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> Consider what happens to a soul which always gets what it wants. The soul craves for what's not easily attainable. Commercial transactions are all the same. Feasibility is sweet …

The companies like 23andMe can do anonymous tests. They can even sell "gift cards" for cash (or bitcoin, for digitally inclined). Don't deliver kits, let them be picked up without …

> Sideloading on Android is dodgy enough with dodgy APKs. Sideloading is what allows to use third party app stores like F-Droid and to run apps Google banned like Blokada (system-w…

I saw a link "Netflix sends journalists on pricey trips". "Support great journalism," said the link I followed. (paywall)

GDPR requires consent for the processing of the personal data. Displaying an ad per se is not regulated by GDPR, and does not require consent. Though personalization of this advert…

Teams on Firefox enters in a loop of infinite logins.

Saudi Arabia is a US ally, so family region block against them is unlikely. Even if it is a country that tolerates and promotes open slave trade (look up #maidsfortransfer on BBC).…

What it shows is that it's risky to rely on a "cloud"/subscription service offered by a company from a different jurisdiction. In particular, if the service provider is a US compan…

Sometimes. It's not a good defence of a thing, if it is good only sometimes and only for some people. By implication it's not good for the others.

Round-robin and privacy do not dwell well together. Like mike-cardwell pointed out in another comment, it just distributes the same information to more parties. As there has to be …

I'm not sure if transferrable and sellable rewards make CCGs less of a gambling activity. If anything, obtaining a physical object which can be exchanged for cash, with a potential…

I wonder when someone in power finally recognizes that Magic the Gathering and other CCGs, especially their digital versions, are essentially gambling machines.

Living in Europe, I have yet to see a smart navigation app, which would allow to take into account: - tolls and fuel consumption (Via Michelin is great at offering 2-3 routes with …

I use Firefox and have setup a monthly donation anyway. I understand that many people need something extra in return to give their money. So if there is a paid version which gives …

Might be a good idea to have a throwaway SIM and a phone for travelling, not logged in into any cloud or social network services, and not tied to your main google account. Maybe ju…

> For example Intel's C++ compiler produces (or used to produce?) much more efficient numerical code than either gcc or clang. I'm not an expert, but I believe that Intel could hav…

Mersenne Twister has a huge state, and if you have to use the MT (you need a very long period), you will probably want to be able to initialize it properly. For the common use case…

Google's Roboto is a very close drop-in replacement for Helvetica. Almost the same metrics, slightly more "condensed"/DIN feel. You may also consider FreeSans (GNU replacement for …

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On paper, the results are amazing, but researchers are always biased to produce positive results. BTW, a match between StockFish 10 and LeelaChessZero, an open source implementatio…

I believe it was TCEC season 13 which put GPU engines in disadvantage due to overheating, it was also the first season with GPUs. Right now there is TCEC season 14 in progress, did…

It would be nice if A0 participated in at least one public computer chess championship, Chess.com's CCC or TCEC. That's a level playing field and all games published. AlphaZero was…

If I did the math right, then if the notebook I typing this comment on mined at 100% CPU load for 1 hour, the payout to the script owner would be equivalent to US$0.00085. For near…

Embrace, extend, and extinguish. The story of Google and the Web. Don't AMPlify the issue.