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by maratc 1y ago
Last decade, some companies (that had more money that they knew what to do with) used that money to buy shares back. This decade, this company (that has more money that they know what to do with) invests in either "AI" or "AI
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by maratc 1y ago
Most timezones change time when there's a minimal amount of people working, as these people would have to work an extra hour, and doing it at around 3am is the most reasonable from that point of view.
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by maratc 1y ago
I've also found their "Technology Launch" video[1] that goes somewhat deeper into the details (they also have code examples.) [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krpunC3itSM
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by maratc 1y ago
> Apple seems to get a lot of praise for long term software support and the latest iOS doesnt support hardware released before 2019 as far as I can tell. iPhone XR/XS that were released in 2018 indeed can't get the latest iOS (
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by maratc 1y ago
Coteditor is cool, but it's not TextMate though :(
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by maratc 1y ago
> it's clearly a pretty special watch Not arguing with that: https://www.fpjourne.com/en/collection/classique-collection/... It's neither "old" nor "outdated" nor "ancien
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by maratc 1y ago
> in 2021, Coppola was presented with the watch There's nothing "antique" about an F.P. Journe watch from 2021.
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by maratc 1y ago
Neither does "my PC runs a thousand different games but this one crashes" a faulty computer make. Battlefield 6 won't run on your PC unless it has SecureBoot enabled. It's not included in "minimum specifications.&qu
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by maratc 1y ago
Would "personal research" qualify for a fair use exception? In any case it would not seem reasonable for Sanborn to sue these two guys for "copyright infringement" when all they did was study his own works that he donate
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by maratc 1y ago
Could this (in theory) be achieved with a per-user "load css from url" field?
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by maratc 1y ago
NAL but in copyright it’s not making a copy that’s problematic, it’s making that copy available to others . Anyone can take a picture of Mickey Mouse; one only has a problem when they start to sell it. This cryptography solution is more
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by maratc 1y ago
That's what I've addressed already: you're not interested in history as a journey of discovery which is taken in order to broaden your horizons -- you're only interested in it as a way to support your pre-existing opini
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by maratc 1y ago
Can you provide the numbers for Manhattan, or SF centre?
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by maratc 1y ago
> You are taking issue with the claim that US politics are "fascist" right now. I never said I take issue with that claim, nor that I agree with it, nor that I disagree with it. I just pointed out that there are two groups of p
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by maratc 1y ago
It's been my belief that, when I download “VPN-du-jour Connector” from vpn-du-jour.com (the one with the green “Connect and Surf Securely” button), I need to give that installer root privileges (so it could “manage my VPN configuration
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by maratc 1y ago
Many people are using VPNs these days. Nothing prevents vpn-du-jour.com from similarly messing with your traffic. Moreover, any software you install with privileges could also install certificates. In this sense, “a regular machine” is only
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by maratc 1y ago
That is a good advice. Do you follow it yourself? Did you, for instance, read Mein Kampf to “consider an alternative viewpoint”? Or is it only good when the “alternative viewpoint” is yours?
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by maratc 1y ago
“My opinions are not opinions — these are facts , and those who disagree are either stupid, or evil, or both. In your case, I’m going to, in good faith, assume ignorance.” I actually read a lot of history books, but I’m not limiting myse
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by maratc 1y ago
My IT department performs a man-in-the-middle attack against all my VPN traffic, and issues on-the-fly certificates for all the sites I visit. There is zero warning on my side, and the only way I know of it is because I'm a nerd who lo
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by maratc 1y ago
> US politics has been pretty fascist lately. It's gonna be a waste of time for anyone who doesn't already agree with this statement to continue past this first sentence.
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by maratc 1y ago
> It’s totally valid XHTML, just not recognized. Am I right in assuming that even you didn't notice the problem the first time you looked at it? > Out of order closure should definitely error out Hitchens's razor: "Wh
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by maratc 1y ago
I've edited my comment to better present the issue.
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by maratc 1y ago
Just to remind you that <bold> <italic> text </bold> </italic> [0] that has been working for ages in every browser ever, is NOT a valid XHTML, and should be rejected by GP's proposal. I, for one, is ki
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by maratc 1y ago
It's just not a big issue today if you know what you're doing or not, as everyone now seems to care about "consistency" only. My personal pet peeve is python's formatter named "black" (mentioned in TLA) th
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... and telephones!
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by maratc 1y ago
That's also the user experience on Mac OS and iOS. No drivers needed, just connect it to the WiFi once (using the buttons on the device) and it just works.
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by maratc 1y ago
> people who prefer mechanical keyboards already have the muscle memory The problem with that is that every mechanical keyboard is different, so that muscle memory needs a refresh with each new keyboard. More importantly, people who are
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by maratc 1y ago
An improvement over Pi 500 in many ways, but adding keys to the right of heavily-used (r) Shift / Enter / Backspace would make it much harder to find these keys without looking at the keyboard. The previous version also had half-h
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by maratc 1y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45169331
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by maratc 1y ago
Ok, we're then back to `print` example: print( 'Hello there from a very long line abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz', sep=' ', end='\n', file=None, flush=False,

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