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Godel_unicode

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    It’s an uncommon take that a diverse market with no single sector even close to a majority is a problem.

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    Clips work by observing transmission of light through the finger being absorbed by oxygen-carrying blood as opposed to the single chip wearable which depends on measuring reflected…

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    Comment #38250953

    I don’t understand why people use sha256 when sha512 is often significantly faster: https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/26336/sha-512-fas...

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    Comment #38238312

    > there's no way to make your data anonymous and usable by the third party at the same time. The This is absurd hyperbole, here’s a trivial proof. The US population is 51.1% female…

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    Comment #37728093

    Plenty of those people are present in this thread.

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    Comment #35535307

    We were talking about open Wi-Fi networks. This paranoid alternate reality where tv companies are paying every ISP for backdoor access is very, very far away from flipping the “opp…

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    Comment #35519520

    > wouldn't be that hard. What are you basing that on? They’ve spent a lot of time talking about how optimized the hardware and software are for each other, why are you so sure that…

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    Comment #35518564

    The irony of demonstrating a lack of critical thinking ability by claiming to be the great teachers of it has always been extremely amusing to me. Don’t correct them, it’s honestly…

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    Comment #35512563

    > It would not require a lot of changes. It would require Apple to stop being Apple. Give up their App Store revenue (Steam) and give up their proprietary 3D API in favor of a stan…

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    Comment #35503638

    That’s moving the goalpost pretty far, don’t you think?

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    Comment #35500001

    > The average user doesn't know about drive enryption. Nor should they. Good news though, it’s on by default in any recent Windows which supports it. So a great many millions of us…

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    Comment #35496864

    I don’t understand the point you’re making. Someone might eventually start doing something they’re not currently doing?

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    Comment #35494763

    You might want to read the Wilson et al paper on mindfulness significantly increasing susceptibility to false memories, that’s quite the downside.

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    Comment #35490342

    There’s also nothing stopping any of them from including an Iridium modem in their sets. Or using aircrack to try and break into a nearby network. Or any other tinfoil hat thing we…

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    Comment #35490294

    Ask 4 people and you’ll get at least 5 answers, I recommend reading rtings reviews and buying whatever they recommend for whatever kind of viewer you are. If you’re asking this kin…

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    Comment #35490275

    Go into your router and block the MAC address. Even most ISP routers have an option for this, sometimes in the Parental Controls section. Much easier than changing the password or …

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    Comment #35490254

    Tl;dr, as anyone’s who has researched this extensively knows, buy a projector or something that’s over 15 years old.

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    Comment #35490204

    Can you connect to it and get internet without hitting a captive portal that requires your ISP creds? That’s usually how it happens in the US.

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    Comment #35490194

    Which ISPs are giving out APs with no key needed and no captive portal? Every one that I’m aware of requires some manner of secret to login to the shared AP.