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by buzzert 3y ago
Yep!
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by buzzert 3y ago
You don't have to wait for Apple to fail? You can use free software phones today . The Librem 5 is a good example.
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by buzzert 3y ago
What exactly does that look like, in your mind? The EU coerces Apple engineers to work for free?
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by buzzert 3y ago
I'm not really sure what you're getting at—the statement is that it was too much work to make the feature compliant with the rules of the DMA, so the feature was removed since few people used it. Are you arguing that Apple is lyin
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by buzzert 3y ago
100% true. Same for video games—an individual has never had more power to compete in the video game market against the megacorps. I think we'll soon see a suburban mom in middle America with a part-time penchant for storytelling make a
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by buzzert 3y ago
> major investment in public transit (essentially, get to Tokyo levels of density). FYI, the trains in Tokyo are privately run by corporations.
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by buzzert 3y ago
> subsidized suburbs housing car commuters Suburbs are subsidized? What do you mean?
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by buzzert 3y ago
Not sure that's true, actually. The usual strategy appears to be to comp the gambler with generous stays at the casino they're a patron of, with the expectation that they'll dump their winnings back in the next day. Taken wit
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by buzzert 3y ago
> still have to provide security updates "Have to"? For how long?
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by buzzert 3y ago
The use of language here, such as the word "illegal", is a psychological trick. It's an intentional conflation with past behavior/the status quo with being "immoral" (as illegal implies immoral).
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by buzzert 3y ago
There's a difference between the one-time upfront cost of purchasing a device, and the recurring cost of supporting it with software updates (which is, in the most recent case, sometimes mandated). It's not a "pricing mistake
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by buzzert 3y ago
It's not, actually. It's the salaries of the engineers who work on the frameworks and OS that underpin the apps these developers are writing. Are you proposing we should go back to charging users for software updates? Personally,
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by buzzert 3y ago
> Apple is never gonna financially recover from these impossible demands. That's not at all what I said. These regulations are increasing the cost of business in the EU. I'd much rather have those costs paid by those who democr
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by buzzert 3y ago
There is significant cost associated with complying with the ever increasing demands of the EU. I have seen this personally. It makes sense that they have to recuperate this somehow.
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by buzzert 3y ago
What is the Mercedes progress?
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by buzzert 3y ago
> Moreso, it's state violence to deny a basic human need such as shelter for profit It’s violence to not provide something for free? What do you call forcing someone to build a house for someone else?
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by buzzert 3y ago
Inequality != poverty. You think if there was a society of 90 millionaires and 10 billionaires, people would be complaining about inequality? Of course not, because the real problem is what people can afford, and what the base standard of l
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by buzzert 3y ago
Serious question, do you think women should be in the workplace? Wouldn’t they be “better off” in your view as a wife of a man who works, rather than earn their own living? To me, this is just like hearing about the gender pay gap and respo
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2 points by buzzert 3y ago|0 comments
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by buzzert 3y ago
Has anybody died from ME/CFS?
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by buzzert 3y ago
Is that battery life based on screen-on time, or standby time? Wondering if that can be optimized in any way.
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by buzzert 3y ago
Two quotes you can read between the lines for: > Instead of seeing EVs as one piece of a plan for more sustainable transportation, America has focused on using EVs as a one-to-one replacement for gas guzzlers. But this one-size-fits-all
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You are living in a computer simulation(buzzert.net)
3 points by buzzert 3y ago|0 comments
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by buzzert 3y ago
Are you saying that inequality is better in states with higher income tax? For example, California (13.3%) versus Texas (0%).
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by buzzert 3y ago
> if you were the "right" demographic of course What about for the "wrong" demographic? You're saying the huge amount of taxes collected didn't go to them?
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by buzzert 3y ago
Does anybody know what motivated the unionization effort? This is relevant to me as a Fastmail customer, because if the employees aren't being treated well that's a very poor reflection of the company.
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by buzzert 3y ago
I can't recall a strike ever preventing me from getting to work in my car?
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by buzzert 3y ago
I've never died in a car, but I experienced awful negative externalities with public transportation all the time (back when I used it). You're comparing a 95% occurrence to a <1% occurrence.
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by buzzert 3y ago
> If you fall out of the rat race in the US you are screwed. No job, no insurance, no health care, no house, no car followed by homelessness and drug use. After all that it would take an insane amount of effort to get you back up to the
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by buzzert 3y ago
Interestingly, progressive cities also have the most expensive housing.

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