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by chadlavi 8y ago
So is every page on every major paper's site
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by chadlavi 8y ago
> Why would the state not want its services to replenish its coffers in the fastest most efficient way possible? The humans who make up the state are more keen to replenish their own personal coffers in the fastest, most efficient way po
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by chadlavi 8y ago
This really connects for me. I'm a library maintainer, and it's very satisfying to me to know that my team's work leads to visible, measurable improvements in the apps that our users make, even if it's not tangible objec
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by chadlavi 8y ago
Are there grounds to sue someone like Netflix under the ADA if their content is not accessible in a standards-compliant browser that happens not to be allowed to access closed-source DRM?
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by chadlavi 8y ago
> It's been done before. When was that?
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by chadlavi 8y ago
Parkinson's, too: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-42252411
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by chadlavi 8y ago
It works the other way; you can't _not_ have multiple screen names. Each workspace (which is the new, not as good name for a slack team) has its own unique set of users. Every workspace whose slack you join means you need to create a n
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by chadlavi 8y ago
Hah same for me. Though a politician who actually knows how to use a computer can probably do a lot more for democracy in the Senate than the oval office.
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by chadlavi 8y ago
> (Not that I'm defending this behavior, but so did I.) Same. I bet every one of us in this thread did, too! At least the pirated software part.
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by chadlavi 8y ago
I just went down a rabbit hole on the subreddit for the iSH community, and it looks like the creator went with x86 because it's the only architecture they knew at the time.
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by chadlavi 8y ago
is "it runs win10" gonna be the new "it runs doom"?
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by chadlavi 8y ago
I also wonder about this. I'm a paying Spotify member who uses DNS-level ad blocking. Without a clear explanation of how they detect as blocking or if this applies to paid members, I can't tell if things I'm doing for web saf
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by chadlavi 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...
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by chadlavi 8y ago
This is sort of tangential, but: it doesn't make any sense that there's OCR going on in that process. Surely Amazon could just ask for the digital version of the book as a requirement for SearchInside participation?
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by chadlavi 8y ago
Lasted longer than an iPhone 4 would have.
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by chadlavi 8y ago
(And I think you're probably right that they've miscalculated how far they can stretch the patience of investors and how quickly they can achieve reliable self-driving tech)
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by chadlavi 8y ago
Yeah, seems like "well, we're getting rid of all the drivers ASAP" is the unspoken premise of all Uber arguments. They're currently happily running a deficit to gain marketshare under the expectation that before the bank
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by chadlavi 8y ago
It's not a zoned system. $2.75 gets you in, then you go wherever you want within the system.
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by chadlavi 8y ago
This is an agency that still uses fabric-wrapped wire and vacuum tubes. Those people are far from unnecessary. Though I'm sure the MTA will pay billions more in contracts over the next few years to halfway automate a few small parts of
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by chadlavi 8y ago
This claim I found really confusing. The subway has been more crowded the last 5 years than I've ever seen it; that's an anecdote of course, but if you search "NYC subway crowding," you'll see the MTA has been clai
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by chadlavi 8y ago
Paying conductors a living wage isn't nearly as expensive to the agency (and the state, and we the taxpayers and riders) as mismanaged and corruptly nepotistic multi-billion dollar contracts for construction.
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by chadlavi 8y ago
But in the specific case of an SSD, it's very easy for the user to go see what it costs. I have no idea what the screens cost, or what the custom milled aluminum case costs. I'm ignorant enough about that part that they can charge
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by chadlavi 8y ago
It's definitely true that there are cheaper devices out there, and it's not hard to get a better price per annum effective cost; I'm not saying macs are the cheapest thing out there, and I'm not maximizing for effective
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by chadlavi 8y ago
1000% yes. This is one of the big things that would prevent me from ever going truly "iPad Pro is my computer"
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by chadlavi 8y ago
I've only used apple laptops since I was in high school, starting with the first release of OS X in 2001; they're long-lived enough that I've actually only owned 3 of them in that whole 17 year span. an iBook, a Powerbook, an
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by chadlavi 8y ago
On the other hand: I can't go in and replace the SSD anymore on these devices, and it's highway damned robbery to charge me 200% markup [edit: it's actually just about 400% markup] on an SSD without any actual value add. It&#
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by chadlavi 8y ago
I couldn't agree more with the author. Give me a terminal and better solutions for the list of awkward workflow restrictions the author mentions and I am ready go to full iPad. I don't need a clamshell shape and a touchpad, I just
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by chadlavi 8y ago
iMessage is a surprisingly good platform lock-in for the mac, too. I didn't realize how much of my normal Messages/SMS happens on my computer until I tried to switch to linux. No more "let me just text this link to someone...
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by chadlavi 8y ago
Turning off wifi is probably just turning off your ability to do a lot of heavy processing as you interact with the internet, right?
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by chadlavi 8y ago
I have an iPhone X, and use an inexpensive Samsung Qi charger. It doesn't do the fast charge, but I also only ever charge my phone at night. It's sitting there for 8ish hours anyway, so the fact that it takes like, maybe two hours

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