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rentnorove

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    Comment #39936964

    Related critique of the BBC's use of C2PA, and C2PA in general: https://www.hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?/archives/1024-I...

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    Comment #37412509

    This isn't the same ad as described in the article, but is a government funded Saatchi one from around the same time: https://www.noplacetohide.org.uk/ > The campaign is funded by …

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    Comment #36011057

    Thanks for sharing! This is something I'm interested in as well. There's also Piper TTS: https://github.com/rhasspy/piper Quality seems fairly similar to Coqui-TTS, though maybe th…

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    Comment #34990347

    Platform lock-in. Interoperability would not only be more costly in terms of the work to design and agree on a common standard, but it'd also makes it easier to switch to a competi…

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    Comment #34037616

    That search bar's part of the home screen app, which you can replace. Search for 'launcher' on the play store.

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    Comment #29586578

    Wouldn't you want to validate it for the time at which it was served? In which case you'd just an archive of the CA roots at the time.

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    Comment #28518064

    GP may be referring to anthropologist David's Graeber's book: "Debt", which refutes that idea: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6617037-debt

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    Comment #28314548

    Irritating cookie popups are not mandated by GDPR; the opposite is true and most cookie popups are non-compliant with the legistration. If the ICO (UK regulator) actually did its j…

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    Comment #27805313

    Probably that it uses subcommands, e.g. git apply.

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    Comment #27776668

    It's definitely nothing to do with the following string in the response: > Page copy protected against web site content infringement by Copyscape

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    Comment #26527454

    This describes some of the efforts to make frontal impacts less dangerous: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestrian_safety_through_vehi...

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    Comment #22914739

    Comparing a recent web archive, the difference in the sponspors page seens to be: - Mozilla - Digital Impact Alliance - Google Season of Docs + RIPE NCC https://web.archive.org/web…

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    Comment #22164763

    It seems they did originally block them before reverting that decision: https://www.ghacks.net/2019/12/03/mozilla-removes-all-avast-... Would be interested to hear their justificat…

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    Comment #13583352

    It's common to split example code into a separate sub-project so it doesn't get compiled into your release JAR. See here for an example: https://github.com/gradle/gradle/tree/maste…

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    Comment #10813419

    Whatever YCombinator is using to blacklist TOR users, it doesn't seem to include all exit nodes, all the time. I generally have decent success with `sudo service tor restart` to ge…

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    Comment #10577973

    From being in the same position I've switched to soundcloud and mixcloud. They're not a true substitute in that they don't generally have the complete discography of artists as GS …

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    Comment #10027146

    On how HTTPS sites are compromised: > Compromised router answers DNS req for *.google.com to 3rd party with faked HTTPS cert, you download malware Chrome. Game over. So this is a D…

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    Comment #9714189

    The f-droid app actually handles google play/amazon store links via the 'open with' dialog, so if it's installed deep linking should already work. https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidc…

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    Comment #9621284

    Conspicuously absent: - Read external storage - Internet

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    Comment #9501557

    Any thoughts on the final line of this refers to? AUTHENTICATED CRYPTOGRAPHY PATENT NO.: 7,827,408 Message encryption and authentication are typically performed separately. In othe…

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    Comment #9488477

    It's applicable to many european cities.

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    Comment #9488312

    It looks like it's using cordova underneath (see 'community' page), so presumably there will be support for per-platform configuration of icons etc.

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    Comment #9437830

    http://xkcd.com/243/