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  1. Comment on Is LibreOffice Calc decent to use as my primary spreadsheet tool? What are your worst experiences with it? in ~tech

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    As someone who uses OnlyOffice, I can confirm that it exists and that even when it was on, all the AI tab did was provide fields to fill in API keys to hook into external LLMs. It being on by...

    one of the screenshots on the site specifically shows a toggle to turn off AI functionality.

    As someone who uses OnlyOffice, I can confirm that it exists and that even when it was on, all the AI tab did was provide fields to fill in API keys to hook into external LLMs. It being on by itself didn't seem to do anything.

    7 votes

  2. Comment on Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production in Texas next year in ~transport

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    Unironically, a streamer I watch recently had her orchi and I considered sending her a pair or truck nuts as a gag to keep in a jar or smth, but it could be taken the wrong way so I decided...

    Unironically, a streamer I watch recently had her orchi and I considered sending her a pair or truck nuts as a gag to keep in a jar or smth, but it could be taken the wrong way so I decided against it (I'd have put it in her stream chat first so she'd know).

  3. Comment on Chinese whispers in Dhaka: 1000s of vloggers film suburb, claim they’re in ‘dirty’ India. No one knows why. in ~tech

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    My dude China and India are still in conflict over their borders, keeping up the grassroots propaganda would just be part of rahrah sabre rattling.

    My dude China and India are still in conflict over their borders, keeping up the grassroots propaganda would just be part of rahrah sabre rattling.

    11 votes

  4. Comment on Enough phone (compact phone) kickstarter is up in ~tech

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    It says that every reward will come with a USB-C to 3.5 adaptor, if you consider that a mitigation.

    It says that every reward will come with a USB-C to 3.5 adaptor, if you consider that a mitigation.

    Every reward includes: enough phone with a glass screen protector pre-installed, a protective case, a USB-C to USB-C charging cable, a USB-C to 3.5mm headphone adapter, a hex screwdriver and green Founders' Edition backplate screws.

    7 votes

  5. Comment on Binance suspends withdrawals after crypto hackers steal $6.3 billion in ~tech

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    Huh, I remember that comic but not the tool, so I didn't make the connection.

    Huh, I remember that comic but not the tool, so I didn't make the connection.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on Binance suspends withdrawals after crypto hackers steal $6.3 billion in ~tech

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    Yeah that's the term Coffee used, but I didn't recognise it and wasn't sure if it meant dismantling someone's computer to extract the HDD

    Yeah that's the term Coffee used, but I didn't recognise it and wasn't sure if it meant dismantling someone's computer to extract the HDD

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Binance suspends withdrawals after crypto hackers steal $6.3 billion in ~tech

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    I'm going to be honest, that (extortion) did sound like a bit of a copout to me, but large quantities of fiat is generally held in banks - you can kidnap someone for their BTC wallet's password,...

    I'm going to be honest, that (extortion) did sound like a bit of a copout to me, but large quantities of fiat is generally held in banks - you can kidnap someone for their BTC wallet's password, but stealing their actual wallet will only get you a few hundred.

    4 votes

  8. Comment on Binance suspends withdrawals after crypto hackers steal $6.3 billion in ~tech

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    Stolen hard drives, and/or extortion

    Stolen hard drives, and/or extortion

  9. Comment on Binance suspends withdrawals after crypto hackers steal $6.3 billion in ~tech

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    Coffeezilla void video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HaySrzDyWU Around half of the stolen funds were frozen before they could be cashed out, Binance will probably survive, and an internal...

    Coffeezilla void video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HaySrzDyWU

    Around half of the stolen funds were frozen before they could be cashed out, Binance will probably survive, and an internal investigation suggested a developer's laptop was compromised. As well, a general discussion on decentralised finance enabling fraud and theft, and this coming back to crypto as a whole: what's the point of owning it if neither your own machine nor exchanges can keep it safe?

    18 votes

  10. Comment on Contender for the most non-viable startup: Reflect Orbital in ~tech

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    I was surprised by how much dialogue played in my mind by memory, before the characters said it.

    I was surprised by how much dialogue played in my mind by memory, before the characters said it.

    1 vote

  11. Comment on Contender for the most non-viable startup: Reflect Orbital in ~tech

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    Worse. It's the premise of an episode of Totally Spies. (I am dead serious there was an episode where a villain named Edison held the world's sunlight to ransom).

    Worse. It's the premise of an episode of Totally Spies.

    (I am dead serious there was an episode where a villain named Edison held the world's sunlight to ransom).

    10 votes

  12. Comment on Denmark has quietly ended its Collabora pilot, halting a major effort to replace Microsoft software and achieve greater technological independence in ~tech

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    I switched to OnlyOffice just last month and found it extremely accessible and similar to MS Office's UX; I haven't observed any behaviour like you've mentioned.

    Is it really? I recently tried it, opened a very basic excel table (my work timetable) and found out that it was broken. Normally I wouldn't want to extrapolate too much from a single experience, but this seems exactly like the dealbreaker that would make non-tech people not use it - a simple, seemingly basic featured table used for a common thing, you open it and see a table half full of hashes.

    I switched to OnlyOffice just last month and found it extremely accessible and similar to MS Office's UX; I haven't observed any behaviour like you've mentioned.

    4 votes

  13. Comment on How Wikipedia’s editors keep the online encyclopedia human-written in ~tech

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    Just yesterday, me and my coworkers got into a conversation about the world's oldest university. One guy brings up the University of Timbuktu, which I look up on WP and try to correct that it's...

    Just yesterday, me and my coworkers got into a conversation about the world's oldest university. One guy brings up the University of Timbuktu, which I look up on WP and try to correct that it's not a single, organised university - it's a collective name for all the research and teaching that went on in the community. Before I do they jump down my throat about using Wikipedia because of how deeply unreliable it is and how all their teachers told them to never use it as a source. "But", I say, "all your research is from asking ChatGPT!".
    "Yeah," they say, "but all of its output comes with references!"
    "Ah,", I reply, "and the huge list of references at the end of ever single WP article, they don't count. Right?"

    We are so doomed....

    3 votes

  14. Comment on I survived the certificate expiration of October 19th 2026 and all I got was to make a silly shitpost in ~tildes

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    Oh. So the Dukes of the Internet need to order in new seals so the clerks in my laptop know that the letters they're opening come from them, and not a sneaky impersonator with the same PO Box.

    Oh. So the Dukes of the Internet need to order in new seals so the clerks in my laptop know that the letters they're opening come from them, and not a sneaky impersonator with the same PO Box.

    13 votes

  15. Comment on Confession | Official teaser in ~movies

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    Is this the one that attempts to rewrite history of how Renee Good was killed, or a different one?

    Is this the one that attempts to rewrite history of how Renee Good was killed, or a different one?

    3 votes

  16. Comment on Why is there no word for please in the Nordic languages – are their speakers simply more direct, or is politeness expressed in ways outsiders may not immediately recognise in ~humanities.languages

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    Yeah, a question asking 能不能 neng/buneng, can / can't, would be answered with neng, can. Or 可以 keyi, which also means "can" but colloquially gets used as "okay".

    Yeah, a question asking 能不能 neng/buneng, can / can't, would be answered with neng, can. Or 可以 keyi, which also means "can" but colloquially gets used as "okay".

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  17. Comment on Why is there no word for please in the Nordic languages – are their speakers simply more direct, or is politeness expressed in ways outsiders may not immediately recognise in ~humanities.languages

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    To be a little more precise, you'd say 是的 (shi de). 是 (shi) does mean 'is' but as the response to a suggestion 是的 is an affirmation, something like "That is the way it is / will be". 对 means...

    是 works but is weird in some contexts

    To be a little more precise, you'd say 是的 (shi de). 是 (shi) does mean 'is' but as the response to a suggestion 是的 is an affirmation, something like "That is the way it is / will be". 对 means "correct" but with the connotation of a correct answer, eg you guessed right or your homework is correct.

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  18. Comment on Popcorn! What's the best way to make it? in ~food

  19. Comment on Marginalia Search is an independent, open source, keyword-based Internet search engine with its own crawler operating out of Sweden in ~tech

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    Can you explain what you mean by "decent, not great" vs "adequate"? They both read as about the same quality level to me.

    Last time I tried Marginalia a few years back the results were decent, but not great, but now? they seem to be fairly adequate in their results

    Can you explain what you mean by "decent, not great" vs "adequate"? They both read as about the same quality level to me.

    3 votes

  20. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Skies of Deception is unironically one of my favourite Ace Combat games - not because it's great compared to the series peak, but because it succeeds despite being on a handheld platform with...

    Skies of Deception is unironically one of my favourite Ace Combat games - not because it's great compared to the series peak, but because it succeeds despite being on a handheld platform with limited resources. The multi-path campaign and parts tuning mechanics do a lot to improve replayability, and although the story is quite basic it's good enough to keep players engaged, with hammy, very distinctive voice acting.