amethyst

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by amethyst 4y ago
Unrelated: the nostalagia of iliana's favicon is incredible. So much time spent on old modems watching that animation spin while waiting for pages to slowly load in...
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by amethyst 4y ago
+15% in one day, when the stock is already down 75% from its peak a year or two earlier, doesn't feel like a "massive jump".
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by amethyst 4y ago
Except with debit the risk is now back on me to make sure my PIN doesn't get stolen/skimmed/whatever. Transactions are less convenient than a single tap, and (at least in the US) requires paying attention to see if places eve
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by amethyst 4y ago
The convenience of credit cards — and customers' willingness to spend more when they are accepted — is worth more to retailers and customers than the processing fees. I for one never carry cash, and I will happily pay any extra transac
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by amethyst 4y ago
Success hides problems.
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by amethyst 4y ago
Also keep in mind that this is the first year-long perform cycle, so % of ratings is not directly comparable to previous cycles.
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by amethyst 4y ago
FWIW, I noticed all of the same issues when using FF on my iPad, but I stuck with it, and it actually got much better, and I haven't noticed a UI/UX bug in months now. It's been rock solid once they got the kinks worked out,
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by amethyst 4y ago
I would say it's about as popular among the gamers at Meta as it is among gamers outside the company. I play it myself periodically, but I wasn't even aware that Mark was a fan of the game, and I've been here a long time.
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by amethyst 4y ago
May I propose terminology that has less negative connotations associated with them? How about "quick" vs "deliberate"?
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by amethyst 4y ago
Termination on the spot has literally been the standard policy for data violations like this at Meta for at least a decade.
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by amethyst 4y ago
Neither is Meta, after 12 years of consistently being near the top.
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by amethyst 4y ago
Firefox with the built-in "Enhanced Tracking Protection" gets you about 70-80% of the blocking that a dedicated adblock system can, depending on the site, and at least saves you from some of the worst behaviors. Between that and n
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by amethyst 4y ago
Make a ZIP file containing the blob, and catenate it to the end of the executable binary. The ZIP format specifically puts all of the key metadata at the back of the file, so pretty much any ZIP tool can correctly read/list/extrac
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by amethyst 4y ago
> Unless, of course, our goal isn't to win, but to just be eternally aggrieved. I am increasingly convinced that is the case. It's worked pretty well for the conservatives the past couple decades.
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by amethyst 5y ago
Except Poetry's recommendations/decisions around version capping doesn't make sense for libraries. https://iscinumpy.dev/post/bound-version-constraints/