Want to create a direct download link to a Google Drive file? It's a bit more involved than Dropbox's change dl=0 to dl=1, but it's possible.
Most Google Drive links take the form of "drive.google.com/file/d/a-bunc…," though "/view?usp=sharing" isn't always present. To make a direct link to a Google Drive file, change "/file/d/" to "/uc?id=" without the quotes, and remove the "/view?usp=sharing" at the end if it exists.
For example, if you want to get a direct link to this test file, located at drive.google.com/file/d/1SqDH0…, you would change the link to drive.google.com/uc?id=1SqDH0T….
Note that on large files, you will still have to click the download anyway button when Google tells you it can't scan the file for viruses, but it's much more direct than the Google Drive interface.
Most Google Drive links take the form of "drive.google.com/file/d/a-bunc…," though "/view?usp=sharing" isn't always present. To make a direct link to a Google Drive file, change "/file/d/" to "/uc?id=" without the quotes, and remove the "/view?usp=sharing" at the end if it exists.
For example, if you want to get a direct link to this test file, located at drive.google.com/file/d/1SqDH0…, you would change the link to drive.google.com/uc?id=1SqDH0T….
Note that on large files, you will still have to click the download anyway button when Google tells you it can't scan the file for viruses, but it's much more direct than the Google Drive interface.
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![One of Britain’s most senior police officers has launched an angry tirade against Extinction Rebellion protesters going “all floppy” when they get arrested.
Sir Stephen House, the deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan police, said the tactic of going limp was a “flipping nuisance” as it required extra officers to drag protesters away.
House told a London assembly police and crime committee hearing: “We have asked them to stop being floppy. And that might seem like a silly thing to say, but when we arrest them and pick them up, they go all floppy, which is why you see four or five officers carrying them away. It’s a complete waste of officers’ time, and a complete pain in the neck.” Extinction Rebellion: how successful were the latest protests?
House also expressed annoyance at how the tactic made the police look heavy-handed. He said: “The problem with them going floppy and four offices carrying them away [is that it] looks to the general public like police are overreacting here. We’re not making them go floppy. They’re just sort of being a nuisance.”](https://fedi.ml/photo/preview/640/701457 "One of Britain’s most senior police officers has launched an angry tirade against Extinction Rebellion protesters going “all floppy” when they get arrested.
Sir Stephen House, the deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan police, said the tactic of going limp was a “flipping nuisance” as it required extra officers to drag protesters away.
House told a London assembly police and crime committee hearing: “We have asked them to stop being floppy. And that might seem like a silly thing to say, but when we arrest them and pick them up, they go all floppy, which is why you see four or five officers carrying them away. It’s a complete waste of officers’ time, and a complete pain in the neck.” Extinction Rebellion: how successful were the latest protests?
House also expressed annoyance at how the tactic made the police look heavy-handed. He said: “The problem with them going floppy and four offices carrying them away [is that it] looks to the general public like police are overreacting here. We’re not making them go floppy. They’re just sort of being a nuisance.”")
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