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Re:Mathematics has changed. Let's act like it on Monday November 02, 2026 @03:28AM (#50334360)
But it now takes 3 times as long because you constantly have to cross roads.
I’d disagree with that. For example, in many sentences, the most load-bearing (heh) word is “not”, which is also one of the most common words.
Re:Zero click, silent, remote Android DoS on Friday October 30, 2026 @09:06AM (#50303332)
IIUC, someone can brick your phone by sending you an SMS. That sounds pretty serious.
Re:The Exponential Time Hypothesis Is False [pdf] on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @04:58AM (#50256287)
Even if all NP problems could be solved in sub-exponential time, it would not imply that NP ≠ EXP. It seems that many people here are confused about what EXP means – it’s the set of all problems that can be solved in at most exponential time, including those in P.
Re:The Exponential Time Hypothesis Is False [pdf] on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @04:51AM (#50256239)
This is not a proof of NP ≠ EXP. NP ≠ EXP would mean that there is a problem that can be solved in exponential time, but not in non-deterministic polynomial time. That’s completely different from what they have shown.
It’s much cheaper, having an unlimited plan for just $10/year, or even less if you choose usage-based pricing. Otherwise I don’t know as I’ve never used Migadu.
TIL that Purelymail supports DAV. When was that added?
For now. They’re going to remove that option after everyone gets used to the new normal.
Re:Kimi K3.1 Pro and K3.1 Pro Highspeed on Friday October 23, 2026 @07:08PM (#50216618)
Don’t worry. When SlopenAI and Antslopic run out of VC money, all the models will be equally expensive.
Re:Reforming English Spelling on Friday October 23, 2026 @06:32PM (#50216277)
Typically, in informal writing, you write it as you say it in your dialect, and in formal writing, you use the standardized form of the language if there is one.
Purelymail. Really cheap, just works and doesn’t get in my way.

https://purelymail.com/

Even if you stole 43 million cars?
Re:Getting Banned from r/java on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @12:07PM (#50168479)
> Insisting on hand-coding a project for these reasons is akin to choosing a shovel over an excavator

This is a great analogy because an excavator is much more expensive than a shovel and can’t fit into small places, so it’s only worth it for large projects.

Re:Facebook now charging to post more than 2 links a month on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @11:59AM (#50168358)
Of course they’re not free for Meta, as they allow people to access other sites than Facebook.
Re:JPEG XL vs. AVIF for web use-cases on Saturday October 17, 2026 @05:23AM (#50129369)
I use JXL/AVIF/WEBP images on my website and don’t have videos, ads or unnecessary JavaScript.
Re:Wayland desktop for Linux with skeuomorphic design on Friday October 16, 2026 @06:56AM (#50116837)
> Discoverability in CLI is --help.

Unless it’s one of those programs that are like “unrecognized option --help, use -h to see help”.

Re:Wayland desktop for Linux with skeuomorphic design on Friday October 16, 2026 @06:54AM (#50116819)
> But trying to think of examples where the name is not related to the function

Git?

How does the existence of a serif variant change anything about the original sans-serif font not having serifs?
Re:Passkeys Are Not a Trap on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @05:29PM (#50095598)
Microslop uses it. If you want to login to a corporate Microslop account with a passkey, you have to use Microslop software.
Re:Passkeys Are Not a Trap on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @12:46PM (#50090690)
> or even ones I don't have right now that I log into in the future

How do you log in without having the passkey?

Re:Passkeys Are Not a Trap on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @12:37PM (#50090530)
> Then guess what - people stop using those websites.

You can’t just stop using those websites if your university uses them for student/employee accounts.

Re:Passkeys Are Not a Trap on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @12:24PM (#50090249)
Only if the website allows you to use Bitwarden for the passkey.
Re:Passkeys Are Not a Trap on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @12:22PM (#50090203)
As the previous article says, some passkeys are open, while others require lock-in, and megacorporations deliberately create confusion between the two.
Re:Passkeys Are Not a Trap on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @12:21PM (#50090176)
On an iPad/iPhone, you are not allowed to install apps not approved by Apple.
Where do you see the serifs?
Re:Don't Put Tilde In Your Path on Monday October 12, 2026 @05:37AM (#50053756)
Whenever I’m SSHing, I am not doing complex stuff that would require intricate knowledge of the shell, so it suffices to remember the basics.
Re:Don't Put Tilde In Your Path on Sunday October 11, 2026 @01:56PM (#50045897)
Fortunately, 99.9% of the time I’m on my computer, where I can install whatever I want.
Re:Navier–Stokes Lost in Translation on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:42AM (#50002137)
Their aim was to create a correct-looking proof using as little resources as possible, not to create a correct proof.
Re:Shipping JPEG XL in Chrome on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @04:27PM (#49998360)
How so? You can literally convert a JPEG to a JXL that contains the exact same information and is 30% smaller.
Re:Shipping JPEG XL in Chrome on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @04:26PM (#49998337)
For one, it allowed me to fit several years of photos in a few gigabytes so I can easily back them up without going broke.

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