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by jocoda 2y ago
Off topic maybe, but would like recommendations for macOS too, especially C/C++ given that everything is Swift now while I suspect that even so major apps are not using Swift. Windows has much more available.[1], [2] [1]: https:/&
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by jocoda 2y ago
I'm all for tools like this if they allow me to review my activity, especially if that's across the multiple systems I use, to get a handle on how and where I spend my time. It's not a surprise that Microsoft and Apple are de
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by jocoda 2y ago
Loneliness is be directly related to family size and the number of relatives that one has. While the Occident trends smaller I seen recent news from the Levant that had people talking about having 120+ relatives. Haven't looked at the
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by jocoda 2y ago
blm? black lives matter? please explain
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by jocoda 2y ago
... we, as human beings, have the capacity to expand and transform our own conscious experiences. I think the closest that I've come is with the Runners high.
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by jocoda 2y ago
Read somewhere that Rutger Hauer wrote the monologue the night before the scene was to be filmed and they went with that. "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attacked ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion ... etc
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by jocoda 2y ago
One of the issues seems to be about the TikTok Lite app's potential mental health risks. How does one even quantify that? And by who's measure?
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by jocoda 2y ago
My objection to online advertising is that these are being served to us by third parties, not the site that we are visiting. If the site I visit takes ownership and responsibility for the ads it shows, then I'm ok with that. But that&#
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by jocoda 3y ago
Article does not try to answer it's title question so I guess that it was added to make it more clickable. - "no one deserves such excess, that people would be better off morally and psychologically without it" The extremes o
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by jocoda 3y ago
> This is strictly not a backup. true. But you select what is tracked. My approach is to make a system image using the built in functionality. I use file history for the important stuff that does need to be backed up - code, documents,
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by jocoda 3y ago
I have no interest in distributing IOS apps but I would like to be able to install and run my own code on IOS. Right now I can install my own code on my iPhone but if I don't have a Apple developer account Apple will remove apps after
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by jocoda 3y ago
Pot calling the kettle black. Outlook.com still rejects messages from an entire c block if they don't like a particular IP, even when other IPs in that range are not black listed anywhere. To be fair, things have improved and you now g
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by jocoda 3y ago
First thing I install on linux / macos. Life without two panels is not a way to live.
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by jocoda 3y ago
As long as I have to pay Apple a yearly developer fee so that I can load my own software (that no one else will use) on to 'my' phone, it does not belong me. Yes I know you can reload it every week. Not my phone. I do not understa
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by jocoda 3y ago
I'm curious about this too. 'big' open source projects like blender,etc - what are their responsibilities? A quick look at the site doesn't find much except that it's a work in progress. What is the responsibility o
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by jocoda 3y ago
nailed it. To that I would add - not identifying/doing core PoC's.
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by jocoda 3y ago
similar but with a bit more meat - https://www.wheresyoured.at/are-we-watching-the-internet-die...
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by jocoda 3y ago
I strongly disagree with the article but what's with the ad hominim? - "...mostly by critics whose personal positive contributions to human improvement are unclear" We're way past population levels where the traditional
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by jocoda 3y ago
0. We need this done yesterday. 1. Moving targets. As the code becomes usable it becomes clear what is really needed doing and how it should be done. And it's certainly not what was defined at the start of the project. 2. So the protot
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by jocoda 3y ago
Snap windows - I hate it when someone decides that the computer knows better than I do, what I want to do with desktop layout. I don't recall this problem in W10, so it must have been retro fitted. Good luck trying to figure out what&#
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by jocoda 3y ago
This is the first time that the tools that make it feasible to impose surveillance at this scale. The same tools, maybe not as intrusive, could be used to hold these people accountable? (putting on my conspiracy hat) Hmm, maybe because this
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by jocoda 3y ago
>...platforms should be held responsible for the ads they run. Yes! If the platform hosts its ads on its own platform, then I'm OK with that. I don't like ads, but they 'own' the ad content and if it blows, there&#x27
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by jocoda 3y ago
> "... anti-thetical to to the very idea of the web" I'm genuinely curious and not trying to pick a fight here. The core idea behind html when it was first conceived was that it allowed you as the viewer to present that i
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by jocoda 3y ago
Have to disagree. Tech is not getting worse, period. >"It’s been a minute since we’ve seen anything new from tech that has truly improved most people’s existence." That's not much to do with the tech getting worse and ever
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by jocoda 3y ago
Until recently I thought self driving was not going to happen. But in the early days of the car's history someone had to walk in front of the car as it went along, waving a red flag to warn people of this mechanical monstrosity. And no
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by jocoda 3y ago
> People should be aware and responsible of their own ignorance and limitations. To a point. You take it for granted that certain things are 'safe' - like food and drink. Most users think that google is the internet and that gm
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by jocoda 3y ago
There is no way to make good the harm inflicted, and I'm skeptical that anyone except, maybe the innocent, are going to be punished. The central villain of this shit show is the Post Office. The history of the project shows that - from
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by jocoda 3y ago
1500 sq mi is a lot of real estate. Sure the weather is lousy, but it seems pretty flat, and so, ignoring the practicalities of basic existence, how long do I have before it is no longer possible?
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A23 – How long do I have?(en.wikipedia.org)
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by jocoda 3y ago
> It can cause profound deception and even more "loss of truth". I think that ship has already sailed. This is already being done, and we don't need AI for that either. Modern media is doing a pretty good job right now. Of

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