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by agoodusername63 2y ago
Musk was always one of those "both sides" libertarian tech bros that usually just end up right wing. Well before he became a household name with SpaceX and Tesla. It reminds me of the joke: "libertarians are just Republicans
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by agoodusername63 2y ago
Well, building a case for an early release on good behavior is something he definitely burned here. But he's got a long sentence. He can start building that from square one again. Maybe.
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by agoodusername63 2y ago
I'm usually very critical of how Torvolds treats the people around him and the culture he maintains but this is a rare case when I'm not really against Torvalds on this. I've had to remove Hector's postings from my feeds
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by agoodusername63 2y ago
Why would you assume that the 10% of non standard browsers are going to buy anything? Demographic is important here. If I was running a shop that sold software for Linux users, sure. If I'm running a store that sells pretty much anythi
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by agoodusername63 2y ago
I was really hoping for this too. I love WFH and I hope I never have to work in an office again. I was hoping the obvious financial efficiency improvements would have made the concept stick more and enable more mobility in the US unfortunat
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by agoodusername63 2y ago
Is it particularly surprising though? These are game developers. Not backend developers. Not web guys. Not remotely trained in infosec. They make games. Not security software. And for the longest time this was acceptable. I think for a GaaS
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by agoodusername63 2y ago
Does that unblock whoever got blocked by the rogue blocklist?
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by agoodusername63 2y ago
It shares the same problem that Twitter had years ago back when it supported API blocklists. Everybody you're blocking is at the whims of the blocklist owner, and it didn't take long for those people to go insane and use their lis
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by agoodusername63 2y ago
I'm not really sure that's possible. Cohost tried and well, they died. The nature of social media just leads to it's very unhealthy problems. By taking away the ability for social media to make viral posts, you take away a lo
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by agoodusername63 3y ago
Being aromantic isn't reason to see a therapist. Which it certainly sounds like they fit the bill for.
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by agoodusername63 3y ago
Because "user first" orgs like cohost have learned the hard way that the money math doesn't work out when your service gets even a few users. Lots of hidden costs to running social media. Then you have the other end, mastodon