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hkh28

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    Comment #37976485

    https://archive.ph/qRONM

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    Comment #33843711

    Supabase provides a free tier Postgres. There are of course limits to the size, and they will pause your project if it is inactive for 7 days. https://supabase.com/pricing

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    Comment #32835318

    I found out that if you do that enough times, your account will permanently lose the ability to report ads. At least, the option is no longer present on my account.

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    Comment #31980439

    It's interesting that this is highlighted in a British paper, as this is due to EU regulations that the UK will soon not be bound by. And the British government has already announc…

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    Comment #27269636

    GDPR fines are set among other things according to the resources of the entity that broke the rules. As a private person making a side project, you won't be liable for millions. Th…

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    Comment #27073986

    It is probably to make it harder for Google/Apple to remove the app, or for Youtube to justify blocking the app from working with their videos.

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    Comment #26981299

    This is very different for people. I have some issues with my sight causing pages that are mostly white to be painful to look at. Over time, it triggers migraines. But I know peopl…

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    Comment #26946632

    Stayed with my iPhone 7 until iPhone 12 for the same (main) reason. Being able to have the phone unlocked on the way from my pocket was fantastic. Unlocking with Face ID takes at l…

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    Comment #26946613

    Completely agree. The new iPad Air even got it integrated in the sleep button, so Apple has the ability to continue offering Touch ID on all devices and keep the full screen displa…

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    Comment #26692892

    > You might need to retain some data for potential future refunds, for example. Then that would be a legitimate interest, and you could store that information for a period of time …

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    Comment #26346558

    Yes, data portability is a requirement in the GDPR. You should not be locked in to a service just because they have your data.

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    Comment #26227228

    As an outside observer (European) this seems to be the way the American prison system is run. The inmates are not viewed as humans by the people responsible, enabling horrible cond…

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    Comment #25914389

    > I have no idea what the benefit of the EEA is for it's members We have the option to reject certain EU-rules, and can negotiate special exemptions into our agreement. Norway has …

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    Comment #23428122

    You should actually be careful to say exactly this phrase: "I want a lawyer" and not a word more. > [W]hen a suspect in an interrogation told detectives to “just give me a lawyer d…

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    Comment #23329754

    I think you are a bit too optimistic on what employers are willing to expense. A note-taking app falls far outside what most workplaces that I know of in IT would accept. In realit…

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    Comment #23329678

    As several people have pointed out, both the "Personal" and "Catalyst" licenses are intended for personal use only, making this quite an expensive product should I want to use it f…

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    Comment #22953443

    Manually fetching would still execute any malicious code contained in the mail if I understand the article correctly. The only way to be protected seems to be to not use Mail.app u…

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    Comment #22953322

    > The new, more secure Zoom will be available on May 30 That's quite a long wait for this update.

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    Comment #22004446

    I think the fact that this was actually made speaks to the fact that a lot of people are no longer able to do what they were actually hired to do. While I hope that not a lot of pe…

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    Comment #21898519

    It appears they can, but choose not to. This way they can ensure that less used units are available on the market, forcing people to buy a new unit instead.

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    Comment #21760736

    .christmas seems to be owned by Uniregistry[0], which also owns at least 26 other TLDs, so I think we can expect them to continue providing service. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wi…

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    Comment #21760568

    Yes, it plays on "generation Z" and the "boomer generation". I believe it is commonly used to refer to people born after the turn of the millennium.

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    Comment #21710783

    Interesting introduction to suspense, didn't know about it. A word of caution might be that it is still an experimental feature [0], so you should probably not be throwing it into …

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    Comment #21701529

    > That was a complete waste of time. I think that's a bit harsh. It's an article explaining simply, but effectively why you should probably not use toString(). Just because somethi…