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  1. Comment on What steps can the average user do to secure their data privacy? in ~tech

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    Check out PrivacyGuides, they have a lot of great information on the topic. It is the go-to resource for most online privacy–related information. This (and part 2) are newer and less well known...

    Check out PrivacyGuides, they have a lot of great information on the topic. It is the go-to resource for most online privacy–related information.

    This (and part 2) are newer and less well known resources, but they're more convenient if you need something written in a more step-by-step way.

    3 votes

  2. Comment on What steps can the average user do to secure their data privacy? in ~tech

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    You shouldn't. Most modern anti-fingerprinting techniques are actually focused on making your fingerprint unique and different each time so it can't be tied together between sessions, NOT on...

    You shouldn't. Most modern anti-fingerprinting techniques are actually focused on making your fingerprint unique and different each time so it can't be tied together between sessions, NOT on everyone having the same fingerprint.

    A much better test is https://fingerprint.com. If you open it in a private window with a VPN turned on and it still shows the same fingerprint ID, that means your browser is easily trackable.

    1 vote

  3. Comment on Tildes Survey #2: What country do you live in? in ~talk

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    Same for the Netherlands. Is the full country name "Netherlands", "The Netherlands" or "Kingdom of the Netherlands"?

    Same for the Netherlands. Is the full country name "Netherlands", "The Netherlands" or "Kingdom of the Netherlands"?

    5 votes

  4. Comment on MKBHD - Glass is glass || Or how the wording "scratch resistant" and "shatter resistant" misleads customers in ~tech

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    It's mentioned in the video, it mostly just has to do with softness of the material. To make it more scratch resistant, you need to make it harder, but the harder it is, the less it absorbs the...

    Guessing it has something to do with how the molecular structure is arranged/aligned?

    It's mentioned in the video, it mostly just has to do with softness of the material. To make it more scratch resistant, you need to make it harder, but the harder it is, the less it absorbs the impact from falling to the ground, so it shatters more easily

    Molecular structure probably has an effect, otherwise things like Gorilla Glass wouldn't exist, but the compromise is still an inherent property of any material

    10 votes

  5. Comment on Interresting Reddit/Discord alternative : surikata.app in ~tech

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    I guess they're the only part written by an actual human

    There are a ton of mistakes in those notes, even though the rest of the website is quite well-written.

    I guess they're the only part written by an actual human

    2 votes

  6. Comment on Tildes Survey #1: How old are you? (Results) in ~talk

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    18 year old helping you out with that

    18 year old helping you out with that

    8 votes

  8. Comment on I’m traveling internationally for the first time and could use tips! in ~travel

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    Here are two websites I found recently which don't seem to be well known but have been very helpful for trip planning for me https://ikuyo.kenrick95.org/ This is a very nice itinerary planning...

    Here are two websites I found recently which don't seem to be well known but have been very helpful for trip planning for me

    https://ikuyo.kenrick95.org/

    This is a very nice itinerary planning app, I found it very useful. It's also a hobby project of one guy, so when I was using it to plan a trip I made some feature requests and the developer literally just added them to the app within a few days, that was very cool.

    https://www.cozycozy.com/

    This is a hotel aggregator that combines listings from all the hotels and B&B sites, lets you filter and compare them.

    4 votes

  9. Comment on I’m traveling internationally for the first time and could use tips! in ~travel

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    Keep in mind that lowcoster flights like Ryanair or easyJet are sometimes cheaper and faster than taking the train (and sometimes not), so make sure to check out both options

    Keep in mind that lowcoster flights like Ryanair or easyJet are sometimes cheaper and faster than taking the train (and sometimes not), so make sure to check out both options

    3 votes

  10. Comment on Intelligent people are better judges of the intelligence of others in ~science

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    Of course. Obviously, I have a very high IQ, because I've read the list of logical fallacies on Wikipedia.

    Of course. Obviously, I have a very high IQ, because I've read the list of logical fallacies on Wikipedia.

    4 votes

  11. Comment on Intelligent people are better judges of the intelligence of others in ~science

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    Now prepare to hear this study constantly referenced by all the most annoying people you know

    Now prepare to hear this study constantly referenced by all the most annoying people you know

    56 votes

  12. Comment on I love you all in ~talk

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    I already pay for two VPS servers monthly, one of which already has a VPN since my family is in Russia. I can gladly give you unlimited access to it or host a new one for you. I DM'd you the IP...
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    I already pay for two VPS servers monthly, one of which already has a VPN since my family is in Russia. I can gladly give you unlimited access to it or host a new one for you. I DM'd you the IP addresses, please check if they work for you and reply there.

    Edit: unfortunately slabs told me the servers don't work for them. They also asked me to tell y'all that they're locked out again, and that they love you.

    22 votes

  13. Comment on Megathread: April Fools' Day 2026 on the internet in ~talk

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  15. Comment on This eerily accurate ‘LinkedIn Speak’ translation tool will help you sound like an instant thinkfluencer in ~tech

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    Yeah, Kagi Translate is awesome, highly recommend. It is LLM-based, but it's much more advanced than a "translate from X to Y" prompt wrapper, especially in the "best" mode

    Yeah, Kagi Translate is awesome, highly recommend. It is LLM-based, but it's much more advanced than a "translate from X to Y" prompt wrapper, especially in the "best" mode

    5 votes

  17. Comment on Nvidia CEO declares AI could start, grow, and run a successful technology company worth more than a billion dollars—excerpt from Lex Fridman Podcast in ~tech

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    The interviewers who push back just dont get people like this as their guests

    Can we get some content where the people making these claims actually find some pushback?

    The interviewers who push back just dont get people like this as their guests

    9 votes

  18. Comment on Commonly misspelled words quiz in ~humanities.languages

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    No, I don't verbalise colors or visual images like my childhood room. I do pronounce logo names in my head though, because when I see a McDonald's logo I immediately recognize it and think "oh...

    No, I don't verbalise colors or visual images like my childhood room. I do pronounce logo names in my head though, because when I see a McDonald's logo I immediately recognize it and think "oh that's McDonalds". Kinda hard to look at a logo of a company without thinking of that company's name.

    1 vote

  19. Comment on What non-software jobs exist for a newly graduated CS major? in ~life

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    Don't have much experience in SWE job hunting, but I've heard from a few people in science-adjacent fields (ie. Bioinformatics) that they could benefit from more pure CS employees instead of...

    Don't have much experience in SWE job hunting, but I've heard from a few people in science-adjacent fields (ie. Bioinformatics) that they could benefit from more pure CS employees instead of everyone being a bio grad with some coding knowledge. Have you tried applying to those fields?

    Another option could be trying to get a job at your university's IT department. Probably won't be a very exciting job, but some unis are happy to hire recent graduates, so depending on your university, this may be a good way to gain experience.

    7 votes

  20. Comment on A mathematical analysis of M. C. Escher’s art in ~science

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    They are talking about the title suggested by DeArrow

    They are talking about the title suggested by DeArrow

    5 votes