tompt

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by tompt 3y ago
This is a talk turned into a web page done right. It seems like it should be a simple thing to do, but often the results are confusing and hard to read. Not here, well done!
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by tompt 3y ago
I recently noticed that Youtube has been adding videos to my watch history that I didn't watch. Not just random videos, but ones the algorithm keeps pushing that I'm not interested in. I know I didn't watch them, but there th
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by tompt 3y ago
Are you saying replace the volunteer moderators with Reddit staffers? Or empower a large group of new, untested, volunteer moderators? Neither sounds like it would help achieve their profit goals.
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by tompt 3y ago
Do you then fix the typo with no attribution to the original reporter? Or do you just choose not to fix a known error because you question the motives of the reporter?
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by tompt 4y ago
This seems like the right answer. Either pay for the service or use something else. There's no sense in paying for one account, then secretly using it as two accounts.
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by tompt 4y ago
I always assumed having to type the smile domain was more about making sure they didn't have to make both an affiliate payment and a smile payment on the same order. Seemed like an easy way to cut off affiliates while appearing to be g
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by tompt 4y ago
The results may look similar, but they call for very different responses. Firing productive engineers isn't going to fix managers whose vision is not aligned with business needs.
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by tompt 4y ago
https://archive.ph/drUqJ
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by tompt 4y ago
Also known as non-repudiation[1] and, as you point out, not something to be used without considering its consequences. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-repudiation
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by tompt 4y ago
I don't understand why a corporate death penalty is seen as untenable. For some crimes, yes shut the business down and zero-out the folks who sought to profit from the unlawful activity. If some of those people were defrauded into beli
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by tompt 4y ago
What does less wokeness mean? Does it mean being more tolerant of abusive language? Does it mean being less tolerant of inclusive language? Both? Something else? I've heard folks ask for less wokeness, but I don't know what that w
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by tompt 5y ago
This is the way. Decent hardware, support for FLAC, and the ability to run android apps if streaming is your thing.
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by tompt 5y ago
Heating fuel is very expensive in bush Alaska, as is window glass. Small windows help with both.