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benhurmarcel

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About benhurmarcel

ruse-encode-gaffe at duck dot com

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    Comment #49058505

    I’ve been blocked by Turnstile without possibility of challenge, no way to access nor know why. And it was with standard iOS and Windows machines and no VPN or anything. It happens…

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    Comment #49014556

    I do the same thing, I only use Kagi when the result I want isn’t obvious, so the cheap plan is plenty. It’s easy to do with the browser’s shortcuts.

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    Comment #48998437

    Well I don’t miss the days of sending Word and Excel files as attachments back and forth to collaborate

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    Comment #48998396

    Because you could get a bug fixed in Outlook before?

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    Comment #48928217

    No, it’s 18°F. This is a temperature difference, not an absolute temperature, the conversion isn’t the same.

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    Comment #48857658

    By email this is true but you can’t do that as well by chat or texts. You only get one thread per contact.

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    Comment #48772603

    When I plan to use a rental car I usually pack a phone holder that fits on air vents. You never know if you’ll be able to connect your phone to the car so that’s a small backup.

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    Comment #48591794

    It has its quirks. For example it can’t attach an image without inlining it. Or if the sender has several email addresses saved it can’t show which one sent you a particular email.…

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    Comment #48473833

    Because you don't trust Google either, so you're out of realistic options

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    Comment #48445951

    > If there's a conflict on the server and your change cannot be applied, your change is rolled back on your client Do you lose your data then? Or are you thrown back into the form …

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    Comment #48381220

    Only if you actually try to achieve them

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    Comment #48354776

    Exactly, without talking about automated checkers or publishing policies, if a text gives readers the impression is was LLM-generated it will affect how they judge it. Recently a c…

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    Comment #48349227

    I got locked out of some websites by Cloudflare Turnstile on some very standard configurations, like an iPhone on Safari, or a Windows 11 desktop with Firefox or Edge, neither with…

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    Comment #48300923

    Now add up the engineer’s salary and you’ll find that software seats already cost more than those R&D ones.

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    Comment #48276977

    I often use LLMs to suggest recipes based on some criterias, but yes once you decided what you want to cook always go find some non-IA recipes for it

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    Comment #48261252

    And then we have the national post office sending its notifications from the scammiest-looking domain they could find: noreply@notif-colissimo-laposte.info

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    Comment #48233619

    It has a good title

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    Comment #48233180

    Can it store multiple urls for the same password now?

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    Comment #48209790

    I’m left handed and can use a mouse with either hand. It’s just a matter of habit.

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    Comment #48170466

    In his case of a large company, I’d expect that completing the useless training is necessary to get access to the tool. That’s how it worked in mine.

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    Comment #48109629

    If you disable your watch history, Youtube won't show you personalized Shorts anymore. Much less addictive.

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    Comment #48055178

    I don’t think PWA can do widgets indeed, but they can have an icon on the iOS home screen.

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    Comment #48048678

    I’m surprised the author went for native apps rather than a PWA for this use

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    Comment #48048491

    For column types there are STRICT tables now

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    Comment #48047127

    Standard card payment that you need to autorize on your phone in your bank's app...