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by throwaway3699 5y ago
Hardware developers are too embarrassed to release the source for their drivers I assume. And probably worried about leaking trade secrets also. A shame, because the open source community would probably fix them up happily. But this goes be
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by throwaway3699 5y ago
Steam is the most user friendly DRM I've ever seen. Sure, it's still a vice, but Valve have kept their promises so far. I'm also looking at shipping a game on Steam soon and DRM is optional, so I'll be avoiding that alto
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by throwaway3699 5y ago
What's the point? Linux is already open under GPL 2.
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by throwaway3699 5y ago
Would the implication be that we are stagnating as a species then?
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by throwaway3699 5y ago
Most people's threat models do not assume Amazon or Google are threats. Especially when you sign very large contracts with them, the law is enough to keep them in check.
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by throwaway3699 5y ago
80 years is not the issue. It's the stuff that will be around forever, and in the oceans, that's trouble.
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by throwaway3699 5y ago
I will admit I'm not a fan of surveillance based insurance, either. Just pointing out the alternative is individualising the cost via insurance or making all society pay for a few people.
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by throwaway3699 5y ago
There's also a large cohort of people that aren't against targeted ads, but are against large companies like Google and Facebook. The problem is removing 3rd-party targeted ads would not hurt the giants, but embolden them, as 1st-
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by throwaway3699 5y ago
FWIW socialised healthcare (the better alternative) hasn't solved that particular problem. Punitive taxes on alcohol and smoking are very common because they're trying to reduce costs. Insurance is the same thing but on an individ
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by throwaway3699 5y ago
Doesn't fit the risk profile. 0days are used with surgical precision, not simply to dunk on hundreds of random businesses.
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by throwaway3699 5y ago
Nah, that's the British method. Just add milk :)
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by throwaway3699 5y ago
I respect the candid comments from the Brave Dev. I wish all "PR departments" acted like this to be honest.
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by throwaway3699 5y ago
And it's still barely enough to sustain a studio without Facebook's cash injections. The consumer base is growing but it's still not big enough to be sustainable.
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by throwaway3699 5y ago
Same with Fax machines: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34667380
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by throwaway3699 5y ago
It's also not Google who controls re-targeting lists. At least on Facebook, retailers can easily tell this ad not to be shown to you after you paid.
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by throwaway3699 5y ago
More likely FLoC will place you in a cohort also full of other AdNauseam users.
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by throwaway3699 5y ago
> By this point I would (maybe) pay a monthly subscription for a really good websearch like google circa 2005-2010 UI changes and new features aside, the web is just so much more adversarial nowadays. It's no wonder so much rubbish
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by throwaway3699 5y ago
Nah, this is an issue everywhere. Where I live there are few technology companies.
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by throwaway3699 5y ago
I wouldn't seek "ridiculous levels of pay" if I could maintain a decent quality of life. Fact is, my rent at a one bedroom flat is more expensive than my parents mortgage for a full house. Of course people are looking for way
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by throwaway3699 5y ago
Perhaps. But this kind of psychographic profiling is used in labs to craft better adverts. Video games are another example. The Left 4 Dead director was trained on player emotions and designed to improve the game, which was a huge success.
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by throwaway3699 5y ago
I mean, I also refuse to install TikTok and Valorant for the same reasons. Don't paint us with the same brush. At least Android and iOS have a decent sandbox. Aka they can't just index my files.
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by throwaway3699 5y ago
This was something I attempted, but couldn't get it to work. At some point we just have to refuse.
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by throwaway3699 5y ago
Unless you're going to become a doctor or civil engineer, those qualifications are pointless.
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by throwaway3699 5y ago
Except this software tends to do so much worse, like scanning hard drives and monitoring processes and network traffic. Source: Forced to install one, refused, and getting given a spare laptop instead.
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by throwaway3699 5y ago
I can tell you it's been a total nightmare when family members have been phished and hacked. It's happened to grandparents on both sides of the family. One of them has learned and is still getting better, but the other has been tr
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by throwaway3699 5y ago
It forces publishers into closed gardens. I am willing to bet Apple's work here will have the same effect that advertising did on RSS, which is that newsletters will turn into truncated notifications designed to bring you to a website
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by throwaway3699 5y ago
How is computing not a market?? Computing covers many of the things people do in a modern society, including: - Communication - Banking - Investing & trading - Finding information - Applying to jobs In what world is that not a critical
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by throwaway3699 5y ago
We're not ready for that. For example, how can clean energy replace plastic? Billions would die as the sibling comment points out.
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by throwaway3699 5y ago
Eventually that will correct though, stocks and real estate prices can't continue doubling if it's not backed by real fundamentals. Especially with remote work, nobody is going to buy a 1 bedroom city flat for 300k when you can ge
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by throwaway3699 5y ago
Most people are not technology professionals and enthusiasts like this forum is. Should normal people be forced to put their life savings on the line because they didn't understand the difference between Manifest V2/V3?

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