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by mjmsmith 4y ago
If you're on iOS/macOS, the developer of Tweaks for Twitter [1] has been keeping up with recent downgrades to the web UI. The version released today will hide the For You tab and always show the Following tab (plus blocking ads &#
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This bill only exists because it didn’t go for the worst option on remote work.
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Isn't the point that the volatility makes it undesirable for any use other than speculation?
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I thought Dorsey was a doofus whose part-time management contributed to the utter stagnation of the product. And their API changes in 2012 were a shitty thing to do to developers, but perhaps less cowardly than the current changes. I don&#x
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And there it is, the inevitable "woke". Why is this hard to understand without bringing your politics into it? If you build an app that depends on an API, it really sucks if that API is taken away. But we all know it happens. Even
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I don't have any opinion on it. I was explaining why I think the author used the language he did. Even if I did have an opinion on it, I don't think it's an insight into my politics, any more than simping for Musk would be an
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The author is disappointed because API access has been removed. He's angry because it was apparently done without notice on the orders of billionaire bozo Space Karen.
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I think a country that aspires to be a shining city on a hill shouldn't lock people up in military detention camps for decades.
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Perhaps because they think the US government should practice what it preaches? It remains a mystery to me why so many people aspire to be no better than their enemies.
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Would you object to countries like Iran holding US citizens indefinitely?
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Sounds good, as long as we can apply the same logic to insurrectionists.
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How do you know they're some of the most dangerous criminals on the planet? Was there a trial?
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It's a good post, and this kind of site is why I'm glad RSS still exists. Look forward to seeing more in my feed reader.
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I use a cheap Bodum pour over, but if I was going to spend too much money on a coffee maker: https://ammunitiongroup.com/projects_pt/terra-kaffe/
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There haven't been radical changes like that since Swift 3. And it's much easier to write reliable code in Swift than Objective-C.
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If I post “Linux users won’t accept any criticism of Linux” and lots of Linux users downvote it for being hyperbolic nonsense, does this confirm the point?
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I don't think even the WSJ leadership would agree that that news side has a "center left" leaning. https://newsliteracy.wsj.com/news-opinion/
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Joan Kroc
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MacKenzie Scott.
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See also Donald Trump, 2016.
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TikTok isn't on the list of banned social media links.
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Fear of torment encourages people to go along with religious dogma. What does that have to do with defending the truth?
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Most concerning thing here is people like Taibbi and Greenwald turning into boomer cranks. I had higher hopes for the xers.
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Avoid companies where the CEO has multiple families and doesn't spend time with any of them.
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Reactionary is as reactionary does.
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You read one excerpt about one piece of code and you were able to infer what the other 25 chapters were about?
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Interesting. How long did you consider yourself a libertarian, and what year did you decide that you were a fascist?
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This is Ian Miles Cheong: https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/how-a-right...
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It's the same road that conflates support for essential reproductive rights with promoting "late-term elective abortions".
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The recent election results suggest that 85% of the population didn't entertain right-wing grifter conspiracy theories about the attack on Paul Pelosi. Does that make Elon Musk relatively "alt-right", or just relatively gulli

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