jrobn

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by jrobn 7y ago
Consoles are now branded PCs with DRM lock-in. Makes way more sense to buy a PC.
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by jrobn 7y ago
What’s the cost of just flinging it out into space towards the sun?
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by jrobn 7y ago
I generally think we are seeing the the sunset of a “representative” democracy in the United States. Fake News and propaganda is unchecked and rampant. Public intelligence and understanding is at an all time low. Income inequality is at an
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by jrobn 7y ago
I don’t trust google products. I will never buy anything they want to sell to me. Burden is on them. I tore off my nest thermostats and replaced them with dumb ones. I miss the ability to change my heat remotely, but at the end of the day.
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by jrobn 7y ago
I have an extensive sonos setup for my business. I’ve experienced a lot of trouble with the system just cutting out, skipping tracks over and over, and connecting to Apple Music. Every couple of weeks it just totally shits the bed. Would lo
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by jrobn 7y ago
This is true of almost everything human created.
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by jrobn 7y ago
I don't see humanity doing anything but descending into self-destruction. I'm sure tax-haven offshore city states will prove once again that humans, taken as a whole, are craven ruthless creatures. It's the reason we are the
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by jrobn 7y ago
LOL, this is exactly the problem. You shouldn’t have to download a third party launcher, desktop, app screen to use the device efficiently. I think iOS and Android are both shit shows. I pick up an android device and it’s a pain in the ass
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by jrobn 7y ago
This is a symptom of OO languages. You don’t nearly get as much word soup in good functional languages. People really diss Erlang for its syntax but I find it to be extremely readable and understandable in most cases because pattern matchin
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by jrobn 7y ago
It's also this quasi-metric for "professional quality" so first timers tend to spend the money to acquire these fast lenses in hopes it will suddenly make them a quality photographer.
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by jrobn 7y ago
This just feeds the blackmarkets for any industry. When people get wise they turn to the black market.
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by jrobn 7y ago
We need FIDO2 or some other standardized security key protocol in our devices. I recently got an Apple Watch and having to just tap on my wrist to authenticate is amazing. Would love to just be able to give a website one way to contact me a
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by jrobn 7y ago
Clojure and Elixir (Erlang) are my favorite languages. When you get to the point where the parens and brackets just melt away and you have this awakening. It makes me wish José (creator of elixir) would have chosen Clojure syntax instead of
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by jrobn 7y ago
No shit. Twitter user complaining about his data being subpoena by a court of law with due process in an active investigation. In most dictatorships you would be dragged out of your house and shot because you didn’t like the same toothpaste
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by jrobn 7y ago
I think the world is heading for, if not an ecological apocalypse, but a technology one too. Technology is far out pacing our understand of its impact on human development and society. We are screwed.
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by jrobn 7y ago
So why even use a platform that so easily throws your money away for nothing? With those points you laid out I would be better off keeping my money. Facebook is the same way with all of this crap too. I’ve seen more success with the hard wa
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by jrobn 7y ago
Well, I won't be buying a fitbit ever again. The one I have now will go into goodwill pile.
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by jrobn 7y ago
—We The People [..] +The President [..] commit by _Trump_ November 2nd, 11:59pm 2020
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by jrobn 7y ago
I also nuked google maps from my iPhone after iOS 13. I share your frustration.
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by jrobn 7y ago
I have the original Nest thermostat. I think I’m going to rip it off the wall and replace it with something that isn’t front a scumbag company. This is exactly why I don’t own google phones, assistance, or home automation products. YOU ARE
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by jrobn 7y ago
Languages are tools to codify behaviors. The fact that we spend so much time debating which tool is better instead of “building bridges”, is why I left this industry. Just look at the web front end. Absolute cluster fuck.
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by jrobn 7y ago
3D Touch was a horrible interface mechanism.
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by jrobn 7y ago
"16M Americans will vote on hackable paperless machines" just they way they want it. Who are they ? I'm not the one for deep state conspiracy or "our corporate overlords" stuff...but what is wrong with paper ball
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by jrobn 7y ago
It’s called corrective implosion.
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by jrobn 7y ago
Sounds like a symptom of centralized silo services, period. This wouldn’t be a problem if each of those creators had a website with their content on it. The copyright holders would have to issue a DMCA to for that 10 second of radio music,
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by jrobn 7y ago
So you are saying if you have a non-fatal health incident then you are in serious financial trouble? My wife and I are in the same position. We pay $209 a month for “healthcare” coverage that has a $700 yearly deductible. If either of us go
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by jrobn 7y ago
Phony free market infrastructure bidding.
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by jrobn 7y ago
If you look back at any wealthy family’s history they all have this story, especially in the USA. The story basically goes like this: “A long time ago our great great grandfather lived in a dirt floor home and the family worked really hard
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by jrobn 7y ago
so I have to record my phone conversation with the vendor I want to cancel just Incase I need to go to my bank and have them terminate? This is ridiculous and why consumer protection laws should be a thing.
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by jrobn 7y ago
I worked for a small local company that stored credit card details in plain text. Including CVV. I brought it to there attention and the owner just hand waived me off. “The working system was working”. This is why cards like The Apple Card,

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