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by epicide 5y ago
I recently got rid of a Samsung "smart" TV that I only had for a few years. It felt as though the UI were intentionally designed to be hostile. Even changing the inputs was not as simple as selecting an HDMI port. The TV had to de
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by epicide 5y ago
Everybody here seems to only talk about the most upscale urban apartments ever. I lived in an apartment for several years and only moved into a house within the past couple. The single-bedroom apartment we were in had a handful of fast food
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by epicide 5y ago
> Algorithmic feeds serve to improve the results such that I am more likely to watch a video that is put in one of those 8 spots compared to if I was just shown trending videos or videos from my subscription box. Right, that's the p
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by epicide 5y ago
> I'm not writing and debugging 10,000 lines of C just to farm Github stars. And neither would anybody else. That's the problem. (i.e. they'll do something else besides write and debug code to farm stars) Let's say I
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by epicide 5y ago
In the long run, yes. But people are often promoted mostly based on short term impacts. Especially visible ones. e.g. nobody got a promotion because the change they pushed for 5 years ago prevented an attack today. That's not to say pe
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by epicide 5y ago
This makes me wonder how one would even prove that something were encrypted. Do encrypted files/data universally follow any sort of pattern? If not, then how would they be discernible from transmitting random bits? Will that be illeg
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by epicide 5y ago
I'd say a Raspberry Pi 400 (or several) and a shoebox packed full of USB drives and other flash storage. I would also use read-only optical disks for redundant copies (along with a couple of USB optical drives). I would also get a USB-
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by epicide 5y ago
Is it possible that it's more about the amount of money rather than just timing? I imagine that the page recently started receiving way more money than it ever has. I'm aware that the timing still looks bad and won't change
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by epicide 5y ago
They clearly mean "fixed" from the perspective of having a useable device, which is inline with the original article. Yes, the (lack of) repairability is a problem, but it's separate. What's more, we can expect Apple at
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by epicide 5y ago
In addition, pilots are required to have thousands of hours of training for that specific model airplane. I'm sure the limitations of autopilot come up. Meanwhile, in most US states, an adult can walk into a DMV, demonstrate the abilit
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by epicide 5y ago
If you already have the dishwasher loaded with the dishes before you leave for work, why not just run it then?
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by epicide 5y ago
They don't need to and they don't all need to get there at the same time, but rush hour exists. Even if there would be cars available even during rush hour, people will expect rush hour to have less availability and will err o
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by epicide 5y ago
Personally, I suggest taking a look at a few "classic" plugins. For starters, anything by Tim Pope. Avoid the massive omnibus plugin packages. I find they often try to turn Vim into something it's not. Nothing against people
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by epicide 5y ago
They already have the data and the name recognition. While each is powerful on its own, they are far more powerful (and sticky) together.
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by epicide 5y ago
If nurses and doctors were quitting and students dropping out of medical school for fear of dealing with the fallout surrounding people not wearing seatbelts... yeah, we'd probably be considering it.
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by epicide 5y ago
I think books are a great comparison for Gemini. Sure, some books have the occasional image and are made better for including it. However, thumbing through a lot (not all) of my stack of books, I see maybe one or two images in an entire boo
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by epicide 5y ago
It really sounds like you've misunderstood Gemini and what people like about it, and are now working backwards to demonstrate that your gut feeling ("Gemini <<< Web") is correct. While in reality, most people using G
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by epicide 5y ago
I think parts of your comment and your parent's comment are correct. IMO a lot of it isn't about technology, but the size of the community, the people within it, and the norms of that community. For me, the biggest heuristic on wh
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by epicide 5y ago
Looks like SF Mono is what replaced Menlo. Interestingly enough, JetBrains Mono seems very similar to Menlo. Biggest difference I see is the 0.
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by epicide 5y ago
While I have long dreamt of public-key cryptography in place of a SSN, I don't think blockchain adds any value on top of that (except filling out a buzzword bingo square). (Among other issues) I really don't want my identity to be
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by epicide 5y ago
Sturgeon's law/revelation: "It is in this vein that I repeat Sturgeon's Revelation, which was wrung out of me after twenty years of wearying defense of science fiction against attacks of people who used the worst example
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by epicide 5y ago
Trust != monopoly, for a reason. For example, OP lists Amazon and Google as other viable targets for trust busting, yet their primary products/services also have competitors. The issue is that, while they do have competitors, the lot
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by epicide 5y ago
I don't go looking up info on NFTs, so this might just be my self-induced ignorance, but I never hear this argument coming from artists. Not saying one way or the other that artists like NFTs or not, but I only ever hear it from the pe
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by epicide 5y ago
I mean, I know enough numbers by heart to get myself out of a rough situation and my phone is unusable. Generally, I would recommend most people at least commit one or two to memory. Enough to pass a message along to your wider network or t
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I think part of the problem is people see getting covid as something that will only happen to them once. So it is easy for them to think "well, if JFK had that many crashes, but I only had to fly once in my life, that's not so bad
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by epicide 5y ago
The lightning example isn't really analogous. Sure, one or two people might get struck by lightning, but they're not then going to continue spreading lightning strikes once they leave my house. Moreso, those (non-existent) spreada
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by epicide 5y ago
Unfortunately, it's never that simple. So much of it is about intent . If I could simply use the excuse "well, the computer gave me the information", then there would be no such thing as hacking. It's always a case
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by epicide 5y ago
I think misdirected mail might be a better analogy. My understanding is that, even if it is delivered to your mailbox, it is still a felony (in the US) to open mail that is not addressed to you.
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by epicide 5y ago
Until they actually delete the data, there's a way for someone other than you to get to it. It could require a terrible password reset feature or a breach, but the data is still there.
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by epicide 5y ago
I wasn't aware of this, but it appears to just be update checking with no user data transmitted [0]. I would love any other information if there is more to it. [0]: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues&#

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