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901.
by yborg 8y ago
Pete Conrad was one of the shortest astronauts, and was poking fun at himself, too.
902.
by yborg 8y ago
It's much more likely the current US administration will attempt to retaliate against the EU in some way in order to get this rolled back.
903.
by yborg 8y ago
EPA emissions tech: Please report the current engine NOx level. Passat: Ok, I found this on the web for "Engine knocks level"... EPA emissions tech: Please report engine PM 2.5 particulate level. Passat: Here's what I found o
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by yborg 8y ago
>there is no blatant corruption So, carefully hidden corruption would be ok? Because that is what will happen, and probably already happening. If you're a family member of a ranking official in the Party, your score is just set to w
905.
by yborg 8y ago
What exactly was stolen here? This isn't legally recognized money. And the spend was of the attacker's own coins. The exchange into another cryptocurrency or fiat currency is fraudulent I suppose, but isn't that on the transa
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by yborg 8y ago
The article is weak from clickbaity title to eventual conclusion that only UBI will save us from a dark dystopian future of a huge slave class of gamers forced to allocate their meager incomes to buy in-game powerups by a shadowy cabal of S
907.
by yborg 8y ago
When you have a long-established culture of unaccountable organizations with nearly unlimited budgets and nothing else to do, you eventually will get something like Section 9.
908.
by yborg 8y ago
So, only white people can assimilate then? The now many generations of people of Hispanic origin that are part of the American story would seem to indicate you are wrong. As is the case with the now multiple generations of Koreans and parti
909.
by yborg 8y ago
>creating a Mastodon server This is really what Mastodon needs, a solid sponsor. I want to use it, but the loose federation model without core instances that have a critical mass of users makes it hard to commit to. In Japan, when Pixiv
910.
by yborg 8y ago
That probably won't do much for you in many urban areas in many countries. Municipalities are routinely maintaining data captured from license-plate scanners and some cities now have CCTV networks with facial recognition software. So u
911.
by yborg 8y ago
Maybe IBM should just ban pockets instead.
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by yborg 8y ago
A great candidate that would place a large knife into you and your company's back at the first opportunity. This guy's name should have been in the article to save the rest of the industry a little bit of time ... and the guy woul
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by yborg 8y ago
>One of the reasons traditional streaming is in trouble is because it's a pain in the neck to deal with. The upload at a time schedule is frustrating, I have to wait for my favorite YouTuber to upload something. I don't see the
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by yborg 8y ago
No, it varies with each frame and lens shape. My eyes are offset vertically and I have severe astigmatism and it usually takes more than one visit to get proper fitting.
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by yborg 8y ago
Being design-forward is fine, but Apple fell completely into the trap of "function follows form". The in retrospect aptly-shaped "trashcan" Mac Pro was probably the ultimate expression of this. But at this point they&#x2
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by yborg 8y ago
NoScript Classic has/had clickjacking mitigation. I don't know if the updated version post-Quantum was able to retain this.
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by yborg 8y ago
I believe that Google specifically will only work with Chrome. I just tried with FF 61 with Yubikey and still doesn't work.
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by yborg 8y ago
I wish someone with the time would start producing a "De-Mozilla'ed" fork a la Chromium. I think Firefox has gotten to that point, things like this and the Mr. Robot fiasco indicate the project needs to be saved from itself.
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by yborg 8y ago
>Apple holds the keys Unless you live in China, in which case Apple and the Chinese government hold the keys.
920.
by yborg 8y ago
The author of the article is a professional translator that has lived in Japan for 15 years. It's hard taking this criticism seriously when your authority here is Wikipedia as opposed to living in-country for a decade and a half. His s
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by yborg 8y ago
The fact that a product named, plainly, "AdBlock Plus" that doesn't make clear that the "Plus" means "Plus all ads from the 2 largest purveyors of Internet advertising" is worth pointing out.
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by yborg 9y ago
This is the opposite of why I want to use Firefox. Mozilla has really lost its way.
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by yborg 9y ago
Never trust a chip you didn't fab yourself. This is seriously clever work. Bribe the right people at TSMC, and all of Apple's chips have a built-in side channel vector. Or any other fabless organization.
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by yborg 9y ago
You have to be a little more specific about artists. If you're a big Run DMC fan, you aren't going to convince anybody how hip you are to hip hop. And if you call it 'hop hop' you've got a 30 Rock moment : https:&#
925.
by yborg 9y ago
Most grocery stores aren't non-profits that are exempt from taxes. Many hospitals are.
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by yborg 9y ago
>You can use Google <whoosh>
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by yborg 9y ago
It's far too late for that. The real question is whether "global markets" will transform the US into a totalitarian state to better compete with China.
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by yborg 9y ago
Yes, and when you cash out to enjoy life in the tropics, whoever you sell to will then use any and all information you may have as they see fit, and load up your service with the usual. I won't even blame you for it, this is just how t
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by yborg 9y ago
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!" In the very article, it's noted that Roskam was the direct recipient of campaign contributions from Intuit and H&a
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by yborg 9y ago
Armies in general are not good at fighting insurgencies, especially those supported by a 3rd party that can itself not be engaged in full scale war. But your statement in general is incorrect at least as far as the US military, which has li

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