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  • The driver for my mouse occupies over 1 gb

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  • My installation process for a new mouse is as follows: 1 - Attempt to plug it in. 2 - Flip the USB connector. 3 - Plug it in. 4 - Use the mouse.

    Is there anything at all to be gained from installing the software that comes with the mouse? Even with extra side buttons, I've never had anything not work out of the box.

    Edit: OP is remapping buttons. Got it.

  • I don't take my fiancée out for dinner because she doesn't know how to order off a menu.

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  • Does she still do this when she's the one paying the bill?

  • Top Meta executive joins US army’s ‘next generation’ tech team

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  • I really don't understand this. What does the Army gain by commissioning tech execs as reserve officers? Wouldn't it be far more effective to just hire their companies as contractors? Or commission high-level engineers as officers. A tech exec's skillet is running a company. Sure, offer commissions to their most skilled employees, but to the execs themselves, why?

  • Satanic Temple accuses Iowa officials of religious discrimination

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  • By "these guys," you're referring to Christians, yes?

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  • I think most meters have wireless connectivity now, too. I've never once had someone physically check my meter.

  • Limiting access to COVID boosters

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  • You always hear about big pharma having deep pockets for lobbyists. Why are they not fighting this? I want my yearly vaccine, and they want profits. It's a win-win situation if they push back on this.

  • Infrared contact lenses let you see in the dark

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  • Not really. While I don't have the exact numbers, the output of an infrared LED is no higher (usually) than an LED in the visible range. My security cameras have an array of 10 or so LEDs.

    So looking at a security camera would be roughly equivalent to staring at a light bulb.

  • It's Breathtaking How Fast AI Is Screwing Up the Education System

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  • Why? If everyone does poorly, everyone should fail, provided the opportunity to learn was there.

  • It's Breathtaking How Fast AI Is Screwing Up the Education System

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  • This has always seemed overblown to me. If students want to cheat on their coursework, who cares? As long as exams are given in a controlled environment, it's going to be painfully obvious who actually studied the material and who had ChatGPT do it for them. Re-taking a course is not going to be fun or cheap.

    Maybe I'm oversimplifying this, but it feels like proctored testing solves the entire problem.

  • FDA Plans to Limit COVID-19 Vaccines to High-Risk Groups

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  • I sincerely hope this is the truth. I don't give two shits what they recommend. I haven't had COVID yet, and I'm not about to get it. Let me and my doctor decide if I get the vaccine yearly.

    Also, the government isn't paying for my COVID shots any more. I am. Even if it only decreases my chances of infection by a small percentage, let me make that choice.

  • This is how we should be selling redistribution

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  • Mathematically, I think it's hard for people to truly understand the obscene wealth that some people have accumulated. 100 billion doesn't sound that different than 100 million.

    100 million is magnitudes closer to ZERO than it is to 100 billion.

  • Unhappy with the recently lost file upload feature in the Nextcloud app for Android? So are we. Let us explain. - Nextcloud

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  • As the article mentions, this isn't a security "feature," it's anti-competetive. The worst part is that Nextcloud isn't even really in competition with Google. Setting up a Nextcloud server isn't hard, but it's not a trivial task. Sharing it outside your local network also requires a bit of skill, especially if done securely. That is to say, Nextcloud users probably tend to be more tech-savvy.

    The people using Nextcloud aren't going to suddenly decide to switch over to Google Drive. I'll get it from FDroid before I downgrade to Google Drive. If that wasn't an option, I'd set up an FTP server or even WebDAV.

  • A Very Normal Interaction

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  • This isn't an AI problem. This is a "most humans are assholes" problem. How hard is it to say "Oh, you don't have what I need? That's too bad. Can you please cancel my subscription?"

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    Why is math a hard subject for most people?

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  • Personally, my problem was always that math concepts were never presented in a way that actually made sense in the "real world."

    I was taught that complex numbers were real numbers with imaginary parts that had something to do with the square root of -1. Yeah, I get it, but... why?

    Fast forward a few decades and I'm writing code that processes a digitized waveform. Now it makes sense. Math isn't hard when you have a frame of reference. Learning math concepts solely for the sake of learning them is very hard.

  • Thermal imaging shows xAI lied about supercomputer pollution, group says

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  • Gas turbines produce a lot of power, as in 1MW or more per turbine. Is this a backup system, or is the facility using so much power that they literally need their own electric plant to sustain it?

  • Man who didn’t want to look after girlfriend’s pet sent bomb threat to cruise she was on

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  • Even better. He lived (lives in prison now) in her parents' house, according to the article.

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    Okay, who had Trump loyalty pins for Apocalyptic-Bingo this Sunday? Games just getting started, stay tuned!

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  • Swedish amplifier enables transmission of 10x more data per second

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  • I totally get how this would be useful in imaging systems, but I'm not understanding how it applies to communications.

    The only thing I can think is perhaps carrying more modes through a multimode fiber? I never understood amplifier bandwidth to be a limiting factor, though.

    What communications systems use a wide bandwidth of light (300nm is a LOT) into a single amplifier?

  • Cory Booker crosses 17-hour mark in marathon Senate floor speech protesting Trump agenda | CNN Politics - Final time - 25 hours, 6 minutes

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  • The fact that something this extreme is actually required to enact political change is absolutely ridiculous, but much respect to him for what he's doing.

    On a practical note, I was thinking the same thing as you. I don't think I could stand for 17 hours straight. I absolutely could not go 17 hours without a bathroom break.

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