umbra07

10 ms·

121.
by umbra07 1y ago
That's not being financially healthy. That's far closer to gambling than investing in a diversified portfolio is. Just because you add the potential for an extremely high return does not make a strategy financially healthy.
122.
by umbra07 1y ago
what about when there's an idiot slightly ahead and in the next lane who decides to randomly swerve into my lane? do you also maintain a long following distance when there's a car right next to you in the next lane? I try to, beca
123.
by umbra07 1y ago
only because OSI says so. I don't agree with the idea of OSI defining my philosophical positions and technical terms for me, just like I don't agree with the BSD people excluding GPL from the definition of open source.
124.
by umbra07 1y ago
the alternative is/was BSD. enterprise hates AGPL. AGPL is generally not a serious alternative to BSD/MIT in corpoland, because something something (A)GPL-poisoning. whether it's true or not doesn't matter. what matters
125.
by umbra07 1y ago
F-Droid is what you want. You can find all manners of apps - libre replacements for all your stock system apps, alternate launchers, games, clients for your favorite desktop apps (ex: mpv), and even a proper terminal emulator - complete wit
126.
by umbra07 1y ago
Yes, but: 1. It's disabled by default. You have to dig around in your phone's settings to enable APK installations, and APK installations through the specific app you prompted the installer from. And if the developer hasn't
127.
by umbra07 1y ago
> You're publishing software, you need to be identifiable. "Because I want to be able to sue you" is not a particularly compelling line of reasoning for legislating incredibly invasive laws.
128.
by umbra07 1y ago
> Under the contract terms, Mauch will provide 100Mbps symmetrical Internet with unlimited data for $55 a month and 1Gbps with unlimited data for $79 a month. Mauch said his installation fees are typically $199. Unlike many larger ISPs,
129.
by umbra07 2y ago
Do you perhaps see a difference between "massive strikes" and "destroying your neighbor's property?"
130.
by umbra07 2y ago
I don't view terrorism as fun. I guess other people differ.
131.
by umbra07 2y ago
I use this approach for testing conditional logic in shell scripts sometimes.
132.
by umbra07 2y ago
Only to a certain degree. Wages are probably not going to keep matching price increases. If people have less real disposable income, they aren't going to buy as much.
133.
by umbra07 2y ago
students already don't pay attention in lecture: * due to either learning/concentration issues * the fact that most lecturers are boring, dull, and unengaging * and oftentimes you can learn better from other sources making lecture
134.
by umbra07 2y ago
when you say "visual questions" - are you referring to questions in the style of Mensa/gifted tests? https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd....
135.
by umbra07 2y ago
who did that happen to?
136.
by umbra07 2y ago
Some people would surprisingly agree with that.
137.
by umbra07 2y ago
My comment was referencing the Framework 13, not the ThinkPad :)
138.
by umbra07 2y ago
Someone on the subreddit was talking about how they plan to make a high-end carbon fiber chassis for the 13. That was a few weeks ago - I don't believe they've posted anything since their initial post.
139.
by umbra07 2y ago
the issue is that it's very hard to even let their desired audience know that they exist . the only feasible way (short of like, scraping every comment made on a subreddit and dm'ing each of those users) to reach the audience you
140.
by umbra07 2y ago
r/android got hit really hard by the subreddit blackouts. activity is just very low there.
141.
by umbra07 2y ago
you think most Android users are using PWAs instead of native apps? lol.
142.
by umbra07 2y ago
Circle to Search can translate everything on your screen without you needing to go through the whole "copy text, open Translate, paste, switch back to app" workflow. You just hold the home button, then press the translate button.
143.
by umbra07 2y ago
> Strange. This inability to select any text has always felt like one of the most hostile things developers could ever do. It feels like pure vandalism. Use Circle to Search? Native capability that works on every single app, and is close
144.
by umbra07 2y ago
Better for you, worse for me.
145.
by umbra07 2y ago
> but I don't understand why they went decided You're assuming the regulators have no other motivations besides increasing consumer privacy?
146.
by umbra07 2y ago
I don't understand how $550 a suit is an exorbitant cost. You're paying coaches, nutritionists, doctors, managers, etc. What's an extra $550 every now and then? Sure, maybe a less-well off swimmer can't afford to train w
147.
by umbra07 2y ago
why do you think they're on dangerously experimental PEDs as opposed to the standard PED profile in combat sports?
148.
by umbra07 2y ago
when did we decide to redefine 'minority' as "faces systemic oppression"?
149.
by umbra07 2y ago
We used to own chickens. They had no qualms about walking over their own poop, and getting it between their claws. They would peck through their own poop to look for food, getting it all over their beak. Their idea of a bath was covering th
150.
by umbra07 2y ago
> Maybe not day to day but they are absolutely going to run into pain points like “Netflix is low quality” or “I need to install this windows app for this new gizmo I bought”. The average Joe also faces pain points on Windows.

More ›