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Google quietly changes privacy policy so your Gmail and Photos could be used in targeted ads - Dexerto
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Problem being that even a 4TB NAS costs almost 1000€ to buy or build... It's painful.
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Google quietly changes privacy policy so your Gmail and Photos could be used in targeted ads - Dexerto
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Problem being that even a 4TB NAS costs almost 1000€ to buy or build... It's painful.
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Why Bother With uBlock Being Blocked In Chrome? Now Is The Best Time To Switch To Firefox
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I honestly don't think I found a website that doesn't work in Firefox for years. But I agree that it can be really annoying, I hope more people adopt Firefox (or it's engine at least).
As for your iPhone issue: Well Apple doesn't really allow any other browsers on iOS, AFAIK it's all just Safari under the hood with a skin on top.
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Devastated father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 on YouTube ad campaigns for his Minecraft channel using a company credit card — bill racked up in just three weeks was supposed to be one $20
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To add on to this: If your company is not tiny, then having properly managed accounts is literally a legal requirement in most countries and having people make random, not accounted for purchases raises questions.
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LG joins Sony and TCL in abandoning 8K TV market
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It's crazy how different people experience things. I find it annoying and less pleasant to watch YouTube at 1080p since they downgraded the bitrate and locked it behind premium. I actually almost always watch at 4k or 1440p60 even on a phone screen just because of the bitrate.
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Movie industry demands US law requiring ISPs to block piracy websites
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That is not what socialism is?
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One In Five Drivers Switches Off The Safety Tech Meant To Save Their Lives
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I was driving a rental car with that feature once and it recognized one of those big arrows on the ground (that show a lane is ending e.g.) as side lanes. It was on a fast street with multiple lanes, so I was going over 100 km/h and the car jerked the steering wheel towards the goddamn wall and out of the lane. IDK what would've happened if I didn't react in time...
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Google Starts Scanning All Your Photos As New Update Goes Live
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I wish I could do that... I even learned like 70% of the knowledge I would need to do something like that.... Now I just need the hardware market to crash, so I can actually fucking afford the hardware to do it.
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Russia classifies population data as birth rates plunge to 200-year low
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"vasectomy" - so he is a man. You're not helping your cause by antagonizing half of the population (men).
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PC Gamer: "I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop"
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To be fair, HDR gaming is pretty bad on Windows, too. (Unless - so I heard - you use RTX HDR, which is still a workaround AND you need a new-dish NVIDIA card, which I don't have.)
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Valve reportedly cooking native Linux version of Half-Life: Alyx, optimized for Steam Frame VR
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I thought they said they are aiming to at least not be more expensive than the Index? So 1000 USD might still be in the ball range, but it might very likely be less expensive.
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Microsoft is testing full-screen Microsoft 365 ads in Windows 11 for expired subscriptions
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Not viable for competitive games or (for me personally) any games at all. Too much input lag and often too blurry graphics.
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South Korea could follow North into Russia-Ukraine war
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I'm obviously biased since I grew up with this "9,81" being a decimal, but in my head just thinking about it, it also makes sense. As you can see in these sentences, a comma is a break in a sentence, while a dot ends a sentence. Then again, math gets really messy when you have horizontal vectors with decimal numbers in-between, so maybe the dot is actually better idk. Eg: (2,3 , 4,5 , 3,7)
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Zuckerberg's Pervert Glasses Have Been So Publicly Shamed That Meta's Reportedly Now Working on a Version With No Camera
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No. Glasses with always-on microphones, internet connectivity and logging everything anyone is doing themselves + the people around them. So not much better than the current ones.
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Seriously guys! It’s drinkable in all EU countries!
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Heavily depends on where you live in Germany. It should be healthy (by law) and fairly tasty to drink everywhere in theorie, but in reality it is not. Especially depending on the landlord, old pipes can make drinking water range from tasting bad to being unhealthy. Yes, that is against the law, but landlords abusing the shit out of their position of power happens everywhere and a lot more than many probably realize.
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I mean, Twitter cost him what, like 49 billion? I'd argue that was a good deal for him, considering what happened the past few weeks... But in general I agree with you. One person just should not be allowed to have that much money.
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Denmark wants to ban VPNs to unlock foreign, illegal streams – and experts are worried
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Wow, this is quite an interesting read, because you can write almost the same thing - word for word - about Germany. It's the same overall in Germany with a few differences like time (it has been going on for a lot longer here) and some of the left are a bit different.
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Cleveland Voted to Kill Its Flock Camera Network. They Have REMAINED ON, With Police Still Using Them
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I would argue strong lasers are more dangerous than guns on average.
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France is about to pass the worst surveillance law in the EU.
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I don't even really want to ask, but... what happened with Tuta? I know what happened with the other 3.
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Alternatives for drawing / note taking software Onenote
I had to make the same decision in the past (2-3y ago) and I ended up with 2 possible solutions:
I ended up going with Xournal. You can do the organization by yourself with a simple folder structure (yes, that is worse than what OneNote offers, but I could make it work for me). Not sure what bulk exporting you're doing, but it can fully export a file to PDF, which is a feature I use often and works well.
Obsidian is a very nice program and excalidraw works well, but uses more resources and is not exactly a dedicated pen note taking app, but the organization side of things works well and is very powerful.
I know a lot changed and the first setup and getting used to Xournal++ is quite annoying (at least in my experience), it is very powerful and I can recommend it.
Maybe there is a new program out there, but these are my 2 cents, maybe it helps.
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Parents called for mental health help. Police arrived and fatally shot their son.
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While the cops in Germany are a lot better trained and won't kill you or harm you, many are still on power trips and try to screw you over. Some abuse their authority especially towards teens and they try to fine you if you're an adult. Society needs that job, but man I rarely hear about good encounters with police. I feel like older people had a better experience with cops and younger people in Germany like the police a lot less, but I could be wrong.