exodust

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by exodust 4y ago
"Mobile first" was a term popular among those who don't write code, but loved saying it in meetings. As a dev, I've never embraced the idea. It's over-compensating for the days when mobile was an afterthought. If al
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by exodust 4y ago
> "Relationships are far more important than jobs, money or houses." In the movies, maybe: " As long as we're together, nothing else matters ". In reality, relationship success often depends on certain fundamenta
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by exodust 4y ago
> Is someone claiming LaMDA is sentient or nearing that point? Yes, a man who works at Google made that claim. In the end it doesn't matter. What matters is that people will divulge their secrets to these "AI" products. Go
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by exodust 4y ago
Closing li tags is the right thing to do! I always close the kitchen drawer too after putting the scissors back. But I rarely write HTML as content anyway, it's mostly templates for the CMS, where it's best to close the tags.
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by exodust 4y ago
I quite like the landlord analogy. Landlords need to give notice before any termination action. Even if reasons are not given for termination, the tenant is warned and given time to prepare. Another analogy might be a long term storage lock
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by exodust 4y ago
I have a feeling the games can't be played in a web browser.
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by exodust 4y ago
> Why do you bother taking showers? Because our bodies accumulate and generate dirt over time which needs washing off. Software doesn't accumulate dirt or generate problems over time, so your analogy doesn't fit. > This isn&
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by exodust 4y ago
Please stop selling me Microsoft automatic updates. I'm not buying. Doesn't mean I never update. It means I control the updates on my terms, not on those of commercially motivated, privacy-invading faceless tech giants with agenda
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by exodust 4y ago
Only if you use Microsoft as your antivirus. Otherwise what I said is still valid.
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by exodust 4y ago
> "I wouldn't run any unpatched device with internet access" You wouldn't go Sunday driving without a helmet. Got it. It's not a binary game, patched vs unpatched. Safe vs falling down a cliff. Otherwise every
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by exodust 4y ago
So scan your PC for malware. If none are found and your machine is running fine, you don't need to panic about updates until you're good and ready to install updates. The problem with blind loyalty to Microsoft updates on their te
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by exodust 4y ago
Reminds me of the pro-vaccine memes likening vaccines to seat belts. An incompatible, overly-simplified emotive analogy for both vaccines and windows updates. It's almost like you believe your world to be threatening and dangerous with
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by exodust 4y ago
Inspector Gadget was propaganda? Get Smart. The 80s had great TV shows, lots of Goodies like Black Adder. 90s gave us South Park, Simpsons, and many other highly entertaining gems.
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by exodust 4y ago
FOMO is a thing. Kids like to join in. I'm not sure what you're finding unusual with what I said. I was responding to someone who claims watching TV makes you a lesser human than if you had been denied the choice to watch TV.
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by exodust 4y ago
> "propelled us to space" If the cost associated with all that starts to eat away at the health of the planet, the space adventures you hold in high regard are nothing but short-term entertainment.
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by exodust 4y ago
I thought same thing as you initially, but "pessimism" is tied to anticipation of bad outcomes, which apparently was measured. Just makes the study all the more remarkable, and underscores the importance of animal welfare and habi
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by exodust 4y ago
They might recognize themselves but have no interest in how they look. In a split second they see themselves in mirror, but it's not useful information. The scent on the surface of the mirror would be far more interesting than their ow
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by exodust 4y ago
It's possible you're compensating for being denied the enjoyment of highly entertaining 80s and 90s TV. You missed out. Your friends probably talked about things they watched, and you couldn't join in. Decades later, you soun
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by exodust 4y ago
It's just text.
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by exodust 4y ago
> realize Perhaps you mean "care". To not realize a visual quality difference, is to not notice.
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by exodust 4y ago
As the other comment said, your Logitech g533 isn't bluetooth. It's using its own dongle and wireless transmission of lossless audio. No other wireless device will ever compete or try to pair with the dongle, so you can set and f
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by exodust 4y ago
The difference is the DSLR isn't designed to function like a webcam - always plugged in ready to go. "Set and forget" doesn't apply as reliably. For personal use it's fine. But for work meetings where someone calls
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by exodust 4y ago
> better For portrait photography, yes. For meeting with colleagues, no. Audio quality and network performance is light years more important than focal length and bokeh of your talking head.
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by exodust 4y ago
Outdated and reads like an ad for Zoom. One of the recommendations is literally "use zoom because it's better". Also on shaky ground is the advice to use a DSLR camera as web cam. As pointed out in a recent discussion here, t
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by exodust 4y ago
> "...focal length that actually makes sense" But a new problem emerges. Your face is now larger than other faces in the meeting. When the view splits everyone into the grid, your face will be the odd one out. I don't thin
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by exodust 4y ago
It's not in my stomach, it's food I'm thinking about buying.
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by exodust 4y ago
That's rather alarmist and exaggerated. "Every plugin is a disaster". No it isn't. Shopify isn't immune to vulnerabilities: https://infosecwriteups.com/how-i-gained-access-to-revenue-a... I wouldn&
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by exodust 4y ago
Known because someone said "5%" or known because someone proved it was 5%?
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by exodust 4y ago
> OMG. I'm astonished... Why is wanting a better price such an issue? "The 5% stuff" is like when information surfaces about a faulty or inaccurate odometer reading on the used car you're about to buy. If tampered wit
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by exodust 4y ago
Isn't the deal on hold because the price might be too high for a bunch of spam accounts? If so, I'm not sure what you're on about. Sounds reasonable to confirm the actual number of spam accounts before spending 44 billion. L

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