bjord

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   by bjord 3y ago

   If I don't have easily-transferrable technical skills, how much additional value can I offer to a new potential employer in any engineering (non-management) role above junior or maybe middle-ish? I obviously recognize that there are ot
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   by bjord 3y ago

   I'd been under the impression that most of the useful stuff from servo had already been integrated back into gecko, but I just checked their git and was glad to see that development continues, despite mozilla's layoffs
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   by bjord 3y ago

   actually, no, I'm suggesting that you think art is crap and that thus you also think it shouldn't be on the internet honestly, I don't think that's a huge leap given your previous comments—am I wrong?
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   by bjord 3y ago

   are you also opposed to higher education/research in anything other than hard science, or do you think people in those fields should just stick to pencil and paper?
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   by bjord 3y ago

   that's the beauty of art—it can mean totally different things to different people
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   by bjord 3y ago

   it'd be a step in the right direction if one of the "new" browsers trying to do cool things were using gecko (firefox's engine)
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   by bjord 3y ago

   right, just problematic people to lead their efforts (brendan eich)
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   by bjord 3y ago

   I, too, use a lot of Google services (plus Android), and Firefox works fine for me. Is it offline sync that you need?
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   by bjord 3y ago

   I don't think it's supposed to be a "real" article about a real person, I think it's art (that speaks to some of our fears) do you believe that something has to be purely "productive" to be deserving of sp
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    by bjord 3y ago

    I'm worried this will be me someday. I suppose that's the point.
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    by bjord 3y ago

    no worries, thanks!
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    by bjord 3y ago

    is the usage of this weird docsend thing to display the whitepaper really necessary? I was hoping to download it as a pdf and read it later—now I'm forced to individually save each page as an image myself
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    by bjord 3y ago

    ah, fair point
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    by bjord 3y ago

    why is it bad when you're not looking for a job?
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    by bjord 3y ago

    I think the question is who popularized it. Arguably, Signal did, by bringing it (both via its own app and via its protocol) to the masses.
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    by bjord 3y ago

    historically, I've used Vultr, but I don't see anyone talking about it—I'm curious if anyone else has thoughts on them? (I've been happy, but then again my usage has been exceedingly basic)
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    by bjord 3y ago

    it happened in 2021, and some form of encryption for whatsapp icloud backups has apparently been available since 2016 https://www.tomsguide.com/news/whatsapp-encrypted-backups
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    by bjord 3y ago

    to me, the most obvious answer seems like that it would make emulation via dolphin more accessible to the average steam deck user
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    by bjord 3y ago

    If this is true, I'm looking forward to seeing how all the people who made grandiose statements about that paper now quietly scrub them. LinkedIn and Twitter influencers, I'm looking at you in particular. If it's not true, I
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    by bjord 3y ago

    I think it's a pleasant departure from the norm, but I'm not sure I'd use it myself.
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    by bjord 3y ago

    It's a bit surprising to me that this is seen as a "hack". My projects have always had limited enough reach that I probably would've readily given commit access to anyone who cared enough to submit a PR.
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    by bjord 3y ago

    Maybe use Resilio Sync (bittorrent-based) and force it to do LAN only syncing? https://help.resilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/204754349-Can-I-f...
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    by bjord 3y ago

    This is a fair question, and you're probably right. On second thought, the average user will stick to webmail, anyway.
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    by bjord 3y ago

    Are you aware that you're in the minority?
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    by bjord 3y ago

    Out of curiosity, did you personally actually use the steam controller? From what I've read/heard, it was a bit tough to get used to, but appreciated by many. My impression was also that the steam deck touch pads were just the nex
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    by bjord 3y ago

    nice domain
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    by bjord 3y ago

    I think most people don't consider viewable source projects to be truly open source
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    by bjord 3y ago

    Please, correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds to me like this person is assuming all software developers are (military age) men. I'm not aware of other restrictions on people being able to leave Ukraine.
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    by bjord 3y ago

    Is effectively what you're wanting to do "snooze" a subscription? Given that you can schedule subscriptions to start at a later date, maybe a better (albeit still hacky) way to handle that scenario might involve canceling the
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    by bjord 3y ago

    Can I ask which generation you're a member of? I truly think different demographics prefer different styling. FWIW, I personally prefer to use old reddit and like the layout of HN, but can also appreciate Discord's styling.