their life Meaning after a few times of someone finding black market heroin, they can prove addiction - and then get it for low cos
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by xethos 3y ago
By that measure, F-Droid is very close in that both have the majority of apps some people use (Aurora for you, F-Droid for me). Neither can compete with the Play store though, as only Google's offering is allowed to update or install a
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by xethos 3y ago
> they owe me to represent me well when I'm a customer like that Perhaps I'm over-tired and missing your rationale, but: Why? Why do you think they're going to do that? Because the corporation will feel bad ? Because you&
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by xethos 3y ago
> For instance, lighter roasts have more internal moisture than darker roasts, and the latter is more prone to clumping I suspect you might have it backwards regarding the issue being limited to non-traditional light roasts.
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by xethos 3y ago
> not for taking cinder blocks to the construction site Considering the bed height of modern trucks, neither is most of the competition.
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by xethos 3y ago
Arguably I shouldn't have thought of it at all - I hadn't realized it was still under a subsidiary. Perhaps it's worse than not being a proper example too - seems Firefox's best hope is to be completely ignored and told
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by xethos 3y ago
> is there even one success story out there about moving a project like this back to a real not-for-profit/reasonable governance Wasn't Thunderbird under Mozilla manglement initially? And, after a few rough years post-spinoff,
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by xethos 3y ago
I hadn't realized any country was getting progressively slower internet speeds. Per TFA: > Since Big Sur, updates have reduced in total size, and in Ventura were close to or below earlier versions Apple is shipping smaller updates
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by xethos 3y ago
Note that I specifically called out footprint From [0] (first) or wikipedia [1] (second), if you prefer. From mobile, so I hope you'll pardon any formatting issues > In 2006, CAFE altered the formula for its 2011 fuel economy targ
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by xethos 3y ago
> All roof pillars have increased in size in order for the occupants to survive rollover crashes And they've had to get bigger to be stronger, and need to be stronger due to increased size and weight of modern vehicles. I'm not
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by xethos 3y ago
We have a userbase that, in general, prides itself on reading the article. Far too many here still don't make it past the headline. Do you think Google is actually sending traffic to articles posted by the news orgs, or are people mo
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by xethos 3y ago
> and that you're at the mercy of the people running the server Perhaps slightly dated, but still relevant and hilarious: The Bastard Operator from Hell http://bofh.bjash.com/
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by xethos 3y ago
I'm seeing (or perhaps just hoping for) a jump in people using Jellyfin and StashApp. I don't expect anything big, but something small. The same way it's only ever a small number of people that switch to Free and Libre softwa
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by xethos 3y ago
Sibling mentioned Waydroid, but I've been using Matrix and bridges. This means there's only a single app that needs to find updates to messages - a major boon on de-Googled Android too. Everything's in one place, from Whatsap
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by xethos 3y ago
In a vacuum, you're absolutely right. But every dimension we allow users to be sub-divided along adds another potential fingerprinting point. This isn't the most important one; hell, it's barely an important one. It is simp
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by xethos 3y ago
If you want generic advice, it's "Faraday bag or pull the battery". "Off" isn't "Everything is off and nothing will communicate via any radio" on every handset, and some will connect to towers without
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by xethos 3y ago
I don't recall the last time I saw someone on a non-massive (>24") monitor use a browser in less than fullscreen width. That'll get you resolution, which sounds like yet another way to subdivide people viewing a website. O
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by xethos 3y ago
Not OP, but I absolutely adored Airsonic-Advanced and DSub from F-Droid. Caching, streaming, quality-adjustment (FLAC on wifi, lower quality ogg on data), adding music, and scrobbling all worked amazingly well. Would very highly recommend,
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by xethos 3y ago
The fact that it's not new doesn't make it less concerning. Especially considering the push in recent years to leak less data, and the change in assumptions that we trust everything and everyone in the stack not to abuse data we l
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by xethos 3y ago
> more likely to just carry their card and no cash And with enough events like this, the young will learn why the old carry at least some cash.
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by xethos 3y ago
> The idea is that HCT will contribute to [...] reduced road wear [...]. One example is Finland, where it is permitted to drive with 76 tonnes of total weight and 34,5m truck combinations on most roads. Another is Sweden, where it is all
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by xethos 3y ago
I'm sure the next person that gets your number's gonna just laugh and laugh when they figure out why someone can't text them but everyone else can. Frankly, I expect Google to fix their mistake before the telecom support peop
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by xethos 3y ago
If the barriers to entry are low. But I'd imagine that even if they are, switching costs will be extremely high.
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by xethos 3y ago
> Where do they find the cash? Presumably bundling with their parents plans, as birthday or Christmas gifts, or hand-me-downs. All three can take advantage of iMessage just the same. And personally, as long as we're sticking with th
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by xethos 3y ago
> diversifying manufacturing away from them Diversifying manufacturing away from Taiwan makes their position more precarious, not less.
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by xethos 3y ago
And I say this completely unironically: That's because it's everyone's favourite Mac OSX release. If somebody has a preference for a release of Windows, it can range. Some love XP, some 7, some even might say "Screw th
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by xethos 3y ago
Because this is hackernews: So when was the last time you checked for patched-but-not-auto-applied vulnerabilities in your (almost certainly ISP-provided) router? ISPs don't want things to randomly break for consumers, so are likely to

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