qzx_pierri

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by qzx_pierri 2mo ago
All of the downsides you listed started with Jack Dorsey, and were significantly improved once Musk took over. X/Twitter still has its issues, though. I’d tell you to check out the “Twitter Files”, but it seems Wikipedia has been compl
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by qzx_pierri 2mo ago
Quite a bit, actually https://doge.gov/savings
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by qzx_pierri 2mo ago
Step 1: Convince the public (voters) that Data Centers are the evil boogeyman Step 2: Pass laws that will make owning/operating a data center so expensive (regulatory capture…) that only the big players can remain (companies like Amazo
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by qzx_pierri 3mo ago
I still use them too. Don’t listen to these nerds. Self censoring is awful.
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by qzx_pierri 3mo ago
You’re not allowed to ask that question.
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by qzx_pierri 3mo ago
Yes, because that never happens in America. Only Russia does that. No one else.
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by qzx_pierri 4mo ago
Stop giving Microsoft free passes. The fact that you even need a workaround is the issue.
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by qzx_pierri 7mo ago
The trick with Amazon is only ordering items if they are eligible for Prime delivery. Amazon seems to put those items under a lot more scrutiny, and I’ve never had a problem when ordering this way. Yes, I know - anecdotal.
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by qzx_pierri 7mo ago
>Then, if the content is for adults and you're not one, your parents can configure your device not to display it. That would require people to be a responsible adult and actively parent their kids. It's ironic, because people i
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Ask HN: What are some active IRC servers/channels in 2026?
3 points by qzx_pierri 8mo ago|0 comments
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by qzx_pierri 1y ago
It seems that people who express such strong, polarizing opinions often do so because they enjoy engaging in debate. If their goal were simply to communicate their perspective without confrontation, they could present their views in a more
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by qzx_pierri 1y ago
> what'll they do ? Switch to someone who won't ? And who would that be ? FOSS
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by qzx_pierri 1y ago
This is a parenting issue. The internet doesn’t need training wheels. No offense to those children, but their parents are complete failures.
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by qzx_pierri 1y ago
Yes, I agree with you. But the average person would no longer use a VPN if VPNs were outlawed. The people who are clever enough to evade detection like you and I are a tiny percentage of the population, and we don't really matter. Peop
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by qzx_pierri 1y ago
This is my main frustration. Every teenager who wants to get porn will get porn regardless. VPN companies saw the writing on the wall years ago, and have been paying any YouTuber that will accept a sponsorship to shill for them. I think the
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by qzx_pierri 1y ago
You nailed it. However, it is good to see more people waking up from the contrived nightmare that is social media.
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by qzx_pierri 2y ago
I have a T450 with a issue that I haven’t been able to figure out for years: When I shut the lid, the screen will shut off, and when I open the lid again, I can hear the fans spinning and I know the laptop is on, but the screen WILL NOT TUR
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by qzx_pierri 2y ago
I recommend this video by Computerphile - He talks about how NIST may have been pressured into enforcing compromised (backdoored?) cryptography methods as a standard - Dual_EC_DRBG to be exact. He also gives a super cool/intuitive brea
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by qzx_pierri 2y ago
I have a Garmin Forerunner 255 (which does everything you requested and much much more). I used to be a Fitbit guy, and the sleep tracking and data is 10x better than Fitbit, with no subscription. The battery life is about 20 days. The Fore
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by qzx_pierri 2y ago
>Yes, I am aware of SMS's vulnerabilities - but the weakest link is always the user Or the phone provider's call center employee who gets tricked into helping a bad actor perform a sim swap. I pray you're never in charge o
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by qzx_pierri 2y ago
It seems impossible to reach great success without someone trying to tear you down.
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by qzx_pierri 2y ago
same
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by qzx_pierri 2y ago
obligatory https://xkcd.com/927/
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by qzx_pierri 2y ago
Apple got very lucky in the sense that Google's own incompetence and lack of reliability makes people want to join the Apple 'ecosystem' for a stable, predictable experience. And I say that as a major Android fanboy for most
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by qzx_pierri 2y ago
>Mp3s were yesterday literally long time ago Since when? Some people keep local copies of their media. Censorship and arbitrary license disputes can have streaming content snatched away at any moment.
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by qzx_pierri 2y ago
The relentless "Russia bad!" parroting is very exhausting. Not saying it couldn't be true, but it just seems like such a low effort copout for anything that seems to be rooted in malevolence in 2024. Every single topic seems
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by qzx_pierri 2y ago
I'll make the logo
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by qzx_pierri 2y ago
Are you a manager?
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by qzx_pierri 2y ago
yeah Windows Sandbox is pretty great. I use it to test sketchy software when sailing the high seas. And the option to add shared readonly folders on the host OS is nice too.
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by qzx_pierri 2y ago
Politics are depressing :/ Has the tech industry always been so cutthroat, or is this a new trend? Maybe I just didn't hear about tech companies lobbying for power in the past?

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