JohnFen

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   by JohnFen 8mo ago

   I'm of the same mind as the author. I can't think of a single online service that would be worth the risk of exposing myself to age or identity verification.
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   by JohnFen 8mo ago

   The average isn't terribly meaningful because it's so heavily skewed by a small number of obscenely wealthy people. The median net worth of 50-something Americans is $180,227. https://www.empower.com/the-currency&#
3. 723.▲
   by JohnFen 8mo ago

   True, I can ignore them, but they're still a distraction and impact performance. For the use cases that I want the old Notepad for, Notepad++ isn't a great alternative for me.
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   by JohnFen 8mo ago

   Vim is heavier, but vi is not at all "lite".
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   by JohnFen 8mo ago

   Slightly more offensive to me. Not a lot more offensive, though, that's true.
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   by JohnFen 8mo ago

   > If someone is being forced by an AI to be polite to you, is it really still basic human politeness? No. That does strip the meaning out of it. I also object to Burger King's proposal. But at least it's still coming from an ac
7. 727.▲
   by JohnFen 8mo ago

   > There are no images or fancy elements. just functionality that does what it's supposed to do. This is why I like it. I've stopped going to a lot of other sites because they made their UIs too "modern" and reduced bo
8. 728.▲
   by JohnFen 8mo ago

   As a customer, I'd find that actively offensive. Those pre-ordering recordings asking if I'm using an app are already horrible enough as it is. Offloading basic human politeness to machines would be even worse.
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   by JohnFen 8mo ago

   > Just make your own damn notepad if it bothers you lol. If you use many different machines throughout your workday, this means you have to carry a copy of your bespoke solution with you on a memory stick or something, and hope that the
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    by JohnFen 8mo ago

    I don't find Notepad++ to be a good replacement for (the old) notepad, personally. It's too feature-filled. The big win of notepad was that it was genuinely minimalist.
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    by JohnFen 8mo ago

    vi and emacs are absolutely not lightweight, let alone "absolutely lightweight".
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    by JohnFen 8mo ago

    Every accusation this administration makes is a confession.
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    by JohnFen 8mo ago

    I use Dokuwiki: https://www.dokuwiki.org/ I access it when I'm out and about, but do so through a VPN that I also run from my home. The wiki is not accessible except through the VPN. Organizationally, I have a differen
14. 734.▲
    by JohnFen 8mo ago

    You can't lose something you don't have.
15. 735.▲
    by JohnFen 8mo ago

    I keep all that stuff on a Wiki that I run in my house.
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    by JohnFen 8mo ago

    Thanks!
17. 737.▲
    by JohnFen 8mo ago

    What phone are you using? I've been looking for a real dumbphone and have been coming up dry.
18. 738.▲
    by JohnFen 8mo ago

    Any machine that has to talk to a server I don't control or, worse, requires a human to monitor and take control every so often, is entirely unsuitable for use in my home.
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    by JohnFen 8mo ago

    I toss all receipts unless they're big purchases or business expenses I intend to deduct, in which case they go to my accountant. I pay no attention to warranties whatsoever.
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    by JohnFen 8mo ago

    At least the ones in my area are substantially worse than they used to be. They don't have a lot of items they used to carry, and the ones they do carry have a much more limited selection than they used to. But perhaps, as another comm
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    by JohnFen 8mo ago

    It's certainly not the best of all time. Goodreads' user base appears to have a pretty narrow demographic, though, so I don't think that any general conclusions can be drawn from opinion polls of them.
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    by JohnFen 8mo ago

    But Best Buy is a shadow of its former self. I've stopped bothering to go there at all because they never have what I need. Even when I was shopping for a tablet.
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    by JohnFen 9mo ago

    Depends on who you work for. It's entirely optional at most of the non-SV companies I know of.
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    by JohnFen 9mo ago

    That's not true. Past administrations have deported more illegal immigrants without engaging in such inhuman and unamerican activities. But either way, that's irrelevant to my point. My point is that it's the reprehensible be
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    by JohnFen 9mo ago

    The backlash against ICE isn't primarily about deportations. It's about ICE engaging in murder, cruelty, unnecessary violence, torture, racism, and the like towards everyone, citizen or otherwise.
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    by JohnFen 9mo ago

    Accepting that, for the sake of argument, genAI will become self-aware and replace humans, that replacement will not be human. Therefore, such an AI would not be the continuation of humanity. Humanity would be dead and gone.
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    by JohnFen 9mo ago

    What I've noticed is that used CD prices have been increasing by quite a lot (at least enough for me to find it irritating). That tells me that demand for them has increased noticeably.
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    by JohnFen 9mo ago

    True. In the US, anyway, the recyclable things are paper, glass, steel, aluminum, and asphalt.
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    by JohnFen 9mo ago

    Except that despite those codes on plastic packaging, almost no plastic packaging gets recycled. Most of what you put in the recycling bin just ends up in the landfill. The plastics industry has been scamming us on this point for years.
30. 750.▲
    by JohnFen 9mo ago

    Short answer: it's too expensive. But us hobbyists can help out. I get about half of my electronic components for free or close to free by parting out electronics that others are throwing away or sending to e-waste centers.