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by mgbmtl 3y ago
Sadly, Stripe bans the former, not the latter. And that seems to be their moral guidelines: Nazi content drives engagement.
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by mgbmtl 3y ago
I can do plenty of that while working ;-)
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by mgbmtl 3y ago
There was a time not long ago when subways had those free newspapers ("Metro" etc), and people would read them (and they would clutter the place). What's wrong with people being on their phone though? I barely use my phone, b
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Can Anyone Stop Paris from Drowning?(thedial.world)
3 points by mgbmtl 3y ago|0 comments
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by mgbmtl 3y ago
At least that advert was less cynical than Hilton's huge billboard in Sofia with the slogan "Forget where you are" (in English, of course). (circa 2002-2005)
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by mgbmtl 3y ago
The article is paywalled and cites a paper published on an Elsevier platform. Is this anything other than wild speculation? Seems like the kind of content that goes viral because it validates our gut instinct. Not that I disagree with the m
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by mgbmtl 3y ago
I did that as well, but it also means that the binaries can be modified by an exploit (running as a regular user). It's not a huge difference with the deb, but still, it's a small additional layer of security.
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by mgbmtl 3y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America 24,709,000 km^2
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by mgbmtl 3y ago
To be fair, for such a huge change to how we use Linux on the desktop, worst things could have happened.
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by mgbmtl 3y ago
A friend always has headphones, often not listening to anything, because she would get constantly harassed or hit on otherwise. She doesn't stand out, ordinary looking, but she suspects that's why. But yeah, I interpret headphones
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by mgbmtl 3y ago
A long time ago, I remember a MySQL talk where they explained dual-license as "if you make money, then we make money", while keeping the product FOSS. I think it's a reasonable simplification. And if the company changes the l
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by mgbmtl 3y ago
If you want a depressing graph, check Canada's oil production: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_industry_in_Canada#/... (the US has a similar curb, although I'm not an expert, just a slightly dep
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by mgbmtl 3y ago
If you can tolerate the crazy politics and French, I grew up and live in Montreal central-ish neighborhoods, and have a very independent teen in high school who takes public transport or bikes to go just about everywhere in the city. It&#x2
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by mgbmtl 3y ago
Probably an accurate stat of today, but misses the point and context. I said "I think" that education helped people from Quebec to negotiate a better situation, rather than doing so by arms (up to the 1970s with the FLQ). I do thi
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by mgbmtl 3y ago
In normal democracies, parties usually reach a balance that protects regional interests, and the interests of minorities in those regions. It's not easy, but when done in good faith, can be very effective at lowering support for violen
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by mgbmtl 3y ago
Cool, thanks for the hints. I'll dig more in that direction :)
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by mgbmtl 3y ago
Any suggestions for a small agency that handles sites with a lot of personal information? I work in a small shop and things are messy. Similar to having hundreds of WordPress sites, but we managed to standardize the main set of plugins we u
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by mgbmtl 3y ago
Sometimes when using Wayland on my laptop, I have to switch back to X11 just because Wayland has no way of controlling the contrast. (I tried searching a few times, no luck..)
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by mgbmtl 3y ago
Definitely in terms of "how is it possible that this building is not falling over". I remember first seeing 432 Park and immediately checking online to understand how it was physically possible to build. I'm still a bit skept
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by mgbmtl 3y ago
I think the problem is not so much the news article, but that it pops up front and centre when doing a trivial search. Also, considering the low levels of alphabetization, most people won't even bother reading the article, just the (of
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by mgbmtl 3y ago
I often stumble on clients who use Edge without knowing it, and then using Bing because they don't know how to change it, but I can imagine some might not be able to change any browser settings (although, imo, Google is pretty much as
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by mgbmtl 3y ago
Seems to be Vercel / Next.js (I'm not affiliated, only did an IP lookup because I was curious)
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by mgbmtl 3y ago
As I said, most would probably say the government does not do enough. My point was just that the comment could be seen as erring towards conspiracy theories, because it's quite common to hear "the government is against you".
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by mgbmtl 3y ago
I understand the feeling. It could definitely be said for browsers (from Netscape to IE, to Firefox and now what might feel like a giant kludge). It could be said for cars (more expensive to own, complicated to fix, only to be stuck in traf
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by mgbmtl 3y ago
I didn't flag/mod the comment, but I think it errs towards conspiracy theories. I'm not American, and I understand the American government does evil things sometimes, but it also does a lot of good things for its citizens. It
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by mgbmtl 3y ago
Same here, but sometimes I have to resist playing a second game :) I appreciate the simplicity of the game, but also the small details that make it fun. And that a typical game rarely lasts more than 20-30 minutes.
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ShadowDragon: Lets ICE Monitor Pregnancy Tracking and Fortnite Players(404media.co)
3 points by mgbmtl 3y ago|0 comments
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by mgbmtl 3y ago
Smaller countries (by economy or by population) tend to have protectionist rules, otherwise they simply get absorbed by their (bigger) neighbouring countries. Historically, those protections weren't that much of an issue, but as bigger
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by mgbmtl 3y ago
Depends on the implementation? For many services, I register my Yubikey, but also the Android fingerprint authentication (as well as TOTP as another fallback). So for example, if I login to Gitlab on my phone, I can use my fingerprint (lock
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The great cancellation: why megabucks TV shows are vanishing without a trace(theguardian.com)
16 points by mgbmtl 3y ago|12 comments

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