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by calcifer 6y ago
I have a 2015 Kindle Paperwhite. I've put it on flight mode the day it arrived and it never went online again. Yes, loading new books takes slightly more effort (I use USB transfer with Calibre) but the peace of mind I get is more than
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by calcifer 6y ago
This comment is seemingly a reaction to the post's title and doesn't address (or even acknowledge) the contents of article. Do you disagree with the technical rationale the author has presented?
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by calcifer 6y ago
> there has been criticism on Epic sending user data back to China. This sounds like one of those tinfoil conspiracy theories. Has there been any evidence whatsoever that confirms this?
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by calcifer 6y ago
> "if this law passes, we will stop serving these results" seems to be a reasonable reaction. If that's Google's reaction then they should say so outright, not this weasel wordy letter.
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by calcifer 6y ago
Deprecate [1] doesn't mean remove though. While the old style paths are officially deprecated, they will be supported indefinitely. GCP's problem is that they deprecate and remove features. [1] "Depreciate" is somethin
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by calcifer 6y ago
> Having a 'support everything forever' approach is obviously going to impose a huge burden on the teams who maintain this stuff which is then going to limit the ability to make anything better And yet AWS is doing just that wh
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by calcifer 6y ago
> after 2013-12-04 That was 4 years after VPC was launched. So yes, while they do deprecate stuff on the rarest of occasions, they still give you much, much more time than GCP ever did. Also, EC2-Classic is still available if you reach o
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by calcifer 6y ago
Yes, LGBT+ rights are a black and white issue. How is that even controversial in 2020?
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by calcifer 6y ago
Their financials are public and are a simple search away. They already have a 9 figure rainy day fund.
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by calcifer 6y ago
> Find a way to make money on what you do best: Firefox. They tried. Pocket and cliqz were attempts at that. Tell me if I'm wrong, but I feel like you weren't supportive of those efforts either.
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by calcifer 6y ago
> cynical MBA middle management Yeah, those cynical MBA guys who just couldn't stomach working for a homophobe... So what if he didn't want his gay employees to be able to marry? /s, obviously.
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by calcifer 6y ago
I donate to Mozilla every year. The changes you suggest would it make it less likely for me to continue, because I support Mozilla's overall mission of being a force for good, which is so rare in the technology world. Firefox is a pa
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by calcifer 6y ago
I think you are reading wayyy too much into this. The most likely explanation is that the document was being worked on for a long time and the figure was added back then.
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by calcifer 6y ago
> Epic might only win a rollback to the last uncontroverted state, though. That is, apparently, before Epic's payment system went live on Apple platforms. IIUIC the app itself wasn't updated, only the webview for payments was u
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by calcifer 6y ago
If they win they could potentially claim it all back from Apple as damages.
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by calcifer 6y ago
How so? If, over the long term, Epic wins this fight (e.g via an antitrust case) Apple would either allow sideloading, or reduce their cut. How is that not a benefit for small developers?
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by calcifer 6y ago
The limit is $1 million per app . How many games make more than $1 million throughout their lifetime? 99% of developers won't ever have a game earning that much.
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by calcifer 6y ago
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PyPy: Transitioning Away from a Charitable Model(sfconservancy.org)
5 points by calcifer 6y ago|1 comments
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by calcifer 6y ago
> The two projects are aiming to develop 14-nanometer and 12-nanometer chip process technologies, which are two to three generations behind TSMC but still the most cutting-edge in China. Doesn't seem much of a threat to TSMC.
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by calcifer 6y ago
So am I, for even longer. How is that relevant?
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by calcifer 6y ago
> I'd get rid of any and all telemetry > feature changes or additions would always be optional > Ignore mobile So... You are increasing costs ("everything optional"), reducing visibility ("no default telemetry
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by calcifer 6y ago
Even on that article I don't see a source for the claim. It's all unsubstantiated speculation.
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by calcifer 6y ago
> The key quote from the announcement is this one: > "Furthermore, Mozilla's contract with Google to include Google as the default search provider inside Firefox is set to expire later this year, and the contract has not bee
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by calcifer 6y ago
OK, let's play this game: You are now fully in control of Mozilla - projects, finances, it's all on you. How would you turn Firefox into a browser with significant market share in an increasingly mobile world where two competitors
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by calcifer 6y ago
So? We're still talking about a negligible market share.
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by calcifer 6y ago
> If Google can do this, why not Mozilla? I think you are having a very selective memory. Since day one, Google put Chrome ads everywhere including on the Google home page when you are visiting from Firefox and there is no way to per
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by calcifer 6y ago
> I just want a web browser Excellent! How much are you planning on contributing?
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by calcifer 6y ago
Why would the nature of the business be relevant to a House committee hearing? CNW is not on trial here.
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by calcifer 6y ago
> Odd use of the word "after" in the BBC News article's headline. It's not odd, the word simply has multiple meanings. Here it means in accordance with , not subsequent. [1] https://www.merriam-webster.co

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