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Comment Re: Relative score matters, absolute score not so (Score 1) 115

Interestingly, Mensa used to accept SATs for membership scores. They no longer do (since 1994). Mine would've gotten me in, but I wanted to test in (to challenge myself) and did so.

Didn't stay long. Had a boring and unimportant life experience, and wanted something with a broader community. Others' experience may be different.

Comment Re: AI Clap (Score 1) 73

I'm pretty sure I've turned off prefetch at least once, but with all the machine replacements, half dozen RPis around the house, wife and kids machines, VMs, it's maddeningly difficult to be sure I've got all the settings in about:config where they need to be on each machine I sit down at.

Maybe I need to set up my own management infrastructure.

Comment Re: AI Clap (Score 4, Interesting) 73

"doesn't do anything" is relative:

To offer a preview, either the browser or a connected server must visit and summarize the link (I'm not pretending to know how it works, but SOMETHING must visit the link).

In visiting the link, it may well give the server on the other end details about you and your browser, for ad insertion or much worse - and may do so on pages you've chosen not to visit due to concerns about what may lie there.

If like me you've disabled the standard Firefox home features, preferring instead an about:blank page which doesn't spew your user-agent to dozens of links when you do nothing more than bring up the browser, you'll want this turned right off.

Comment Really bad idea. (Score 1) 127

I'm politically on the side of sensible gun regulations, and anything that can slow down or stop a mass shooter.

That said, a stunt like this doesn't help a cause that wingnut ranters have been saying features bullshit "crisis actors".

Anything that diminishes people's ability to see real things, believe what they see, should be thrown over the side.

Deep fakes for a good cause are no more noble than deep fake pron.

Comment Re: Keepass-based managers are the way to go (Score 1) 35

Mod parent up!

KeePass rocks. Zero-knowledge. Supports my YubiKey, too. And apparently passkeys (though macOS gets in the way here).

And if you keep a master KeePass file on your own infrastructure (safe from accidental sync overwrites when you "oops! I didn't mean to do that!", you'll be just fine when this week's janky "cloud" provider pulls the rug.

Comment Re: CPAP vs pill (Score 1) 61

Wow. They had infrared cameras looking at me, checked chest expansion, heartbeat, BP, I think, looked for restless leg, buncha stuff.

Hated the bed, and having them come wake me periodically sucked too, but they got me set up.

I've had 2 labs. The second when a new practice started treating me after a long time unaffiliated with any sleep doc.

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