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btb

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    Comment #23227896

    Inertia, or lack of real reason to upgrade. Personally I'm still on a CPU from 2013(Intel Core i5-4570S). Havent really felt the need to upgrade. And pretty happy that I went with …

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    Comment #21525997

    I used to go for boards with a physical TPM as well(the Qxxx) and had the same driver issues you mentioned. But I've been reading recently that it might not be needed, since some o…

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    Comment #20582122

    Similar to the current charge in Denmark which is around 3.75 DKK(€0.5) per large plastic bag

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    Comment #20582091

    I always carry an eastpak backpack when I bike to work. Those things are pretty much indestructible; on my second one since highschool. Then I usually shop on my way back from work…

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    Comment #18952172

    Actually sony compacts were some of the phones I was considering when I upgraded from iphone 4, to iphone SE. But the iphone se was just a tad smaller and I liked the look and feel…

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    Comment #16809597

    I had a yubikey. It died after a few months of simply lying on the shelf behind me. No idea why, but havent exactly been a fan after that.

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    Comment #16809290

    My guess would be a dev that knew that something was wrong with the performance of their old system, but for whatever reason it wasnt something that anyone higher up prioritized. I…

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    Comment #16577670

    Hopefully that limitation can be relaxed over time. Having to stuff all my logic in one big script sounds a bit annoying. At minimum having access to a second worker script route w…

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    Comment #16577311

    Are there any extra costs related to outbound requests one might make from a worker?

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    Comment #16576793

    Will every request to a worker-enabled site, pass through the worker v8 engine and charged at the going rate, even requests for static ressources like favicons, or jpgs etc? Or is …

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    Comment #16108778

    I'm running the same version of Chrome(with site isolation enabled), its reporting "Your browser is NOT VULNERABLE to Spectre" for me. Also in incognito mode with extensions disabl…

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    Comment #15700324

    We have been using kapow robosuite for close to 10 years now. Its a commercial GUI based tool which have worked well for us, it saves us a lot of maintenance time compared to our p…

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    Comment #14940953

    Agreed. Especially considering how easy it would have been to contact them privately and directly. A 2 second google search for kidspass uk shows a sitelink for their "Contact Us" …

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    Comment #14940889

    Thanks, googled those top 3 trouble spots mentioned and they all seem to be in east london.

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    Comment #14775783

    > how do you know when the footage needs to be reviewed? With all the computing power and vision AI available in such a vehicle, it seems like it would be possible to perform an au…

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    Comment #14709150

    For me its purely a noise issue. Less heat to dissipate means less fan noise(Only speaking about home use here. In an office setting the difference would be unnoticeable).

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    Comment #14302833

    Good that it was fixed. But now bad actors will be looking very hard for other bugs in the unsandboxed javascript interpreter. Tempting to just disable windows defender completely.…

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    Comment #14230473

    Denmark here. November 21 2014 instant clearing 365/24/7 between danish banks via the Danish Central Bank was started. I can transfer money from bank A and have it be there on my a…

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    Comment #14083913

    Apache httpd "legacy"? Seems a bit exaggerated. As far as I can tell it works just fine, have plenty of very good tutorials(like those from digital ocean), performance wise no prob…

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    Comment #14067038

    Only the bookmarks bar at the top of the browser. For most sites I use keyboard shortcuts + the autocomplete in chrome. Aka to visit hackernews: Ctrl+L and then "news.y" and hit en…

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    Comment #12296542

    I just hope its not part of some plan to sneak in windows 10-style spyware onto older windows versions, by bundling it up with important security updates one pretty much have to in…

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    Comment #12185472

    Yes. Thats why I have invested some of my money equal weighted in all three of them plus Apple. My thinking goes along the lines that I dont know the future, but I'm pretty sure at…

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    Comment #12031148

    I would upgrade, if it wasnt for the extreme disregard for user privacy in windows 10. Basically you have to go through a mile long checklist just to get to what I would consider s…

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    Comment #10620135

    My main issue with hetzner is the lack of any sort of firewall in front of the servers. Your chosen OS is essentially directly exposed to the internet.