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by ninth_ant 2y ago
It's extremely relevant, as the group of people who are most likely to hear about an alternative browser in the first place are going to be disproportionately favourable and interested in open source specifically. So by not attracting
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by ninth_ant 2y ago
Musk and Zuckerberg have both allowed vile content to thrive and spread on their platforms under the guise of allowing free speech. Banning people from sharing links to public tracking data demonstrates that their commitment to speech is ex
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by ninth_ant 2y ago
Agreed. Plenty of similar companies are making the same type of mandate despite having no tax incentives. Quite clearly, execs at these companies believe they get stronger productivity from people working at the office, and this would outwe
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by ninth_ant 2y ago
If a private company leaves operational vehicles in the middle of streets and requires city services to move them to unblock public roads... sure, let's charge them. Is that something that is happening? Is that more likely to start hap
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by ninth_ant 2y ago
If YouTube actually rots your brain then it would be stupid to watch it yourself. So the kid would be making a solid point. However the actual issue for me is that YouTube tries to keep you endlessly captivated with content regardless of q
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by ninth_ant 2y ago
For what it's worth, I'd advise against doing that as a parent. Giving concrete reasons for decisions helps kids understand that the rules imposed are not arbitrary, and helps frame the parent-child relationship as less antagonist
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by ninth_ant 2y ago
The reason PE is often viewed as terrible is that it seems to be strongly correlated with short-term-optimized business practices which end up being destructive to most stakeholders. The general playbook: Borrow a bunch of money and use it
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by ninth_ant 2y ago
Both the video and the linked blog are by the same person, so for what it's worth it's not some low-effort business insider blogspam.
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by ninth_ant 2y ago
The cost of this is negligible if it exists at all. Charging for access to the already-existing seat selection feature when booking is a classic tactic of price discrimination to squeeze more money from people who can afford it. So this cou
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by ninth_ant 2y ago
No, not “moreso than in other companies” — maximizing profits is something that effectively all companies do. The difference is that smaller companies can get away with anticompetitive behaviour but there are regulations for market leaders.
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by ninth_ant 2y ago
Yes, specifically those things. edit: Maybe not the selling, it's probably not a big factor for most people.
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by ninth_ant 2y ago
Probably some are, but the addictive aspect is more in the collecting of rare tokens with specific aspect. It requires a staggering amount of grinding to get these prized tokens, which forces players to spend an inordinate amount of time an
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by ninth_ant 2y ago
It's very nakedly a skinner box game. The participants are not gamers, they are addicts and victims.
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by ninth_ant 2y ago
The Apple Watch is a useful device. It integrates seamlessly with my phone, has various fitness tracking features including water activities, delivers important notifications without making noise, and gives me access to use voice commands
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by ninth_ant 3y ago
The argument I'm addressing here is that "kids" can't be blamed for poking around a computer system that is poorly secured, and comparing that to a locked door. My counterargument is that a poorly secured system is exact
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by ninth_ant 3y ago
The quote directly says “breaking in” which is at odds with your usage of “unlocked” Poor security in some computer systems doesn’t equal unlocked - in the physical world many locks can be quickly unlocked by someone with only moderate trai
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by ninth_ant 3y ago
This is Vancouver -- NIMBYs got super upset and managed to successfully downsize a tower despite it being located off a major transit hub (Commercial & Broadway station) and was not historic anything (just a grocery store and associated
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by ninth_ant 3y ago
I find it entirely baffling that the top shows on Netflix are lighthearted shows (usually comedies) that go on for many seasons. Friends, Seinfeld, suits, office, Gilmore girls, supernatural But… Netflix doesn’t make these kinds of shows.
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by ninth_ant 3y ago
Hey Siri, set an alarm for 5pm and call it “take out trash” Got it. Your alarm for 5pm “collet take out trash” is set.
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by ninth_ant 3y ago
At the extreme side of this, the grifters who target people who already fell for time-share scams prove this.
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by ninth_ant 3y ago
The fact that shelters have "drama" and "rules" is not a compelling reason for someone to make a home in an area that is intended for public use, and render it unusable and unsafe for others. Is this really a hard proble
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by ninth_ant 3y ago
Deliberate inaction -- not paying attention to "politics" -- is a political stand in itself by declaring you accept the status quo.
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by ninth_ant 3y ago
How AI will ultimately affect humanity is uncertain, so the stewardship of an extremely influential company in that field will be of general interest. The specific reason for the board shenanigans seems to be related to this tension on how
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by ninth_ant 3y ago
He was CEO of Y combinator, of which this forum is sponsored and maintained by. He’s the CEO of OpenAI, which is responsible for the most-discussed advancement in technology for the past year. So it’s not that unusual for this to be discus
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by ninth_ant 3y ago
I don’t believe that is entirely accurate, but even if it was — the bedrock port has been extremely successful for Microsoft.
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by ninth_ant 3y ago
What you describe does not match my personal experience providing technical support, both professionally and socially. At all.
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by ninth_ant 3y ago
Do you have data to support Threads being a flop?
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by ninth_ant 3y ago
No, pathfinder isn’t covered by this since the CC license was specifically only for 5e SRD content. And wizards never retracted the claim that they could revoke the OGL. So pathfinder 1e in particular is directly in their crosshairs.
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by ninth_ant 3y ago
By what measure did WotC or D&D get destroyed? The vast, vast majority of public figures in that space seem to have moved on from any opposition, including those who were most vocal about the OGL. WotC completely got away with it. Peo
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by ninth_ant 3y ago
The housing market is highly interconnected, as people sell homes in expensive areas and thus drive up prices when they compete for homes in less expensive areas. This creates a ripple effect as those new markets show price gains, and owne

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