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by dictum 7y ago
> that every business tries to take advantage of in one form or another This is exactly what both groups, corporate tax advocates and privacy advocates, are pointing to: the unsustainability or unethicality of the current widespread prac
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by dictum 7y ago
This is plain FUD, sorry. The rem unit is remarkably well supported, going back to IE9, Android 2 and iOS 4. It has a specific meaning: it's relative to the root element, which usually means it's relative to the font size the user
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by dictum 7y ago
In my opinion storing, not deleting, is the most important job of a file system. Increased efficiency and free space is a better proposition than replicating the average user's mental model of free space in the volume. (If my opinion h
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by dictum 7y ago
I understand the challenges at scale, but there's definitely a decade-long trend towards locking down devices and software from user changes, because any API or configuration that's accessible to knowledgeable users is also access
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by dictum 7y ago
It just occurred to me that the chicken-and-egg problem, Schrödinger's cat and the ship of Theseus are essentially the same question, with slightly different contexts.
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by dictum 7y ago
There goes my snark about it having an Apple T2 inside.
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by dictum 7y ago
Time for some Dadaist tinkering. The bill of materials is probably $50-100 or less to turn an iPad Pro into a viable stand for the Pro Display.
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by dictum 7y ago
> I have two hearts. I usually don't trust Google, but on this issue I tend to see email as paper mail — it's inherently not private, and the overload of private information that goes through it is a problem regardless of Googl
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by dictum 7y ago
I don't really understand the mindset of questioning the validity of an article about something you already know. It's an opportunity to discuss the specifics of a problem or implementation. Also, it's always the first day
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by dictum 7y ago
Interestingly, the sentiment doesn't appear only when China is discussed. There are a number of comments that boil down to "democracy has failed" or "democracy will fail in the next few years" (usually when automati
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by dictum 7y ago
Something tells me they'll take the change. https://twitter.com/ericlaw/status/1134573349043081217 https://twitter.com/ericlaw/status/1134909845042335744
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by dictum 7y ago
> That'd be a pretty significant scandal Facebook's history is a long string of pretty significant scandals that are forgotten a year later because they're not about X, which would be something much more serious and deser
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by dictum 7y ago
I like Safari, but its extension system is even more restrictive. Something like uBlock Origin cannot be implemented anymore. It's an Apple tradition — if you like what's in the box, great, but you won't be able to customize
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by dictum 7y ago
> I find it odd how there will be Google Hate, and unanimous Firefox support. You can choose to not pick a side on a two-candidate election. The most voted-for candidate will still be elected. (Even when you factor in indirect systems li
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by dictum 7y ago
Short, flippant but hopefully concise answer: 1. Safari is only available for macOS and iOS. There's no widely available, up to date browser based on non-Blink WebKit, and it's unlikely there will be, as it's rather tied to A
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by dictum 7y ago
I wonder if public discourse and pop culture in the US will switch from paranoia as a bad or laughable thing ( tinfoil hats! area 51! ) to paranoia as a civic duty (to some degree, as in WWII and the Cold War). Though it's more jingois
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by dictum 7y ago
It's not being intentionally buried, but the rapid drop in interest is a testament to the utter dullness of "A response to feedback on the proposed changes in Manifest V3" "Manifest V3" is jargon, which is a big pro
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by dictum 7y ago
Apple's "elderly mode" is the iPad. (I know it's not the same as a Mac, even if you try hard, which nobody should. However, the very things that make iOS more secure for some users are what sets it apart from macOS, maki
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by dictum 7y ago
Pointing out hypocrisy by itself is not a virtuous action; it is a neutral vehicle for a deeper analysis of traditions, opinions, mores and values. This resulting analysis can then be virtuous or not. In some debates, it is used as a quick
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by dictum 7y ago
"Question" as used here is closer to "matter" or "problem" than to asking. I just can't find the right word to describe a point raised about a paradoxical relationship . When I read it, I find an implicit
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by dictum 7y ago
There are at least two possible arguments behind this question. One (which, to be clear, is not how I interpret your comment) is the tired gotcha "if you hate society, why do you partake in it?", which is simply not substantial en
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by dictum 7y ago
> predict the next Arab Spring The idea of the military arm of the U.S. government predicting the next Arab Spring reminds me of that classic mind-bender of a quote, which I think is often misunderstood as a defense of lying to the publi
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by dictum 7y ago
I'm not privy to the technical reasoning, but the Yoda split-and-reorder is part of their brand identity, so to speak. It's an in-joke in journalism that the NYT routinely starts headlines with prepositions (followed by "loca
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by dictum 7y ago
My take would be "In the NYT Slack, a Bot to Track Reddit Conversations". https://twitter.com/NYTPrepositions
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by dictum 7y ago
> Gary Vee only preaches hustle if you're not happy with where you're at. I find this phrase trite and full of significance at the same time. Much of existentialism is an investigation of anguish — the permanent, low-lying anxi
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by dictum 7y ago
> Even in capitalist societies there are still places like that, with free healthcare, basic necessities available for everyone, guaranteed roof over your head, and even full employment. These are called prisons. I've seen this quot
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by dictum 7y ago
I'd give more weight to the combat speech with more speech attitude of giving a rational, well researched response to claims like the one described in the article if those claims were spread, through the populace, in an equally ratio
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by dictum 7y ago
Personally, I'd prefer "fucking up" to go away, along with "rape" as a colorful equivalent of ruining/causing damage to someone or something. It associates sex with violence and destruction. A similar thing use
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by dictum 7y ago
I don't mean to scold, but I understand that it comes across as pedantry. It's hard to give good advice in a tone that isn't paternalistic, and I should get better at doing that. Sometimes you just want to ask a genuine quest
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by dictum 7y ago
Maybe I got older and life lost some color, but the difference between Windows 10 and Windows 7 doesn't feel like the difference between 7 and XP. Seems like most of the action (outside gaming and Office power users) has moved to brows

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