_Algernon_

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by _Algernon_ 5y ago
How does this work for contributions to FOSS? What happens if $MEGACORP decides that any off-work contributions to FOSS software are rightfully theirs?
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by _Algernon_ 5y ago
The advantage of cloud storage is that it gives you a remote backup, which a local NAS or external drive doesn't.
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by _Algernon_ 5y ago
>The labor market in the US is highly liquid, even for unskilled workers. This described power imbalance simply does not exist. Yes it does. See Amazon preventing workers from unionising.
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by _Algernon_ 5y ago
A passenger using a touchscreen doesn't normally cause distracted driving.
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by _Algernon_ 5y ago
Should have put all that development effort into making a video player that, you know, actually can play a video.
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by _Algernon_ 5y ago
I have yet to see a digital voting system that a grandma with 0 digital literacy can dream of trusting. That's my standard for digital voting. Basically excludes any black box machines, block chain, cryptography and any existing comput
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by _Algernon_ 5y ago
You example is an example of the system working. It eventually got removed by mods, and the parent comment you're linking to called the behaviour out. I'm not sure what you'd like to see changed in this case?
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by _Algernon_ 5y ago
If this is as widespread as you claim, I'm sure you can link/quote some real examples.
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by _Algernon_ 5y ago
You would make your point better by pointing out the "low quality discussion" and explaining why it's wrong. That way you would also be contributing to better discussion, and others will learn something.
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by _Algernon_ 5y ago
That would be more effort than including a single html-script tag to import google analytics. I have hope that most parties would decide that the extra server load and difficulties would make it not worth it.
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by _Algernon_ 5y ago
YouTube has the right to send or not send the file to my computer. My browser has the right to process the video on my behalf, including not showing it to me if it is an ad. My right to decide what my purchased computer does trumps YouTube&
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by _Algernon_ 5y ago
That would require delivering ads from first-party servers, right? So third-party ad and tracking networks would die a painful death.
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by _Algernon_ 5y ago
Physical booby traps tend to be illegal if they aren't supervised. Not sure if that's only for physical damages / injuries or applies to other damage as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katko_v._Briney
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by _Algernon_ 6y ago
I'm at the reverse of the spectrum. I installed an extension to limit the number of tabs I can have open to 12. I have yet to encounter a situation where I need more than that. At that point I either need to close unneeded tabs, offloa