ghusto

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by ghusto 5d ago
It's like HN has been taken over by Redditors. Nobody's interested in facts, just righteous indignation.
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by ghusto 5d ago
They mailed me too, and I did read it in full. There's a link right there in the e-mail. I read it, and understood it's not at all what everyone here is claiming.
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by ghusto 5d ago
No it doesn't. The changes are intended to cover the ads that are in pre-existing non-removable content. Nothing is changing, they're just making it clear that this is happening (or perhaps more unclear, judging by the response he
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by ghusto 7d ago
Why do you say it's written by AI?
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by ghusto 8d ago
Do constitutional rights apply to non-citizens? I always thought the constitution of the USA was for USA citizens, but then I'm not from the USA and am watching all this from very far away.
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by ghusto 8d ago
The bootloader is unlockable.
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by ghusto 8d ago
I don't watch Apple's events, ads, or any other marketing. When the actual devices or "inventions" are released a few days later, it's very obvious who watched the marketing material. At best, this guy is brainwashe
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by ghusto 8d ago
They haven't been sold for three years so they suddenly don't exist? Really?
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by ghusto 8d ago
Both are true. At a certain point, choosing to do the bear minimum when you know it's going to hurt users _is_ malice.
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by ghusto 8d ago
I heard the novel term "Golf Driven Development" the other day. Essentially it's where software/services aren't sold because people wanted or asked for them, they're sold because one CEO played golf with anothe
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by ghusto 8d ago
Would have loved to have tried this, but it still bizarrely lacks Apple Intel support.
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by ghusto 10d ago
No, IPv6
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by ghusto 16d ago
I and others I know would. Granted we're not the vast majority, but my feeling is that people don't do it nowadays because they've been trained not to. If bands went back to their own sites, I'd say people would follow.
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by ghusto 16d ago
I'm old enough to remember when bands did everything on their own sites, complete with message boards. I _really_ miss that. Twitter is just a middle-man nobody wants when you're talking about artists.
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by ghusto 27d ago
I made no claims that anything got better. Just that people are exaggerating its effects to support their politics.
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by ghusto 27d ago
> Polls show the population regrets Brexit 57% is what I said and would have expected to see. Aside from that, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that a poll on "do you regret brexit" is looking for a particular answer.
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by ghusto 27d ago
Popularity ruins things?! NO!
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by ghusto 28d ago
It's become serious in German, Austria, and Czechia. The sentiment in France is not insignificant either. I hear a lot about how the UK has suffered after Brexit, but none of my experiences there support it. Not the people I talk to, n
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by ghusto 28d ago
Depends who you talk to. I have a mixed bag of UK friends, and it's about half-half. One thing I think myself is that there was an ugly _hope_ that the UK would suffer as a result. A hope which, as far as I can see, wasn't realise
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by ghusto 28d ago
What do they gain by joining? Seems like they already have all the benefits they could want, but lose their fishing rights if they joined? > A Yes vote would not be a final decision on joining the EU. It would mean backing a move towards
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by ghusto 29d ago
Government, municipalities, bank, large corporations, the list is endless. A curated RSS feed would work, but someone would have to do the curating.
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by ghusto 29d ago
I hear this sentiment a lot from people in the USA. They deeply distrust their government and can't imagine it being different anyway else in the world.
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by ghusto 29d ago
> For starters, every country would insist on having its own ChatsApp Fine, let's say the Netherlands should do it for their own citizens only (but in a broad way to keep the door open for EU adoption) > to satisfy strict securit
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by ghusto 1mo ago
Here in the Netherlands, WhatsApp has the defacto communication tool. Everyone is expected to have it installed, not just by friends but also municipals and companies. Same level as having an e-mail address. It's a missed opportunity f
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by ghusto 1mo ago
People who who "cringe" as an adjective are cringeworthy, and I hope we hear less from them.
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by ghusto 1mo ago
Standards. It's the same thing in some European countries. Wages are down, unemployment is up, and yet the standard of living hasn't changed because there are certain standards people take for granted as being obvious and basic. Y
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by ghusto 1mo ago
> When I asked current and former U.S. officials what had to be done to win Win what? What is even going on? What is anybody (other than Iran, wanting to be left the hell alone) even after anymore? "We're going to make the Stra
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by ghusto 1mo ago
Right at the goddamned top for everyone to see: > How this was written: drafted with an AI assistant from my own notes, then edited by me. For the record, I enjoyed the post, and it's much more than your summary suggests.
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by ghusto 2mo ago
> This particular sub-genus of grifts, half-truths and strategic omissions ... “Manifest Destiny.” “Aryan superiority.” “The divine right of kings.” “The domino theory.” “Israel has a right to defend itself.” aaaand, you lost me.
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by ghusto 2mo ago
Yup. This is the way it is for most European countries. Places like France, Germany, Austria, Italy, really, most. I find it odd that the USA had this in the first place.

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