AnonymousPlanet

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by AnonymousPlanet 10mo ago
I decidedly disagree with about everything you said regarding Microsoft. The Microsoft monopoly is the most life sucking cancer the corporate world has ever experienced. Compared to that the entire existence of Apple is merely a footnote. D
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by AnonymousPlanet 10mo ago
If it's open source, where are the sources? And how do I make my own from those sources?
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by AnonymousPlanet 10mo ago
Chrome browsers don't send a specific handshake. But while browsing other sites they help gather enough evidence for this being a human operated piece of software.
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by AnonymousPlanet 10mo ago
While Chrome users should feel a shiver going down their spine.
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by AnonymousPlanet 10mo ago
Maybe someone should vibe code the entire MS Office Suite and see how much they like that. Maybe add AD while they are at it. I'm for it if that frees European companies from the MS lock in.
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by AnonymousPlanet 10mo ago
You'd probably like the way Thomas Mann uses language then (not parentheses but subordinate clauses, or nebensatz ).
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by AnonymousPlanet 10mo ago
> On the other hand, I only learned (my native) English grammar by studying another language. This is one of the reasons why Latin is tought. You learn transferring a gramatically hard language into your own, having to learn the ins and
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by AnonymousPlanet 10mo ago
For how long? Months?
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by AnonymousPlanet 10mo ago
There's an entire subreddit called LLMPhysics dedicated to "vibe physics". It's full of people thinking they are close to the next breakthrough encouraged by sycophantic LLMs while trying to prove various crackpot theori
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by AnonymousPlanet 10mo ago
> Now suppose construction is cheap and zoning doesn't prohibit this. For 10% of the cost of the land, we could build a condo tower on that same piece of land. Ten stories, 100 housing units. The cost of a unit just went by down by
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by AnonymousPlanet 10mo ago
Even if construction would be zero it wouldn't make more than a dent in the overall trend because the investments are done into land not houses. This is also why zoning doesn't matter. Look at the big picture. Pretty much every
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by AnonymousPlanet 10mo ago
Thanks. Is that true only for American English or other areas too? I've only noticed this the last couple of years on HN. Before that "who" and "that" were used more carefully. Or at least I had the feeling it was.
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by AnonymousPlanet 10mo ago
> [...] I'm a native English speaker that studied writing in university [...] As a native English speaker who studied writing at university, do you think "who" should be used with people while "that" should only
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by AnonymousPlanet 10mo ago
> That's assuming all sectors have become more efficient. Some, like construction, have become less efficient. And that's a big problem when it's relevant to necessities like housing. Housing prices aren't going up be
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by AnonymousPlanet 10mo ago
Parts of Usenet actually mandated real names. The idea was to make discussions more civilised. It didn't. And on top of that people were now subject to stalking and doxxing. I remember a poster who had a link to a defamation site in hi
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by AnonymousPlanet 10mo ago
Would you mind quoting that definition? You might not be aware, but a lot of democratic and definitely not authoritarian countries don't make use of juries at all or only in a limited way.
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by AnonymousPlanet 11mo ago
Moss' psychiatrist had this to say: "Vell, Moss is just zis guy, you know?"
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by AnonymousPlanet 11mo ago
People often underestimate the amount of storage you need for renewables. Depending on the geographic location you might be looking at tens of TWh. The cost for renewables then suddenly becomes much higher. I recommend everyone who is using
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by AnonymousPlanet 11mo ago
Reminds me of the Civil Service in the BBC series Yes, Minster.
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by AnonymousPlanet 1y ago
It has a huge impact if you need to run the exact same container as in production. This kills Macs in those shops. And there are more than you might think.
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by AnonymousPlanet 1y ago
And everyone can guess who was president when France was very eager to move against him. The UN mandate was just for securing the air space. But France and Britain successfully went in for the kill instead, making sure Sarkozy never had to
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by AnonymousPlanet 1y ago
Mine does not. Same AP.
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by AnonymousPlanet 1y ago
I used to recommend KDE-Connect left and right but stopped doing so because it went from rock solid and dependable to a complete disaster in a couple of years. Linux, Android, iOS, macOS all worked in harmony. Now not even two Android phone
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by AnonymousPlanet 1y ago
I'm curious, could you be more specific as to what exactly you mean by "schlock"? The ads? Product recommendations? Political content? Opinions? For something that has a massive amount of videos added to it every minute, it&#
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by AnonymousPlanet 1y ago
In that case localhost is their competition.
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by AnonymousPlanet 1y ago
I believe this is an important puzzle piece for understanding the rapid shifts that are currently taking place. Thank you for laying it out so clearly.
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by AnonymousPlanet 1y ago
Android is losing a unique selling point. This will have an impact on what a techie may recommend to a non-techie in the future, because everything is beige now. I have the feeling Google has given up on using nerds as beachheads. The marke
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by AnonymousPlanet 1y ago
> [...] the cops can't keep up with robberies and theft, turn a blind eye to drugs and illegal immigrants, and don't even bother with murders and rapes in some places. Not a boomer, so I don't have first hand experience, b
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by AnonymousPlanet 1y ago
Karl Popper made the point of democracy being the only form of government that provides getting rid of those in power without bloodshed and violence. If voting will not remove them, what will?
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by AnonymousPlanet 1y ago
Why single out one company? Microsoft's mobile platform was just as locked down. Microsoft's hold over boot keys is a lock down that even spreads to other OSes and will be very relevant in the future I foresee. All pieces are fall

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