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  1. Comment on iOS 26 is here in ~tech

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    In accessibility settings can minimise the effect by enabling increased contrast.

    In accessibility settings can minimise the effect by enabling increased contrast.

    5 votes

  2. Comment on Sweden's employment agency has been tracking the online locations of thousands of citizens claiming unemployment benefits in an effort to crack down on welfare fraud in ~tech

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    And if tracking IPv4, the use of cgNAT means they're also not necessarily unique to each device.

    And if tracking IPv4, the use of cgNAT means they're also not necessarily unique to each device.

    4 votes

  3. Comment on Tim Curry says Rocky Horror was originally a 'failure' in rare interview in ~movies

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    Aren't most cult classics, or films with a large cult following also commercial flops?

    Aren't most cult classics, or films with a large cult following also commercial flops?

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Sling TV’s $5 pass buys you one day of cable TV in ~tv

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    10 days in and you've spent more than had you paid for the whole month? 30 days @ $5/day is $150. I think if per diem plans become common, it'll allow for the monthly plan prices to rise before...

    Now, you can pay $4.99 for a “day pass,” offering 24 hours of live and on-demand access to several channels, including ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, TNT, A&E, Disney Channel, CNN, and others.

    Sling TV also offers a weekend pass from Friday through Sunday for $9.99, along with a seven-day pass for $14.99. These passes include the “popular networks” within Sling TV’s $45.99 per month

    10 days in and you've spent more than had you paid for the whole month?

    30 days @ $5/day is $150.

    I think if per diem plans become common, it'll allow for the monthly plan prices to rise before the eventual day rate price increase.

    1 vote

  5. Comment on Is chain-of-thought reasoning of LLMs a mirage? A data distribution lens. in ~tech

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    Same as people tbh.

    generate fluent yet logically inconsistent reasoning steps. The results suggest that what appears to be structured reasoning can be a mirage, emerging from memorized or interpolated patterns

    Same as people tbh.

    12 votes

  6. Comment on As Denmark takes over the rotating EU Council presidency from Poland, it's hitting pause on one beloved tradition – the national Spotify playlist in ~music

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    Publish an article listing the songs and others will make the playlists.

    Publish an article listing the songs and others will make the playlists.

    13 votes

  7. Comment on Why handwriting matters in ~humanities.languages

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    I feel like the handwriting input should have had the user write the same sentence they were using, or at least a word or two that uses the letters they wanted. Writing a single letter is more...

    I feel like the handwriting input should have had the user write the same sentence they were using, or at least a word or two that uses the letters they wanted.

    Writing a single letter is more deliberate than writing each letter within a word.

    1 vote

  8. Comment on GOG One Click Mods now available in ~games

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    Why does it need to be different?

    Why does it need to be different?

    1 vote

  9. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    Pretending to be a python dev, making a package and cli to access bank details via an NZ based open banking gateway service. https://github.com/jason-s13r/akahu-py Because I wanted to try Bagels...

    Pretending to be a python dev, making a package and cli to access bank details via an NZ based open banking gateway service.
    https://github.com/jason-s13r/akahu-py

    Because I wanted to try Bagels without the data entry.

    5 votes

  10. Comment on China’s superstition boom in ~life

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    Atheist doesn't even mean non-religious. It's the rejection of deities. And given the dominant religions are theist, rejecting a religion, likely to be theist, has been conflated to mean atheist....

    Atheist doesn't even mean non-religious. It's the rejection of deities.

    And given the dominant religions are theist, rejecting a religion, likely to be theist, has been conflated to mean atheist. (Especially with English being a language from a traditionally theist region.)

    12 votes

  11. Comment on YouTube’s new ads will ruin the best part of a video on purpose in ~tech

  12. Comment on Microsoft raises the price of all Xbox Series consoles, Xbox games confirmed to hit $80 this holiday in ~games

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    I wonder if digital downloads could technically be tariff free.

    I wonder if digital downloads could technically be tariff free.

  13. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

  14. Comment on I dont want Windows 11, how easy is it to use Linux? in ~tech

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    I gave up on Ubuntu as soon as it started to trick you into installing snaps when you're using apt/apt-get (and therefore expecting real debs from repo).

    I gave up on Ubuntu as soon as it started to trick you into installing snaps when you're using apt/apt-get (and therefore expecting real debs from repo).

    9 votes

  15. Comment on My thoughts on Dropout streaming service in ~tv

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    Same entity?

    And Sam's mom, wife and (alas former) dog

    Same entity?

    5 votes

  16. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    dash supported. ksh, dash, sh, bash, zsh all work.

    dash supported. I think my use of 'local' is hindering posix now.
    ksh, dash, sh, bash, zsh all work.

    1 vote

  17. Comment on Norway's capital is known for its green policies and widespread adoption of electric vehicles. Why does the city still struggle with air pollution? in ~enviro

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    Whatever you do, if you find yourself having inhaled a 1cm airborne particle, don't follow it up with increasingly larger objects. A notable case involved an elderly woman who, after swallowing a...

    Whatever you do, if you find yourself having inhaled a 1cm airborne particle, don't follow it up with increasingly larger objects.

    A notable case involved an elderly woman who, after swallowing a fly, attempted to mitigate the situation by sequentially ingesting larger animals in a flawed internal predator-prey response—ultimately culminating in her death. The case underscores the risks of unsupervised biological escalation following airborne particle ingestion.

    31 votes

  18. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    Changed stuff so it's not zsh specific and works with bash. Will work on what dash fails on next.

    Changed stuff so it's not zsh specific and works with bash. Will work on what dash fails on next.

    1 vote

  19. Comment on Microsoft starts final Windows Recall testing before rollout in ~tech

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    Might as in, not all cameras would be analysing for keypresses.

    Might as in, not all cameras would be analysing for keypresses.

    2 votes

  20. Comment on Microsoft starts final Windows Recall testing before rollout in ~tech

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    Camera with view of keyboard might be able catch key presses.

    Camera with view of keyboard might be able catch key presses.

    5 votes