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541.
by gilrain 7y ago
Yes, because that is the only possibility.
542.
by gilrain 7y ago
I would. As is, it seems pretty immoral.
543.
by gilrain 7y ago
That is indeed an issue with advertising, but it's not the same issue as with most other ads; at least not the one most people object to, which is the privacy and security violations of comprehensive tracking of personal information de
544.
by gilrain 7y ago
"gaming isn't worth it anyway" > By 2018, the United States video game industry had matched that of the Unites States film industry on basis of revenue, with both industries having made around US$43 billion that year. htt
545.
by gilrain 7y ago
Embrace descriptivism or be forever an annoyed curmudgeon.
546.
by gilrain 7y ago
Microsoft is the real competition, here. Look into xCloud. They have the network, the technology, and a deep first-party library alongside third-party relationships.
547.
by gilrain 7y ago
I don't want my talent shifted. I want stability and peace of mind.
548.
by gilrain 7y ago
The criticism of Google Stadia and the defense of its concept in this thread are correct. There is a successful future in cloud gaming and nobody denies that. However, it's extremely likely to be delivered by a company with both the
549.
by gilrain 7y ago
That's the joke.
550.
by gilrain 7y ago
... and isn't available.
551.
by gilrain 7y ago
I agree the huge amount of copy-and-pasted or otherwise hollow responses from GitLab employees here and on their issue is annoying and counterproductive, but it's literally their jobs. Push back against GitLab, not their rank-and-file.
552.
by gilrain 7y ago
He gave money to a political campaign attempting to limit the right to marry to heterosexual couples. A little different from any old "Christian charity".
553.
by gilrain 7y ago
Whimsy? In my grim, algorithmic reality? It's more likely than you think.
554.
by gilrain 7y ago
Better to do nothing than incur the banal nitpicking of software engineer armchair arborists.
555.
by gilrain 7y ago
"Backsies" is reversing the original deal, not just half. This founder is asking for backsies by definition.
556.
by gilrain 7y ago
You don't usually have to tell this to an adult, but: no backsies. Your can't have your cake and eat it too. You can't sell your company and keep it too. Basic.
557.
by gilrain 7y ago
Avoiding throttling is huge. Is streaming video mysteriously garbage despite having 100 Mb/s? Connect to a VPN and watch the issues disappear.
558.
by gilrain 7y ago
PowerShell is cross platform these days, FYI.
559.
by gilrain 7y ago
"PowerShell will accept any unambiguous case-insensitive abbreviation of commands and parameters, and has almost all frequently used commands aliased"
560.
by gilrain 7y ago
No, they're making a point about Valve by comparing them to Adobe.
561.
by gilrain 7y ago
Maybe fewer people using web browsers to access Internet content? That could be explained by social networks like Reddit pushing users toward single-purpose apps.
562.
by gilrain 7y ago
Indeed, of all the forks they're the most likely to have the resources to maintain a fork which diverges that much.
563.
by gilrain 7y ago
The difference is that they're a nobody in the browser space. Like Chrome did at first, they have no choice but to legitimately be better until they win market share. Then we'll see.
564.
by gilrain 7y ago
If there's one thing I've been thinking about the FAA lately, it's that they're regulating TOO much. /s
565.
by gilrain 7y ago
On the other hand, the software development version of the maxim "dress for the job you want, not the job you have" could easily be "use the tools the job you want uses, not just what you can get away with".
566.
by gilrain 7y ago
For those more used to Fahrenheit, that's 122 F. Wow.
567.
by gilrain 7y ago
"which to all intents and purposes are identical as far as I can tell" What naked disdain for the creative labor of others.
568.
by gilrain 7y ago
Whoa, suddenly racist. The vast, vast majority of people in the middle east value life just as much as anyone.
569.
by gilrain 7y ago
I also constantly get errors while browsing new Reddit. It's astounding.
570.
by gilrain 7y ago
So how many of Mozilla's policies need to be appended with "unless we think it's important enough"? All of them? Just the ones violated this time?

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