TheKarateKid

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by TheKarateKid 3y ago
It works! Until you install a bad update that bricks critical functionality of your OS. Just rollback the update! Ok, found a copy of an older package from some repo. Oh no!! This older version requires 5 older dependencies which were updat
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by TheKarateKid 3y ago
While I have many reasons that Google made the Internet worse (AMP, censoring search, forcing localized search results, privacy, etc.) I don't think the hidden content is their fault but rather that of publishers. Publishers blamed Goo
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by TheKarateKid 3y ago
The equation he made isn't wrong, but it contradicts the fact that OP is criticizing people who agree with what they said themselves. Data clearly shows a correlation between crime levels and average income in an area. Are we not mostl
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by TheKarateKid 4y ago
I think it's more that Apple implements power saving behavior into the JS engine on desktop much like they do on mobile. For example, pausing background scripts on inactive tabs and disallowing autoplay on videos even on desktop.
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by TheKarateKid 4y ago
It's because of the quality of Chrome. Google's focus is on features and security, with efficiency secondary. Safari's primary focus is efficiency. Google's only incentive to make Chrome more efficient is when they start
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by TheKarateKid 4y ago
In my experience, it only connects to carrier Wifi if one of your known networks isn't nearby. So while at home, you will always be connected to your own Wifi so everything local (printers, TVs, etc.) will continue to work. The problem
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by TheKarateKid 4y ago
This was clearly requested by carriers. The whole point is to ease demand on cellular towers by utilizing mass Wifi networks that ATT, T-Mobile, etc. have set up all over the place. I can't believe Apple allows this, as every time my p
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by TheKarateKid 4y ago
I'm on a prepaid MVNO carrier that does this and iOS has been allowing this for years now. The only difference is that now iOS lets you VIEW what's going on.
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by TheKarateKid 4y ago
What's so frustrating this time around is that almost all of the layoffs by Big Tech are being done on what appears to be entirely speculation with no concrete financial data to support their business decisions. Google, Amazon, Salesfo
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by TheKarateKid 4y ago
Exactly. Public schools are finally starting to re-evaluate having high school students start the earliest, especially when younger kids are the ones naturally up earlier. Sadly, a lot of the reason for this scheduling is because no one wan
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by TheKarateKid 4y ago
Of course. But my point is that the old days where visiting a very reputable website and being infected with a drive-by exploit delivered via an ad seem to finally be over.
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by TheKarateKid 4y ago
I wouldn't say it's the advertising and bundling as much as other factors I didn't mention as well. For example, Chromebooks in schools drew a lot of people to use Chrome and its ecosystem. Google Apps for Workplace/Educ
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by TheKarateKid 4y ago
> If you want to build another Chromium you need billions, since that's how Chromium was built. Chromium isn't successful because of the billions thrown at it. It's successful because it was significantly better than any
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by TheKarateKid 4y ago
LastPass pricing model is what turned me off. I am happy to pay for services I use regularly, but I remember the pricing model didn't seem appropriate for what they were offering. The short cutoff period added insult to injury. I check
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by TheKarateKid 4y ago
Unfortunately they also have the problem that the very innovative higher level Googlers leave from boredom and/or glass ceilings at the company.
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by TheKarateKid 4y ago
MMS wasn't a failed concept. It was successful at what it was designed for at the time - to share a photo or short video on 2G/3G phones. Not bidirectional conversational messaging. MMS was never designed to be used for group chat
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by TheKarateKid 4y ago
This. Their interview process selects people who have hundreds of hours to blow to practice on stupid competitive coding, aka LeetCode. These aren't people who are innovative, they're ones that know how to grind. Same process used
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by TheKarateKid 4y ago
This. I don't feel like being subjected to hours of manipulation and predatory behavior. I surely know how to push back and deal with it, but it doesn't mean I want to. Local taxis are often cheaper than Uber/Lyft now since t
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by TheKarateKid 4y ago
> I wish that I had more control over my iPhone. I would love to be able to tell it to report a general location (somewhere random within a 10km of my actual location) to some apps, and a precise location to others. The iPhone (actually
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by TheKarateKid 5y ago
It was a combination of both the lawsuit and Facebook. Had the lawsuit happened without Facebook bidding for top talent, it would've taken decades for compensation to rise to the rate they are now because there was no other company abl
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by TheKarateKid 5y ago
> It's a total cop-out to not "accept 100% liability" for a self-driving system they built And what exactly is the liability for anyone produces cars that go well above and beyond every legal speed limit? By your logic, an
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by TheKarateKid 5y ago
Do you have an attorney? You mention a settlement but nothing about any legal representation. You should NOT be communicating with the company AT ALL EXCEPT THROUGH A LAWYER. Anything you say to the company will be noted and used against yo
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by TheKarateKid 5y ago
> What amazes me is that the leadership repeatedly puts these sorts of incriminating things in email after being repeatedly told not to. It's probably intentional in many cases to cover themselves when things hit the fan.
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by TheKarateKid 5y ago
> The problem is that Windows with all its warts now is still far ahead of the competition in that department (desktop GUI) Same with Windows Explorer. Finder in macOS is still terribly crippled compared to it: -It can't even perfor
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by TheKarateKid 5y ago
I don't think so. I think it stemmed from Apple's desire to make their SoC fully in-house for their iPhones. They realized they were onto something, and took it to a whole new level by focusing on desktop-class performance. This w
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by TheKarateKid 5y ago
What we're seeing right now with Apple's M1 chips for desktop computing is on the same level of revolutionary as what the original iPhone did for mobile phones. The advancements in such a short period of time in the amount of comp
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by TheKarateKid 5y ago
Then this is a problem with your team. On the other hand, my team has been more productive. I enter work with more energy that would be wasted during a commute. I often work later knowing I don't need to account for an evening commute.
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by TheKarateKid 5y ago
> My problem is guys literally working 9-5, expect "lunch break" takes 2-3 hours since they are playing a video game. You missed the entire point of my comment. If they take 2-3 hour lunch breaks and meet/exceed their comp
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by TheKarateKid 5y ago
> Some team members output has severely dropped. I've seen people playing video games during work hours for example. Also work and free time has mixed to a point where people just randomly take hour or two to go skiing or for a walk
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by TheKarateKid 5y ago
I don't believe this argument for a second. Google almost single-handedly solved the problem of email spam a decade ago. And yet, robot accounts are a problem? For the company that loves encouraging obnoxious Captcha's to self-fun

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