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14 votes
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Google is going to deploy Loon balloons in rural Peru
9 votes -
Inside Apple’s iPhone software shakeup after buggy iOS 13 debut
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How can I deal with corrosion from saltpeter (salt from the ocean) on my desktop computer?
Also called niter. I live near the ocean. Around here we call this "salitre": salt from seawater that becomes airborne, shortening the life span of every electronic. Desktop computers are...
Also called niter.
I live near the ocean. Around here we call this "salitre": salt from seawater that becomes airborne, shortening the life span of every electronic. Desktop computers are especially susceptible.
The only thing I hear in that regard is to just never turn off the computer, since doing so would allow the corrosion to take place at a lower temperature, without circulation, etc.
But electricity is not cheap, and I put this machine together myself so I don't have to worry about voiding the warranty.
And keeping the AC on 24/7 is both expensive and unhealthy.
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Seven security strategies, summarized
3 votes -
Facebook includes Breitbart in new 'high quality' news tab
31 votes -
Thousands flock to Wikipedia founder's 'Facebook rival'
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Twitter adds 'hide reply' function to try to improve online conversation
7 votes -
Good challenges vs. bad challenges
5 votes -
The online left goes to war: Stefan Bertram-Lee was an internet leftist. And then they went to Rojava [Northern Syria / Western Kurdistan] and got a gun
10 votes -
Google updates their political advertising policies, limits targeting capabilities, and expands which ads are covered by their transparency report
14 votes -
Masnick's Impossibility Theorem: content moderation at scale is impossible to do well
10 votes -
Kylie Jenner shows me what's wrong with Reddit
9 votes -
Ethos Capital has acquired the Public Interest Registry, manager of the .org top-level domain
30 votes -
Here’s one reason the US Military can’t fix its own equipment: Manufacturers can prevent the Department of Defense from repairing certain equipment, which puts members of the military at risk
11 votes -
LibreOffice 10/20 logo community contest
8 votes -
Android exploit of system camera apps enabled a malicious app to record and upload photos, video and audio with only "storage" permission
10 votes -
How activists are getting around Iran’s internet blackout
6 votes -
Apple's new map expands to the midwest and western US
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Firefox’s fight for the future of the web: With Google’s Chrome dominating the market, not-for-profit rival Mozilla is staking a comeback on its dedication to privacy
49 votes -
Peertube 2.0 is out
35 votes -
MacBook Pro 16" 2019 teardown
8 votes -
SoftBank-controlled Yahoo Japan agrees to merge with Line Corp., creating a combined company worth about $30 billion
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Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales has quietly launched a Facebook rival social network named WT:Social
56 votes -
Chilean protesters took down a drone with standard laser pointers
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Cybercrime Booms As Scammers Hack Human Nature To Steal Billions
8 votes -
The PinePhone ($150 Linux smartphone) is now available for pre-order
Some more info about the PinePhone Pre-order page on the Pine Store The early adopter edition of the PinePhone is now available for pre-order. This batch is 3000 units, from what I know ~1000 are...
Some more info about the PinePhone
Pre-order page on the Pine Store
The early adopter edition of the PinePhone is now available for pre-order. This batch is 3000 units, from what I know ~1000 are already sold. These units are currently being produced, and are planned to ship in December/January. Mass production of the consumer edition of the phone is planned to begin in March 2020.
I just pre-ordered mine, is anyone else getting one? Any thoughts on the state of Linux smartphones, whether it's the PinePhone, Librem 5, or something else?
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The Supreme Court will hear Google’s appeal in the long-running copyright/API dispute with Oracle
24 votes -
MacBook Pro 16”
18 votes -
A bait-and-switch scam ran unchecked on Airbnb. Here’s how it worked
11 votes -
I'm the Google whistleblower. The medical data of millions of Americans is at risk
33 votes -
The Internet Free Zone
17 votes -
What half of iPhone users don’t know about their privacy
18 votes -
Google is an emerging health-care juggernaut, and privacy laws weren’t written to keep up
14 votes -
The new Motorola razr
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Google’s secret ‘Project Nightingale’ gathers personal health data on millions of Americans
12 votes -
The strange life and mysterious death of Jerrold Haas, co-founder of the educational-blockchain startup Tessr
7 votes -
1Password has raised $200 million from Accel
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Free Internet access should be a basic human right: Study
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What did Google Reader offer back in the day?
From time to time I see people on the internet who remember Google Reader fondly, and miss it. At the time, I didn't have much use for something like it, so I never used it. But a common theme in...
From time to time I see people on the internet who remember Google Reader fondly, and miss it. At the time, I didn't have much use for something like it, so I never used it.
But a common theme in these conversations about Google Reader is that no other feed reader ever offered everything Google Reader could, but I can't seem to find details.So what was it? Does anyone here remember Google Reader, or even still wishes it was available? Why did nothing come from the Open Source community that could replace it?
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John Carmack announces that he is mostly stepping away from Oculus, and intends to work on artificial general intelligence (AGI)
20 votes -
Brave browser 1.0 has been released, and eight million BAT will be distributed to mobile users
11 votes -
YouTube is requiring all new and existing videos be marked as "Made for Kids" if they're intended for children, which will disable personalized ads, end screens, comments, and more
16 votes -
Interpreting GDPR data requests: Why does British Airways need to know that I'm 98% LGBT?
10 votes -
Online cesspool got you down? You can clean it up, for a price
6 votes -
The golden age of the internet is over
6 votes -
Snap Spectacles 3 review: reaching new depths
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Introducing Basecamp Personal - A completely free Basecamp plan designed specifically for freelancers, students, families, and personal projects
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Italian aerospace group Leonardo invests in solar-powered drones
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New YouTube terms will allow Google to terminate accounts that it determines are not "commercially viable"
Relevant part of YouTube TOS that'll come into effect on 2019-12-10: YouTube may terminate your access, or your Google account’s access to all or part of the Service if YouTube believes, in its...
Relevant part of YouTube TOS that'll come into effect on 2019-12-10:
YouTube may terminate your access, or your Google account’s access to all or part of the Service if YouTube believes, in its sole discretion, that provision of the Service to you is no longer commercially viable.
However, it's not clear whether "Service" is YouTube or whole Google account. As we've seen in Markiplier affair, violating YouTube TOS meant that people lost access to their whole Google account - including gmail and gdrive.
37 votes