mattmaroon

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by mattmaroon 5mo ago
Most nonprofits don’t have a mission that would benefit from a transition or a trillion dollar product to sell. There would be no real way to profit they wanted to.
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by mattmaroon 5mo ago
They want both.
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by mattmaroon 5mo ago
Oman is not helping them, they are merely being granted tolls by Iran because the strait is shared. Iran has launched several attacks on Oman.
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by mattmaroon 5mo ago
Geography prevents most people from exerting the form of control Iran has. It would be much more difficult for, say, Canada to control it. The Iranian coastline is pretty favorable. Also, most governments are more susceptible to being bombe
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by mattmaroon 5mo ago
Crypto but not Bitcoin.
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by mattmaroon 5mo ago
Apple might not specify a time upfront but they do consistently support hardware for a good length of time. IPhones generally get OS updates for 5-6 years and security for at least a couple more. I’ve never used anything they made long enou
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by mattmaroon 5mo ago
We were specifically discussing privacy from government as that’s what the original post is about. The FCC making cell providers check IDs like a bank will have no privacy ramifications in any other regard. My provider knows who I am, gives
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by mattmaroon 5mo ago
Oh no, random people on the internet who don’t understand simple logic and can somehow take “we need a constitutional right to privacy” as not caring about privacy are judging me. Whatever shall I do? If you’re worrying about a light rain w
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by mattmaroon 5mo ago
The 4th amendment has been interpreted by the courts to not be a broad right to privacy, and the overturning of Roe specifically stated this. Even if you think it should be interpreted as a broad right to privacy, it is clearly capable of b
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by mattmaroon 5mo ago
So basically, ReCaptcha should be spun off into a not-for-profit.
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by mattmaroon 5mo ago
Yeah I strongly suspect this will allow them to use it in court considerably more frequently. But still, I know they know who I am. Anyone with a cell phone in their pocket has no privacy. It’s the best tracking device ever. Anyone who thin
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by mattmaroon 5mo ago
Does anyone imagine the government doesn’t already know who owns every phone number? Also, couldn’t this system be optional, numbers that are ID-verified are somehow flagged so (assuming I choose) when one calls my phone knows to let it thr
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by mattmaroon 5mo ago
Oh! I thought it was Jim Obama, the owner of Obama Chevrolet of Sheboygan!
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by mattmaroon 5mo ago
Oh sure but I meant in their case they might be their own biggest customer. Companies shuffle money from one pocket to another often for tax/financial reasons.
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by mattmaroon 5mo ago
Yeah I don’t blame them. They didn’t create the meme but once it happened, any responsible leader would start doing secondary offerings to raise money. I sure would. If morons want to keep investing in the stock of a company that has no oth
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by mattmaroon 5mo ago
Unfortunately that support doesn’t seem to extend to making the process take less than decades and cost less than gazillions due to overregulation so there’s no incentive to build.
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by mattmaroon 5mo ago
I think they make most of their money off searches with intent (“vehicle detailing near me”) and things for which they still send you somewhere. The kind of searches that an LLM can just answer probably largely just sent you to Wikipedia or
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by mattmaroon 5mo ago
Or deals with their own/third party LLMs?
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by mattmaroon 5mo ago
When I went through YC in 2007 a founder whose name you know drunkenly told me at a party that Google Docs and Macbooks would have Microsoft out of business by 2012. Someone here told me in 2018 I was nuts to buy a gas-powered car because i
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by mattmaroon 5mo ago
It does seem like the petrodollar is coming to an end. Even if we wanted to keep killing/abducting the leader of every tiny oil nation shortly after the decide to sell oil in another currency (like we did to Iraq, Libya, and Venezuela)
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by mattmaroon 6mo ago
Can’t be sure it isn’t others. This a very large app, so it may just be the one that gets noticed the most.
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by mattmaroon 6mo ago
Meh. These sorts of restrictions are a problem with cell phones because you have two choices. For this application, you can just get a raspberry pi for about the same price. And they’re not even taking it away from ones that I already had i
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by mattmaroon 6mo ago
You’d think Republicans would become pro-trans-men at least then.
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by mattmaroon 6mo ago
None of those are examples of violating a court order, in fact the first is an example of following one. The second happened when he was out of office. The third is ongoing. I definitely did not say he doesn’t get ruled against by the court
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by mattmaroon 6mo ago
“All” might be a stretch but the idea that they just do what they want regardless of what the courts say is just incorrect propaganda. And continuing to find creative ways to defy court orders is something every administration does. And my
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by mattmaroon 6mo ago
The US, or any nation state?
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by mattmaroon 6mo ago
While true, most people don’t (and won’t ever) know how to use it. But enough will to keep Wikipedia updated I suppose.
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by mattmaroon 6mo ago
I’m not sure, but they do sell some pre-hydrated gums and usually call them “perfected”. They are largely buying in commercial quantities and re-packaging for restaurant-scale use with their gums because a lot of the bigger ingredient compa
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by mattmaroon 6mo ago
Depends what I’m bottling and if it needs to be shelf stable. There’s actually just as much work in the packaging of a beverage as the product sometimes.
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by mattmaroon 6mo ago
Yeah, that would be my guess. Crystal Pepsi tastes noticeably different than regular, and caramel color is used in such small qtys that it is considered borderline flavorless. If you look at popular grapefruit sodas Fresca is clear, but Sq

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