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Comment #48934642
They'll argue you're "buying" a license that they can revoke when they feel like it. My feelings on the matter have been summed up by someone else more clever than me as: If buying…
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Comment #48918643
> And yes, USB as main connection standard was driven by Apple. But USB as main charging standard was set by the EU. Hard disagree. Yes, they were quick to say that if you want to …
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Comment #48798859
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Comment #48190890
What do you base "its international waters" on? It is considerably narrower than the 12nm limit for territorial waters.
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Comment #47770986
Well, I may want to have a say in what websites the employees at work access in their browsers. For example.
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Comment #47749562
> I’m generally with you, but I am not prepared to say companies should be forced to host and distribute content they believe reflects badly on them. If Apple and Google are hell-b…
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Comment #47689354
It's pretty, but almost exclusively focused on ATI/AMD and Nvidia with an intel thrown in for fun. Not actually a list of important GPUs.
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Comment #47672742
Honorable mention, the Rendition Vérité 1000 https://fabiensanglard.net/vquake/index.html Released before the Voodoo 1 with glquake and gl support for Tomb Raider.
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Comment #47466600
Yea, add a VNC jump host and a flaky spice based terminal and there are a bunch of things that can make your input not register properly.
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Comment #46945834
Plenty of bad habits that cause chemical dependence would still benefit from a pause, even if temporary.
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Comment #46924151
Managing documents on the back end can be very sensible, depending on your work context. Not having to deal with installations is also a real advantage in a heterogeneous environme…
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Comment #46763742
About half of all Faroese traditional food is fermented mutton or fish - air dried and boiled/roasted it triggers a lot of savory flavors that simply aren't on the spectrum of food…
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Comment #45991886
I'll allow it.
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Comment #45952346
After seeing Grok trying to turn every conversation into the plight of white South African farmers, it was extremely obvious that someone was ordered to do so, and ended up doing i…
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Comment #45569427
There's also a good case for geothermal plants at these sites, if the geology permits it. There has been a good deal of development, and more sites are usable.
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Comment #45293013
Writing top to bottom, and even left to right has/had advantages for mostly right-handed writers to avoid moving your hand over and smudging previously written text.
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Comment #44542117
Reminds me of the youtube video where Ahoy recreates one of the classic 4 Byte images from the 80's 4-Byte Burger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4EFkspO5p4
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Comment #43993322
> Entrenches Google, Facebook, etc. because they are the only people that have enough money to comply with the regulation. I have very little sympathy for the idea of NOT storing u…
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Comment #43993291
> As long as a market exists that can profit from exploiting PII, and is so large that it can support other industries, data will never be radioactive. The EU bureaucracy machine c…
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Comment #43858502
Much like the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is nominally democratic.
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Comment #43567835
Corner to corner with their hinge opened to 180°
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Comment #43240415
There have been plenty of pictures of older landing sites. Most of those people have a part of their identity tied up in contrarian ideas, and would find a way to call it fake, eve…
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Comment #42931056
I'm guessing poorly configured log files?
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Comment #42878280
If anyone needs a palate cleanser after listening to a depressing ATC recording, I can recommend this heartwarming first time solo flying teenager dealing with her landing gear com…