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Comment #47572696
Aptly named
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Comment #47540893
I predict a massive uptick in linux switchover as soon as installation and activation of some newer ms-office versions (2019, 2021 or 2024) become possible. I think 2019 was the fi…
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Comment #46528529
What does "industry" mean. Which firms were involved? Were all firms involved?
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Comment #46309207
> People don’t like paying for software, demand constant updates and hate subscriptions. constant updates
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Comment #44227513
I think his video makes it clear how hard it is to make something made-in-america--even this product isn't. On the product front alone, people would be making a decision to spend ~…
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Comment #44204779
Maybe one of their execs fat fingered and shared something embarrassingly.
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Comment #43646606
I can't put my finger on it. Something about the recent announcement video of de-extinction of dire wolves immediately filled me with skepticism. I don't know if it was the very ma…
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Comment #40100905
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Comment #39891736
Maybe I'm not understanding what's meant by sponsorblock support? Sponsorblock works with invidious too and has worked for at least two years. There's a toggle that needs to be ena…
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Comment #39831063
You should never double click to open a csv file in excel. You should ALWAYS import the file into excel. Set your types during import. Many of the complaints about excel's csv hand…
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Comment #38661858
Gdi. I had it installed for over 1 year as a backup browser. Even used it along with thorium winupdater since last few months, so probably had it updated multiple times too. Stick …
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Comment #38559126
I've had a blank landing page for a while. However, I tend to prune channels pretty aggressively with BlockTube. YouTube still works ok, though- cause I can just search and start w…
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Comment #38365795
There are other apps, though. The id system of the local apps are fairly lax, so the driver will just create another account. Besides, they don't always cancel rides. Sometimes the…
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Comment #37985213
Import CSVs into excel; don't double click to open. Been telling this to colleagues since excel 2007 days; still have never managed to get anyone to follow this advice.
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Comment #37878799
Not even slowness for me... Each time I've had to change phones was because of a failing battery at around the 4 year mark.
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Comment #36163335
I checked to. On my computer, with a fresh install, i have to kill Utility: Bat Ledger Service from the brave task manager every time the browser is started. Thankfully it stays cl…
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Comment #36161939
IIRC, the background processes for these ad and crypto services still run in the background even when you disable them. I haven't checked the browser in a long while. But it's easi…
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Comment #34958307
Duckduckgo has pretty much become one of the mainstream search engines. Normal, everyday users who find google's surveillance offputting because of its comprehensive nature probabl…
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Comment #34107669
Apart from ublock filters you can use the Wikiless frontend. An addon like libredirect will redirect to an instance automatically.
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Comment #33792296
Not in front of a computer rn, but f12 should bring up the save as dialogue box (unless hijacked by another program).
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Comment #33785546
My workaround quite a while ago was to start a group chat with a friend and then removing him (he came up with the idea). Now it's a one member group where i share links/files for …
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Comment #33323350
Well, sleep is my chronic illness.
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Comment #33323137
Some more relevant information in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXRtNwUju5g Wendover Productions - How China broke the world's recycling
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Comment #33264007
I have noticed the same thing in multiple fora. Anytime there's any discussion involving brave, the comments are swarmed by rather vocal and hardcore fans and usually the discourse…