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by vfclists 6y ago
Using Chrome itself is very bad idea. There is fundamental reason why internet standards should not be dictated by a data-collection/advertising company. Try getting that across to the nerds who constantly whinge about Google. The Inte
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by vfclists 6y ago
Did she "threaten to resign"? "Threatening to resign" implies that you believe you are so critical to the company that the company will suffer in your absence. There is nothing in the email to suggest that. Disagreeing w
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by vfclists 6y ago
The true reason for dropping Flash was to prevent web based apps from challenging Google and Apple's store apps, as they couldn't monetize those. Flash was a true enabler and was supposed to be replaced by HTML5 which has never fu
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by vfclists 6y ago
What exactly does toxic mean if she has the sympathy of her coworkers? Toxic to management, embarrassing to her line managers or toxic to the colleagues she co-produces her work with? Was she toxic to the company's profits, toxic to th
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by vfclists 6y ago
What is the evidence of the said "ultimatum"?
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by vfclists 6y ago
Is there a right wing bias to HN? She didn't resign. She wanted to have a discussion on her difference with the company and would agree to a date of resignation that would give her working colleagues time to adjust or takeover her resp
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by vfclists 6y ago
Do Flutter apps run on Windows or is it just development that can be done on Windows?
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by vfclists 6y ago
I'm a bit confused here, but aren't morons citizens too? Don't they vote, pay taxes, run their own affairs just like everyone else? Are morons a separate well defined class of citizens?
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by vfclists 6y ago
I thought we ourselves are space aliens who happened to forget what we truly are. Isn't our very own Earth an exotic planet in outer space from the perspective of other aliens?
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by vfclists 6y ago
Develop for the Pinephone or Librem
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by vfclists 6y ago
If they decided the date of the "resignation" without informing her then they fired her. That is pretty obvious. And it wasn't because of her demands concerning the paper, it was on account of the way they interpreted of an e
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by vfclists 6y ago
Available for free until Cloudflare decides that you are in violation of your their terms of service because you wore a MAGA hat (seriously lame) or expressed doubt about vaccines, after which it won't be available to you for love or f
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by vfclists 6y ago
Muslims have been divided along ethnic and ideological lines as much as Christians or any other ethnic or religious groups. Trying labelling an Iranian as an Arab to his face and see the outcome. (hint, it never ends well)
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by vfclists 6y ago
Wanted to make a note of this, but decided to keep my mouth shut. A Muslim couple find the vaccine for Covid-19 - https://bit.ly/33Ph2IV It is surprising how the contemporary media notes accomplishments of Muslims by their
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by vfclists 6y ago
> Timnit wrote that if we didn’t meet these demands, she would leave Google and work on an end date. We accept and respect her decision to resign from Google. This means the date of her leaving was not set in stone, ie both parties would
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by vfclists 6y ago
Secondhand clothes are not good for the development of African countries. There were strong industries in many African countries before globalization kicked in. You have this strange situation where Westerners donate free clothes which are
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by vfclists 6y ago
Jeff's response Hi everyone, I’m sure many of you have seen that Timnit Gebru is no longer working at Google. This is a difficult moment, especially given the important research topics she was involved in, and how deeply we
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by vfclists 6y ago
Because major takeovers are ways of fleecing investors, enriching owners, top executives and merger brokers.
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by vfclists 6y ago
It means the author is trying to avoid systems whose developers interfere with your workflow on the grounds that they know what is good for you.
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by vfclists 6y ago
What character set or input method is used in creating this mathmatical characters?
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by vfclists 6y ago
More and more effort invested into systems whose primary developers and backers will not drive to completion and allow to fall by the wayside when budgets get cut or the next shiny new thing comes along.
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by vfclists 6y ago
You can load your long running emacs session in a separate session within EXWM. For some reason the thought never occurs to a lot of EXWM users. https://tech.toryanderson.com/2020/10/19/emacs-in-emacs-a-tr...
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by vfclists 6y ago
Isn't it more important for the community to fight against closed drivers at the level of legislation than engage in these endless reverse engineering battles? Why don't all these Pinephone fans put more of their time and their mo
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by vfclists 6y ago
The Linux Foundation. A place where projects which have nothing to do with Linux go off to die. FWIW Mozilla gave up on producing an alternative browser engine years ago, much to the annoyance of its developers. The recently brought out one
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by vfclists 6y ago
So the virus may not have originated in China after all, unless the participants in the trial visited China or had contacts with people from China. Hmmmm. Interesting
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by vfclists 6y ago
> "For years we have needed a tax on remote workers," wrote Deutsche Bank strategist Luke Templeman. "Covid has just made it obvious." The chutzpah of these turds is unbelievable. "For years we have need a tax on
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by vfclists 6y ago
It turns out Microsoft is a member of the RIAA - https://www.riaa.com/about-riaa/riaa-members/ . I should have known that. It figures.
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by vfclists 6y ago
Why not call Github Microsoft knowing that Microsoft owns Github? Microsoft has refused to challenge a highly dubious DMCA notice when they have more than enough resources to do so. Isn't Microsoft the party at fault given that their l
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by vfclists 6y ago
No one addresses why the company that dominates web search should have an outsize influence on standards in an area where it has an obvious conflict of interest in adopting technologies that _may_ empower potential competitors, aka ie the r
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by vfclists 6y ago
Who is the new company Gitlab has switched to, and why didn't Gitlab consider the consequences of their decision? Why doesn't Gitlab simply host their services outside US jurisdiction?

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