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elektor

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    Comment #48364821

    I think Ortho-K is meant for kids as a preventative solution. It would be too late for us adults. I also have never actually met someone who has used it.

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    Comment #48016782

    Is this good for Kagi?

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    Comment #46519583

    Kind of, but not really, the ublock origin app doesn't work on Orion. I tried both Kagi + uBlock versus Brave and their built-in ad-block and Brave had a much better performance.

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    Comment #46488703

    Putin can and has bought soldiers (Wagner Group and North Koreans).

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    Comment #44986360

    For those out of the loop, can you please explain your comment?

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    Comment #44907794

    Yup, abandoned 5 years ago judging by the Github page.

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    Comment #44906779

    Cool tool! Are you guys releasing Hyprnote for Windows this month?

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    Comment #44727200

    I tried it with a Russian YT video and it did not work: Starting process... Processing URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtkgT6R2HtA Error: Failed to get transcript: Could not r…

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    Comment #44712964

    This may be of interest to you: The Stanford Research into the Impact of Tobacco Advertising (SRITA; https://tobacco.stanford.edu/ ) collection currently contains 62,553 tobacco ad…

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    Comment #44595719

    "A team of Spanish scientists made a striking announcement 15 years ago: they were seeking thousands of volunteers among the employees of Banco Santander in Madrid: researchers wan…

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    Comment #44399215

    One just got approved in January 2025, called suzetrigine or Journavx. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzetrigine

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    Comment #44348685

    Now this is a practical use of AI, kudos!

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    Comment #44348107

    It used the Shortcuts app to essentially be a middle man between you and the distraction. So everyone I open Safari, it triggers the other app (the 5 second timer), then redirects …

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    Comment #44337289

    Is this any better than AdGuard? I’ve heard it’s best to avoid running both but unsure whether this version of uBlock is worth it.

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    Comment #44252635

    Yes, I've generated an audiobook of a epub using this tool and the result was passable: https://github.com/santinic/audiblez

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    Comment #43052090

    Correct, this is the same treatment. However, it has reached very few of the 100,000 sickle cell patients in the US. Story here: https://www.wired.com/story/the-worlds-first-crispr…

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    Comment #43043309

    An update on that trial: https://www.bmj.com/content/386/bmj.q1706 It doesn't look great.

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    Comment #42932446

    Great article. I think it may be the first time I saw Kagi mentioned in a major publication.

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    Comment #41512799

    Kagi does the same thing https://imgur.com/a/z4D8aDo

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