kmlx

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   by kmlx 4y ago

   i think the idea was that the business owner takes all the risk, while an employee can simply change jobs. at least that was the idea…
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   by kmlx 4y ago

   i’m also not a native english speaker, but having to pass english certification exams made me a lot more of pronunciation. loose is /luːs/ lose is /luːz/ notice the “s” and “z”. i’m sure this doesn’t help in languages wh
3. 543.▲
   by kmlx 4y ago

   i understand making these mistakes, but it’s been getting worse in the past few years.
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   by kmlx 4y ago

   > The megalandords are potentially a serious threat to democracy. everything in today’s america seems to be “a serious threat to democracy”. as such it looks like american democracy is too fragile.
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   by kmlx 4y ago

   adopting a currency has nothing to do with territory expansion. a country can easily adopt USD.
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   by kmlx 4y ago

   > the resulting damage was huge (bankruptcies, people's lives' ruined), still having repercussions ot this day. same thing happened in other countries in eastern europe. it was a mess, but to me it showed that people don’t real
7. 547.▲
   by kmlx 4y ago

   i read an opinion that inflation might actually grow because some will put up their prices during the switch.
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   by kmlx 4y ago

   > loose since a few years ago i’ve noticed a trend where people write “loose” (not firmly or tightly fixed in place; detached or able to be detached. "a loose tooth") instead of “lose” (be deprived of or cease to have or retain
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   by kmlx 4y ago

   > Targeting Putin for example could improve the public health of many Ukrainians. i think this is naive to say the least. only place i’ve seen this kind of messaging is in the west.
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    by kmlx 4y ago

    we need to adopt more of the politeness of the japanese in this regard.
11. 551.▲
    by kmlx 4y ago

    mine has the A15 which was launched last year. and it still feels slow :(
12. 552.▲
    by kmlx 4y ago

    > The problem is that its a left turn without a signal, across 4 lanes of traffic with limited visibility. this seems to me like a regulation issue. basically that left turn should be either not possible or with a dedicated left turn tra
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    by kmlx 4y ago

    be advised that it’s quite slow on an ipad if it doesn’t have an m1. it was faster on my iphone 14pro than on my ipad mini :|
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    by kmlx 4y ago

    https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/ai-photo/id6444911377?mt=12 i’m using this one. pretty good so far. same use of efficient apple stable diff engine. as well as this monster on mobile: https://apps.app
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    by kmlx 4y ago

    huge, big, small, all of them, startup, fortune 500, international bank, local government services. errors occur due to a huge number of reasons: ISPs, lack of testing, connection issues, outdated tech, cdns, certificates, javascript, js mi
16. 556.▲
    by kmlx 4y ago

    it’s $40 per month or $375 per year. i’ve been a paid subscriber for years now. for me it’s totally worth it.
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    by kmlx 4y ago

    i solved this by buying all my usb c cables directly from apple. they work great with all of my devices.
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    by kmlx 4y ago

    > Smart phone and web based offerings to do basic tasks of interacting with government, bank, shopping and similar services literally are unusable in many if not most cases for most over 70. been working on the web for ~20 years now. the
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    by kmlx 4y ago

    i’ve replied above. they claim they do not read your emails. regarding encryption i’ve only found this: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6330403?hl=en#zippy=%... > Email encryption in transit S/MIME
20. 560.▲
    by kmlx 4y ago

    https://support.google.com/mail/answer/10434152?hl=en > We do not scan or read your Gmail messages to show you ads If you have a work or school account, you will never be shown ads in Gmail. > When you use y
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    by kmlx 4y ago

    what you’re looking for is not journalism. it’s reporting. few do just reporting because it doesn’t accumulate clicks. journalism does. journalism also sometimes really highlights some deeper issues than just a report (think watergate). but
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    by kmlx 4y ago

    good point. although i have seen this type of action in business before.
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    by kmlx 4y ago

    the government is not involved here so there is no free speech issue. if someone bans me from MSG or twitter free speech has nothing to do with it.
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    by kmlx 4y ago

    there’s active litigation involved. and businesses have a right to refuse service. so, yes, that would be fair game. would i be happy about it? no. but the company that i work for is suing google, so it’s assumed there would be retribution
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    by kmlx 4y ago

    https://dukeundergraduatelawmagazine.org/2018/10/22/the-righ... > Summary: A business owner has the right to refuse service as long as he or she does not infringe upon federal or state discrimination laws.
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    by kmlx 4y ago

    > Is it fair to ban some paralegal who works in probate law from seeing their favourite artist or attending a show with their kids because someone in a different state in a different division is suing a different division of the giant co
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    by kmlx 4y ago

    how is this company “generally discriminating” or “suppressing free speech”? i feel like your comment is about the right to deny service more than the use of face recognition.
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    by kmlx 4y ago

    isn’t denying service actually quite common? is the use of face recognition the ethics issue?
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    by kmlx 4y ago

    as a massive sci fi fan, i read those and watched the first season (on netflix i think). loved them.
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    by kmlx 4y ago

    > and the Snoopers Charter made it so that all operators in this country have to keep your entire browsing history for a full year partly false. it’s only DNS and can be very easily bypassed.