ambichook

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by ambichook 3y ago
social isolation can be a hell of a thing, and in the world we have now where having a phone is the norm, it isnt just about having different toys, its about completely lacking a tool so deeplyintegratedintodaily life that others do have. i
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by ambichook 3y ago
thanks for the advice! i think i'll have an easier time getting a good deal on an M1 but i'll keep an eye out for good M2s
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by ambichook 3y ago
my current car (tk barina) has two horn buttons just to the left and right of where you expect a centre horn to be and it drives me insane . i dont typically feel the need to use the horn but whenever i do i have to make the conscious deci
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by ambichook 3y ago
i'm going to be honest, maybe i'm just not particularly sensitive to poor input devices, but there have only been 2 trackpads i've used that actually felt bad , the vast majority are just... not noticeable to me? like i just
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by ambichook 3y ago
honestly, i think that the whole situation was ridiculous to begin with. i'm as much for regulation as the next gal (probably even more so than most people on HN judging by the comments i've read in the last few weeks since i star
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by ambichook 3y ago
that's actually really cool, i hadnt considered writing my own password manager but i feel like it'd be a fun and fairly useful project, did it take you particularly long to do? i'm interested in giving it a go :D
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by ambichook 3y ago
what if, if one service doesnt respond at all or responds with something that doesnt fit an expected format that it would if working correctly, the whole thing just says "sorry, we had an error, try again later"? if it has to chec
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by ambichook 3y ago
and something is usually happening. the issue is that a lot of end users (so the people that down detector is pulling from) don't understand the systems well enough to point to where that something is and will often misattribute it,
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by ambichook 3y ago
if the fines arent paid, then apple as a corporation cannot operate in the EU (is banished) there arent going to be EU hit squads rocking up to punch apple executives for not paying fines
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by ambichook 3y ago
> I don't expect EU judges to understand antitrust law and apply it correctly, but people here should understand the difference. i feel like the regulators of a jurisdiction understand antitrust laws within those jurisdictions bette
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by ambichook 3y ago
you think the vision pro is the first VR headset? it doesnt even have the most specs or features of current headsets, its just apple so you know about it. as for the CPU, uhh, its a particularly good ARM chip? its definitely not the first,
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by ambichook 3y ago
own the hardware but cant do what we want on it, because we're forced to use the software
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by ambichook 3y ago
i don't think apple has been first to do something since, like, the iphone. their business model is definitely rock up a little later than the others and combine both good quality and a giant marketing machine to whatever maket they en
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by ambichook 3y ago
sometimes i just don't have the energy to respond to someone, or read the link i had sent, i really dont need people using something like this in my life stressing me out further
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by ambichook 3y ago
"there's nothing wrong with lobbying, its just how corporations participate in democracy" i have seen this argument made and anyone who holds that opinion should look at this comment, and have a long hard think as to whether
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by ambichook 3y ago
"yes i turned my life upside down, opened myself up to discrimination, and took a cocktail of drugs that will actively make me dysphoric and also cause my muscles to atrophy, just so i can beat women in sport, despite the fact that the
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by ambichook 3y ago
i'm missing how this is relevant like, at all? what with the context of the entire rest of the conversation, i struggle to see how you reached that interpretation
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by ambichook 3y ago
my phone has 16gb ram and 512gb storage, if i'm paying 50% more than i spent on it i expect at least those specs on a current, or maybe last gen macbook, not half the storage and memory on a 2 generation old device
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by ambichook 3y ago
i think the fact that so few are supported is part of the issue (not parent commenter, also not a user of apple products so i admittedly do lack experience in this area)
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by ambichook 3y ago
i had similar lock issues with my kali VM, but that was through virtualbox, could be related however
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by ambichook 3y ago
they did to schools, i was cursed with an 8.1 acer windows tablet until they finally allowed a BYO program
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by ambichook 3y ago
my discord addled gen z brain keeps tabs and taskbar to the left, there's always gonna be someone
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by ambichook 3y ago
has nvidia worked on the architecture behind the tegra in the last few years? i'm not certain that's possible tbh
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by ambichook 3y ago
yarrr pirates stole. clicky clacky pirates pirate
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by ambichook 3y ago
i'm not saying canada not buying f35s to begin with was necessarily the correct choice, but the fact that they don't have a massive GDP and have now managed to purchase them for a lower price isn't "infinitely worse&quot
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by ambichook 3y ago
TIL, although it does make sense, thanks!
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by ambichook 3y ago
you seem to be conflating "open" and "open source" nintendo doesnt have to make the switch open source to make it open, they just have to allow people to make whatever the hell they want for it, but their business model
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by ambichook 3y ago
F-35s are significantly cheaper than they were a few years ago, and as more are produced the prices continue to drop
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by ambichook 3y ago
"At long last, we have created the torment nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus"
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by ambichook 3y ago
i... honestly thought they were already doing this? isn't that why they require accounts to use in the first place?

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