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by gundmc 5y ago
I'm in California and was able to cancel online but only after waiting in queue and then "chatting" with a retention specialist for 10 minutes. This was about 2 years ago so maybe they've changed since.
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by gundmc 5y ago
There are some really interesting companies that play alongside this space. The one I'm familiar with is Z2Data [1] (not affiliated). They provide component-level part risk and sourcing information factoring everything from active liti
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by gundmc 5y ago
Gutted that the pictures in this article no longer load.
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by gundmc 6y ago
Coffee causing dementia is a pretty shocking claim that I haven't heard previously. Do you have more reading on this?
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by gundmc 6y ago
AP News has been my go-to source for the last year or so. But over that time I've noticed it seems to be down or not handing requests properly a staggering amount of time.
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by gundmc 6y ago
The most popular streamer on Twitch plays pretty frequently, which I think has done a lot for the Geoguessr community.
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by gundmc 6y ago
This seems to just tell you if the feature is enabled, not what information or interests your FLoC provides? Or does it provide more information on your cohort if it's enabled in your browser? (It wasn't in mine.) There are a lot
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by gundmc 6y ago
Google could introduce a feature that cures cancer and DuckDuckGo would come out against it. I'm not making an argument for or against FLoC, but this is hardly surprising given ddg's positioning as a Google competitor and their pr
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by gundmc 6y ago
Discussed 12 hours ago with 40+ comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26767088
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by gundmc 6y ago
Many commenters are rightfully pointing out that my Zune timeline is wildly off. My apologies, I deserve the downvotes on that one - I misremembered and should have checked before posting.
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by gundmc 6y ago
Google with Glass and Microsoft with Zune have shown that it's not always important to be the first mover if you can't generate hype and nail the user experience. Apple came in and cleaned up the music playing space. Now I suspect
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by gundmc 6y ago
It doesn't really sound like she took on Google, but I guess "A woman who took on Modis and won" is a less engaging headline.
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by gundmc 6y ago
"Only a monopolist would have the resources to fend off our blatant shakedown attempt."
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by gundmc 6y ago
In most surveys of trust and support Amazon is still one of if not the most liked tech company in the US. Above Microsoft, Google, Apple and WAY above Facebook.
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by gundmc 6y ago
Hopefully this means more than 3 years of security updates.
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by gundmc 6y ago
Edge is Microsoft's new browser that is based on Chromium. It is distinct from Internet Explorer which is effectively deprecated but still used somewhat widely as many legacy enterprise applications still require it.
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by gundmc 6y ago
HN still fades text if a comment is below a certain threshold.
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by gundmc 6y ago
Google has also had several high profile cases of abandoning pursuit of extremely lucrative military/government contracts due to backlash from employees.
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by gundmc 6y ago
Google and Facebook are going to get screwed. They'll get hit by antitrust action (even if just more fines and settlements) while also under the radar losing market share to Amazon via market forces, which ironically is an argument aga
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by gundmc 6y ago
Not even just that, in CPG store managers typically have a lot of autonomy in what SKUs get carried, how many placements of each, what shelf locations, etc. It's not easy for a small to mid-sized brand to try to get their product into
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by gundmc 6y ago
Yes please! I yearn for a CiV VI AI that can play competently through all of the eras without cheating. It's a masterpiece of a game, but the AI can't keep up with the mechanisms introduced.
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by gundmc 6y ago
Seems to be resolved according to the same source.
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by gundmc 6y ago
I see the same problem with elderly relatives who struggle to use technology. I am hoping that things like activity blocks on Android [1] become more streamlined and I can use those to make a simplified interface to help make it more naviga
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by gundmc 6y ago
It baffles me how reddit tends to evade the press coverage and discussions for as large and influential it is.
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by gundmc 6y ago
I strongly disagree with the opposition to process documents. I've worked at many companies that functioned without good process documentation (for all functions, not just code reviews) and it simply _does not scale_ with organization
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by gundmc 6y ago
Which law is this in reference to?
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by gundmc 6y ago
> High Quality is not just limited to 16 megapixels, the photos are also re-encoded at a lower bitrate. How exactly do you encode a photo at a bitrate? Do you mean videos?
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by gundmc 6y ago
Websites aren't supposed to be able to tell when a user is in incognito. That hasn't stopped them in the past though. Ever notice some news sites with N free articles per month would refuse to load if you were in Incognito? It has
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by gundmc 6y ago
Google has the "AROUND" operator, though I haven't tried it recently to see if it is still respected.
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by gundmc 6y ago
They have a quote from the GKE lead directly saying "Despite 6 years of progress, Kubernetes is still incredibly complex." But it is a surprisingly negative headline. Autopilot sounds like a cool tool to simplify container orchest

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