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resynth1943

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About resynth1943

It was a fun ride.

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    Comment #28563310

    Yeah, Google tends to send a lot of junk back.

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    Comment #25834599

    Yeah. Privacy reasons.

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    Comment #25832050

    They're prompts you get when you have three Teams tabs open at the same time. When you click them, it refreshes the current tab. Kicked me out of calls a couple of times.

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    Comment #25820670

    IMHO Teams isn't as good as they make out. Firstly, you have the constant stream of 'Are you there?' popups which kick you out of calls, alongside the blocking modals which stop yo…

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    Comment #25814489

    Aside: outline.com is useful for news websites which require JavaScript.

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    Comment #25814467

    I'll bear it in mind in future. Thanks.

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    Comment #25814454

    I'm not really talking about this from an a11y standpoint, but audio CAPTCHA's are so much easier than "choose the fire hydrant" hell. I actually remember reading a post saying tha…

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    Comment #25814385

    Perfect use-case for Narrator ;-)

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    Comment #25798029

    > They didn't emerge from React - but it isn't possible to do React without them. I've created many React apps without any complex state management libraries :-)

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    Comment #25794378

    I chose to highlight the Chinese aspect, but you're absolutely right: any keyboard with personalisation puts Signal users at risk.

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    Comment #25794344

    I think the word 'track' is misleading in this context. The proposal outlines various methods to detect the use of a third-party keyboard, whereas the term 'track' commonly denotes…

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    Comment #25765096

    $100 is very expensive compared to the other platforms. These licensing fees destroy the majority of open-source projects geared around said platforms, sadly.

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    Comment #25722459

    IIRC if you disable POST requests, Chromium should show the searX instance in the Search Engines settings menu.

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    Comment #25690318

    I'm personally worried Signal will suffer the same fate. It's heavily trusted in its current state, but it could, in time, turn into a Silicon Valley "product" (and so will we). ey…

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    Comment #25690114

    Your data isn't even in the picture. We are simply not interested in any of it. My gosh, how the tide can turn. https://write.privacytools.io/right-to-privacy/getting-whats... What…

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    Comment #25656954

    Oh damn, didn't realise it was a dupe. It must be really good then :-)

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    Comment #25656910

    I'm confused. Where does it mention those companies?

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    Comment #25656873

    $2,134,374 pledged of $500,000 goal Hmm, so it's just a rip-off?

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    Comment #25656854

    You make it mean something. You can help others, find your passion, support your family, or create your own family. Life does not have to be meaningless, it's all up to you :-)

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    Comment #25656828

    I thought the same. Assumed it was some Microsoft BS. Thankfully it's not :D