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someNameIG

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    Comment #48512979

    If the US gov does try to limit all frontier models from being used outside the US, I wonder how that would go with Google and Deepmind?

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    Comment #46968288

    He was also a nazi. Not in the "everyone I don't like is a nazi", but he was a member of a group calling themselves national socialists.

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    Comment #46772303

    That's great. The only reason I haven't got it on my M1 Air yet.

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    Comment #46673150

    Deutsche Bank made a statement recently that Europe holds about double what the rest of the world does combined in US bonds and equity.

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    Comment #46447978

    They say it's first operational system in it's class, but it seems very similar to the Australian Apollo system, with Apollo being able to go up to 150kW https://eos-aus.com/defenc…

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    Comment #46447833

    I'm Australian and neither any Meta platform nor Reddit have asked to verify my ID, as I presume both just inferred that I was over 16 and that was adequate.

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    Comment #46413632

    > All the non-technical people I know loved it. It's pretty. It's neat. It looks cool. Apple is a consumer products company. My partner doesn't like it, and outside of excel she is…

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    Comment #46332535

    > using a fork like Mullvad or Waterfox. Those are going to keep all these AI features out. So what do we privacy maximalists care? The forks give us exactly what we want. The thin…

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    Comment #46330014

    > Firefox was and still is mostly used by "power users" and we're pretty much the only ones left that intentionally install the browser. This really isn't the case. Firefox has alm…

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    Comment #46329923

    Not who you were asking but my reasons for thinking Brave is a joke. First they're a cypto/addtech company, which is a type of company I wouldn't trust to run my browser. And this …

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    Comment #46318427

    > Well, yes. If you build a userbase out of power users and folks who care about privacy and control... Is that their core user base, or just the vocal user base online? Only 5-10%…

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    Comment #46304702

    Just to test I just logged into myGov then through Firefox and it worked fine.

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    Comment #46297105

    And their engine is still around, how's the leader of the times web engine going?

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    Comment #46296300

    They're the only modern usable browser engine not developed by a multi-trillion dollar corp. I'd say that's a pretty big achievement.

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    Comment #46296244

    > Want a fully functional ad blocker Is this even the case? UBO has ~10 million users going by the extension store, Firefox has over 150 million users. So less than 10% of Firefox …

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    Comment #46259107

    What actual extra privacy does that add though? You still need to connect to them from your IP address, which can be traced back to you.

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    Comment #46257229

    OP is in Australia. Most stores that sell gift cards have loyalty cards that give points for gift card purchases. And a few times a year they give bonus points (e.g. 10x) on gift c…

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    Comment #46235867

    From what I remember from undergrad the reason they're not life is that they lack their own metabolism, they use the metabolism of host cells. And metabolism needs to be a constant…

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    Comment #46222967

    As an Australian the only platforms I have that asked for an age check were Discord and Bluesky. Which is funny as neither came under this legislation, they're implementing this be…

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    Comment #46209458

    An an Australian, the social media ban legislation specifically requires than non-ID methods be available (it specifically says that also included digital ID).

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    Comment #46176117

    If something like Orch OR is correct then maybe not.

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    Comment #46026921

    Geiser works well for Racket also.

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    Comment #46026876

    The selection of games for macOS is tiny compared to Windows, and even Linux now due to proton. For example Paradox games used to have decent support with macOS, but now Europa Uni…

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    Comment #46017890

    Samsungs newer Exynos are somewhat like this, their GPUs are based on AMDs RNA2.

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    Comment #46008704

    The law speifically reuired non-ID methods > Specifies that no Australian will be compelled to use government identification (including Digital ID) to prove their age online, and p…