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541.
by pluc 2y ago
This is just a play to pretend that WordPress.org is run by volunteers when in truth it's entirely run by Automattic. If it was actually ran by volunteers, he couldn't make any of it stop... because people volunteer their time wit
542.
by pluc 2y ago
If I know anything about America, they're gonna work at finding a remedy for blindness instead of getting on a treadmill. Just like they won't fix school shootings by implementing gun control but will talk for days about motives.
543.
by pluc 2y ago
Doesn't everyone know and acknowledge that in a capitalist system, there is more money to be made when products have a finite operational window? It's a lot more profitable to sell you a phone/fridge/car every few years
544.
by pluc 2y ago
Have you ever been on the phone with a bank? Any bank? Banks don't lose. If this goes mainstream, you can bet there will be limiting legislation lobbied by banks to reduce their liability in the first week.
545.
by pluc 2y ago
1. Don't fucking do it 2. See #1
546.
by pluc 2y ago
That's ok you have AI now
547.
by pluc 2y ago
The headline is missing a critical "for the first time": A Woman Appeared on the English Stage for the First Time on This Day in 1660, Transforming the World of Theater Forever
548.
by pluc 2y ago
+1 for fastmail, it has built-in backup mechanisms.
549.
by pluc 2y ago
I am currently doing this, AMA!
550.
by pluc 2y ago
It's a fee not a fine
551.
by pluc 2y ago
I am not. If AI delivers on its promises, an unprecedented dumbing down of humanity is to follow. If it doesn't, it was all a waste. Even if we win, we lose.
552.
by pluc 2y ago
https://archive.is/7Eoep
553.
by pluc 2y ago
Sounds about right. Let's throw more money, power and natural resources at it and see if the scale tips the other way! If not well nothing of value will have been lost right? What's shortening humanity's lifetime in compariso
554.
by pluc 2y ago
If you can't beat em join em
555.
by pluc 2y ago
I have entirely stopped driving at night because of this. When I do, I drive with my high beams on and sunglasses. If you're gonna be selfish so that you can see 200 meters in front of you, well so can I.
556.
by pluc 2y ago
Valve is the best thing that happened to Linux since Ubuntu.
557.
by pluc 2y ago
Proton is so bad. Full of bugs and edge cases. Use fastmail instead.
558.
by pluc 2y ago
The model does not work. Nobody wants to subscribe to read one article in a blue moon, so we "pirate" it using archival sites. Piracy gave us DRM and streaming, archival will give us something new eventually, when they realize it
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by pluc 2y ago
It was just a way for Microsoft's partners to limit the ease with which one can install alternative OSes. Try explaining to your mother how to disable SecureBoot to install Ubuntu. It used to be a single sentence - pop the CD in and fo
560.
by pluc 2y ago
Down for 10 hours... Not a good look. Nothing goes down for 10 hours unless incompetence is part of the sauce.
561.
by pluc 2y ago
Microsoft keeps creating the best tools for phishing.
562.
by pluc 2y ago
https://archive.is/ASEtv
563.
by pluc 2y ago
But at least Jerry can autocomplete his node script and ask it silly questions. What's the earth limited resources compared to that productivity boost.
564.
by pluc 2y ago
They just added extension support to packagist, so composer looks like a pretty healthy ecosystem that's officially supported. https://thephp.foundation/blog/2024/11/19/pie-pre-release/
565.
by pluc 2y ago
I would've gone for Node++ or Node#
566.
by pluc 2y ago
What does AI have to do with this? They thoroughly scanned the thing, where's the need for AI?
567.
by pluc 2y ago
There's a vast difference between having enough money to sustain yourself and dropping 100k-200k on a piece of paper.
568.
by pluc 2y ago
Because visas. You can't actually move anywhere (well, at least in most of Europe) without a job to sponsor you.
569.
by pluc 2y ago
If you have smart police officers who do smart police work this is a mild annoyance at best. Not trying to defend him, but SWAT is just as guilty as he is.
570.
by pluc 2y ago
It's only attempted murder because American SWAT is trigger happy, equipped literally like an army and shoots before asking questions or establishing context, that's hardly his fault.

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