rand49an

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by rand49an 4y ago
I'd love to see the same for a CSR4 module, those are very weird.
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by rand49an 4y ago
If it's the matt grey that you can get certain Skoda models in, I have to say, I disagree. I think its eye catching and different.
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by rand49an 4y ago
I've had a Withings Steel HR (was briefly owned by Nokia) for 5 years and would recommend it to anyone. About £150 new, still achieves a month plus battery and in that time all I've done is change the band a few times.
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by rand49an 4y ago
It might be worth trying the Insync client instead of the official OneDrive one as I've found that quite slow to sync large libraries. It's far more customisable and runs on Linux too. https://www.insynchq.com/
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by rand49an 4y ago
> I would admit that it would take many years to make a dent, but there's no rush to it. Windows seems a sitting duck. Nobody, including Microsoft, seems to care about it. Microsoft are too busy making money on Azure and M365 subscr
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by rand49an 4y ago
But then you have to deal with conflicts in a sensible way that won't lose users files and make it simple enough for people to choose which files to synchronise.
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by rand49an 4y ago
> I know people that don't think raising the minimum wage basically just causes inflation. They're just wondering why apartments in undesirable areas became 3x more expensive when minimum wage went from $5 to $15. That's a
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by rand49an 4y ago
So you'd prefer to see millions in negative equity unable to sell while companies buy up the ones that are repossessed? I think that would actually be worse than the current situation.
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by rand49an 4y ago
Because WiFi is only trying to fix one problem: connect your device to a local network. Bluetooth has hundreds of different use-cases.
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by rand49an 4y ago
Anything between 5 and 10 degrees average rise will kill all life on earth.
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by rand49an 4y ago
Damn what tariff are you on? My gas is currently 7.34p/kWh with Octopus.
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by rand49an 4y ago
Sadly closed my Monzo account down recently after applying for a joint account with my partner and being denied with no explanation (both long term users, good credit etc). Apparently a common story. Opened a Starling account and got one st
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by rand49an 4y ago
This is almost always down to third party software and people installing tons of junk software that starts with the machine. My laptop that I've used every day for 6 years is still as fast as it was when I got it.
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by rand49an 4y ago
Google's data is their most important asset, they're not selling it. Instead they sell access to their users eyeballs.
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by rand49an 4y ago
Except schools have a responsibility to ensure that they safeguard their students against online abuse which is extremely common between students. Students will routinely bully each other over school messaging systems so it's important
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by rand49an 4y ago
Just block or forward all traffic destined to Google DNS and it will work itself out nicely.
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by rand49an 4y ago
Surely the biggest problem with any social media is the ability to influence it's users and promote or demote certain content more than the data collection in itself. We should probably be careful allowing any other nation having the p
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by rand49an 4y ago
Yes, I NextDNS with this option and it works great.
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by rand49an 4y ago
Because the manufacturer has already paid to include that hardware into the product.
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by rand49an 4y ago
That aside, I would consider that a pretty true statement.
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by rand49an 4y ago
Wasn't this a decision made by Lenovo in this case?
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by rand49an 4y ago
Doesn't this just come down to better education on personal hygiene? My parents had a talk with me when I was a kid about washing properly and I've never had an issue and I doubt I'm alone on that.
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by rand49an 4y ago
It doesn't seem to work in the latest version of Edge either, works for a few minutes and closes.
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by rand49an 4y ago
Probably why they are more conscious it's a problem then.
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by rand49an 4y ago
Perhaps you don't but these are critical features in many businesses. The company I work for does government contracts where we have 3000 line cost models that are shared by 6+ organisations and maintained by 20+ people with daily upda
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by rand49an 4y ago
Probably depends on the temperature it's stored at. It's definitely runnier on warmer days.
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by rand49an 4y ago
It could also be because the on paper rental value is higher than the actual market rate of rental. By renting out you decrease the on paper value which limits your ability to use it in collateral for further property loans. It's why i
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by rand49an 4y ago
Insider trading prevents information from being available to all parties by definition. That argument essentially essentially means that a certain amount of people should be allowed be defrauded to find the correct market price. Real estate
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by rand49an 4y ago
I work for an MSP who uses the MFA function of a password manager to access customer accounts, this means 2FA codes can be shared across teams of people and offers significant protection against credentials being stolen as they can't b
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by rand49an 4y ago
In comparable projects, the London Olympics in 2012 had 0 construction deaths associated and in more recent years, even the highest recorded count was 74 in Sochi, Russia.

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