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by blfr 9mo ago
I agree with grandparent and think you have cause and effect backwards: people really do want to be outraged so Facebook and the like provide rage bait. Sometimes through algos tuning themselves to that need, sometimes deliberately. But F
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by blfr 9mo ago
Sounds like Russian leadership should have known they're not a match for Americans. A costly misjudgement.
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by blfr 10mo ago
Sure but wasn't this always the case? People told stories. joked, bantered, preached, and flirted both to communicate on different levels and to entertain themselves and each other. And so my Signal is solid 40% memes. Memes that some
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The Revolution of Rising Expectations(thezvi.wordpress.com)
5 points by blfr 10mo ago|1 comments
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by blfr 11mo ago
Which cultures still have kids? India is now below replacement as well. SE Asia is doing worse than the west. There's Africa, sure, and maybe Mongolia. But it's not clear that it will hold or that they have any secret sauce beyond
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by blfr 11mo ago
What is the point of having a civilization if we can't afford kids? Sure, if it was this or that couple, maybe it could be mere irresponsibility, but now the entire west (and plenty of non-western countries) is below replacement.
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by blfr 11mo ago
Very cool but how useful is that for anyone beside the handful clients who wrote the checks here? I tried using Ubuntu 20.04 with the Pro support (you get a couple machines for free) and it worked but nothing else did. Even Firefox gave me
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by blfr 11mo ago
If you don't mind them knowing but resent the ads, you can just block the ads. You can do dns ad blocking[1], in-browser plugins/extensions[2], finally, patch the apps[3]. Or deploy all of them. [1] https://mullvad.net&
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by blfr 11mo ago
Land value tax is interesting because it encourages/forces more efficient use but you can do a lot more by cutting demand through limiting immigration and financialization opportunities.
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by blfr 11mo ago
The fact that you can do poorly (by external measure) despite high IQ doesn't really mean much. It correlates well with a swath of positive outcomes and I'd still take legitimate 150 IQ (for myself, for my kids) over virtually any
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by blfr 11mo ago
This is ozempic territory: a technical solution to your own shortcomings is most effective. I have solved all my issues with doing house chores with wireless headphones, tablet, and youtube @ 2x speed. Sure, it means that I can't load
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by blfr 11mo ago
They also have configs for ssh, although without the cool generator. https://infosec.mozilla.org/guidelines/openssh
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by blfr 11mo ago
Unironically utterly brilliant. I don't have an iPhone and will not get one at least until Google kills ReVanced, nor would I ever get a sock for my phone but wow, I fully expect this to be hit. Not only in this collaboration, it will
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by blfr 11mo ago
A lot of Polish media outlets seem to have completely forgone reporting from abroad. I don't even think it's propaganda, they just lost viewership to the Internet and found that there are cheaper ways to fill the airwaves than new
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by blfr 11mo ago
What do you do with all that storage? Here's the root partition (well, lvm) on a laptop I have been using for over three years now » df -hT ~ Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev&#x2F
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by blfr 11mo ago
While I get the surprising modernness of Aurelius' writing, I don't get the fascination with him since he ultimately failed at his most important task: choosing a reliable heir. Maybe he should have cared more and be more attached
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by blfr 1y ago
We didn't figure it out then though. I used office suits 15 years ago. They didn't work like Workspace or even m365 today. You needed to sync files by yourself, sharing and access control were rudimentary at best. Most importantly
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by blfr 1y ago
My mom had access already. I just patched her app to not show ads, allow video downloads, and have nicer colors. Twitter is also the best news app. You get the info, trend, and critical commentary (with people you follow boosted for you in
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by blfr 1y ago
With age your company dwindles as people drift away (or die) so you have fewer people with which to enjoy these activities and many become less attainable/enjoyable with lower physical strength and endurance.
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by blfr 1y ago
A good enough solution on par with the competition is exactly the right choice for a business 95+% of the time though. Your company probably shouldn't compete on email/calendar/vpn/filesharing/OS/spreadsheets&#
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by blfr 1y ago
Absolutely, because they have the time for it and fewer alternatives. I got my mom a tablet, set her up with ReVanced YouTube & Twitter plus VLC, and now she is by far the heaviest user of our NAS, last Kindle user on our Amazon account
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by blfr 1y ago
This explains too much. I remember the Internet before corporate dominance and it was just as, if not more, magical then. There's just something about having a beautiful OLED screen, the tablet-like shape, touch interface, and access t
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by blfr 1y ago
I know that words are largely arbitrary and arguing terms isn't very valuable but these phenomenons already have fairly commonly used names. OP writes about conspicuous consumption/leisure, not really luxury. Similarly, while a Bi
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by blfr 1y ago
There were no terrorist attacks on traffic cops lately.
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by blfr 1y ago
ReVanced is so much more than an adblocker though. Yes, it blocks ads but it also skips sponsored segments and other chaff with a SponsorBlock integration. Then it fixes all the little UI annoyances across apps, for example letting you filt
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by blfr 1y ago
It's weird because "sideloading" accurately captures that you're doing something ad hoc outside of the main channel. You install software with your package manager, from the app repository, and you sideload it with `curl
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by blfr 1y ago
Yeah, if Google kills ReVanced, I may as well get an iPhone. What's the difference at this point. You can't even unlock the bootloader on most of the quality Android phones. However, the crusade against the word and concept of &qu
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by blfr 1y ago
> push for me to get just another account This is such a minor complaint though. I have 1150 accounts saved in my password manager and then another 150 in my company phone/laptop. What's one more? Who even cares at this point.
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by blfr 1y ago
Yes, you can't get the very same product (Levi's 501s) but you can absolutely get the same thing (straight cut jeans). I don't wear jeans or workwear but heard good things about Bronson Mfg and Red Tornado from enthusiasts. T
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by blfr 1y ago
That's true: millions of people bought a desk right for their needs but we are comparing it to some super expensive (in real terms) item from 80 years ago.

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