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781.
by dx034 6y ago
But they have to move. Having 100 satellites serving NYC means you'd need a similarly fine mesh over the ocean. I think they'll just make it more expensive than internet in cities. That way it's still the best option for rura
782.
by dx034 6y ago
60/40mbps isn't bad unless you want to share it with a lot of people (e.g. larger families). Sure, downloads won't be as fast as you'd like them to be but it's enough for 4k streaming so I don't think many peop
783.
by dx034 6y ago
I also can't imagine that laying underground empty tubes isn't isn't cheaper over the long term. Sure, much more expensive now but they can be used with very little maintenance for decades and are much more resiliant against
784.
by dx034 6y ago
Warranty is 2 years minimum but manufacturers tend to add a voluntary 1 year warranty on top. The hope (often successfully) seems to be that customers "forget" that they still can claim warranty after more than one year.
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by dx034 6y ago
A Reason why Apple is affected relatively often is the huge volumes of products they ship. No other manufacturer ships that many identical phones and probably no one has shipped that many identical headphones over such a short time frame. E
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by dx034 6y ago
The easiest one is the time it takes to correctly count at the end of the day. That can easily take an hour even for small shops. If you go card only, you can just lock the door after the last customer and leave. Accounting for revenues and
787.
by dx034 6y ago
Not Windows 10 but Windows Server is a server OS. Usage is probably declining but it's still in use in most companies somewhere for file storage, authentication (AD), databases (SQL Server) or even web servers.
788.
by dx034 6y ago
Shouldn't WSL do the trick? Especially with WSL2 I found no need to use a dedicated virtual machine to use Linux applications in Windows.
789.
by dx034 6y ago
Not sure about CIA but heard the military let's film studios use equipment (up to tanks and planes) for free as long as they have a say on how they are portrayed. That's a powerful incentive.
790.
by dx034 6y ago
Germany has seen a huge shift over the past months. Before that, paying by card for small ticket items such as in bakerys was frowned upon (or just not possible), now it's used by the majority in some areas.
791.
by dx034 6y ago
Also, with interchange fees at 0.3% and total card fees <1% for many shops, it's actually cheaper for sellers to accept cards than cash.
792.
by dx034 6y ago
Hollywood is an extremely powerful marketing tool, exporting the American patriotism around the world. Movies that involve the military also tend to paint a very positive picture of the US military. And those movies and series is what kids
793.
by dx034 6y ago
As few people seem to use Git without those features it would probably be a good idea. Git isn't really decentralized if large parts of the workflow are vendor specific and not cloned.
794.
by dx034 6y ago
After Facebook bought Whatsapp it also started having outages at a scale never seen before. Whatsapp used to be a service that was practically never down, after the acquisitions it sometimes had outages of up to a day. Rumours were that it
795.
by dx034 6y ago
I set up a self hosted Gitlab where on-prem was a requirement and it's surprisingly easy. Obviously another service that needs to be maintained and updated but as code repositories and connected services are a crucial part of infrastru
796.
by dx034 6y ago
Or if one of them wants to cooperate with an external shareholder rather than the other. It's still two people who could have different opinions. Controlling another 25%+1 can be valuable.
797.
by dx034 6y ago
Most companies probably wouldn't want to give credit to the randsomware group. I don't think signed messages of criminal organizations would make people trust them.
798.
by dx034 6y ago
Fake batteries can cause explosions and exploding iPhones are bad for Apples reputation. Furthermore, iPhones are by now stolen pretty much only for parts as the iPhone itself is already protected. Sure, it'd be better if they offered
799.
by dx034 6y ago
The environment suffers though. Shipping it in bulk to the US and from there to the customer is more efficient and allows for returns to be reused, creating less waste.
800.
by dx034 6y ago
In many European countries (all that I'm aware of), anyone can use a mailbox. You can deliver mail personally, there sometimes are local mail delivery services and they're used for advertising. In the end that makes it easier to a
801.
by dx034 6y ago
Even Hetzner as the cheapest VPS and dedicated server provider offers an API to completely manage servers.
802.
by dx034 6y ago
I don't have a comparison but Hetzner is pretty much unbeatable in price if you can live with having your servers in Europe. If not, OVH, DigitalOcean, Linote or Vultr are good alternatives with datacenters around the globe and prices
803.
by dx034 6y ago
You have all collaboration features with the desktop version.
804.
by dx034 6y ago
And that even though MSFT started creating Office Online much later and also had to basically create a whole new product. And yet they now have the by far superior product.
805.
by dx034 6y ago
> In my region drinking water is no problem. On the contrary, due to washing machines and appliances using less water, waterworks needs to pump water through the pipes regularly to keep them clean. It is also advisable to do that in your
806.
by dx034 6y ago
> vacuum cleaners that actually picked up dirt I read that manufacturers were actually happy about the new regulation. Before, customers only looked at W for performance which made any innovation useless. With the new rules, manufacturer
807.
by dx034 6y ago
But pretty much all smartphone manufacturers glue parts together. Watchmakers show that it is possible to use screws even with tiny cases that must be waterproof. I believe Apple would be able to create an iPhone with identical specs with n
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by dx034 6y ago
So you basically say it's not hard to design a processor (even x86), just patents prohibit it? I had always thought that at least some part of the Intel/AMD dominance was the complexity of the designs and manufacturing that even a
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by dx034 6y ago
If you look at satellite images of Indonesia, you'll see that much of it is now just palm oil. Most of that area was burned at least a decade ago. It would be nice if they'd abandon it, presumably a new rain forest could grow over
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by dx034 6y ago
Also not easy to stay in touch with friends, which is even more important when all your colleagues are across the ocean.

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