pickledoyster

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by pickledoyster 1y ago
> tell your users "We only support Firefox and Chrome on iOS, and not Safari, because we do not own apple hardware" I'd be pissed if someone did that for my browser engine of choice. Also, from what I understand, Apple sti
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by pickledoyster 1y ago
On top of that, iOS continues to push Safari on users by disregarding their default browser settings. Steps to reproduce: 0. Select a different default browser, delete the Safari app (just for good measure, even though it's not really
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by pickledoyster 1y ago
apologies, the joke went over my head
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by pickledoyster 1y ago
>15% of our planet would now be owned by some hacker why? It's not like btc has anywhere near the trade volume for 15% of global money supply.
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by pickledoyster 1y ago
>The settlement doesn’t include Flo Health Inc., which operates the app, and Meta Platforms Inc., which faces similar privacy claims. Both companies are still scheduled to face a jury trial later this month before Judge James Donato. ht
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by pickledoyster 1y ago
It's also possible he hasn't changed much as a person and just stopped listening to his personal branding advisors.
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by pickledoyster 1y ago
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” ― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night
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by pickledoyster 1y ago
I find the author's outrage well placed. This is part of the broader discussion on commercial platforms limiting accessibility (including software compatibility) for short-term interests. Much like social media platforms shape media on
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by pickledoyster 1y ago
Or, alternatively, the difficult 50% are difficult because they're uninteresting, like trying to find an obscure workaround for an unfixed bug in excel, or re-authing for the n-th time today, or updating a Jira ticket, or getting the o
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by pickledoyster 1y ago
Yeah, if I were their reader, I'd most likely never read anything from them again, since nothing's stopping them from doing away with integrity altogether and just stitching together a bunch of scripts ('agents') into an
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by pickledoyster 1y ago
It seems like you're claiming that Pytorch + an open-weight LLM > everything on this wiki page, especially the anchored section https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_content_management_co...
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by pickledoyster 1y ago
Volvo owners I know would disagree vehemently
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by pickledoyster 1y ago
Those are some of the best customers to have in case your business is under threat and you might need a bailout (M&A) in the future.
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by pickledoyster 1y ago
>How can someone say this in the age of AI spam. The article is AI spam
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by pickledoyster 1y ago
We pay for utilities directly. Also, even it if it was funded from state budget(s), there are known and working controls to make publicly funded <> state controlled.
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by pickledoyster 1y ago
The only use case I've heard of is elderly care, where no movement might mean a person has fallen and needs help. An edge, strictly opt-in scenario that would be addressed more effectively (movement+HR+body temp) by relatively cheap we
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by pickledoyster 1y ago
> Or it's just as dumb as this was on some product managers "designed and implemented" line to get promoted? I'd suspect it's something banal, such as: $goal --> translate by default --> enough users click
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by pickledoyster 1y ago
I sincerely hope this is his best attempt at dignity, it's so quotable: Thiel: Man, these things are so hard to score, but I think environmentalism is pretty powerful. I don’t know if it’s absolutely powerful enough to create a one-wor
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by pickledoyster 1y ago
Or statements like these simply tell you more about the company and the true quality of work it's doing.
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by pickledoyster 1y ago
So many quotable parts in the post, a must read for anyone, not just those working on software. Internalizing the plight of someone with different needs and life circumstances (and this is not just about different abilities, such as sight)
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by pickledoyster 1y ago
the post is extremely poorly written, targeted towards seo spammers, with no tangible news or official announcements there's been talk in the seo spam industry re google indexing ig and, later, tiktok at least since 2021[0], and, at ti
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by pickledoyster 1y ago
available with /e/OS too https://shop.fairphone.com/the-fairphone-gen-6-e-operating-s... As I near the eol of my daily driver, I'm considering a Fairphone, but what it's missing is a folding card holder,
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by pickledoyster 1y ago
Other comments note how it creates fatigue within an hour of writing, which is also my experience. Whether that's a result of low quality ink holders, tips that force overgripping, weight or something else, I do not know. I have a pen
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by pickledoyster 1y ago
I believe the author conflates the Internet with the Web. I mean, it's not just websites and platforms, there are protocols beyond HTTP...
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by pickledoyster 1y ago
The report in the OP raises valid concerns about SDKs from third parties, including Google and Facebook. Your own site showcases the Reflect SDK which is, I quote: > The Reflect SDK is the iOS framework that powers the Reflect – Track An
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by pickledoyster 1y ago
> William Shakespeare is credited with the invention or introduction of over 1,700 words that are still used in English today https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/shakesped...
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by pickledoyster 1y ago
the single takeaway from this book ad of a post: the CEO of Stripe claims to have read 10 novels/yr. Which is either a boast of how much free time he has or how he skimmed through some major novels. Third option: a lie.
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by pickledoyster 1y ago
The underlying commercialization of the Web is too lucrative to be gone in 5 years, it's just a question of what watering holes the non-dead congregate at, and how the predators target them. At this point, I'd expect a further mov
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by pickledoyster 1y ago
>Now we're seeing the actual pricing emerge And I cannot image they generate anywhere near as much value outside of narrow market segments like replacing American junior devs and sycophant yes-men for the C-suite. I seriously cannot
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by pickledoyster 1y ago
Some great initiatives being funded, especially: >PeerTube for Institutions — Make PeerTube easier to manage and moderate at scale I'd LOVE to see more institutions and NGOs move to PeerTube. The only gripe I see is funding for Wikt

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