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someonebaggy

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    Comment #48773371

    Germany is also supplying Russia, should Spain exit the mostly-Germany-controlled EU?

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    Comment #48773352

    That works for phones (and you can download it from the internet if out of date). It doesn't work for cameras which are usually turned off until you want to take pictures.

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    Comment #48773335

    It's not possible for FOSS to compete with Google in Google's niche — try it and you'll see why. It's possible to find a different niche and expand there.

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    Comment #48773328

    It's not a platform, it's server-side software for creating a platform.

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    Comment #48773262

    Do people go looking for videos? I think I go to YouTube because it has interesting content , and the fact it's in video form isn't particularly relevant. Some content must be in v…

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    Comment #48773191

    I don't think it was ever a joke?

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    Comment #48773190

    People get tired of trying to push back a tsunami with their bare hands. Other people were born into the tsunami and just accept that everything is underwater.

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    Comment #48773182

    To be fair he did say he was going to invade the EU.

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    Comment #48773173

    Video looks better on streaming platforms at higher resolutions, even when the pixels are just interpolated, because it increases the compressed bitrate.

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    Comment #48773137

    This is a form of market segmentation.

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    Comment #48773131

    So they sold half as many. The next question should be: did they make more than twice as much profit per sale? I suspect the answer is yes.

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    Comment #48773112

    This week a Microsoft representative told Congress that all Minecraft servers except the ones sponsored by Microsoft are illegal piracy.

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    Comment #48773106

    Yes. The new generation will grow up without ever owning any media, and will not be able to conceive of the idea of owning media.

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    Comment #48773093

    Their definition: if a substantial group of buyers has no reasonable choice of seller, it's a monopoly situation

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    Comment #48773057

    Canvas pixel readback is a common fingerprinting vector, isn't it blocked behind a permission popup?

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    Comment #48773028

    This is a clearly politicized clickbait title. What actually happened?

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    Comment #48773008

    IIRC the one that got Kirked was about to start, or had recently started, denying more than a fixed amount of time for anesthesia. If the operation runs longer than expected, you w…

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    Comment #48772961

    invokedynamic comes to mind. It was later used to implement lambda expressions but originally had no use in the Java language and isn't tailored to lambda expressions.

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    Comment #48772940

    Getting a GPS fix from the satellites alone with no internet connection or stored data takes a few hours, not seconds. First you have to listen to the very slow data channel that t…

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    Comment #48772865

    When they oppose AB1043 (California parental controls act) it seems like they are taking that stance, that the government must not regulate computers because they are computers. Wh…

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    Comment #48772851

    idk, how does voice recognition learn my voice? How can I install programs when the hardware is static?

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    Comment #48772797

    Are there really no customers who want the TV to have Netflix built in? At a streaming company I worked at, we put quite a lot of effort into working around all the smart TV firmwa…

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    Comment #48772755

    The IRCv3 people tried and it never caught on. This is because they don't control the big implementations.

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    Comment #48772750

    It would make sense if it was only if your app costs or handles money.