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SSLy··on Gpg.fail
https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-to-sign-or-not-to-sign-practical...
SSLy··on Nabokov's guide to foreigners learning Russian
> "Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz. Chrząszczyrzewoszczyce, powiat Łękołody".

> Whenever I, Czech, try to read such stuff, I feel a bit high

well, duh, it's from a comedy film script. It's exaggerated for fun.

SSLy··on Meta is using the Linux scheduler designed for Valve's Steam Deck on its servers
it's not the only way they offer the sauce through
SSLy··on Backing up Spotify
I mean, WCD has two healthy replacements, plus slsk
SSLy··on Backing up Spotify
Well, what.cd counted any album as one torrent. While current spotify has also podcasts and AI slop.
SSLy··on Amazon will allow ePub and PDF downloads for DRM-free eBooks
there's only one that's not extremely shady and has working port forwarding. If you don't need the latter, just stick to Mullvad.
SSLy··on Amazon will allow ePub and PDF downloads for DRM-free eBooks
S01-03 only exist in SD, from S04 onwards Full HD files are available on all trackers that I happen to have too.
SSLy··on You can now play Grand Theft Auto Vice City in the browser
> Skyrim is 14 years old and I'm sure it will be resold at least one more time before TES VI is released.

you wouldn't believe what just did hit Nintendo Switch 2's eShop.

SSLy··on Hacker News front page now, but the titles are honest
i miss the n-gate roundups
SSLy··on I'm Kenyan. I don't write like ChatGPT, ChatGPT writes like me
I'm not a native speaker, I don't do work with my voice, and my English writing is confined to work – almost always with other ESLs – and short comments on the Internet; but what you write feels correct.
SSLy··on I'm Kenyan. I don't write like ChatGPT, ChatGPT writes like me
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45610226
SSLy··on I'm Kenyan. I don't write like ChatGPT, ChatGPT writes like me
wasn't that the article about the obfuscation of kindle ebooks?
SSLy··on Rust in the kernel is no longer experimental
excuse the late reply, but check what requires perl as a makedep
SSLy··on Rust in the kernel is no longer experimental
It's extremely hard to build any unixly userspace without perl dependencies.
SSLy··on Rust in the kernel is no longer experimental
Linus holds many opinions chiefly based on 90's experience, many not relevant any more. So it goes.
SSLy··on Kenyans lured by lucrative job offers and sent to fight for Russia
Ah, the good ol' Barrier Troops of krasnaya armiya https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrier_troops#Soviet_Red_Army
SSLy··on Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros
Depends, high quality UHD bitstreams from quality streaming providers are around 25 MB/s. That's ~50 AVC-equivalent.

UHD BluRays indeed go higher, usually 70-ish. But the former are already very watchable, and plenty of groups can get them.

SSLy··on Nook Browser
Precisely. Gnome, KDE, XFCE, and literally any other Free Software DE implement the Windows kind of desktop organisation. While WindowMaker/GNUStep show what the unexplored future could've been.
SSLy··on Wolfram Compute Services
I use(d) arch btw
SSLy··on Wolfram Compute Services
> The point of it is that typing ( requires shift, while [ does not.

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xkeyboard-config/xkeyboard-co...

Now, I really could've used something like this on macOS…

Karabiner to the rescue https://genesy.github.io/karabiner-complex-rules-generator/#...

SSLy··on Nook Browser
Well, Vivaldi and Brave also can sync with mobile products.
SSLy··on Nook Browser
It's painful how good WindowMaker could've been
SSLy··on Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros
Widevine L3 are galore. Ahem
SSLy··on Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros
A merger like this takes 1+ year to get approved, and only then the companies can start acting together.

So, layoffs not soonest than in 18 months.

SSLy··on Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros
They have production, distribution, and marketing ops in other markets. Those could be flogged until compliance.
SSLy··on Valve reveals it’s the architect behind a push to bring Windows games to Arm
There was news couple of seasons back that they've capped key generation to some function of on-steam sales.
SSLy··on Japanese game devs face font dilemma as license increases from $380 to $20k
it's because whatever font stack to directx renderer middleware game engines were using was usually only developed for the latin script, probably the lowest common denominator of no diacritics either.
SSLy··on India orders smartphone makers to preload state-owned cyber safety app
> And did each person who downloaded the app terminate 6 fraudulent connections?

That much is believable, if not on the low side. Spam there is intense.

SSLy··on Zigbook Is Plagiarizing the Zigtools Playground
it's said something to paraphrase "I wonder what antisocial behaviour will be seen next instead of dealing with the feedback"
SSLy··on Zigbook Is Plagiarizing the Zigtools Playground
Fear not I've mirrored it https://web.archive.org/web/20251130091635/https%3A%2F%2Fgit...
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