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Comment #49120070
Tried it and I love it. Good work! Have you considered hosting it on F-Droid?
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Comment #47873233
Annoyingly, fetch does not support progress events and HTML / XML Document parsing, which are both supported by XMLHttpRequest, which Axios is based on.
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Comment #46550182
> This is weirdly beautiful Until you notice the carbon emissions on the top left.
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Comment #45994607
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
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Comment #45221280
Would you extend that argument to tabbed interfaces as well? Why should browsers support tabs (and an inconsistent interface by each vendor), when you can just open a new window in…
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Comment #44809044
Won't the fibres leading up to the operator and revealing their location not a threat?
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Comment #44463368
That's assuming all interviewers are using AI. And if it's not immoral, why do it surreptitiously?
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Comment #44463340
I don't use LLMs to filter out participants and I expect candidates not to use LLMs to cheat.
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Comment #44462376
As an interviewer, I'm seeing a huge increase in proportion of candidates cheating surreptitiously during video interviews. And it's becoming difficult to suspect any wrong-doing u…
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Comment #44317770
GP's comment is probably a reference to this classic XKCD: https://xkcd.com/566/ (the last panel)
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Comment #44281777
Uber in India gives me a different OTP for each ride. A different ride-hailing app I use occasionally uses a PIN tied to a user. OTPs are a simple solution to fraudulent rides that…
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Comment #43951542
I've disabled DRM on my Firefox browser. Sheesh, we've come to a state where browsers can no longer be referred to as "user agents".
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Comment #43779486
I feel similarities to the trolley problem[0]. [0]: https://neal.fun/absurd-trolley-problems/
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Comment #43779400
While I agree with the sentiment, just out of curiosity, would you buy a Tesla if it meets your needs and even if you disapprove of Elon's actions?
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Comment #43521825
I've not heard of XPrivacyLua, which is by the same author of the excellent NetGuard[0], which I've been using for years. Interestingly XPrivacyLua is not supported anymore and the…
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Comment #43204639
The main question for me is can ungoogled Chromium run uBlock Origin?
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Comment #42546241
> Genuinely don't know why anyone would use it when you have perplexity, gemini, chatGPT search, etc. at your disposal. And what did they get trained on in the first place?
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Comment #42106138
The title made me think of the minimum number of photons detectable by human vision. Apparently, we can detect single photons: https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms12172
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Comment #40698171
Especially when you consider humans are animals too.
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Comment #39848013
How does TypeSpec compare with Bru[0], the DSL used by Bruno? Why would I choose one over the other? [0] https://docs.usebruno.com/bru-lang-overview.html
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Comment #39665926
I continue to use TrebleShot[0] although it's repo is archived since it also enables browsing files using a Web browser. So you don't need to install it on the receiver side. Does …
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Comment #39086093
> phones no longer have IR blasters Plently of phones still do [0]. I've configured mine to operate all my devices at home. [0] https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nYearMin=2023&…
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Comment #39038777
Same here. In addition, to prevent shadow profiles, I've blocked them on NextDNS, setup NetGuard[0] and Firefox with uBlock Origin on Android. [0]: https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard…