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by hunter2_ 3y ago
Hm. I'm not logged in, and I only see 2 tweets, neither of which discuss royalties. What I'm seeing is only concerned with the poor customer experience of receiving damaged goods.
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by hunter2_ 3y ago
> The way this is said makes it seem like they're expecting to be paid twice for two orders, one returned. Are you referring to the Dec 30 tweet text, the Dec 28 tweet text, or the paper note in the Dec 28 tweet's photo?
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by hunter2_ 3y ago
That's definitely how I interpret it, as using the word nextSibling [0] in camel case is quite specific to DOM manipulation. While "the way it looks" might be all that matters to most users, perhaps there are cases where sema
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by hunter2_ 3y ago
You said "the parent post said they avoid counterfeits and knock-offs by shopping on Aliexpress" which I'm afraid is incorrect given that the post in question said "Amazon [is] no longer my first source [for] generic giz
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by hunter2_ 3y ago
Sure, but it's obvious, unlike Amazon where you get duped. So if you want a real name brand product you shop at none of the above, and if you want cheap junk you go to AliExpress. There's not a large reason to roll the dice on som
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by hunter2_ 3y ago
If I'm the consumer creating a backup by downloading from sources typically used for piracy, whoever shared it already broke the DRM, so I don't have to myself, and therefore I don't think the questionable legality of my acti
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by hunter2_ 3y ago
Given that a license for private use has been purchased, and given that it's acceptable to make backups for private use by the same person, is it even really piracy if the mechanics of creating your backup involve someone else's o
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by hunter2_ 3y ago
Yes, I keep that enabled. I guess I provided poor examples but what I'm saying is that it seems like on Reddit moderation activities are quite obvious (i.e., a giant chain of deleted comments tends to indicate moderation and elicit res
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by hunter2_ 3y ago
> and I've only seen it for Speculation/intuition, but I figure it happens in ways specifically designed to evade the type of detection you're basing your claim on, akin to shadow banning, whereas on Reddit there's of
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by hunter2_ 3y ago
> almost flawless experiences from amazon shopping It's pretty good, but there are some longtime flaws that blow my mind, such as the order of results when sorting by price. It never makes sense to me.
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by hunter2_ 3y ago
Might also help to use Tomato [0]. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato_(firmware)
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by hunter2_ 3y ago
The Japanese aren't likely to keep up with maintenance successfully? I've only been there a few times, but I didn't get that sense whatsoever. Pretty much nothing I encountered seemed materially neglected.
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by hunter2_ 3y ago
It would be nice if autonomous cars could emit a "yielding to pedestrian" light. I suppose it could be an addressable strip around the whole vehicle where only the section closest to the ped actually illuminates, so the ped can kn
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by hunter2_ 3y ago
> the WAN IP on your router will match the "what is my ip" website, but the problem is that it will also match many other people's routers That's interesting. So the ISP is directing packets at the various customer ro
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by hunter2_ 3y ago
You probably know given your username, but Sudafed is also great for diving to avoid barotrauma (MEBT). Just need to ensure it's not less than the 12 hour formulation, lest it wear off at depth.
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by hunter2_ 3y ago
What people only use Cash App? I've never come across a member of this group. I'm an American who uses (in declining order of frequency) credit cards, Venmo, cash, PayPal, ACH, debit cards, checks. I don't recall anyone even
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by hunter2_ 3y ago
But if Apple believes that original proof of purchase (the receipt that the author presented to Apple in hopes that it would convince them to unlock the laptop) is insufficient (and let's assume the lack of cryptographic signing of sai
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by hunter2_ 3y ago
Sure, but I'm talking about when the professionals that you leave it to end up being negligent. Picking a dud occasionally isn't negligent, but I'm wondering if continuing to hold something fraudulent longer than reasonabl
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by hunter2_ 3y ago
Are these ETFs, target date retirement funds, etc. protected against class action lawsuits from shareholders who end up holding the bag due to the inclusion of fraudulent stocks like this? Obviously waivers are signed about how performance
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by hunter2_ 3y ago
> should have been ruled discriminatory Discriminating is completely fine unless it's done based on protected classes (which, generally speaking, are things that aren't a result of simple choices). Choosing whether to use an iP
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by hunter2_ 3y ago
I've understood a subset of those, but apparently I've totally misunderstood this bit: > The emphasis on the eyes in this style is reflected in the common usage of emoticons that use only the eyes, e.g. ^^ I always interpreted
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by hunter2_ 3y ago
I think you mean two out of three, given that only three are variable. The penny is fixed, as you say, lest the set size fall sharply from 99 to 19 (if there's no smaller than a 5c piece) etc. at which point optimal coinage varies anyw
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by hunter2_ 3y ago
> leave a larger coin to [...] go quicker It'll go quicker, but it won't save space! Unless we make smaller half dollars, just as the gold colored dollar coins took over after the large dollar coins we had previously. Perhaps s
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by hunter2_ 3y ago
> Red Book CD audio ripping is an entirely different subject > difficulty of directly streaming Red Book Audio Actually, it's what I was alluding to this whole time. Sorry for not saying so out of the gate. Red Book audio was my
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by hunter2_ 3y ago
This is the era I'm referring to, and I recall the difference being a bit beyond marginal. Literally the verification (i.e. read) phase of the burning sequence would take several times longer... in practice, not in terms of advertised
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by hunter2_ 3y ago
The notion that encoding/transmitting could be simpler than decoding/receiving is interesting. It reminds me of the way optical drives for many years could write at, say, 48x but read at 8x, such that the majority of time spent wa
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by hunter2_ 3y ago
A canoe floats, and that doesn't even command any thought regarding whether you can replace trapped air with a vacuum. If you had a giant cube half full of water, with a boat on the water, the boat would float regardless of whether the
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by hunter2_ 3y ago
To the question of whether it could have intent to deceive, going to the dictionary, we find that intent essentially means a plan (and computer software in general could be described as a plan being executed) and deceive essentially means s
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by hunter2_ 3y ago
When those decisions were made (to shut down asylums, etc.) what techniques were intended to backfill the same need? Did evidence suggest that something else (drugs at home?) would be at least similarly effective and more humane?
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by hunter2_ 3y ago
This effort is confined to YouTube, but the return of someone uninstalling an ad blocker (the user's response could be more targeted, but some will fully uninstall) reaches Google more broadly.

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