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by amatecha 10mo ago
Obviously those policies don't apply when dealing with people who don't adhere to those policies - I figured I didn't have to spell that out because it's been covered a very long time ago: https://en.wikipedia
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by amatecha 10mo ago
What left-wing extremism was that, exactly? Extreme upholding of human rights and equality? Extreme kindness and respect for fellow human beings? Extreme acceptance of people from all backgrounds, religious beliefs and sexual orientation
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by amatecha 10mo ago
yeah I still have my old Panasonic SL-SX410 from 1999 or so, barely larger than the CD itself and with included AAA rechargeable NiMH batteries - kind of special at the time and it would charge the batteries itself (no separate charging sta
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by amatecha 10mo ago
it has nothing to do with the brand and everything to do with the fact they are still a damn good mp3 player, especially when you swap in a brand new battery and a gigantic-capacity SD card (which also greatly reduces the weight of the devi
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by amatecha 10mo ago
you were probably scraping the thick transparent side, not the side with the label? the data is immediately under the label. the clear side can be surprisingly scraped up and still read properly, though I'm not sure how!! I have som
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by amatecha 10mo ago
The corporate slant on forcing staff back into the office is approached the same way. No numbers/data, all "vibes" -> "we want to bring the sense of connection and collaboration" blah blah .. vacuous indeed, to
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by amatecha 11mo ago
Oddly I can't access the site. The URL is 301-redirecting to itself in an infinite loop (which the browser finally stops and shows an error page).
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by amatecha 11mo ago
Yeah I agree. I see it something like this as well. I often feel like calling it an "illness" or even "disability" is kind of a misnomer, because having traits that are encompassed by the definition of "autism&quo
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by amatecha 11mo ago
I was ripping CDs with a Core 2 Duo Macbook a couple weeks ago lol (running Linux)
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by amatecha 11mo ago
Also cross-posted on Mastodon https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/115595997701449168
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by amatecha 11mo ago
Oh yeah: If you host behind Cloudflare, you can basically expect your site/service is inaccessible by all of Spain every weekend or so: the government there decided to just completely cut off Cloudflare to stop illegal sports streami
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by amatecha 11mo ago
Ignoring all else, did private conversation participants consent to their messages being posted publicly in this post?
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by amatecha 11mo ago
Neither - users being blocked because they use an uncommon browser: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/04/cloudflare_blocking_n...
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by amatecha 11mo ago
Adding Cloudflare to my site would actually cause more denial of service to legitimate users than it would if I never added CF. As someone using OpenBSD + Firefox with strict privacy settings and "resist fingerprinting", I am fre
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by amatecha 11mo ago
All the people posting all their reasons why they use Cloudflare ("it's free!"/"it's easy!"/"my site won't go down!") makes me realize this apparent arms race is going to effectively re
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by amatecha 11mo ago
Many users not being able to access it simply because of their choice of OS or browser. I regularly can't access websites on my OpenBSD machines running Firefox with "strict" privacy settings, or "resist fingerprinting&
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by amatecha 11mo ago
Better post IMO: https://petapixel.com/2025/11/14/sun-skydiver-photo-andrew-m...
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by amatecha 11mo ago
Wow. > We made it absolutely clear to Eric that scraping for commercial purposes was not an authorized use of the Rebble Web Services. > We’d already agreed to give Core a license to our database to build a recommendation engine on. T
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by amatecha 11mo ago
Very sad news. This one hit pretty hard for me as not only was she so awesome and contributed so much to so many great games, but the short timeline between "oh dang I have cancer and we're fighting it" to, well, today... wa
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by amatecha 11mo ago
Ahh, this made me think of "Dato DUO", similar concept (though the Dato stuff is a little more complex): https://dato.mu/
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by amatecha 11mo ago
I came here to see what the deal was because I'm surprised this typo is still present a day later XD
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by amatecha 11mo ago
> terrified to discard anything even if its broken because there are components that might be useful to fix something else; the constant churn of second-hand (and cheap/disposable) things that are already close to death before they
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by amatecha 11mo ago
2013: "Linux and open source are the future of gaming" https://www.pcgamer.com/gabe-newell-linux-and-open-source-ar... SteamOS was released in that year as well: https://github.com/ValveSoftware&#
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by amatecha 11mo ago
"Checkout.com hacked" -> links to checkout.com lol
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by amatecha 11mo ago
Yeah especially since it probably wouldn't take long to scrub through some WWDC presentations of his to find him holding up his hands like that (or a gesture of comparable meaning)
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by amatecha 11mo ago
Right, I get that. That's their opinion, and I was expressing a differing opinion (that's why I said "I think of it a bit differently" lol) I have recorded hundreds of songs using digital audio production software since
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by amatecha 11mo ago
I think of it a bit differently: if the tool is getting in the way, this will hamper the effectiveness and raise the barrier for skilled individuals to do their best. Yeah, the absolute top-tier max-talent people can do well regardless, b
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by amatecha 1y ago
I like your post, as it exhibits a sentiment I can relate to (though I have had a FAR smoother existence than what you've experienced, thus far, I think). I hope you have a rewarding future and I hope that luck is on your side with th
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by amatecha 1y ago
What drives us to that model? Greedy rich people who want more and will exploit whoever they can to increase their material riches and power. Oh, and the rest of us allowing that.
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by amatecha 1y ago
The other thing is that GUIs can be very slow to load, limiting the potential speed/efficiency. One of the most frustrating experiences is pressing a series of key commands (or just single keys) that SHOULD have performed a very speci

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