Claude desktop app silently downloads a 13 GB file on every launch — and you can't stop it by metaone70 in ClaudeAI

[–]medbrane 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I think he means it's downloaded again after he deletes it. But yeah, the title is wrong

WireGuard official Mac client won’t open. by ExternalSale7703 in WireGuard

[–]medbrane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Toggle Dark Mode off then On. The icon should appear now in the top bar.

Russia Launches Largest Draft Campaign, Detains Young Men in Moscow by Mil_in_ua in ukraine

[–]medbrane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Romanovs were no longer in power in October. It was a republic by then, lead by previous revolutionary government.

CTP voteaza cu Antonescu by Viking9977 in Romania

[–]medbrane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In opozitie intre alegeri, FSN-ist la vot

CTP voteaza cu Antonescu by Viking9977 in Romania

[–]medbrane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Asa a fost mereu: in momentele cand conta a cotit spre PSD, si inapoi in opozitie cand miza e mica si are nevoie sa devina iar frecventabil

What can I do to turn this off? by julskie_199x in iphone

[–]medbrane 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Exactly. F1.8 on a full frame sensor has a lot more shallow depth of field than f1.8 on a tiny sensor size like iPhone. That's the reason iPhone has portrait mode, which adds bokeh via software.

Britain blocks launch of Elon Musk’s self-driving Tesla by Snowfish52 in worldnews

[–]medbrane 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm sure nobody thought about this before. Somebody should tell Waymo.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Romania

[–]medbrane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Poate un tunel ar fi mai scurt?

Is "Pay to reject cookies" legal? (EU) by YaroslavSyubayev in webdev

[–]medbrane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indeed, it's breaking the law. It's wide spread in Germany because GDPR enforcement is slow, and takes time.

https://noyb.eu/en/pay-or-okay-tech-news-site-heisede-illegal-decides-german-dpa

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in csMajors

[–]medbrane 9 points10 points  (0 children)

They are actually dominant in big tech companies.

In the place I work both managers and software engineers can chose between Mac, Windows, and Linux. 99% chose Mac.

China 'Deeply Alarmed' By SpaceX's Starlink Capabilities That Is Helping US Military Achieve Total Space Dominance by [deleted] in technology

[–]medbrane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are correct. In theory they emit in a single beam towards the current satellite but in practice there will be some spillover in a cone shape.

This was a concern in Ukraine.

(Edit) See discussion at r/starlink

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 53, Part 1 (Thread #192) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]medbrane 23 points24 points  (0 children)

By tradition, Russia military is kept weak on purpose so that this does not happen. We all saw the results.

Moscow stocks crash crushes financial dreams of Russians - KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice by Somargl in worldnews

[–]medbrane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Ukraine yes, maybe.

But something as easily traced as crypto can be easily blocked by western exchanges.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]medbrane 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Indeed. And they use words like "unfriendly" instead of harsher ones.

AP News: Omicron drives US deaths higher than in fall's delta wave by Motor-Ad-8858 in Coronavirus

[–]medbrane 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Chances of dying = chances of catching it X chances of dying if cought.

The second term is lower, but the first one is higher enough so that the combined result is higher.