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LinAGKar

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    Comment #48525320

    Of course, even real life can look quite grotesque if you look at it in slow motion, as things get deformed by forces [0], so it makes sense animations would need to simulate that.…

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    Comment #47225488

    They already can't have had such a requirement, since the Fairphone can be bought with either Google apps or /e/OS.

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    Comment #46856974

    This is about background playback, not adblocking. They can still play ads.

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    Comment #45393926

    Places are increasingly expecting people to have a smartphone, and using an app for things like parking your car, charging you car, going to the gym, paying for stuff, identifying …

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    Comment #45393633

    Well, maybe the app will keep working and you can update it from Aurora Store, or maybe you'll be fine as long as you don't change your employment or residence. Pretty vague so far…

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    Comment #45387321

    In this case, sounds like you'll not just be required to carry an ID. Everyone in the country will be legally required to carry an Android phone or iPhone. Well, maybe the app will…

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    Comment #45387274

    And if Google bans you for some reason (which they have been known to do sometimes), I guess you'll be kicked out of the country unless you buy an iPhone.

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    Comment #45387218

    No, it will be mandatory right from the start, and employers will be required to check it https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/digital-id-ca...

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    Comment #45385964

    Not so much with smartphones though. While there is Android, it's slowly becoming just as bad as iOS, and modern society requires everyone to have one of those (and an aftermarket …

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    Comment #45273013

    So why do people hate CSS's trigonometry implementation?

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    Comment #45211740

    So basically to summarize, Google embargoes security patches for four months so OEMs can push out updates more slowly. And if those patches were immediately added to an open source…

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    Comment #45209887

    There were a number of of deaths during the capitol attack, including a police officer who suffered a stroke a day after being beaten by the rioters. And there was certainly a lot …

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    Comment #45099835

    How does this differ from WinApps?

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    Comment #45074808

    I've made sure to configure the browser to allow zooming on any website. Don't understand why websites try to block this.

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    Comment #45041683

    Mostly because the people who want sideloading are using Android. And on Android the situation is constantly getting worse, while on iOS it's largely just sticking to the status qu…

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    Comment #44388462

    >we'll be researching compression updates for PNG Fifth Edition. What sort of improvements might we expect? Is there a chance of it rivalling lossless WebP and JPEG XL?

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    Comment #44267075

    Does that mean Tailcale will stop doing it? Currently they require you to log into every node and reauthenticate it every now and then, unless you disable key expiry.

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    Comment #44252174

    From what I understand, it used to be similar here in Sweden, but that change with the du reform in the 60s and 70s, when people started saying "du" to everyone, and "ni" became pu…

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    Comment #44245654

    Is there anything in those EU directives that requires browsers to let webpages connect to localhost? Because that's the main issue here. And also maybe apps should need permission…

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    Comment #44195885

    What comment?

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    Comment #44010197

    It's also useful for cars, which I think is where most radio listening is done, since you may not hear the quiet parts.

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    Comment #43988243

    >HDR can exceed that It's not just the HDR content that gets brighter, but SDR content too. When I test it in Chrome on Android, if an HDR image shows up on screen the phone start …

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    Comment #43855791

    Or just Syncthing, for peer-to-peer sync

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    Comment #43791723

    I did give CLion a try when looking for an editor, but last I checked CLion required you to use CMake. Also, JetBrains has it all split up between different IDEs. I need on e that …

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    Comment #43791412

    "code" is way too generic for a single program to claim exclusive rights to it.