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lbourdages
·il y a 2 mois·discuss
It's been unacceptable for months, but now it's at the level of "we should actively look for alternatives".
lbourdages
·il y a 3 mois·discuss
Didn't know that tool existed, thanks for that! I assume it's using the development features in order to bypass protections?
lbourdages
·il y a 3 mois·discuss
Links are also often modified with "hxxps" instead of "https". Link is still clickable but will not work.
lbourdages
·il y a 3 mois·discuss
Fascinating! So it's a bit like a plate reverb (used in the olden days in audio engineering), but in the MHz range.
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·il y a 4 mois·discuss
There is a technical solution to this - make Amber alerts specifically not bypass do-not-disturb. Others can stay as-is because I want to get woken up in case of natural disaster or other catastrophe.

My phone is always on vibration, but even on do-not-disturb, Amber alerts make it vibrate on my nightstand and that is enough to wake me up (especially since I have a work phone and a personal phone triggering at the same time).

Anyway, it's definitely a first-world problem but it is one with an easy, no-downside solution.
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·il y a 4 mois·discuss
It is the same in Canada [1] yet I frequently see beer sold in "US pints" over here. I assume they do it so they can advertise cheaper prices (the amount being smaller). Some places will write the glass size in ounces, but some won't.

It is one of my pet peeves for sure.

[1]: https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/measurement-canada/en/buyin...
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·il y a 4 mois·discuss
I don't understand what is their thought process. Am I supposed to get up and start driving in hopes of finding the kid(s)? By the time I wake up in the morning, usually, they have been found.

Just set it so that it doesn't bypass do-not-disturb and it'll have the same result while not disturbing sleep. Those awake will get the notification, and for the others, they can see it in the morning.
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·il y a 4 mois·discuss
Apart from the HTML5 export mentioned by another commenter, there exists Ruffle[1], a Rust + WASM reimplementation of Flash that can play swf files. It's used a lot on archive.org or on some websites like https://homestarrunner.com.

[1] https://ruffle.rs/
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·il y a 4 mois·discuss
It's particularly annoying one asks for people's input/opinion, and then someone posts an emoji-ridden tirade that is clearly copy-pasted from ChatGPT.

Like, I know how to use it. The fact that I asked a bunch of humans is because I wanted actual people to respond, and specifically not AI.
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·il y a 5 mois·discuss
Except you can make oxygen for pretty cheap using oxygen concentrators. The technology is simple enough that home versions exist for patients with lung problems can lug one around at all times to have a feed of oxygen rich air. Oxygen is almost 21% of the air we breathe, it's trivial to capture. Hydrogen counts for only 0.000055%.
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·il y a 5 mois·discuss
Native French speaker here. 1300s I could still kinda follow the story with difficulty but from the 1200s I just couldn't anymore.

I felt like it helped to use an "old english" accent in my inner voice when reading.
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·il y a 5 mois·discuss
AWS does have a European sovereign cloud now: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/opening-the-aws-european-so...

Now how bulletproof it is in practice will be tested in years to come, I'm sure. But it seems to be using the same model as AWS in China where a local company licenses and operates the software from AWS.
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·il y a 5 mois·discuss
I think the abysmal adoption numbers of the v26 OSes have played a big role here.
lbourdages
·il y a 6 mois·discuss
Given Tesla's abysmal track record on keeping their promises I feel like it is justified to dismiss them, at the risk of being surprised if they do make it.
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·il y a 7 mois·discuss
I had that laptop and it is the worst computer I have ever owned. As soon as you booted the fans would start spinning. There were sometimes kernel panics when plugging or unplugging Thunderbolt devices.

I have an M1 Max MBP now and it has been absolutely perfect.
lbourdages
·il y a 8 mois·discuss
Well, to play devil's advocate, typically only the minified version is exposed.

However I agree that in the end outside of making it more readable, it's not making a huge difference.
lbourdages
·il y a 8 mois·discuss
Well, the current hardware is solid - great build quality, powerful, insane battery life.

However, software-wise, the peak was 10.6. There hasn't been the same level of quality ever since.
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·il y a 8 mois·discuss
This has not been an issue in Canada. There is sales tax, which basically randomizes the last digit.
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·il y a 8 mois·discuss
Love Atomic Shrimp. There is so much variety in his content, and always a focus on curiosity, trial and error, and learning things. One of the most positive channels on Youtube.
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·il y a 9 mois·discuss
Yeah, I am obviously not a data scientist.

I guess where I was getting at is they do not technically even need to know genres to recommend songs. In practice though, they probably have to know them anyway for playlists, but I assume they can have the song owners provide that when the songs are uploaded, and artists specify it when they create their profile.