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mckmk

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    Comment #48997767

    This is great. It works well for some docx files I have that don't work well in LibreOffice or any other non MS word. I do also have one that splits across 2 pages that I got down …

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    Comment #45430185

    Imagine being able to sync that sql database with some sort of cloud storage(s3, google drive, one drive). Or, even better imagine being able to load your own applications in into …

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    Comment #40389660

    I regularly use Nitro PRO for redaction. It's proprietary but I don't know of any OSS tools that focus on redaction. https://www.gonitro.com/pdf-pro

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    Comment #33320321

    There is a lot of good advice in this thread and I strongly recommend trying that advice before trying what works for me. BUT, I had trouble getting to sleep my whole life and for …

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    Comment #31701855

    Thank you cableshaft. I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts. FWIW I also think general protocols on long lived platforms and IPFS are great. BUT, I really don't t…

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    Comment #31697287

    It seems like, whenever there is an issue with the representations of blockchain the answer is to ignore the blockchain. (Shoot, our smart contract was a little too limited for the…

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    Comment #31695628

    This does not sound like good system design. “NFTs create a frictionless easily exchangeable market for goods… BUT make sure you check with the people, project, company or governme…

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    Comment #31693344

    >Barring all that, they could just not recognize the owner and send police to physically remove someone who thinks they own it because the have the NFT. That's one reason why some …

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    Comment #31689983

    In this ‘house NFT within the court system’ paradigm, what happens if the court disagrees with the blockchain on who is the rightful ‘owner’ of the house NFT?

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    Comment #29762302

    Google Cloud offers Identity Aware Proxy and AWS offers Cognito integration with their Application Load Balancers which can do this.

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    Comment #28182864

    Just to throw in another solution for anyone looking. Abbyy FineReader has a comparison module that is excellent. https://pdf.abbyy.com/how-to/compare-documents/

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    Comment #28142653

    I'm not 100% clear if you're looking for a pro crypto currency community that has thoughtful technical discussions OR a community that is more focused about being skeptical of cryp…

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    Comment #27656496

    Yes, many of David Gerard's criticisms have been said before. But, the entire crypto currency industry is devoted to gaining adherents based on dubious reasoning. What's a writer t…

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    Comment #27234459

    Very interesting, thanks for the response!

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    Comment #27227014

    I'm genuinely curious if You find it cheaper including transferring from your currency, to crypto-currency-x, blockchain fee, crypto-currency-x to argentinian peso than transferwis…

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    Comment #26420798

    As opposed to crypto currency proponents who have nothing to sell you? I assume you make this same point on those posts too?

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    Comment #24331802

    I use a modified GmailThis bookmarklet to send myself URLs frequently: https://github.com/DangerousPenguins/GTDPI Just click the bookmarklet, optionally add any search terms and cl…

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    Comment #22839554

    I had a similar need at a company I worked for. My solution was actually quite similar to the author's #1 with the major exception being that I used ODG for LibreOffice Draw which …

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    Comment #22536209

    Sanoid seems like a great tool. It was at the top of my list when I was looking for this kind of solution. I ended up going with zfs_autobackup - https://github.com/psy0rz/zfs_auto…

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    Comment #18277899

    >Sure they could try to withhold some % of votes and vote themselves but hopefully that should be noticed. I think with ring signatures obfuscating everything it might be tough or …

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    Comment #18274974

    >The initial seeding should also be public so the total amount of votes could be audited as well. It's possible to set it up so you can't ever create any new votes after the initia…

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    Comment #18272535

    I don't know camgunz, don't you remember that time before the blockchain when computers couldn't talk to each other over the internet and cryptographic hashes didn't exist? Because…

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    Comment #18270304

    > So this is solvable. I'm not so confident. The Monero output from those transactions is actually only knowable to the intended recipient so I don't really know how this would wor…

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    Comment #18269681

    >We distribute the votes so 1 vote = 1 BankID vote. It's also technically possible to allow users to change their vote if done before the deadline. You're describing a system where…

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    Comment #18269228

    There is fundamentally no way to do voting on the blockchain that limits one person to one vote and still maintains a system that isn’t completely reliant on trusting a third party…