abirch

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by abirch 3y ago
I remember the forced obsolescence. There were a few good software packages but many would frequently force you to upgrade from version 12.31 to 13.0 which isn't backward compatible i.e., "This software doesn't run on Windows
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by abirch 3y ago
I meant the second. The hypothesis of with a few smart tweaks such as valid area codes, etc. I've yet to have text spam use my name, whereas email spam is around 10% for me.
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by abirch 3y ago
Could the percentage of occupied Dutch phone codes be lower than the USA? There may be a smaller pay off.
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by abirch 3y ago
Humanity wants everything to work but we don't want to pay for it. I pay for my news but I wonder how soon news websites and related sites will start to block Firefox.
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by abirch 3y ago
Normies like sameness, this is why God gave us configs. You can default to normal but let the crazies customize.
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by abirch 3y ago
Last week I was the intern. This weekend I'm the VP of infrastructure
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by abirch 3y ago
Europe and Switzerland would benefit since those countries pay for healthcare. The saving would outweigh the tax revenue they would have gathered.
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by abirch 3y ago
That's how I learned about the kernel and modules. That and getting a CD ROM to work.
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by abirch 3y ago
FTX wasn't a Ponzi scheme per se. SBF committed fraud by saying they had risk controls in place when they had an exemption for his hedge fund: Alameda Research. FTX could be viable if it let Alameda fail.
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by abirch 3y ago
The gotcha is that "humanity" is so inhumane and there are so many negative ways that AI can be abused. Once something is open source, all of the bad actors can start building on it.
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by abirch 3y ago
This seems to make the company more valuable toward the end of life. If you don't buy out your competitor, your customers will have an Open Source alternative.
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by abirch 3y ago
It's not quite the "it works in practice but does it work in theory" mindset but it seems related. Also with French food, the food can be decadent but with the proper portions size. Quality over quantity.
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by abirch 3y ago
Microsoft was a monopoly because it had 97% of the desktop market. Their anticompetitive behavior is too long to list but include not being able to remove IE, they bundled Windows Media Player, wouldn't make office for competing produc
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by abirch 3y ago
We vote with our dollars. We can buy devices that are open if it's important. Not sure how it's theft if we opted in. Please consider this if you value a device that is yours https://puri.sm/products/librem-5&
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by abirch 3y ago
LinkedIn after 2020: it's the new proctologist as a service that nobody wants.
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by abirch 3y ago
I believe he's downloading png files from Meta, converting them to SVG, then creating the glyphs. I'm not sure what the law is on this, but there's no need for the font files to ever be on your computer. E.g., https:/&
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by abirch 3y ago
For smaller things I use Target. I rely more on Costco as well (versus Amazon's subscribe and save) For more niche items I buy in bulk from different the manufacturer's site. To be honest it's a little more work but to help r
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by abirch 3y ago
I agree with you. I quit using Amazon late last year and it's pretty easy to change to different vendors. Hopefully more consumers do this so that vendors don't have to use the Amazon price everywhere else on the internet.
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by abirch 3y ago
It's as if it was written by the plaintiffs' lawyers.
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by abirch 3y ago
Getting in an argument (vs disagreement) in real life is worthless. Getting into an argument on the Internet has even less value. Personally I think this was an easy article for him to write because he already had the data and he wants more
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by abirch 3y ago
Yes, Apple is pretty good about privacy. That'll be one reason for Meta and others to create their own stores.
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by abirch 3y ago
Michael B. Jordan could try to be Michael Jordan. There are many popular names out there. Heck I'd change my name to Bill Gates.
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by abirch 3y ago
I'm on mobile now. I'm using plain old chrome
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by abirch 3y ago
You're right about gemstones. I saw the lab grown stuff coming a while ago didn't want to spend money on diamonds: I wanted gemstones and not to throw away money. My now wife wanted a diamond so I caved. I did add emeralds but wis
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by abirch 3y ago
I'm grateful that I don't need any Window Programs though there are issues such as when my kid wants to play Minecraft Education Edition, but it's usually a windows VM for those rare occasions.
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by abirch 3y ago
"requires" is correct. I use chase.com on my Linux computer all the time without any pop-ups or warnings that I'm using it on an unauthorized OS. I'm sure if I had some type of QA Issue they would then point out that the
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by abirch 3y ago
The past also suffers from survivorship bias. Although there's a 1 in 8 chance of flipping 3 consecutive heads, in the future after flipping 3 consecutive heads you forget about the other possibilities. E.g., there was a 1 in 8 chance
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by abirch 3y ago
I'm not disagreeing with you and I'm actively doing the same; however, I wouldn't say that our children gaining advantages would be considered "Merit-Based"
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by abirch 3y ago
We can't even define the purpose of college. E.g., is it only graduating and Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Steve Jobs, ..., Mark Zuckerberg are all failures? Meritocracy works best if you have something to measure against.
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by abirch 3y ago
You're assuming that everyone is on an equal starting point. Wealthy people will be able to favor their kids.

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