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“If you leave, we'll smash all your digital purchases into oblivion.”(reddit.com)
97 points by rahuldottech 7y ago|44 comments
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by rahuldottech 7y ago
In libgen, you can search for stuff and find books/docs that match the query, but unfortunately that appears to not be possible on sci-hub, which is inconvenient. That said, both are incredible resources for academics, researchers, stu
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Decimal and Thousands Separators(docs.oracle.com)
1 points by rahuldottech 7y ago|0 comments
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Google secretly monitors millions of schoolkids, lawsuit alleges(cbsnews.com)
2 points by rahuldottech 7y ago|0 comments
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by rahuldottech 7y ago
I don't know, what I will say is: most (tech) folks would (rightly, in my opinion) trust Facebook/WhatsApp more than they would Tencent.
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Removing Google as a Single Point of Failure(jakewharton.com)
3 points by rahuldottech 7y ago|0 comments
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by rahuldottech 7y ago
A mute person can write. Or sign. A corporate entity doesn't communicate in any way. Because... It obviously cannot .
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Telecoms say they have a First Amendment right to sell private data(vice.com)
278 points by rahuldottech 7y ago|144 comments
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by rahuldottech 7y ago
> iOS built-in adult content filter blocks all searches with the keyword "Asian,” assuming it's porn-related. Which means a 12 y/o Chinese-American girl might Google "Asian hairstyles" and find out that her cul
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by rahuldottech 7y ago
It's used to pay respect to a recently deceased tech person. In this case, Larry Tesler: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22361282 In the past, we've had it for Steve Jobs and Aaron Swartz, among others.
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by rahuldottech 7y ago
All good :)
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Assange says he was promised a Trump pardon if he lied about Russia’s DNC hack(rawstory.com)
6 points by rahuldottech 7y ago|0 comments
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by rahuldottech 7y ago
Yes. > Yikes, please don't do or encourage using these in public - there are many accessibility devices (hearing aids, cochlear implants, etc.) which depend on MEMS microphones to function. > You could inadvertently make the
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by rahuldottech 7y ago
All NASA images and videos are in the public domain, but the same is not true for any technologies that they develop.
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by rahuldottech 7y ago
My bad, didn't realize that it's been out for a while.
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by rahuldottech 7y ago
I wish all websites were as lightweight and fast as HN. I sorta want to use New Reddit (because I like having smaller windows for multitasking and responsiveness makes that much more convenient) but boy is it painfully slow even on a 100+ m
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by rahuldottech 7y ago
Links formatted as code sorta defeat the point, right?
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Apollo 11 Guidance Computer source code for the command and lunar modules(github.com)
158 points by rahuldottech 7y ago|30 comments
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Spend Bill Gates' Money(neal.fun)
2 points by rahuldottech 7y ago|0 comments
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by rahuldottech 7y ago
Just checked, I'm on latest regular FF, non-nightly. I don't recall seeing it in the past couple days so maaaaybe it's resolved now? I'll keep an eye out for it in case I see it again.
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by rahuldottech 7y ago
I've been experiencing this too! On only one of my machines. I did a complete Windows reinstall but the problem persisted. It doesn't happen too often, but iirc I saw a text glitch sometime in the past few days. Moving my mouse ov
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America’s monopoly problem, explained by your internet bill(vox.com)
9 points by rahuldottech 7y ago|1 comments
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We've Just Seen the First Use of Deepfakes in an Indian Election Campaign(vice.com)
39 points by rahuldottech 7y ago|5 comments
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Factbook: Facebook, Corrected(factbook.org)
1 points by rahuldottech 7y ago|0 comments
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Facebook was repeatedly warned of flaw that led to its biggest data breach(telegraph.co.uk)
1 points by rahuldottech 7y ago|0 comments
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Poll: How often do you use the “menu” key on your keyboard?
1 points by rahuldottech 7y ago|3 comments
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by rahuldottech 7y ago
Regularly.
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by rahuldottech 7y ago
Sometimes.
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by rahuldottech 7y ago
Never.
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“Special Edition of Firefox”(mail.com)
2 points by rahuldottech 7y ago|0 comments

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