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by martin_a 2y ago
I will call bullshit over and over again. Especially companies rested on a relaxed foundation of artifically low energy prices due to lobbyism and dependence on cheap Russian gas. Both is gone and companies face "true" prices and
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Florida to consider relaxing child labour laws to fill vacant jobs(euronews.com)
25 points by martin_a 2y ago|12 comments
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by martin_a 2y ago
Hm! I like the sound quality of my Echo Dots, so I'd be fine to keep them in "dumb mode" (or even disconnecting their microphones physically), but setting a timer etc. is a useful feature too, when you are running around the
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by martin_a 2y ago
Here's some background: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2g8v32q30o
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by martin_a 2y ago
Second this. Public administration or sth. like that has no real growth targets and will therefore probably be more "relaxed" on that matter. Also that can be very valuable work if you provide good services to the people that live
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by martin_a 2y ago
Man, not even slaves are needed for scams anymore. Sad to see job losses even there... /s
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by martin_a 2y ago
"We fought Nazis once, so we can't be Nazis ourselves"? Sounds... Interesting...
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by martin_a 2y ago
Yesssss, I'd rather have those people working in renewable energy or some other future tech, but that industry was broken down as we all remember... So I guess we have to live with armaments for the moment. :-/
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by martin_a 2y ago
Of course power is given. If enough people decide to ditch YC and HN tomorrow because the CEO said something stupid, it will sink into meaninglessness. Obviously that depends on the amoount of people and how far something has to fall, but i
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by martin_a 2y ago
That power has been given because there was trust that the US would not fuck you over. That agreement seems to have been canceled by the US, therefore that power can be removed, too.
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by martin_a 2y ago
What are you going to do to keep the American tech sector up? Point guns at people so they post on Instagram?
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by martin_a 2y ago
Yes, seems like things are already starting to take off: - Shares of Starlink’s European rival Eutelsat have tripled. CEO says it can do the job in Ukraine. [1] - Boost for German economy: Armaments sector picks up former car industry emplo
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by martin_a 2y ago
I'm rather expecting to learn that Tesla cars have air quality sensors and are willing to provide that data for a price.
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by martin_a 2y ago
> improving health and well being for all Yeah, to me it looks like that is not fine under the new administration. If it would help only Americans, or those in power at least, it would be okay, but something for all the humans? Naaah...
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by martin_a 2y ago
> Apple today announced M3 Ultra, the highest-performing chip it has ever created Well, duh, it would be a shame if you made a step backwards, wouldn't it? I hate that stupid phrase...
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by martin_a 2y ago
Well, they took over things like Pocket, build that VPN service and Firefox Send and probably founded other projects that are not important to the core of their "business". If Mozilla would have solely focused on Firefox and Thund
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by martin_a 2y ago
You can downvote him all you want, but it's true at the core. §202c of the BGB heavily limits what can be done, even by legit researchers, and it's often being critized for that reason. For anyone interested, the Wikipedia article
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by martin_a 2y ago
How can we be sure that Yaak won't be sold and enshittified two years from now? Maybe I'm nitpicky, but I love sticking to software for years, had to ditch Insomnia after an auto-update killed my collections and wanted me to sign
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by martin_a 2y ago
> We're talking about the largest back door I've ever heard of. Meh, I don't know. I can still decide to not go the UK and be fine. I think the CLOUD Act is much worse because it's independent from where I am.
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by martin_a 2y ago
I think you're about to understand the quote.
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by martin_a 2y ago
IT department does not like that, but I had them install Firefox on the machines of my team, so we can install uBlock Origin. People are _amazed_ how the internet does look without ads.
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by martin_a 2y ago
I think my PiHole is up for 3+ years on a Raspberry Pi dedicated to that task. Did not fail once since then, so not sure if "DNS is going down" is really an issue. But maybe I've got survivorship bias.
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Meta Is Ready to Bring Trump into Play in Fight Against EU Rules(bloomberg.com)
4 points by martin_a 2y ago|1 comments
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by martin_a 2y ago
Should I be able to actually hear something? Firefox 134.0.1 on MacOS here, I don't hear anything.
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by martin_a 2y ago
Well, Mistral is looking pretty promising for AI.
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by martin_a 2y ago
> What seems unique at this stage, [...] is the speed and brutality I think this is especially concerning. From all the reports this whole "process" looks like "shoot first, ask questions later" and I think that'
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by martin_a 2y ago
> there are absolutely people in Europe who aspire to see this kind of thing happen there Yeah, that's exactly what I fear. Seeing this is a working example or a role model on how to do it here, too. And yes, you pointed out the mos
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by martin_a 2y ago
As a European this is just so terrifying and fascinating to watch at the same time. I really wonder (and hope for the best) what comes out of all this. With Trump and Musk and this agency that isn't one and all the presidential orders.
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by martin_a 2y ago
> It's amazing [...] "Shocking" is the word you're looking for. Keeping the lights on would be easier if we wouldn't have an internet resting on a few shoulders.
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by martin_a 2y ago
Gut feeling (kind of). There are rulings that access providers are/were allowed to save full IP addresses for up to 7 days to handle misuse of services etc. and any longer storage seems unnecessary and unlawful. In other cases there we

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