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samb1729

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    Comment #38930971

    > passively charged off your WiFi I had no idea this is possible. Is there a name for power-over-wifi?

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    Comment #36555975

    I've noticed the frontend hammering the backend quite often in the past few weeks. It would not surprise me at all to learn that the "influx of scraping" was mostly Twitter's fault…

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    Comment #36555951

    I noticed the frontend hammering the backend for the past few weeks, so I suspect that these new rate limits are a response to that, even if Musk wouldn't publicly admit it. I don'…

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    Comment #36214798

    If everyone is supposed to have made money, where did that money come from?

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    Comment #34967234

    My approach is to use Firefox Nightly and restart it whenever it prompts me to do so. Keeps me at a low tab count :)

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    Comment #34910032

    What unfair advantage is gained by using GitHub to store the code? A privately hosted Gitea instance would have accomplished exactly the same thing without technically breaking a r…

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    Comment #34908460

    The students were neither ignorant nor arrogant for interpreting the rules as they did. The person who graded their submission is at fault here, and the students deserve to be told…

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    Comment #34888297

    Which forms do I need to fill out to axe my sibling?

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    Comment #34716835

    This website is the real status page for me

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    Comment #34716179

    Likewise! I thought I had been randomly banned before finding this post.

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    Comment #34025305

    I'm instantly reminded of Eminem when reading your comment. Perhaps his subject material isn't to your tastes, but if you like interesting rhyme schemes I'd argue that his works ar…

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    Comment #34018602

    Why is there no footage from any of the multiple cameras on the Tesla that was allegedly attacked? It would be trivial for him to obtain that if it exists.

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    Comment #34018587

    But no video of the incident actually taking place. Quite surprising that Elon apparently is not aware of the dozen or so cameras on a car made by the company he owns!

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    Comment #33966305

    Being able to interact in real-time is half the attraction, so pre-recorded streams don't get nearly as many viewers.

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    Comment #33819178

    I believe you can also allow Messages notifications in Do Not Disturb mode for your favourite contacts, if that's desirable for you

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    Comment #33819116

    > So it seems like the sole basis for this action is TrustCor's mere affiliation with another company that does TLS interception? The CA representative was presented with the chall…

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    Comment #33753103

    > remember never fill a zpool over 72% Could you please explain where this number comes from?

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    Comment #33668251

    > Microsoft wants people to register online [...] in order to increase the market share of the Windows app store and other Microsoft online services > So it's not malicious I would…

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    Comment #33517205

    > If no one ever made a billion dollars, so to speak, there would be no money at all. Could you please elaborate?

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    Comment #33361612

    > It’s neat I guess, but isn’t really a productive pursuit. Yes, and? No one claimed otherwise. It's just a fun thing someone did, shared with other people who might want to be bri…

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    Comment #32479900

    > If preventing data loss is important for your app then this would be more hassle than using a networked db How so? A networked database requires a persistent connection, while SQ…

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    Comment #31997761

    A blockchain won’t magically fix that

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    Comment #31994315

    Please disclose the fact that finclout is a product you are invested in when advertising it on here.

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