daniel-s

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by daniel-s 5y ago
The halt happened twice, but only lasted ~25 mins each time. It was back running before the arrival of most of the people that will end up getting to this post.
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by daniel-s 5y ago
On the point of passing on the cost of maintaining a workplace to the employee. I don't see why that would be such a bad thing. In the immediate term it may not change much, but over time it will lead to increased income for people tha
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by daniel-s 5y ago
This is a positive externality something long discussed and understood by economists. https://mises.org/library/what-externality The author compares the lamp's light to using your neighbour's WiFi. It's
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by daniel-s 5y ago
The article overstates the reliability of floppies compared to my experiences.
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by daniel-s 5y ago
There are several Emacs modes for screenwriting. https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Screenplay
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by daniel-s 5y ago
https://based.cooking/ Just recipes; no stories, no bloat.
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by daniel-s 5y ago
Someone: - created a new business, - employed 1000s of people, giving them better opportunities, - created something valuable to improve the lives of consumers, and - did it for so many people at such scale that they became a billionaire, a
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by daniel-s 5y ago
If every computer was sold with Linux/KDE and the entire ecosystem had spent the last 30 years developing and using that platform it was just be normal for everyone. If in that world I then created a new proprietary desktop that was Wi
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by daniel-s 5y ago
Can someone who has read the whole thing spoil it and tell me how someone illiterate wrote a big, long article for the BBC?
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by daniel-s 5y ago
What are the consequences of swallowing gum?
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by daniel-s 6y ago
This is clearly just a lower quality clone of https://based.cooking/
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by daniel-s 6y ago
A normal household has to pay rent or make mortgage payments. To arbitrarily exclude the biggest expense to consumers from CPI is pretty misleading. When you create new money prices don't rise evenly. At the moment we have new money be
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by daniel-s 6y ago
I don't like when people argue someone by looking for a technicality, or anything else that's not addressing the main point of what someone said. We all understand what he meant. His main argument has a lot to criticise, stick to
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by daniel-s 6y ago
Linux/LXQT boots to a ready desktop in about 10 seconds. Not everything is slow.
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by daniel-s 6y ago
The reason why it exists is important for a democracy. It protects the outgoing administration from political persecution after they leave, promoting peaceful transitions of power and is a safety valve for when the state becomes powerful an
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by daniel-s 6y ago
What replaced flash? Was it SVG + JavaScript?
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by daniel-s 6y ago
Have you in the process also just wiped out everyone on a fixed income and who keep their savings in the bank?
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by daniel-s 6y ago
If you want to say that something exists you need to define that thing first. Otherwise anything that follows couldn't possible be rational on account of logic. I also refer to my other comment in this thread (long, I refer to Apple an
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by daniel-s 6y ago
Now you're just being silly.
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by daniel-s 6y ago
Your definition places every single company in the world in the category of monopolist and is therefore absurd. Every single company sells a commodity or service different to their competitors. For example, McDonald's sells burgers, as
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by daniel-s 6y ago
If you want to claim that something exists you need a definition of what that thing is, which everyone seems to be missing. Your argument kind of boils down to, "why would there be competition in the marketplace?" which flies in t
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by daniel-s 6y ago
You haven't even said what a monopoly is, then gone ahead to explain why they must exist.
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by daniel-s 6y ago
You responded to me with a 6 word, unsubstantiated, sentence that I'm wrong and just left it at that.
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by daniel-s 6y ago
Unless granted by a government, monopolies don't exist in free markets. There is no definition that a rational person could ever use to differentiate between a monopoly or otherwise. This is no different to the Cosa Nostra, a shakedown
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by daniel-s 6y ago
Counterexample: lisp
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by daniel-s 6y ago
A reminder that F-Droid [1] is a free software app store that can be used to download free/open source software, including Mastodon clients. [1] https://f-droid.org/
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by daniel-s 6y ago
Not true on Android, you just need to download and install F-Droid; a free software app store.
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by daniel-s 6y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the ISP monopolies in the US all/mostly the result of government monopoly protection/non-compete agreements with cities? When governments grant monopolies the consumers get screwed. Th
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by daniel-s 6y ago
Your logic/argument is completely circular. Do you mean to say that undercutting competition is monopoly behaviour because you're strong-arming[1] your suppliers because you're a monopoly? [1] "strong-arming" is lef
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by daniel-s 6y ago
Besides JSON, what's the main differentiator between Matrix and XMPP?

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