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811.
by Markoff 3y ago
I wonder do bullies know they are bullies (like crazies realizing they are crazy)? Judging by this thread no bullies exist among IT people and all of them are victims of bullying. Luckily I was not really bullied thanks to my height being a
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Musk 'Open to the Idea' of Purchasing Substack(pcmag.com)
5 points by Markoff 4y ago|0 comments
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by Markoff 4y ago
That's pretty horrible list if it's missing Heat, Fight Club and Falling Down from 90s, also no Jagten from newer movies.
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by Markoff 4y ago
WhatsApp is threatened with a shut down in Britain as ministers press ahead with plans to require easier access to messages for police and MI5, the messaging app has warned. Will Cathcart, head of WhatsApp at Meta, which also owns Facebook
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WhatsApp raises threat of UK shutdown in encryption row(telegraph.co.uk)
3 points by Markoff 4y ago|1 comments
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Twitter to Put 1.5B Abandoned Handles Up for Grabs(pcmag.com)
10 points by Markoff 4y ago|5 comments
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by Markoff 4y ago
Paywalled behind registration read here https://archive.ph/faJP3
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by Markoff 4y ago
arrested and jailed/convicted are two very different things let me guess this will end up with lengthy process and in the end she won't serve any time plus just because other politicians let her get arrested doesn't mean they
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by Markoff 4y ago
>But surprisingly many people will not make any adjustments at all when you say "Please, if you speak more slowly I can understand", and instead will go maybe even faster. by my experience when these people see you don't u
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by Markoff 4y ago
>I do think Duolingo has great value but I do think the second group I described is seriously wasting their time. which is why I stopped using Duolingo after they introduced new Path UI with 1000+ day streak, but by the end it was just d
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by Markoff 4y ago
same here, after while it felt like daily chore than something I wanted to do in the beginning btw you could disable leagues by stop sharing your progress, but they hide this in web settings, not possible to switch it off in the app, that m
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by Markoff 4y ago
that doesn't even launch on device without gapps, while Duolingo, Drops, Memrise and others have no problem with that, seems like extremely lazy devs
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by Markoff 4y ago
I just posted it for the robots quote really and to see how many Twitter haters will upvote it. Obviously treating contractors like garbage is nothing new in any Big Tech company, I was treated same way when working for Microsoft (and mind
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by Markoff 4y ago
Read HN through Serializer.io, HN homepage is heavily brigaded for years already, completely unusable full of nonsense. You would be better off even reading TOP 24 hours posts through besthackernews.herokuapp.com though I prefer chronologic
825.
by Markoff 4y ago
...which is why I avoid HN homepage and read it through Serializer.io (set only HN content) which also allows syncing through unique URL across devices. HN homepage is incredibly brigaded, but since it's in line with admins opinions th
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Fired Twitter cleaning staff 'treated like garbage'(bbc.com)
8 points by Markoff 4y ago|4 comments
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by Markoff 4y ago
Cleaners at Twitter's headquarters in San Francisco have told the BBC they were sacked without severance pay. One of them told the BBC a member of Elon Musk's team had said their jobs would be replaced by robots.
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by Markoff 4y ago
No offense, but pretty much everyone outside America is already awake long time ago, especially the buggest part of world population living in Asia. Whole America has like 1/5 of Asia population. I think you should refresh your time zo
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by Markoff 4y ago
Because large part of HN users prefer to live in denial about facts they don't like. It's also fact there are brigades and bots operating on HN and NGAF.
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by Markoff 4y ago
Tesla’s Berlin Hub Can’t Hire Enough People, or Keep Them The company’s staffing problems have been magnified in Germany, where it is unable to meet targets as more workers head for the exit. An in progress Tesla Model Y is seen in a produc
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Tesla’s Berlin Hub Can’t Hire Enough People, or Keep Them(wired.co.uk)
15 points by Markoff 4y ago|6 comments
832.
by Markoff 4y ago
One step forward, two steps back. No need SIM, but you need even worse Blockchain account. Telegram is not worth recommending to anyone until they require SIM (or some Blockchain nonsense) and all chats/calls/content is not E2EE b
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by Markoff 4y ago
They should rather fix useless built-in Mail client. Wanted to switch from Outlook over recent design changes, but that Mail built-in Vivaldi is even more unusable requiring you to use some left panel, which will cover the list of messages,
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by Markoff 4y ago
Not accessible breaker box sounds extremely dangerous and illegal.
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by Markoff 4y ago
I usually pack some snacks or just buy something small for first dinner and breakfast, only later go to do proper shopping.
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by Markoff 4y ago
Yeah same here, but I guess it beats daily dozen articles about Twitter.
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by Markoff 4y ago
Do you have usually fridge in airbnb place filled with anything else than just drinks (which would be fine also without refridgeration) on first evening after coming? Is the first thing you do in the afternoon after checking in airbnb place
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by Markoff 4y ago
Or if you have kids and you truly wanna save the planet consider this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn3oXHSUdKY Personally I don't really care about world population or planet too much.
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by Markoff 4y ago
then just disable all power, what do you need while you sleep? nothing, maybe AC but no AC beats sleeping with lights on, other than that it's only fridge which would be empty on their first night anyway obviously other more elegant so
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by Markoff 4y ago
>A lot of apartments here have security devices which will call for assistance when the power is turned off. that's quite rare and bad design if you can't go overnight without power >Then there are devices that expect power

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