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by badwolf 6y ago
So we just say now that "The American Way" and our system of government and laws isn't good, and we should just do what China does? I don't like that idea very much. We're supposed to be above that.
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by badwolf 6y ago
Generally we try to consider ourselves above "an eye for an eye"
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by badwolf 6y ago
"Free as in speech, not free as in beer"
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by badwolf 6y ago
in the US Kilowatt-hour is commonly used like that, and not as a rate of change - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilowatt-hour
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by badwolf 6y ago
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-coca-cola-invented-fanta...
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by badwolf 6y ago
Many people contract "could have" to be "could've" which when spoken can very easily turn to "could of"
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by badwolf 6y ago
I wonder if Cuba Gooding Jr. has issues any time he tries to do something online with PayPal or such
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by badwolf 6y ago
For meat, butcher paper is a thing that exists.
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by badwolf 6y ago
Same with 'Sign in with Facebook' If Facebook blocks your developer account (Had this happen to my company once) your users can no longer sign in - though are they really your users at that point, or are they (Facebook/Google
340.
by badwolf 6y ago
Apps don't HAVE to have social login.
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by badwolf 6y ago
I don't think trying to enforce a no-compete contract with a former employee who left to work for a competitor is even remotely similar to... requesting an author correct the name of the product they're writing about.
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by badwolf 6y ago
The ISP's are probably who are pushing for this
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by badwolf 6y ago
Someone even made a triangulation app to pinpoint other users of Grindr.
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by badwolf 6y ago
you... You don't have to keep buying iphones.
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by badwolf 6y ago
Microsoft... because they want more clients for Azure (bonus: more ads business) Oracle... Similar to Microsoft but reversed - they probably want the Ads/Data first Walmart... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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by badwolf 6y ago
The fact that they are doing tens of dedicated launches solely for Starlink says otherwise. Starlink is looking to be a multi-billion dollar business by itself.
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by badwolf 6y ago
Or forms that accept the 15 digit Amex number, but then freak out when there's a 4 digit cvv :|
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by badwolf 6y ago
I'm guessing Zuckerberg wasn't able to buy out TikTok, so went with plan b.
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by badwolf 6y ago
Also importantly, you have to slow down at the other end.
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Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge grants emergency stay(theverge.com)
424 points by badwolf 6y ago|649 comments
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by badwolf 6y ago
Lumber has been having quite the ride the last several weeks
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by badwolf 6y ago
Possibly due to those services charging fees and generating income tends people to envision them as a business instead of a service.
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by badwolf 6y ago
Even Microsoft thought that with Edge.
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by badwolf 6y ago
My first thought when reading this was relief... For my mother. I've spent most of my adult life trying to teach my parents to look at the address bar to make sure they're on bankofamerica.com and not some random phishing domain.
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by badwolf 6y ago
Like the Galaxy App Store?
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by badwolf 6y ago
Epic literally tried to only have Fortnite available via direct apk/themselves. It did not go well.
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by badwolf 6y ago
https://twitter.com/FortniteGame/status/1293994211621167105 They absolutely expected this.
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by badwolf 6y ago
I think a more apt comparison would be... If a developer doesn't like Xbox's terms, there are other gaming platforms...
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by badwolf 6y ago
Not to belittle your experience, but it seems this may be a bit of a negative feedback loop. Haven't updated the homepage because "what's the point I'm already punished" etc...
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by badwolf 6y ago
Purposefully slowing down every step of the checkout process is the biggest reason I refuse to use self checkout.

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