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hegz
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Comment #17964804
Most people dont care about driving. Its a tool to get you to a place.
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Comment #17956068
Iirc there is a captcha on sign up. Same as discord.
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Comment #17943745
That 150ms is especially important if the tool is running in a loop in a bash command.
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Comment #17943687
The gdpr agreement form on websites usually requires you to enable 3rd party scripts and cookies otherwise you get hit with endless popups about it. Someone should make a browser e…
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Comment #17930896
Modern websites use the screen width to show you mobile vs desktop view. But before CSS had good support for responsive web design everyone had to create a separate website for mob…
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Comment #17930869
Been using Firefox on my desktop and its amazing. For some reason the mobile version is incredibly slow to load pages though.
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Comment #17930704
"SoundWaves" on fdroid. I just searched podcast and downloaded the most recently updated app and it was pretty good.
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Comment #17925102
Maybe a global general social network simply can't exist. Maybe the people who are not on the network are just as important as the people who are. Facebook is full of people we don…
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Comment #17924056
Amp websites often don't even work for me because the site owners were unable to get it working in amp so they give you this half baked crap.
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Comment #17924047
I haven't tested it but google shows a lighting bolt next to amp sites so maybe the custom amp websites dont get the bolt.
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Comment #17914357
I have been using only open source apps for the last year. For basic stuff like podcast streaming and IM the Foss stuff is better than the proprietary stuff. For complex things lik…
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Comment #17895626
They won't solve every issue posted to it though. Also microsoft does things differently to Linux distros. Hardware manufacturers have to make sure their devices work with windows …
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Comment #17895337
Still feels a little dated but if I had to guess when it was made I would say 2010.
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Comment #17895331
Works better on more screen sizes. All standard web tech; no flash/Java/browser specific things. Less clutter and visual distractions once you block adverts. Also much much easier …
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Comment #17890982
The org that they send from will legally have nothing but patents so they are safe from counter attacks.
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Comment #17890980
Proprietary software just wouldn't have a bug tracker for you to use.
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Comment #17890972
This wouldn't be an issue if support charged for the amount of time spent. If the user spends their money getting stupid non issues looked at then thats their issue.
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Comment #17890967
Also a lot of the bugs will affect such a tiny percent like users with some obscure Bluetooth card trying to use some uncommon feature. Ubuntu could spend all year closing obscure …
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Comment #17890959
Its also good to see if something is a bug and not user error
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Comment #17890940
Rough terrain on bikes was already solved with suspension or larger tires I doubt they managed to create something that worked better than that.
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Comment #17889539
Google randomly locking out users seems to be pretty common. I have had them randomly lock me out of google docs files for "ToS violations" only to have the file unlock a few days …
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Comment #17889522
Trolls tend to own nothing themselves so they can sling out legal threats all day and not get any in return.
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Comment #17883651
How many of them would want to go back if they got their wish.
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Comment #17883598
Digital ocean has a bunch of locations
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Comment #17882009
You can set a list of fonts to use and the browser will keep trying until it finds one that is installed. Usually the last one in your list is serif or sans-serif that always works…