screamingninja

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by screamingninja 3y ago
> Surely they'd at least notice a decrease in installations of the new "too big to download" version? You are referring to a hypothetical scenario where A/B testing took place.
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by screamingninja 3y ago
Do you watch those movies / series more than once? I have always thought of Blu-ray disks like books. You consume it and then lend it to a friend. I get that this is not what the media companies would want, but purchasing media/bo
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by screamingninja 3y ago
Does not work for me in Firefox: `Uncaught TypeError: c[b[k]] is undefined`. Opens normally in the other major browser.
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by screamingninja 3y ago
You make some terrible straw man arguments.
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by screamingninja 3y ago
Thoughts about Les Pas? https://github.com/scubajeff/lespas - comes with built-in two-way sync with Nextcloud server (no affiliation, just a curious Nextcloud user)
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by screamingninja 3y ago
You're correct, it is a brand. The point stands though. Comparing "Apple" to "Android" does not work. Perhaps a comparison between iOS App Store and Google Play Store would be more apt, but that is another discussio
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by screamingninja 3y ago
I cannot say that it will, though in theory the businesses that want to compete would want to pass the savings to the consumers while staying profitable. But I can say with certainty that increasing the commission will increase the prices.
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by screamingninja 3y ago
> I don't care if the developer pays I think you, as the consumer, are the one who pays.
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by screamingninja 3y ago
How does it favor the users? > https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/22/vin-locking/ > https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/30/go-nuts-meine-kerle/
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by screamingninja 3y ago
On the contrary, secure computational infrastructure furthers national security. US happens to have a very large footprint of vulnerable infrastructure as compared to other nations that tightly regulate their Internet. Believe it or not, mo
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by screamingninja 3y ago
Market adoption is more than a function of ecosystem openness. Blackberry commanded a large chunk of the market back in the day, maybe or maybe not because of the value they generated for consumers, but definitely because of the network eff
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by screamingninja 3y ago
You use the term Android like it is a corporation or a brand. Are you comparing iOS to Android OS or Apple to Samsung, Google etc.? I agree that Apple commands a relatively small share of the US mobile ecosystem, but where do the competitor
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by screamingninja 3y ago
> Why? Cannot answer for parent post, but can share personal perspective. I love Atom / RSS because it allows me to aggregate all the information that I care about in one place. It greatly improves the signal to noise ratio and spar
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by screamingninja 3y ago
Related: https://xkcd.com/917/
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by screamingninja 3y ago
I commute a lot.
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by screamingninja 3y ago
Your point stands in case of any browser, but I am still curious: Why use Chrome at all?
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by screamingninja 3y ago
How will I know when this extension changes owners?
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by screamingninja 3y ago
Something like Steam Deck? https://www.steamdeck.com/
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by screamingninja 3y ago
Here are some articles that specifically discuss what is wrong with Apple's approach in allowing alternative app stores. https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/06/spoil-the-bunch/ https://proton
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by screamingninja 3y ago
Agreed; this will further devalue these standardized tests when the results cannot be fully trusted and stop correlating with academic success.
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by screamingninja 3y ago
>> consider upgrading to Mullvad > all of these third party VPN and DNS type services are literally NSA honeypots https://mullvad.net/en/help/privacy-policy It is up to you to decide what you believe, but
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by screamingninja 3y ago
I setup Pi Hole with tailscale on an inexpensive cloud server. It is configured to serve DNS requests over the tailscale interface. Also added tailscale IP address of the Pi Hole to tailscale DNS override to ensure that all devices on the t
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by screamingninja 3y ago
Reference: https://xkcd.com/538/
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by screamingninja 3y ago
That's the punishment for ad-blocking and/or tracking mitigations.
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by screamingninja 3y ago
> analysis showed it had marginal effect What analysis? Care to share some of your insights?
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by screamingninja 3y ago
I tried renting one in Hawaii last month. Figured it would be a great idea on an island where I could drive all day and easily charge overnight. Wrong. - Our hotel (and many others) did not offer EV charging. In most places, there was no as
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by screamingninja 3y ago
> then a few years later realize the consequences of that design decision Making it extra difficult to replace batteries in older phones is a very deliberate design decision. https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/22&#
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by screamingninja 3y ago
> fish 3.7.0 and any future releases in the 3.7 series remain C++ programs. How would forking this project help? They have not ceased development on C++ side.
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by screamingninja 3y ago
Care to elaborate for someone lacking context?
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by screamingninja 3y ago
Does a forwarded text retain the envelope?

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