the_third_wave

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by the_third_wave 2y ago
> modern late stage capitalism ... selling banner ads to RedHat, and selling mugs and t-shirts If these are the supposed sins of modern late stage capitalism I say let's have more of it and less of the various types of socialism w
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
> Each card was a physical medium that contained a limited amount of data, typically a few hundred bytes Standard IBM punch cards were 80 columns by 12 rows so they could theoretically hold 960 bits. In practice they contained up to 80 c
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
It's been a while since I was at JFK but when I frequented it I always took the subway. Same for Heathrow, CDG, etc. I generally have much better experiences with general public transport than I do with any sort of taxi "service&q
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
HiPER Calc Pro looks like and works like a "physical" calculator, I've use it for years to get effect. I also have Wabbitemu but hardly ever use it, the former works fine for nearly everything.
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
It went from 'nearly dead, scrap the factories' to 'we need more manufacturing capacity to supply the increasing demand'. Not a bubble, i don't do vinyl but I know several people who do. The same will happen to &#x2
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
> One day, all these products will be gone, and people will only know MBA-ware. They won't know it can be any other way. Just like vinyl made a comeback 'real' software will come back as well, maybe running in an emulator
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
I suspect the NYC underground is already so crowded with pipes and cables and under-sidewalk storage areas and other things there won't be much space for such dumpsters there.
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
Because these "public service" organisations only represent a small fraction of the population which would not be neemt enough to feed the Beast. The same is true in Sweden where SVT and SR (television and radio, respectively) are
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
Nextcloud News, still using v24.0 - which is no longer supported but for which I made a patch to make it work in current Nextcloud versions - instead of the current v25.0 rewrite since the former is functionally superior over the latter for
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
Crude oil won't disappear off the market if and when people start driving around using other energy sources. The demand will go down a bit which will lead to fewer new exploration efforts but crude oil and natural gas will still be use
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
Well, yes, this is what makes HN and sites like it work for the target audience : they both passively - by endlessly discussing a group of topics which is of interest to a relatively narrow group of people - as well as actively - by vocife
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
The timer is gone from the video, the launch seems to be scrubbed?
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
That is nonsense, the climate has been changing all the time without the place burning down to the roots when it happened to be a bit warmer or not burning at all when it was cooler. These fires have nothing to do with 'climate change&
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
Same In Sweden where this has been a fixed point on television for decades. Christmas Eve - julafton in Swedish, when Christmas is celebrated here - means "Kalle Anka's jul" (Donald Duck's Christmas) on TV, 15.00, 1 hour
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
Another way of doing this is by using the 'Record TTS' facility of Librera Reader - a book reader for Android, available on F-Droid, no iOS version available as far as I know - which can use the TTS service on Android to narrate a
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
That depends on what you use as criterium to decide which platform is ahead. For me the best criterium is how much diversity of opinion - the only type of diversity which really matters - is allowed on the platform and how much real interac
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
With so many disgruntled "democrat" supporters moving from X to BS the question is what will keep BS from ending up like the same echo chamber Twitter was before it was forcibly opened up to the deplorables, garbage, irredeemable
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
You just came up with a good name for this type of interface: the Easter Egg Interface in which everything need to be discovered, a bit like walking through a forest with paths to the South, South-East and North and there is an old house
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
> What's 21st century capitalism's plan for people who aren't any good at Latin and Greek? The answer depends on who you ask. It you ask this to what you probably would call 'capitalists' the answer would be &quo
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
His exceptions aren't "wrong", they just differ from the proposed use case. I use a VPN connection just like that, to temporarily gain access to my private network when abroad. When connected all "regular" (port 53)
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
> paying kagi customer here! Keep it up, kagi! I still love and need you! What is it with the Kagi sycophancy on this site? Right now there's yet another discussion on the front page full of glowing Kagi adoration interspersed with
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
If so it will lead to the end of "TV" for those who care about such things. A monitor plus some computing device can do everything a "TV" can but does not contain such hidden spies unless it runs some commercial OS like
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
> "I don't want bluetooth and an app," Me neither > "I want rs485 and a specification” I want ethernet and a well-documented API. Put the thing in its own network segment which does not connect to the outside world
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
> If you use vim, you’re probably just like me. You spend way too much time customising your config files Well, no, I do not. I use vi because I know it will be there [1] when I need it no matter on what device I happen to find myself. F
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
These things were used at fairground attractions - bumper cars, merry go-arounds etc. - until at least the 1980's. They tended to come in the shape of a wooden barrel with a hinged lid which had a number of shark fin shaped metal plate
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
Ylva Johansson, a "former" Communist who joined the social democratic party when that turned out to be a more sure-fire way to gain power is decidedly not the Swedish government. It it people like her and the policies they imple
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
Ah yes, a licensed electrician advising 'amateurs' to hire hire licenced electricians. I live in Sweden where the guilds (they call themselves unions now) have too much say in the laws around electrical installations which means l
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
They should concentrate on developing the browser and get out of political activism entirely. Use the rather large amount of money they already have as an investment fund to finance a slimmed-down operation while also soliciting donations f
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
This is a bit of a chicken-and-egg situation; 1 - Nato was formed as a defence block against the "second Russian Empire" i.e. the Soviet Union and is still around to counter the budding "third Russian Empire". 2 - even s
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by the_third_wave 2y ago
This was already done in Sweden [1] and is something the Swedish defence forces have suggested for the coming nuclear expansion in the country. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85gesta_Nuclear_Plant

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