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nirbheek

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    Comment #37209251

    > Long weekend "city breaks" are pretty common amongst the UK middle classes. Presumably to nearby countries, not via 12-15h flights with layovers, and not after an onerous visa pr…

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    Comment #37208445

    Yes, there are two problems: 1. You are misrepresenting the purpose of your visit and you can get deported and/or barred from entering the country. For example, you can be stopped …

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    Comment #37208201

    Very strange that this is your experience, because IME as an Indian who has to apply for Schengen visas 4-5 times a year it's actually easier to get a visa for tourism than to atte…

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    Comment #33342432

    libaom is the 'reference' encoder, it is built for correctness, not speed. rav1e and SVT-AV1 are built for speed.

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    Comment #13888547

    In open source, an unreported bug doesn't exist. Did you report it upstream?

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    Comment #3318602

    Actually, that command will also rewrite the entire .sqlite file, and if you have enough free space, the filesystem will most likely rewrite it in a contiguous manner. I tested thi…

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    Comment #3200266

    Not against JavaScript or PyPy, from what I've seen.

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    Comment #3173234

    > * In the cubes, there are no walls. The cube-dweller did not have headphones. Major, major "graaah" Directional sound[1] tech is making leaps and bounds. 1. http://en.wikipedia.o…

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    Comment #3110443

    Deleting your places.sqlite file is the easiest, but the worst way of defragmenting it. The easiest (if you're using btrfs) is to run: `btrfs filesystem defragment ~/.mozilla/firef…