AndyMcConachie

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by AndyMcConachie 1mo ago
> They already do that, in Europe. I assume that it works, as I don’t hear about this level of stuff, over there As an EU citizen and resident I strongly recommend you not take EU privacy controls seriously. The GDPR functions well as a
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by AndyMcConachie 1mo ago
Having just a little background in traditional linguistic discourse analysis help understand why this is. The best basic explanation I've found is this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORgKY9AlybA The real answer
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by AndyMcConachie 2mo ago
Amazon regularly sends me spam emails.
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by AndyMcConachie 2mo ago
As bad as this is, I don't see how it is fundamentally different to the ways in which research grants have been doled out before. Hasn't it always been somewhat political? Granted, the methods used here are asinine. But I don&#x27
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by AndyMcConachie 2mo ago
No. You're simply wrong.
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by AndyMcConachie 2mo ago
But how many times can you take a piece of Ikea furniture apart and put it back together again? I have friends who have moved apartments with the same Billy bookshelf 2-3 times and if they tried it one more time the thing would collapse. No
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by AndyMcConachie 3mo ago
Embrace, extend, destroy. This has always been MS. They basically haven't changed since 1990.
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by AndyMcConachie 3mo ago
Why do people keep buying all this garbage and putting it in their homes?
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by AndyMcConachie 3mo ago
>> The myth of DNS “propagation” needs to die. > What's the actual issue? Are you being frustrated by people laboring under the assumption that DNS records are being sent by carrier pidgeon or something? The actual issue is th
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by AndyMcConachie 4mo ago
I would expect online video games to be a more important driver.
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by AndyMcConachie 4mo ago
China doesn't seem to really care about copyright or other forms of intellectual property. We'll see how long this stuff stays closed and opaque. Not that I believe Chinese chip manufacturers have some desire to open everything up
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by AndyMcConachie 4mo ago
I know people that work as contractors for the Dutch government. The government doesn't save money by hiring them through contractors. They cost more through contractors. But contracting allows private companies to act as gatekeepers a
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by AndyMcConachie 5mo ago
I love Strawberry Music Player. Works great and does everything I want.
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by AndyMcConachie 5mo ago
As someone who was impacted by Cisco's first ever round of layoffs, I can say with confidence that your statement was also true 25 years ago.
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by AndyMcConachie 5mo ago
One of my first jobs was working on Telephony User Interfaces (TUIs). Everytime I see the term TUI I can't help but think of that. For people who don't know this version of TUI, it's the ole, "Press 1 for X, Press 2 for
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by AndyMcConachie 5mo ago
The reason the DNT header failed is because there is no way to enforce it. The browser can set the flag, but there's no way to ensure it's actually respected. There are no protocol police.
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by AndyMcConachie 5mo ago
What pisses me off the most is that there are companies making billions of dollars off the labor of others and many of them don't even acknowledge it.
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by AndyMcConachie 6mo ago
We're getting beeped at constantly by the various devices we surround ourselves with. I can't help but comapre it to changing a baby's diapers everytime it needs our attention. So I've started referring to all of these a
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by AndyMcConachie 6mo ago
You're screwed. This has been the way for a while now. You cannot exist in society without a smart phone and it's only going to get worse.
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by AndyMcConachie 7mo ago
I also use mailbox.org and use my own domain for email. Not sure what issue the author ran into.
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by AndyMcConachie 7mo ago
Shorter chapters allow me to have more frequent natural break points. I often have limited time to read, or the time I have is broken up into shorter chunks. So books with shorter chapters are easier to stop and then pick back up.
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by AndyMcConachie 7mo ago
You have a point, but two counters to this: 1) You don't need to capture a large part of the market to make a profit. The market for smartphones is large enough that even capturing a small percentage of it can be profitable. 2) Privacy
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by AndyMcConachie 7mo ago
> Something I don't think is well understood on HN is how driven by ideals many folks at Anthropic are I don't think you understand how capitalism and corporations work, friend. Even if Anthropic is a public benefit corporation
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by AndyMcConachie 7mo ago
https://www.icann.org/compliance/complaint
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by AndyMcConachie 8mo ago
American empire is a death cult.
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by AndyMcConachie 8mo ago
Great site. If you don't mind I have feature requests, but feel free to ignore them because OSS is OSS and you shouldn't feel obligated. 1) Include a link to dnsviz.net to check on the DNSSEC status of domains. They've alread
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by AndyMcConachie 8mo ago
The real trick, and the reason I don't build my own NAS, is standby power usage. How much wattage will a self built Linux box draw when it's not being used? It's not easy to figure out, and it's not easy to build a NAS o
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by AndyMcConachie 9mo ago
I gave you an upvote because you're correct. EU leadership has no ability to think strategically.
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by AndyMcConachie 9mo ago
It has everything to do with regulation and almost nothing to do with "car enthusiasts".
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by AndyMcConachie 9mo ago
Why can't the EFF tell people to lie? Because if you can get away with it, lying is almost always your best option. Unless there are actual real world consequences to lying like you may anger the police. And maybe consider using a VPN.

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