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by larkeith 7y ago
Hmmm... It might be worth making a Slack-style interface for Matrix. It already supports replies, these could be flavoured as threads instead.
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by larkeith 7y ago
I don't use Lynx much, but Wikipedia, HN, Everything2 work fairly well.
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by larkeith 7y ago
> Does this also mean they can’t vacation there either? No, the post is fairly explicit about what the proposed block is. While I agree with the position that companies should avoid trading ethics for short-term profit, this is a move I
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by larkeith 7y ago
If you can find (or host) a good Searx instance, that's an option.
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by larkeith 7y ago
> 2. He claimed to be a P.Eng, without being one. [Citation needed] He claimed to be an engineer. The ruling preserved license requirements to claim yourself a "professional engineer" and "registered professional engineer&
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by larkeith 7y ago
Yep. Purchased in 2013 for $1.1B, sold in 2019 for <$3M. More than 99.7% value lost. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumblr
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by larkeith 7y ago
Honestly, I can understand stripping characters at a large organization like a bank. It shouldn't ever be necessary, but it protects against that brainfart/junior dev/marketing analytics software, with little cost.
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by larkeith 7y ago
I imagine the bigger concern is that it's pretty easy to social engineer your way into most online accounts with an email and the info from a drivers license.
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by larkeith 7y ago
Indeed - platforms like post game interviews are not platforms for political views. However, it is naive to believe that Blizzard would have reacted anywhere near as strongly to any political statement not related to China. The inappropriat
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by larkeith 7y ago
Unless I've missed anything, the only known, proven to actually work, propellantless thrust system are solar sails (and various beam-powered equivalents). Even nuclear photonic rockets slowly use up reaction mass. However, ion drives a
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by larkeith 7y ago
Didn't realize this, thank you for clarification!
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by larkeith 7y ago
I'm curious if, as @thefalken brought up [0], this is illegal under the GDPR, given that it's a hidden opt out and should apply to EU citizenry with browser language set to Chinese. [0] https://mobile.twitter.com/t
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by larkeith 7y ago
Still, even an insincere apology has a far better taste than none at all.
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by larkeith 7y ago
While there are privacy concerns from the precedent it sets (can a journalist trust Apple not to bend to CPP information requests?), I agree that this seems to conflate privacy with an only indirectly-related subject.
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by larkeith 7y ago
There are several tweets specifically on this in the twitter thread: Tim Sweeney @TimSweeneyEpic 4h Replying to @CherrishChoerry @calibrono and 3 others > Epic is a US company and I’m the controlling shareholder. Tencent is an approximat
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by larkeith 7y ago
Investors know long public outrage lasts.
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by larkeith 7y ago
One is standard international politics, with one government imposing sanctions on another. The other is a violation of Westphalian sovereignty. Though it should be noted that the US has not been shy of such violations itself, and with them
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by larkeith 7y ago
Well, yes. It's a blog post on a blog focused on, among other things, game design and economics, with a focus on MtG and Artifact. Readers are presumed to be at least passingly familiar with the subject - HN is not the target audience.
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by larkeith 7y ago
"As a matter of both basic agency law and federalism, the power to preempt the States’ laws must be conferred by Congress. It cannot be a mere byproduct of self-made agency policy." I am very much not a lawyer, but I don't se
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by larkeith 7y ago
Note that Fullerton's apology lacks any reference to Stack Exchange's turn towards the press during the controversy. As brought up in the Dear Stack Exchange letter (and in numerous Meta posts over the last week), it is concerning
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by larkeith 7y ago
I read that as 99% of activity that is caught on Facebook is caught by Facebook's systems, with law enforcement only catching 1%.
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by larkeith 7y ago
If that's truly what they mean, that's far more than confusing - it's flat-out deceptive.
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by larkeith 7y ago
(In case you weren't aware, Microsoft owns LinkedIn.)
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by larkeith 7y ago
You would be a fool to rely open-source software with no local copies.
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by larkeith 7y ago
"The United States’ lawsuit does not seek to stop or restrict the publication or distribution of Permanent Record." So presumably not.
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by larkeith 7y ago
There is already a separate criminal suit; this one is just trying to prevent him from profiting from his book, due to it (allegedly) containing intelligence info and violating his NDA. From the link: "This lawsuit is separate from the
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by larkeith 7y ago
Data point: I actively use my phone while plugged in 1+ hour per day, and often use it for 10+ hours of streaming music while plugged in. No 3.5mm jack is a dealbreaker for me.
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by larkeith 7y ago
Original (non-Medium) post: https://www.valbrux.it/blog/2019/09/13/how-two-dead-users-al...
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by larkeith 7y ago
Exim is a mail transfer agent.
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by larkeith 7y ago
I have a single USB 3.0 external hard drive. Everything else is USB 2.0. It's fantastic, I never have to worry about whether I have the right cord or if the device supports it, and in the rare case where I need to transfer a file large

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