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by nativeit 1mo ago
I think the free speech is equally elusive in this context.
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by nativeit 1mo ago
I wonder what (if anything) this means in relation to this other recent headline: "The world's busiest spaceport is about to get a lot quieter, at least for now" https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08
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by nativeit 1mo ago
I've been anxious about this prospect. Having seen the rightward ideological lurch all over the world caused by immigration in the last 15-years, the relatively extreme mass migration that's likely as the planet gets warmer promis
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Musk's SpaceX to build $100B launch facility in Louisiana(bbc.com)
9 points by nativeit 1mo ago|9 comments
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by nativeit 1mo ago
I’m more inclined to agree with you, but the replies to this did strike me as darkly funny. These exceptions for the chosen in-group are some of the hallmarks of fascism, and this administration has leveraged several other popular tropes as
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by nativeit 1mo ago
They didn’t sound like Claude; Claude sounds like them.
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by nativeit 1mo ago
I’m usually very tolerant of others’ varying capacities, but 100% this. High-school level reading and comprehension shouldn’t be a hard ask for professionals.
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by nativeit 1mo ago
I specialize in replacing all company I.T. with a subscription to “Reader’s Digest”. The cost savings are phenomenal but we currently don’t have enough data on how it affects productivity, that should come in Q429. In the meantime, we can
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by nativeit 1mo ago
Good lord, just write the thing.
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by nativeit 1mo ago
In my home city (Charlotte, NC), navigational aids have become so ubiquitous and relied upon (even among locals) that it’s made traffic patterns extremely predictable. During rush hour I find Google Map’s suggested routes function as marker
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by nativeit 1mo ago
This sentiment has been all over recently, or so it seems; Which makes me question whether I am reading propaganda, a genuine memetic idea, or a bit of both?
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by nativeit 1mo ago
You’re not trying hard enough.
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by nativeit 1mo ago
Yeah, because warrants have never been rubber stamped without proper oversight before. If we make these things normalized and routine, they will be abused. Don’t give them an inch.
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by nativeit 2mo ago
> Wikipedia has become the infrastructure of its own demise: dwindling traffic means attention and donations no longer reliably flow back to the encyclopedia to keep it alive. It’s too bad this will drown out the feedback from folks like
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by nativeit 2mo ago
Can’t wait for the “My Robotaxi went rogue, wrapped a chain around an ATM, and pulled it out of the bank’s wall all by itself and buried the cash out in the desert with no human interaction!”
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by nativeit 2mo ago
What are all these presently dominant cultures that are so fragile that the mere presence of others represents an existential threat? Sounds like an excuse for xenophobia more than a sincere concern.
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by nativeit 2mo ago
> …one of them at the other, The origin of life is as romantic as I’d hoped.
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by nativeit 2mo ago
I don’t need to edit my original comment, it doesn’t contain any mistakes. All six of the links across three comments are each distinct, separate posts going to either the same article, or others with identical headlines.
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by nativeit 2mo ago
Cheaper? For whom? As a solo practitioner, I can no longer afford the workloads I was getting for $20/mo in January. Now the same plan being utilized at the same level for the same work hits its limits within a few hours, and runs out
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by nativeit 2mo ago
Also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49136070 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49096837 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46890333 https://news.ycombinator.com/
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by nativeit 2mo ago
Also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49136070
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by nativeit 2mo ago
Previous: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49162791
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by nativeit 2mo ago
I’ve been instantly suspicious of all the reports of counties “allowing their Flock contracts to expire”, which doesn’t imply either “removing ALPR cameras” or ceasing potential 4th Amendment violations, more broadly. I don’t think any one
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by nativeit 2mo ago
At least for the more prominent terminal emulators i expect they probably devote a great deal of attention to security. They are developing the most commonly used interfaces for linking the most numerous, varied, and/or critical syst
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by nativeit 2mo ago
I knew Apple was lost when they dropped the “Home” button, just after spending a $1B to build a Palo Alto headquarters in the shape of the “Home” button.
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by nativeit 2mo ago
I always wince when I think about the amount of energy and assets required just to get to “Step 1: Baby talks”. Now we’re sitting at “Step 2: ??”, desperately hoping to reach “Step 3: Profit!”
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The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (2012)(archive.org)
3 points by nativeit 2mo ago|0 comments
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by nativeit 2mo ago
I make a very small (relatively) salary as a self-employed IT consultant and support provider, but I still take ~$25 each month to split between the organizations and charities I find worthwhile. For a long time, that’s included a $3/m
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by nativeit 2mo ago
Some of the largest unions in the world are for teachers, police, and government employees. I’m not sure why you would think a for-profit company is uniquely subject to its staff unionizing?
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by nativeit 2mo ago
I’m in something of the same boat, although I don’t particularly care about my own stars and what not, for me it’s just a rather effective place to find open source projects to use/contribute towards (along with hosting for my own proj

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