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The WikiReader: A ragtag community is keeping this aughts Wikipedia gadget alive(inputmag.com)
1 points by dtjb 4y ago|0 comments
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Recreating the THX Deep Note(earslap.com)
3 points by dtjb 4y ago|0 comments
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Baldwin Lee’s Extraordinary Pictures from the American South(newyorker.com)
2 points by dtjb 4y ago|0 comments
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by dtjb 4y ago
It actively thwarts that goal.
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by dtjb 4y ago
I don't mean this as snide as it sounds, but really, who cares?
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by dtjb 4y ago
What purpose does that last sentence serve?
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The True Genius of Tech Leaders – Capital, Not Vision(doctorow.medium.com)
18 points by dtjb 4y ago|4 comments
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by dtjb 4y ago
They fully acknowledged the danger to the general public. That can be true while also acknowledging the hysteria [1] present in many law enforcement agencies. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/13/magazine&#x
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by dtjb 4y ago
Isn't the proper term whatever people choose to use to describe themselves?
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by dtjb 4y ago
The fact that Microsoft detected malware is already known, publicly.
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by dtjb 4y ago
How we spend our time is as much a personal decision as how we spend our money. People can make all sorts of judgments about what's "normal," but in the end, if the person is satisfied and content with their life and they&#x2
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by dtjb 4y ago
The article defines the term but it does a poor job justifying it in the context of this discussion. Sure, it can be a tool to weaken large companies which is a good thing I guess, but it doesn't address the fundamental idea that we ha
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by dtjb 4y ago
I know people that read that much but we don't go around telling bookworms they're addicts. It's up to each person to decide where the line is for them, where a satisfying hobby becomes a destructive habit. If someone has no
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by dtjb 4y ago
Isn't the recourse then to ignore the product? Not take their stuff on your own terms just because you really want it?
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by dtjb 4y ago
I'm sure there are outliers, but I suspect you're right from a default policy perspective. I was too dismissive in my earlier comment.
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by dtjb 4y ago
>But at no point will the phone company cancel my telephone service This isn't correct. I work for a tier 2 telco and both CLECs and ILECs regularly cancel accounts known for fraudulent traffic. At first they'll block the origi
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Finance Is Narrative Not Numbers – The Subtle Art of Manipulating CFOs(every.to)
3 points by dtjb 4y ago|0 comments
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by dtjb 4y ago
Congrats on the launch. I love the rotary dial. I love the typographic choices. I love everything about this except the printed logo. Signed up for the waitlist. I'm interested in the pricing.
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by dtjb 4y ago
>Beginning in April 2016, James Cook University took a number of disciplinary measures over two years against Ridd, which culminated in Ridd being fired, for refusing to take down confidential information which he had placed publicly onl
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Did Medium Succeed?(every.to)
2 points by dtjb 4y ago|0 comments
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by dtjb 4y ago
In some cases, but a product must fulfill its core purpose. If a SSD intentionally dumped data and self destructed at a set time, that would be disastrous for the brand. Same way a car doesn't adopt planned obsolescence by blowing up a
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The shady “educational integrity” industry(doctorow.medium.com)
1 points by dtjb 4y ago|0 comments
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by dtjb 4y ago
>Your time is better spent working on side projects This seems like a shaky assumption. Keep in mind that many companies, like mine, sponsor or even mandate the certification process. Meaning the justification, time, and costs didn'
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by dtjb 4y ago
I'm sure every person that signed that letter knew they were putting their jobs on the line.
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by dtjb 4y ago
Musk has publicly claimed that he is a free speech absolutist.
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Software Is Eating the Individual(every.to)
1 points by dtjb 4y ago|0 comments
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by dtjb 4y ago
It was for shooting an unarmed man in the back. "The bodycam footage shows [Officer] Samayoa drawing his pistol while the cruiser was still moving. The video then shows him open the side door and fire a single shot through the window a
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by dtjb 4y ago
I agree it'll end up being a fight for the lawyers, but Musk cannot credibly claim to be surprised by the bot problem when so much of his and Tesla's twitter presence is propped up by bots (25% of activity due to a recent study -
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by dtjb 4y ago
Musk waived due diligence in making his offer, and Twitter clearly relied on that waiver when accepting it.
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by dtjb 4y ago
Relative to the enterprise vendor, that is very much on the cheap. I wasn't placing any value on your work, I was referring to the ubiquitous "I know a guy" cost cutting solutions that end up somehow being very, very expensiv

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