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by touwer 1y ago
Same here
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by touwer 1y ago
Good. Now it's more clear for users that putting all your reading-eggs in the basket of a nasty tech-company, is not ok. Glad I removed my Amazon account a long time ago
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by touwer 1y ago
what is the source of your assumption that the majority of modern invensions is US based? For EUV it's Japan, Netherlands, Germany, US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_ultraviolet_lithograph... So not (only)
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by touwer 1y ago
Which more and more seems a very questionable strategy
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by touwer 1y ago
Their coding models are quite good actually, and fast
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by touwer 1y ago
Sure, all technology is invented in the US. Only the US
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by touwer 1y ago
That says a lot about the public
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by touwer 1y ago
I wouldn't call XCode a nice developer experience. Hell comes closer
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by touwer 1y ago
In this case, if it's only shivers down your spine, you're lucky ;)
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by touwer 1y ago
Cool project! And much needed
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by touwer 1y ago
It could still be a good idea. Wrote about almost the same thing in 2008 https://wouter.info/tag_based_file_management.pdf
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by touwer 1y ago
Shouldn't an insurance company have a (mobile) web interface? Strange that they don't
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by touwer 2y ago
Don't foget the less visible guys (yes, it's a gender issue ;) like Thiel, Andreeeesssssen etc
104.
by touwer 2y ago
Not true and you know it
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by touwer 2y ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/wiki/solutions/#wiki_g...
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by touwer 2y ago
Paranoid? Maybe you're a bit naive about the tracking habits of the worlds biggest spionage company
107.
by touwer 2y ago
You mean rape, fraud, corruption, narcissim, tax the poor, cut social welfare, suck up to the agressor, anti-tolerance, etc?
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by touwer 2y ago
I'm sorry but your view on the economy and society is really naive. As if everything could be solved by markets. Monopolies don't exist. Powers other than supply and demand (political, societal, geological, etc) don't matter.
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by touwer 2y ago
I'm wondering from where you get these ideas? Which social media hell hole?
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by touwer 2y ago
Wut?
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by touwer 2y ago
Indeed. Zeiss lenses. Medical equipment. Boss. Siemens. The only thing that's really lacking is ict and ai. But that can be fixed
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by touwer 2y ago
You should read up before making grandiose statements like that. Totally not true. https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/01/30/c...
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by touwer 2y ago
Proof any of that
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by touwer 2y ago
I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal
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by touwer 2y ago
“It’s a bug. It’s not a feature” Typical Silicon Valley blah blah. The button is an evolution. A solution to a problem from before computers and voice assistants were a thing.
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by touwer 2y ago
Imgur is not much better ;)
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by touwer 3y ago
Limited scope. As if income is the only thing that matters when you grow up
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by touwer 3y ago
A cup of coffee can be something very different from person to person and situation to situation. Espresso? Weak americano? Strong? And then even: there is often more caffeine in a cup of filter coffee than in an espresso. Weird but true. S
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by touwer 3y ago
Sure, keep on dreaming
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by touwer 3y ago
Fake news. This is the real one https://www.paris.fr/pages/plus-ou-moins-de-suv-les-parisien...

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