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   by protimewaster 2y ago

   Is this more "deGoogled" than something like GrapheneOS? GrapheneOS gives the option install a sandboxed Google Play (and the associated services), but it's completely deGoogled by default AFAIK.
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   by protimewaster 2y ago

   It's a well established term, though. It's been used in academic works for a long time (since at least 1970), and it's basically another term for the notion of "transparency" as it relates to data compression.
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   by protimewaster 2y ago

   But this marketing term has been regularly used in academic papers for nearly 50 years (or probably more), so it seems like it should get a pass IMO. It's also used in the first paragraph of the Wikipedia article on the term "tran
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   by protimewaster 2y ago

   It seems strange to associate abortion as something only the left cares about. It's been a very big talking point for the right for a long time.
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   by protimewaster 2y ago

   They also have received various other grants, including ~$17 million for chargers.
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   by protimewaster 2y ago

   I believe most of the offices she called actually required referrals for all initial appointments (regardless of insurance), so I don't think that's a factor here.
7. 307.▲
   by protimewaster 2y ago

   I think it's likely simply gotten worse since those studies. A friend of mine needed a specialist. She called multiple offices across two different states, and the soonest appointment available was about 4 months out. Four or five year
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   by protimewaster 2y ago

   I'm still not seeing it the issue, though. A significant portion of the world's population lives within a short distance of a library. Even if each individual library branch serves a relatively small chunk of the population, the c
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   by protimewaster 2y ago

   I don't see why that's an issue, either. A library can already buy multiple copies of books/ games and loan them out. It's not streaming, sure, but somebody with a little patience can avoid buying a copy by just going to
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    by protimewaster 2y ago

    Why is this worse than a company renting out physical copies, though? This is the way games rentals work for physical copies. The renter buys one copy and rents it out numerous times. (It's also the way libraries work for books, of cou
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    by protimewaster 2y ago

    I don't feel like this would be a major issue in practice. People can already pirate, sneak into the theater, etc., if they want to game the system. Most people aren't interested in routinely selling and buying their media, so I w
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    by protimewaster 2y ago

    > Yes, Chrome was absolutely superior to Firefox in every way at the beginning. I can't speak to the technical capabilities early on, but I will say that I distinctly remember many of the computing people I knew explicitly not prefe
13. 313.▲
    by protimewaster 2y ago

    I was thinking more just use a third party service like GOG. But, yeah, I guess you could write your own.
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    by protimewaster 2y ago

    I'm not sure why people would actively want their game to require either EGS or Steam, though, even if it's convenient. EGS has business practices that drive a lot of people crazy, and Steam has an awful security track record and
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    by protimewaster 2y ago

    It's strange to me, because there's literally more competition in the space, but people are unhappy about it. PC games used to regularly be Steam exclusive for years on end, and now games are often available on multiple stores wit
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    by protimewaster 2y ago

    That sounds more akin to a standard exclusivity agreement and seems much different (at least to me) from what Google got in trouble for.
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    by protimewaster 2y ago

    Looks like it's from his "Ask Justin Frankel" website: https://www.askjf.com/index.php?q=7357s
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    by protimewaster 2y ago

    I don't think it's necessarily the case that interests are aligned just because users are the direct source of revenue. Many services that rely on users as a direct source of revenue still have interest alignment issues for variou
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    by protimewaster 2y ago

    I agree that it shouldn't happen, and it feels like it should be unconstitutional. I'm wondering if it actually is unconstitutional, though. If they got a warrant to seize the vehicle, for example, it seems like it's probably
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    by protimewaster 2y ago

    This has not been my experience. I have used various generations of Pi for various 24/7 tasks over the years, and I've not found them to be particularly crash-prone.