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The absurdity of this debate is highlighted in the comments section of any newspaper article on Facebook. In them, you'll find real people using their real names, happily displayin…

Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26234020

'Clipless' pedals are so called because the system that preceded them was composed of toe clips and straps. Remove the clips and replace with ski bindings, and voila - clip less pe…

That was the way I was taught to think about print vs digital in the bio box --- print degrades gracefully, slowly, while digital fails catastrophically, abruptly. I'm sure this is…

NR is the only 5G protocol (aside from Verizon's abortive proprietary 5G TF), but it couldn't hurt to at least specify if the spectrum being used is sub-6 or mmWave. This factor (7…

As sibling commented, Voda is distant third in Australia. The incumbent is Telstra, with ~50% mobile share and was the dominant fixed provider pre-NBN. Telstra's mobile footprint i…

I may have missed something, but why specifically when paying for petrol? Surely the advice here should be to stop using debit entirely? (Alternatively, choose to use cash now - or…

The fact that most MAC addresses are not visible to the ISP behind NAT anyway is not the point, given the Department is not renowned for doing its homework. The real concern here i…

It's worth nothing that Australia has never had the net neutrality debate that occurred in the US. This might well be the spark, if anyone in this country cares. This move would be…

Whilst the recent events are absolutely appealing, and Doctorow's central thesis is correct, there are a few things I feel the need to correct as an Australian: Firstly, 'Australia…

Unfortunately, probably not. 70mm on a Vic8 already can be prone to tearing if not handled correctly, I wouldn't trust tape splices any faster than 24fps. IMAX already has zig-zag …

That is interesting - I guess by using scrypt for passwords you're encouraging crackers not to bother brute forcing (it isn't worth your time), wheras in a cryptocurrency you're ac…

Thank you for actually engaging! Let me preface this by saying I'm usually the first to deride Bitcoin as a payments platform. However, using energy to mine Bitcoin does provide va…

What a ridiculous article. Household air-conditioning wastes energy. Running your television wastes energy. Serving up webpages for The Guardian is apparently a waste of energy. If…