rmellow

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by rmellow 5d ago
99% of the time I use the browser. However, the video quality in the browser is worse, so depending on the use case I might have to use the app (via sandbox). It's been years since I've had to though.
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by rmellow 5d ago
Not the first time Zoom abuses privilege. A few years back, there was something about gaining root on MacOS via Zoom due to shady execution on their end. They've lost my trust since then, and I'll only run it sandboxed: https:&#
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by rmellow 1mo ago
Does Big Tech understand consent? [ ] Yes [ ] Ask me again later
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by rmellow 4mo ago
Ironically, your entire post can be read as such, almost perfectly! Labeling each sentence (J)ab and (T)hrust, and using colon ":" to indicate arguments, one gets: ``` J: J. J. T. J: "J. J. T". T: T. T: J. J. T. ```
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by rmellow 7mo ago
I think y'all are on something.
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by rmellow 10mo ago
Question - How does this capture the entire screen, except its own window? I've tried making similar functionality in Python to add visual effects to the screen, but the only way I found is to use one of the packages which leverage the
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by rmellow 1y ago
I remember his show was abruptly interrupted as he was detained by the Federal Police for working in Brazil without the appropriate visa. https://www.folhadelondrina.com.br/geral/pf-multa-e-da-oito-...
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by rmellow 2y ago
Yes, they felt very pushy with this & other tactics to get me to use new features. That creates distrust in me, so I swapped to BitWarden and haven't looked back.
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by rmellow 2y ago
> Specifically, the ones rich in descriptions of scenery. (...) skimming to find where the descriptions end so I can resume reading from there. I've always been good at conjuring images in my mind, but I also skip the drawn out visu
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by rmellow 2y ago
Prediction: CEO salaries increase to account for hazard pay.
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by rmellow 2y ago
The person giving the tour knows security by obscurity is weak for actual security, but strong for marketing.
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by rmellow 2y ago
How are the cluster label strings generated?
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by rmellow 2y ago
These are submarines* * https://paulgraham.com/submarine.html
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by rmellow 2y ago
Ceci n'est pas un submarine.
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by rmellow 2y ago
Adding iodine to salt has greatly increased the population's IQ in countries that have adopted it. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15734706/
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by rmellow 2y ago
> MacBook Do you mean the American Electric "Suicide" Computer? Yes I've been zapped by it numerous times. Zapped by shower heads? Don't know anyone. Almost died from a gas heated shower because of a leak? I know one
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by rmellow 2y ago
Digital distribution and cloud apps lowered the cost to correct mistakes and therefore lowered the barrier to release. No longer are developers bound by physical media, or have to force clients to troubleshoot, manually download updates on
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by rmellow 2y ago
> The platform has been blocked in the country of 220 million since the end of last month. Actually, 203 million. The 2018 estimate was 214 million, which was corrected in the 2022 census. Kinda crazy that it was overestimated by 11M.
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by rmellow 2y ago
"Don't even talk to me if your computer doesn't have homemade transistors". While I get the difference between creators vs users, in the end we're all users in someone else's perspective. Maybe you've buil
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by rmellow 2y ago
"Privacy Sandbox" by Google. See also: 1. Exxon's "Advanced Recycling" 2. Phillip Morris' "Smoke Free" > The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministr
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by rmellow 2y ago
Fizz Mobile
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by rmellow 2y ago
Telecom service is actually getting cheaper. There are some new entrants. Just got a plan with 10GB data for CAD$29/month with US+Canada coverage. $2 more adds another 10GB
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by rmellow 2y ago
I've been in Toronto for a decade and the only enforcements I've seen are transit related. People do whatever they want here. I lived in South America in the 1990s, but every now and then Toronto manages to shock me in worse ways.
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by rmellow 2y ago
This reminds me of the time XBox 360s were hacked by drilling the processor at a precise location, at a precise depth [1]. At some point, a tool was made to signal if you drilled far enough. [1] https://m.youtube.com/live&#x
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by rmellow 2y ago
Unfortunately gaming the system is still a temptation. By rewarding growth, schools are incentivized to prevent earlier grades from doing too well. One student with potential pushing the overall performance higher than that school might lik
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by rmellow 2y ago
Linux keeps improving. But I can tell you the following from a Lenovo Certified Ubuntu laptop last year: - Hibernate/suspend issues, Graphics/Wifi dies on wakeup. - Still needed to fiddle with SecureBoot to install. - Setting up T
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by rmellow 2y ago
100 put in jail after scamming? Pff that's nothing. Brazilian police are so effective that thousands of scammers are already in jail when they call!
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by rmellow 2y ago
Why do we care if something is Turing complete? In other words, what are applications of Turing completeness?
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by rmellow 2y ago
Technology amplifies intent. LLMs are as friendly to society as nuts and bolts. It's up to those who wield it to be moral.
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by rmellow 2y ago
Betteridge's corollary: As an online discussion about a headline that ends in a question mark grows longer, the probability of a citation of Betteridges's law approaches 1.

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