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wfh

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About wfh

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    Comment #48405029

    I emailed them about this and they said they would consider removing it. But need more people to complain. If you are a paying subscriber please let them know! There is power in yo…

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    Comment #44237228

    Has this tax change been mentioned in any earnings calls as a reason for layoffs. Perhaps if that evidence could be found it would bolster the argument being made here. Didn't some…

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    Comment #42720307

    I just installed tiktok for the first time on my Android device and it asked for no permissions and even let me use it without creating an account. How is it getting photos and vid…

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    Comment #39685971

    Original blog post that the article was seemingly based on https://security.googleblog.com/2024/03/vulnerability-reward...

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    Comment #38795958

    If you mean the existing H-1B lottery, see sibling comment linking the Forbes article which says "However, attorneys say attempting to reorder the H-1B lottery from highest to lowe…

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    Comment #38722599

    I don't think this article will age well.

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    Comment #36166046

    Remains one of my proudest contributions to Chromium https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/25...

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    Comment #35656194

    The lasting legacy will be persuading everyone that installing apps should have its own scary word like "sideloading" rather than just "installing".

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    Comment #35327415

    I think you're talking about Chromebooks.

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    Comment #34088953

    Can't wait for hacker news to find out about --enable-features and --disable-features.

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    Comment #34088939

    Sure, you can use the enterprise policy: https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/#DefaultJavaScriptJ... And this existed before SDSM... in fact SDSM depends on the code landed in …

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    Comment #34039720

    Agree with the article but, to me, demonstrates the reason why governments and regulators (and taxation authorities) make a difference here. E.g. if fossil fuels get a 200% tax the…

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    Comment #33541268

    Loading this page with JavaScript disabled is a very bizarre experience!

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    Comment #33053360

    I use my Stadia controller over a USB-C cable to my PC. Plays Elden Ring fine :)

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    Comment #31612924

    Reminds me a paper I co-authored all the way back in 2000! https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~fms27/papers/2000-StajanoHar-roman... wow that's a long time ago!

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    Comment #31092978

    Code injection like this is why we have historically been unable to enable stronger process mitigations for Chrome that might improve security and stability. It's a real pity :( ht…

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    Comment #29607726

    (do not work in finance so excuse the dumb question but) if there is this requirement for all employee communications to be tracked for compliance purposes, how are/were face to fa…

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    Comment #29473644

    How does this compare with https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/27... ?

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    Comment #28854529

    NHTSA should change the name of the term. With more and more vehicles supporting over-the-air updates, using a word like "recall" which implies you have to drive your car to a gara…

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    Comment #26782657

    BBC Radio 4 also presented a good hour-long segment on Gagarin last weekend https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000v24g

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    Comment #19530583

    Does GalliumOS auto-update, including security updates for all packages?

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    Comment #17946946

    have you considered using multiple profiles/containers in one browser e.g. Firefox supports containers, and Chrome supports profiles?

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    Comment #16758078

    Anyone else find the font being used on that page incredibly hard to read?

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    Comment #15940583

    Do you have link to the proposed text for this bill?

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    Comment #15037593

    Reliable, widespread, cost effective, nuclear fusion based power generation.