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by jzb 3y ago
It's not discoverable. I learned about it through some "things you should know about iOS" listicle or something. Once I picked it up, I've used it a lot. I loathe when apps interrupt usage to say "did you know you
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by jzb 3y ago
If you have to search to see if the Devil’s Advocate alternative you’re trying to gotcha OP on, who is being presumptive? Maybe you could’ve searched first? The vast majority of cruises are pretty shitty for the environment and treatment of
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by jzb 3y ago
Pretty much same. I bought a Deck primarily because I wanted to support the company putting them out and to tinker with it. I'm not a hardcore gamer or anything like that - I've been using it a bit to play a few games but mostly w
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by jzb 3y ago
“If you wanted to discover new music, the last thing you'd do is turn to the radio” Really? What would people do, then? I grew up in the 70s/80s in a small town. No music store, not even a Walmart until the mid-80s. Pre-MTV, radio
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by jzb 3y ago
Should add that this was from 2013. Not that I expect his views have changed about the system, but it also says he's never made a mobile phone call, browsed the web, or sent an email. That was unusual in 2013, but I wonder if it's
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by jzb 3y ago
Have you asked indie bands? Cause... I'm skeptical they're going to be happy with your proposals given that they're already hanging by a pretty thin thread. Playing songs live != repackaging recordings. Not even in the same b
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by jzb 3y ago
"Only" handwaves away a lot. It would put the characters into public domain and rob the authors of the ability to sustain themselves selling collections of early strips. "No one will consider it authentic or canon." Cita
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by jzb 3y ago
10 years is nothing. I'm against copyright maximalism and would love to see copyright terms whittled down, but 10 years is a non-starter. For every Stephen King that has a massive following and would easily earn enough in those 10 yea
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by jzb 3y ago
Like other folks, I'm disappointed in the author for deliberately misunderstanding the actual scenario here. As I understand it Unity has said it would not do exactly what it has done. This isn't even a "rug-pull" in the
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by jzb 3y ago
Tolerance is a good way to look at it. +1
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by jzb 3y ago
This is a really good starting point for discussion, I like it a lot. It doesn't quite capture all the nuances -- and I think Loyalty and Voice need some refinement. My observation is that people often use their voice when they are inv
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by jzb 3y ago
Visual Basic is one of the best arguments for open source and community ownership in the history of computing, IMO. Microsoft's decision to tank it was hugely painful for companies that had made major investments in it -- no company sh
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by jzb 3y ago
A bit late, but thanks for the more substantive update. I had no real name recognition for the dude. Sounds almost uniquely awful.
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by jzb 3y ago
I forget the exact quote but the thing I've seen making the rounds sums it up pretty well: Computers were supposed to do the work so people could make art and write poetry. Now the computers are making art and writing poetry and I stil
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by jzb 3y ago
Not saying you’re wrong, but a bit more substance and less vitriol might be illuminating. I can’t recall hearing anything about him good or bad (This comment aside…).
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by jzb 3y ago
I'd add that underlying all that / in addition to that is the fear that people aren't putting their jobs first. That's what drove all the "quiet quitting" bullshit. The pandemic made people stop and take stock
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by jzb 3y ago
"I'd prefer not to risk transitioning to a universal system that might provide worse care than what I've always had." Your insurance is employer provided? You risk that every day then. Lots of people in the past few ye
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by jzb 3y ago
I used to follow Molly's blog and writing and really enjoyed her voice and learned a lot from her. I'm embarrassed to say that it's been a long time since I thought about her, and it's really heartbreaking she passed awa
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by jzb 3y ago
Why isn’t the AGPL sufficient here? Also, should we be rethinking adopting vendor-led projects overall?
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by jzb 3y ago
I get that, but I don’t consider the keyboard noise a feature - more of a side effect. My wife might pay for an app that silences my keyboard, though.
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by jzb 3y ago
I'm boggled by this - assuming it's not a joke of some kind. Would anybody actually pay to have a clacky key sound if their keyboard doesn't do it already? I do the bulk of my typing on ancient Microsoft Natural Pro keyboar
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by jzb 3y ago
Corollary: Take a generalist observation about any type of creative work, stick "developer" somewhere in there, and act as if developers are unique and/or the observation is new. Example: Not long ago I kept seeing some varia
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by jzb 3y ago
I tend to get new machines pretty often, but I’m also using old machines for 7-10 years. OldNew laptop becomes the bedroom/backup laptop. Bedroom laptop becomes couch surfing laptop. Or a machine gets converted to Plex duty, etc. Also
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by jzb 3y ago
Not what Netflix has going on, that’s for sure. Lemme look by years, genres, ratings. Browse collections by actors, directors, studios - bonus points if I can look by things like “What movies/shows have both of these actors?” Netflix’s
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by jzb 3y ago
The source is available. You have the right to fork it. If there’s something in the propriety release that’s harmful, you might have a case - but all Microsoft is doing here is counting on people being willing to consume the builds rather t
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by jzb 3y ago
The rental fees, except some premium new rentals, are about the same as Blockbuster rentals. Cheaper if you account for inflation. No late fees, either, and no “We wanted to rent the latest Kevin Smith movie, but they were out of copies…” I
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by jzb 3y ago
If Blockbuster had bought Netflix, would we even have streaming or original Netflix programming?
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by jzb 3y ago
There are many arguments for FOSS. This isn’t one of them. Plenty of open source apps are abandoned. The maintainers get tired, too busy, or whatever. Few users, if any, are depending on this app that hasn’t been getting attention for years
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by jzb 3y ago
"the store has no right to get me to sign a civil contract saying I can't give that win to my 15 year old son" It doesn't? What prohibits that? Is there a law that requires liquor stores to sell to you if you're 2
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by jzb 3y ago
"The only reasonable explanation is corruption." It's a reasonable explanation, but not the only one. You're taking a huge organization or organizations (UK government departments) that have a revolving door of top-level

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