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by alt227 1mo ago
Recently listened is an automatic list like a log, not user curated. I would never expect to be able to delete things from that list.
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by alt227 1mo ago
Was it this documentary?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f19hF7-nT8g /s
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by alt227 1mo ago
Exactly. I hate the fact they gamified answering questions on Google maps to help keep their system updated for free.
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by alt227 1mo ago
Meta certainly do give the impression that they are burning through ridiculous amounts of cash with not much to show for it, and thats just from the outside.
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by alt227 1mo ago
In the same vein, dont assume that anything negative said about a group of people is racism.
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by alt227 1mo ago
The hardware is designed to last, the software is designed to force you to buy a new device after 7 years at most.
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by alt227 1mo ago
2 more years and your mac will not install the latest MacOS version, which then means you will no longer be able to update any software on your own computer or install any new software either. If you could install linux or any other OS on i
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by alt227 1mo ago
Not even things like batch files and visual basic scripts on windows? Everyone seems to forget we had decades of dodgy scripts and activex controls in our browsers for years before javascript became the thing it is today.
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by alt227 1mo ago
Literally any scripting language? I have managed to get 35 years into a sysadmin career without knowing or writing a single line of python. I see a python script, I run a million miles away and wont touch it with a barge pole.
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by alt227 1mo ago
So that you have to keep buying Macs every few years of course. If they gave you a way to install linux easily then you could use it far past their intended lifespan and wouldnt keep you locked into the apple ecosystem. They have proved tim
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by alt227 1mo ago
To be fair this is the thing that is likely to be the most difficult due to it being closed proprietary apple/intel tech.
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by alt227 1mo ago
The Veritasium documentary on this is very informative: https://youtu.be/SC2eSujzrUY
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by alt227 1mo ago
Just watch the Veritasium documentary, its full of horrible truths and real information and not dramatised. https://youtu.be/SC2eSujzrUY
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by alt227 1mo ago
The only thing that allowed them to be this 'fucked up' is allowing the creation of corperations which can make your companies actions not directly responsible to you. If boards of directors were able to be jailed for their compan
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by alt227 1mo ago
Its not specifically a PFA, but it s a cancer producing chemical which we still approve to spray on our land and foods.
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by alt227 1mo ago
I do not know who DHH is so I assume you are correct!
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by alt227 1mo ago
IMO choosing products over politics is a pointless game. Use the best tool for the job.
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by alt227 1mo ago
Dont know why you are getting downvoted, this is a valid method widely recomended in this day and age. The hacker cant hack your password book locked in your desk drawer!
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by alt227 1mo ago
You dont have to tell people when your not lying.
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by alt227 1mo ago
People download apks from pirate sites and install them all the time, I dont think this is much different
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by alt227 1mo ago
> the lawyers are more expensive than just ignoring these pet projects Tell that to Nintendo
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by alt227 1mo ago
I use Claude daily and I have never heard it say 'Smoke Test' once.
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by alt227 1mo ago
I was hoping this would be some new fangled way of viewing magic eye images mapped onto the inside of a tube through something like polar coordinates and viewed like a kaleidoscope. I was disappointed.
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by alt227 1mo ago
Is it not possible to just download the updated whatsapp apk from some online source? That is the benefit of android after all, side loading is still possible relatively easily.
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by alt227 1mo ago
The government didnt ask google, they changed the name on the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which is the official legal mapping source which other companies like Google etc use. Hence the change filtered down through software
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by alt227 1mo ago
Its possible to set up a phone with a google account without even a sim card in it and use it as a wifi only device, so Im pretty sure what your saying is wrong.
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by alt227 1mo ago
Care to name them?
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by alt227 1mo ago
No need to apologize, just wanted to clarify for understanding :)
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by alt227 1mo ago
Truth is these things are being pushed by heads of department behind the politicians, the ones who have lifetime jobs and dont get voted in. These people and lobbying business owners are pushing very hard on all politicians and lawmakers to
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by alt227 1mo ago
As soon as someone starts using this to spam marketing messages over Blue Bubbles Apple will be all over it like a rash.

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