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alacode

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    Comment #38629619

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    Comment #38629582

    Google Bard has interesting information when asked what happens to my data if a plan is restructured and my existing data exceeds the new plan's allowance. It seems the answer is "…

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    Comment #38629510

    I was curious what the context of "grace period" is for Google Drive and found this: https://support.google.com/drive/thread/13321050/what-will-h... "If I cancel my additional stor…

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    Comment #38629345

    I'm no great defender of Google but point some fallacies the article pushes: "regarding a woman losing her entire Google account after one of her 7 year old sons, messing around wi…

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    Comment #38614864

    I'm in my early 60's, I guess when I was young I'd have called me elderly. I however, have been a technologist since I was around 9 years old, got it from my Dad. I'd say most my a…

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    Comment #38583081

    I'd be worried if there's an increased risk of mold growth.

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    Comment #38575021

    I said nothing about a firewall. I use firewalls everywhere. I use NAT. What I don't use is IPv6.

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    Comment #38575011

    Trolling? No. NAT breaks something? No. IPv6 breaks privacy at a minimum and probably opens our devices to security issues. IPv6 is what's broken.

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    Comment #38573741

    Microsoft and Google together are trying to control the largest spectrum of computer usage globally.

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    Comment #38570022

    I don't use Tailscale, I use my own VPS and Wireguard but no way in my lifetime will I allow IPv6 to have any prevalence on any of my systems.

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    Comment #38569934

    NAT is great. I can think of no problems caused by NAT. I can immediately think of my experiences with IPv6 and all loss of privacy.

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    Comment #38539961

    Pretty cool, it printed a list of over 8000 on my machine (Ubuntu, well Kubuntu now) and then proceeded to speak the voices after printing them all.

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    Comment #38518535

    Rob Piercy: "Do neuroscientists understand how the brain works?" Stephen Smith: "The numbers get out of hand really quick for brains. The number of synapses in one human brain is e…

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