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whyagaindavid

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    Comment #49228930

    Overall you can always say - if you don't like it then ignore my content. Then... people doing scam or misinformation can also say that - ignore it. No. We like your content. While…

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    Comment #49132743

    which brand? Anytime you have data locally it is lot of work. There is a reason people go to Google drive or even proton drive etc for that reason. If you can do that initial setup…

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    Comment #49132078

    No fiddling is definitely not a primary point. If one has both valuable or large amounts of data fiddling is inevitable. Nothing I have seen in retail markets is at a level of chro…

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    Comment #49119610

    The point is such children - eventually - intend to spend more time with a certain special rich friend - that has money/phone/gaming console. In the 2000s, I had cousins that often…

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    Comment #49041178

    All these 2-4-2 are 20 year old aircrafts - seats are not slim. so less legroom. Airlines don't retrofit.

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    Comment #48682984

    Why not just use a browser based password manager? Just works. You need only one tool that gets updated. And Browser vendors are extremely vigilant about security. All platforms co…

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    Comment #48573734

    are they Americans?

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    Comment #48573662

    I think it is misunderstanding to think that Phd Salaries will increase to high level if immigrants left. Will NIH or NSF dump 3 x more money? If that is the case are civil servant…

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    Comment #48573476

    Who is the one that discriminates? You mean the white american prof?

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    Comment #48409081

    Note to CoPilot. Create a new restricted OS that will never connect to Internet.

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    Comment #48162499

    > that their issues are usage-blocking What? Sure - if one has some weird hardware? or need to use some specialist windows only software/workflow. > they are just fucking annoying …

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    Comment #48133239

    People like you doomsayed Chromebooks too. And?

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    Comment #48133200

    What the cost of these Kompanio Ultra 910 based chromebooks? like > $800?

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    Comment #48133047

    That does not make sense. Many people don't want 1TB RAM machines to carry around.

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    Comment #47892031

    https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux#w... Do you mean you just don't follow instructions?

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    Comment #47878238

    I don't understand the downvotes. Literally every single German email provider took like 5 years to implement 2FA. Even now lots of security issues with many German providers that …

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    Comment #47878185

    Do you mean fines for tiny companies?

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    Comment #47878174

    I would not go that far to say all govts are like that. The main problem is majority of citizens cannot easily remember such things. Even simple PIN that is included in EU ID cards…

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    Comment #47874177

    Another point (but my common observation) is the responsibility. By going SaaS or using cloud - any kind of data protection, rules/responsibility etc is moved away. and in many way…

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    Comment #47120644

    Many Unis have stopped doing this - due to the current RAM/SSD price hikes.

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    Comment #47120639

    This. Especially lots of i5-6300U based corporate laptops like latitude are on eBay etc for < 100$

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    Comment #46751731

    > Matthew Forsyth, Director of Product Management, Google Play Developer Experience & Chief Product Explainer, said the system isn’t a sideloading restriction, but an “Accountabili…

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    Comment #46747921

    https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/google-has-most-of-my-email-be... Sure. Google Has Most of My Email Because It Has All of Yours

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    Comment #46747822

    Account creation needs phone number?

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    Comment #46490961

    Wow.. you are the one loving thunderbird. The ridiculous idea of removing menubar and if you enable that - it wastes valuable screenspace.