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by erikb 9y ago
I tried, mostly because I really like the idea of git managed sources for all these. But it's hard to integrate both bash life and emacs life. And you can't see the stuff on your phone. So I stopped after a few weeks. Any suggesti
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by erikb 9y ago
The only non shell tools I use are browsers and Steam, the latter one painfully mostly on Windows. Otherwise I mostly program, admin or devops around. Bash, git, vim, grep, awk, tmux, ssh are the tools I use most. Nowadays also a quite a lo
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by erikb 9y ago
It really knows the elements as objects. So it can interact with them. E.g. it recognizes dates and creates a calendar like Google Calendar for you. You can also move subtrees in linked lists around, only show certain layers etc. You can tu
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by erikb 9y ago
the thing about org-mode is that it feels strongly designed for being used inside of emacs with the emacs hotkeys etc. If you do most of your stuff in emacs that's fine. But if you like me live in the shell it's not reasonable to
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by erikb 9y ago
You think that because you read it in blogs and don't have the experience yet to see which of these articles are bullshit. It's not true though. The reason it seems that way is because the human species is so rich, that you can ma
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by erikb 9y ago
Your worry is not unfounded, but it also implies trust in the current system. Just because it's done by humans not by software doesn't mean there are no bugs or mistakes made.
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by erikb 9y ago
Total misunderstanding imo. A company doesn't default, when it can't uphold its promises. In fact most companies can't uphold their promises most of the time. If that would be true 99% of the companies you know would be dead.
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by erikb 9y ago
All the information was always out there not hard to find. Actual safety does not come from hiding and encrypting what you are doing. Safety comes from having support by the right people. For instance if you are really rich and cheat the ta
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by erikb 9y ago
There are sooo many alternatives, not just two. For instance you could partner with another company, showing them the open contracts and make deals with them to share the price when a project is successful. You could try to put your knowled
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by erikb 9y ago
Weird. Nothing in this article seems to relate to reality. I wonder if this is a story to keep people healthy minded, who are too scared to switch to another company or two incompetent. I mean, we know for about a decade now that the way to
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by erikb 9y ago
US, China, Germany here. I only stay in AirBnB or the Chinese competitor, after the last 3 attempts with Booking.com were too bad.
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by erikb 9y ago
Being a little disillusioned about the world these days I would assume this has a purpose. My guess is this: Booking.com already knows that they are fighting a losing battle against AirBnB. So instead of trying to win it seriously, they go
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by erikb 9y ago
sure. and counter ecological collapse by simply stopping to breathe right? Look, there are things that can't be avoided. And most people like to be lead and kept in an illusion of safety. That disgusting fact may actually be what makes
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by erikb 9y ago
The thinking is wrong I believe. Our current world system and world view has long overcome it's peak. There is not much to gain, and the whole system slowly breaks and falls apart. That means there are not many true opportunities to gr
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by erikb 9y ago
I've met with people from the Berlin mapbox team and feel they are a nice bunch. However this map idea also reflects my core impression. Really smart people that provide constant high quality content (just look at the blog itself, how
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by erikb 9y ago
I think the idea is to keep mobile and desktop in sync here. And mobile doesn't have a "finger over" event I think.
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by erikb 9y ago
Without investigating further and just reading one paragraph from this article it is already quite clear that people try to use the moral high ground here to sell something that people usually wouldn't want to buy. kafkaesq why did you
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by erikb 9y ago
A.) Privacy and legality are not strongly connected or related. Privacy is self-preservation. It is very common that you want something that someone else doesn't want. For instance, while you work at company X you may want to see if yo
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by erikb 9y ago
You assume that the US and EU politicians aren't actually fine with it.
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by erikb 9y ago
Yes, but that doesn't explain why all the computing we are doing should spend less electricity than light. I bet I can run all the light in my apartment for 24 hours and don't use as much energy as when I'm playing a AAA 3D c
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by erikb 9y ago
I understand, but still I don't want to maintain a thousand separate tools that basically do the same thing: block websites.
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by erikb 9y ago
Imo: instead of a separate extention this should be a maintained blacklist for ad blockers.
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by erikb 9y ago
I don't know if this fallacy has a name, but many people have it. In many situations the goal itself must be adapted according to the environment, in this case attempting to build a business to last is the mistake. The smarter way is t
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by erikb 9y ago
That explains why a motor uses more electricity than an LED, but not why a server farm should use less energy than lighting a city at night.
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by erikb 9y ago
I'm surprised to read in an age of LEDs lightning is supposed to use more electricity than computers. I'm not even sure that on average the motor uses that much more energy than all the other appliances in an electrical car.
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by erikb 9y ago
Analogies are about quick understanding, not about being real. Apparently you understood it, so it is a good example to use. Adding a virtual hallway with closed walls and doors between waiting area and working area is not a big deal.
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by erikb 9y ago
That's all well and nice, but we're currently not living in a world that will last. We're on the brink of some huge changes: oil getting replaced as main resource, AI becoming more and more able to really help making business
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by erikb 9y ago
Reading the article it feels like they raised the major number for no reason. But actually if they changed the API a lot and have rewritten parts, then it's really valid. Maybe they should hire a real marketing person, or at least pay
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by erikb 9y ago
Not just that nobody's helping and their system may be outdated, more powerful players are playing to keep them weak and use them as pieces in their competition with each other. The more powerful countries also don't really have a
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by erikb 9y ago
Yes, something people want is a valuable tradegood. However it doesn't mean it's not useless junk. Useless means it doesn't really have a purpose. that's independent from trade value.

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