Spare_account

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by Spare_account 1mo ago
Here is another way of looking at the same question: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49252106
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by Spare_account 2mo ago
>Logically, no, as they all neighbour non-pub locations. I don't understand this response, so I am wondering if I phrased my question badly. The linked article established that there is no pub in London that can be reached within 60
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by Spare_account 2mo ago
Is there any (non-pub) location in London that could satisfy the 60 minute requirement?
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by Spare_account 4mo ago
I have about a dozen email aliases associated with my Microsoft account. On the "Your info" page, under "Account info", one of them is described as "The email address you use to sign in to your Microsoft Account&quo
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by Spare_account 5mo ago
>it completely solves the issue on any site It doesn't solve the problem with Instagram links, which in my experience do the following: 1) Open a new browser tab, with no history. 2) Close the original tab, so I can't easily ge
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by Spare_account 5mo ago
As an additional data point, in the UK I can just login to my banking app and remove the authorisation for a particular vendor (or, for people who don't use online banking, I could phone up to do the same thing).
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by Spare_account 8mo ago
From the link I shared: " Today, the USPS receives no direct government or taxpayer funding. "
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by Spare_account 8mo ago
https://www.britannica.com/question/How-is-the-USPS-funded > the USPS faced financial difficulties, posting losses of $6.5 billion in fiscal 2023 and $8 billion in fiscal 2024, leading to a request for $14 billion i
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by Spare_account 9mo ago
You're not expected to know the answers without doing research. https://britbrief.co.uk/education/schools/king-williams-coll... > The paper carries a telling Latin motto: "Scire ubi aliquid invenire
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by Spare_account 9mo ago
The mods are active (and have even commented in this thread) and have a clearly stated set of objectives: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46309399 https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&pr
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by Spare_account 9mo ago
Sorry, I should have said, I'm on Android 16, Firefox 145.0.2 (Build #2016128151)
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by Spare_account 9mo ago
For some reason I can't paste my email address into the email address field when I try to sign up
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by Spare_account 9mo ago
Thank you. I already had that setting enabled, but your comment inspired me to review all the settings again and I have been successful in hiding Shorts from view (for now, until Google changes something again no doubt).
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by Spare_account 9mo ago
To be clear, I have revanced and use it daily. I'm just too stupid to be able to figure out how to hide Shorts
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by Spare_account 9mo ago
How do you hide Shorts? I can't figure out how to do it.
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by Spare_account 10mo ago
I have installation media for MS Office 2010 in my desk drawer. If I lose the disc, I wouldn't expect Microsoft to replace it for me. I'm afraid I don't really understand what the author is angry about here.
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by Spare_account 10mo ago
Yes, my understanding is that the 600 year figure was arrived at assuming that there is iterative progress in propulsion technology throughout the intervening years. But at the end of the day, it is just some number that some dude on YouTub
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by Spare_account 10mo ago
For anyone interested, this is approximately the wait/walk dilemma, specifically the interstellar travel subset: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wait/walk_dilemma#Interstellar... I was listening to an old editi
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by Spare_account 11mo ago
I'm fascinated at the number of people on an ostensibly techincal website who don't learn how their equipment works. You've summed up in a few sentences exactly how mine works, but there are dozens of commenters in this threa
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by Spare_account 11mo ago
Does the Samsung use the same drying method as the LG did? Older dryers (that needed a vent) were inefficient, but faster at drying. They constantly pumped damp, heated air out of the vent. Modern condensing dryers keep the heat in the syst
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by Spare_account 11mo ago
It was implicit, at least to my eye, that other explanation which was being offered a counterpoint was the grandfather comment. For clarity, I will include both here: The two explanations for increased adult fragility are: forgotoldacc &gt
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by Spare_account 11mo ago
How can we discuss <any given topic> if we are talking about different things?
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by Spare_account 11mo ago
Were these pilots undertrained?
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by Spare_account 1y ago
Why don't you use an adblocker?
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by Spare_account 1y ago
Why aren't you using an adblocker?
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by Spare_account 1y ago
I have a Chromecast with Google TV, and it allows sideloading of APKs. I installed SmartTube which is a YouTube client that incorporates Adblocking and also SponsorBlock. It periodically has issues loading videos when Google change somethin
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by Spare_account 1y ago
Does the Passkey-enabled account support multiple passkeys? I'm pretty sure I have my Android phone setup with a passkey for my Google account and also my Windows laptop. Presuambly the same logic applies for a service that permits mul
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by Spare_account 1y ago
Strong recommend for Android, Firefox and uBlock Origin I also have these Extensions: ClearURLs Decentraleyes Privacy Badger I still don't care about cookies
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by Spare_account 1y ago
Genuine question, if you're willing to indulge me: Why aren't you using ad-blocking of one type or another? (Assumption: You're tech literate, given the audience of this website. So I tend to assume it must be a conscious de
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by Spare_account 1y ago
that is covered off in the article, for what it's worth

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