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Re:Self-Hosting on the Dark Web on Monday September 28, 2026 @04:38AM (#49875175)
Yes, but
Re:Let's make quality the norm again on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @03:12PM (#49821043)
i suspect there is some sort of survival bias at play in that only the good-quality and sturdy stuff from past times survived to date and is remembered in high regard
the underlying tech seems to be based upon awdl principles contributed by apple
> send files over Bluetooth

kind of worked with flip-phone resolutions, but tiresome with multi-megabyte pictures of today

Re:CachyOS: Fast and Customizable Linux Distribution on Sunday November 30, 2025 @07:21AM (#46096059)
sounds like an issue with bluetooth audio profiles having a hard time with bidirectional usage
Re:Start your own Internet Resiliency Club on Monday June 16, 2025 @09:30AM (#44289333)
absurdities not withstanding, this might actually be a good idea.
> Most laptops cannot do parity of any sort because of a lack of SATA/M.2 ports

raid is NOT media or connection dependent and will happily do parity over mixed media and even remote blockdevs

yes it is.

it does not do the e2e hat-trick thou

unformatted html with sugar is not really helpful to humans, is it?
not to dispute, but the fact that most of our stuff is 'made in china' might play into the public perception of this dynamic more than the political labels attached.
> the troubles with VGA ports in meeting rooms

please elaborate

fwiw vga is plug and play, but multi-monitor support in operating systems was indeed a pia

Re:UK's elite hardware talent is being wasted on Monday January 20, 2025 @03:27AM (#42766254)
humanism
amen

home screen icon theming hit like an empty bus

Re:Right to Root Access on Monday January 13, 2025 @09:42AM (#42683890)
basically a hardwired authenticator dongle that the user cannot touch
Re:I deleted my social media accounts on Monday January 13, 2025 @09:09AM (#42683558)
surely annoying, probably illegal
Re:Four causes for 'Zoom fatigue' (2021) on Thursday January 09, 2025 @06:42AM (#42644289)
vr will do nothing for the latency, which is killing natural conversations
Re:Portspoof: Emulate a valid service on all 65535 TCP ports on Wednesday December 25, 2024 @04:30PM (#42511296)
nat-redirection
Re:Internet Archive: Security breach alert on Thursday October 10, 2024 @01:12PM (#41800979)
iirc opera browser tried that
squatting solves the problem of individuals in civilizations being grossly uncivilized
> It doesn't matter if the demand for homes is "artificial" or not - the easiest solution is to build more.

crafting a "i owe you a house" and giving it to the investor while squatting the real estate seems much more efficient

presumably you don't get to be 'legacy' if you are big on selling cheap products
Re:Hate Chatbots? You Aren't the Only One on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @12:33PM (#40502561)
there are a lot of non-native speakers employed in the callcenter business.
Re:Hate Chatbots? You Aren't the Only One on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @12:26PM (#40502484)
i strongly suspect the demographic of C to be much greater than we would like to belive.

then again, misanthropy is likely the core sales pitch with digitization

Re:The Myth of the Second Chance on Monday April 29, 2024 @02:45AM (#40195240)
please elaborate how germany is different in structuring risk of business failure
Re:Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy on Friday April 26, 2024 @02:47AM (#40166566)
same, though there are ppl that become so by chance or occupation
Re:The Rise and Fall of the LAN Party on Thursday April 25, 2024 @04:08AM (#40154789)
warez was the main thing for lots of ppl, as internet speeds at the time more or less prohibited sharing at home.

gaming was the goofy part

Re:The Rise and Fall of the LAN Party on Thursday April 25, 2024 @04:04AM (#40154767)
yea, we did that in elementary school and progressed towards the intricacies of networking tech by the time coax gear was thrown out at dad's company.
> my gig has a hard time _actually finding people to hire

lots of ppl have a hard time finding a gainful employment; seems there is something wrong with expectations (probably on both sides)

somewhat like ppl that oversell their sexual availability in order to always have options and never be in need.

it's a way of life, but not everybody can do it

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