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by latexr 7mo ago
https://archive.ph/20260414163509/https://fortune.com/2026/0...
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Amazon worker dies on warehouse floor. Workers told to keep going(finance.yahoo.com)
58 points by latexr 7mo ago|27 comments
813.
by latexr 7mo ago
> When I read pieces like this all I think is, resistance to change is a helluva drug. When I read comments like yours, I’m reminded of (though I’m not comparing you to—I believe you are arguing in good faith) the cryptocurrency shills
814.
by latexr 7mo ago
Sounds like you might be interested in “The Zoologist’s Guide to the Galaxy”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zoologist%27s_Guide_to_the...
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Sam Vimes 'Boots' Theory of Socio-Economic Unfairness (2022)(terrypratchett.com)
70 points by latexr 7mo ago|67 comments
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Statement by von der Leyen on the digital age verification app(ec.europa.eu)
7 points by latexr 7mo ago|4 comments
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Open Letter: EU lawmakers must safeguard the AI Act(edri.org)
2 points by latexr 7mo ago|0 comments
818.
by latexr 7mo ago
> The solution is to fix the abuse problem. No, the solution is to fix the societal issues leading people to resort to crime. Surveillance cameras are not a solution, they are a band-aid placed several steps away from the wound.
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by latexr 7mo ago
That’s useful context, thank you. On the other hand, GOG allows refunds up to thirty days after purchase, which is much more ripe for abuse, and they seem to be doing fine (though I don’t know for sure, would appreciate some context there a
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by latexr 7mo ago
> For indies, the pressure to clear the 2 hour mark was hung ominously overhead when Valve updated their policy to allow refunds up to that threshold. If the game is good, I doubt most people would return it. “The Dark Queen of Mortholme
821.
by latexr 7mo ago
Credit where it’s due: I just rechecked the page and they no longer hijack the back button.
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by latexr 7mo ago
Your parent commenter didn’t suggest asking for permission, they suggested not allowing it, period.
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by latexr 7mo ago
No, no they are not. The last thing I want from an encyclopaedia is information I can’t trust, inconsistent and contradictory depending on when and how I search.
824.
by latexr 7mo ago
Billionaire levels of out of touch, is the answer. You simply cannot relate to any normal human when you reach that level of greed.
825.
by latexr 7mo ago
> if he actually had some redeeming qualities besides just being rich. “Besides”? Being rich isn’t a redeeming quality, I’d say. It’s not even a quality in general. The shape of his head might be interesting to study, though. Not in a ph
826.
by latexr 7mo ago
They don’t need to be “sure things”, only threats. Once you buy the threat, whether it continues to thrive or withers is largely immaterial, the threat is gone.
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by latexr 7mo ago
I don’t know much about Notch so I have no comment on them specifically, but “building the company and brand for years” can still count as “luck once”. Once you strike gold and make it big, you have a lot of leeway for mistakes, it becomes
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The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril(wired.com)
6 points by latexr 7mo ago|0 comments
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by latexr 7mo ago
> earnestly-submitted junk data from earnestly-engaged citizens. What made the data junk? Were the provided coordinates not precise enough, incorrect, something else?
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Amazon to end support for older Kindle devices(techcrunch.com)
2 points by latexr 7mo ago|1 comments
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Microsoft begins removing Copilot from Notepad on Windows 11 but the AI persists(windowscentral.com)
4 points by latexr 7mo ago|0 comments
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by latexr 7mo ago
> Boris is probably the single best rep in the community, possibly ever. When you say “the community”, what exactly are you referring to?
833.
by latexr 7mo ago
> Anthropic can't win in this case. Sure they can. The solution is pretty simple and in your own post. Choose either: * Make the product good to the point code is no longer slop and shit. * Stop hyping the quality when it isn’t the
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by latexr 7mo ago
> there’s just not gonna be a Pierre Zuckerberg or a Klaus Kalanick Which is very much a positive. Those two aren’t a boon to humanity, they very much made everything worse at a global scale. We need fewer people emulating them, not more
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by latexr 7mo ago
I don’t consider VC investments to be particularly beneficial to the world. This idea of “let’s use capital to make it faster for people to exploit others with the only goal of generating more capital” does more harm than good.
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by latexr 7mo ago
> Subscriptions are the only way to fix piracy. Adobe tools are subscriptions and they get pirated all the time.
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by latexr 7mo ago
But the person upstream hasn’t. It’s not obvious to them. Which is why a good answer has to include the detail.
838.
by latexr 7mo ago
> which this site has It’s not clear to me which site “this” refers too. > I think you're missing a few steps there. I mean, yeah, I thought the format of the reply made it clear it was a joke. The larger point is that compliance
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by latexr 7mo ago
I don’t recall any GDPR violation case which has gone to court. If you do, mind linking to it? I’d gladly make this same argument in court, though. But I’ll never have to, at least not as a defendant, because I respect users’ data (by not e
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by latexr 7mo ago
Welcome to my online guide on how to comply with the GDPR. Here we’ll cover the basics, the steps you should follow that will help everything else fall into place on your journey to compliance. Step 1: Don’t invade users’ privacy. There is

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