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willk
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About willk
HackerSmacker profile: https://www.hackersmacker.org/user/willk?hs=0BHGDjBYYrnx2vQITj
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Comment #48313319
Apple/Google has effectively made notification worthless because they allow services to abuse notifications. I wish they respected my time/attention more.
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Comment #48313278
Mine works, what are you talking about?
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Comment #46797782
Your first gripe kind of sounds like DLP software is installed on the system and it is scanning files you're "accessing".
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Comment #46736461
Depends on where you live. I live in the sticks. 2 hour rides to the store on a windy road isn't really viable. Moreover, time is a limited resource. Even adding 15 minutes here an…
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Comment #46547660
Here is the talk if anyone is interested: https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-making-the-magic-leap-past-nvidi...
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Comment #45879703
I don’t buy that for a second. Governments always want more control, and this is just another way for them to get it.
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Comment #45541770
> Workers have complained of chemical burns from the waste material generated by the tunneling process, and firefighters must decontaminate their equipment after conducting rescues…
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Comment #43273900
Because they can.
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Comment #40999334
You can file a complaint here: https://www.cppa.ca.gov/webapplications/complaint
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Comment #39829377
https://web.archive.org/web/20240326143617/https://www.wsj.c...
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Comment #39111300
> This company's incompetence killed 346 people It wasn't incompetence, it was greed. They said "no new training for pilots" in order to keep sales volume up and to ensure no new t…
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Comment #39109776
Think of the shareholders though /s In all seriousness though, what can be done? It appears that Boeing has to much power in their relationship with the FAA.
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Comment #38882648
I don't want snap, ever. It is really annoying to have to disable it on Ubuntu. I don't think it would be as bad if they didn't hijack apt to install what they think should be a sn…
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Comment #38596260
Don’t confuse the wasabi that we get in the States for actual wasabi. Nicer restaurants will have it, but you’ll probably have to ask for it.
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Comment #38491072
Why are people still using Google services? They take your money and disappear when you need any help. Only way to actually get support is to know someone who knows someone or get …
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Comment #38479509
It is getting hugged to death. It is a map with locations of retro computing/gaming points of interests. Think arcades, bars, shops. Really cool idea. Going to use this to find coo…
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Comment #38476894
I understand why municipalities want these facilities connected to the internet. However, I can't understand why it is allowed. We really need to take the security of our critical …
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Comment #38296064
It feels like they waited a long time to post an advisory for an exploit that was being actively used by threat actors, more than a week after they pushed a fix to their repositori…
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Comment #38269712
I stopped used Google search two years ago. I switched to DDG and I have never felt the need to switch back. I just want search, I don't need my search engine to anticipate me. I w…
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Comment #38266203
I agree with him. After having a car with CarPlay, I can't imagine going back to the user experience that car companies offer. I tried the standard Bluetooth experience in my car a…
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Comment #38252832
They article show DJI. I know the local PD's in my area are also using DJI.
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