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by wernercd 5y ago
Correct... let me know what is if this isn't because companies colluding to set prices? not sure what I'm missing if this isn't it...
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Odd? democrats are hypocrites. No wall for Americans yet they pay for walls in other countries. Trump is a racist for saying don't immigrate here illegally? Harris is ignored for worse. Democrats demand infrastructure and oppose obstru
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I hadn't heard that. Thanks for the new info. They'd be another store I'd avoid like the plague if I was selling stuff. if this isn't collusion and racketeering, then what is?
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and Google doesn't ban use of other payment processors or have restrictions on "you can sell elsewhere for less"
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Do physical disks come with "you cant sell me at less" restrictions like Apple enforces? With "you can't use any payment store other than apple"? The number of restrictions on top of Apples cut is what makes the dif
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https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/6/22421912/iphone-web-app-pw...
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by wernercd 5y ago
https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/6/22421912/iphone-web-app-pw... Anyone who pushes Web Apps as a viable option is being disingenuous about what it provides or purposely ignorant.
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The "alternative way" is to install web apps... which is tied to webkit... which is a neutered browser technology that's purposely hamstrung as to not interfere with the app store. Using the web apps as a defense only shows t
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Good lord... I'm #2... I also play FortressCraft and Satisfactory and other games of the genre... after working on the same crap all day.
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"non-consensually forcing anything into anyone" You have a perverveted view of "forcing" if you think sharing information is, as it sounds like you seem to be saying, the equivalent of rape. If I say something you disagr
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> advertisment is immoral Interesting opinion... have any facts to back up such an opinion? What's immoral about... spreading information about you and your business? There are immoral ways to go about advertising, without doubt. B
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As mentioned, I removing the think the rose colored glasses won't put lipstick on this pig. Google Search (and not sure how Bing or similar would do better, baring their censorship problems) is increasingly a minefield... This is the s
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> Beast mode intern flirts with the idea of launching a competing startup under the guise of innocent open source project and transparency with mention in email. Amjad... is that you?
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"Prior invention" He created Riju AFTER working as an intern at Repl.it. From the article: > I worked for Replit in Summer 2019 Also from the article, regarding Riju commits: > 2020-06-05 df9ba38 Initial commit "I can u
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I think it's the wording from my first post (all the focus on "lazy" - bad choice of word I know. Completely sidetracks my real point and can't edit the post at this point to word it better.) and sometimes that's ju
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Bring up tabs vs spaces or ;'s at end of lines or spaces as code (IE: Python) and watch the fervor over opinions fly. You may not call it "religion"... but deep held beliefs of the Only True Way come out and I'm not sure
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Main skill is Programmer although I can do Admin and Network Support. 10 years+ experience and growing. Took years of school and a few low paying jobs to get the experience.
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I'd advocate the same path I took: Better yourself and stop being worth minimum wage. I worked fast food, Walmart, etc. I was worth minimum wage. I got an education, developed skills that are hard to find and become worth more. My othe
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I've made a couple other posts in response to how people seem to ignore the forest for the trees. The benefits for not working is a perverse incentive that stops large numbers of people from working - laziness IS the wrong word... but
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Most seem hung up on the word lazy and I guess it should be changed as that's not the brunt of my post. My point is that benefits give you, say, 65k a year in benefits... when you start working at a 20k a year job, you lose 40k in bene
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It's not the premise - although there are a lot of lazy people in the world (I'm one of them without hesitation or denials). This is the brunt of it: It's not worth it to work when the benefits of being unemployed is more tha
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Because the government is "feeding the bears". When you get hundreds a week to not work, why is it any wonder that people choose not to work? When you start working at a $10/hour job and lose $20/benefits for being poor
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"Caution Hindsight is 20/20 and because this is a backdating algorithm, similar results are not guaranteed in the future. Use at your own risk." You don't say...
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I am not and generally don't have any interest in being part of a union but this would be one instance where having the "collective" would actually be beneficial. A lot of employees want something and "management" n
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> neither violent or intolerant You didn't notice hundreds of millions in damage in multiple states? I think the number may be in the billions... Court houses destroyed... people killed... ran over.. 4 years of violence. Flash mobs
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I didn't say a letter would make everything work out for everyone... I said you have to speak up to have the opportunity - and speaking up can be done without being a "sqeaky wheel" (AKA: complainy pants). Personally, I don&#
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Absolutely. Sometimes you have to "bring out the big guns" and send a letter to the CEO... sometimes you just have to say "I want to continue to work remotely as has been proven to make me more productive." and be ready
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If you don't stand up for what you want, why is that anyone's fault but yours? I get not wanting to be the squeaky wheel... but in the end, it's your loss. And you can voice your opinion and work for what you want without bei
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Absolutely. Justification for why My Tribe can kill Your Tribe doesn't need any rational basis. All you have to do is look at the religious fervor and protests/violence/intolerance from The Woke to see that at a level more cl
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"Religion" is fine... the "groups" that practices, can be not so much. I can be a Christian and follow Christian tenants without following the Dogma of the Catholic/Lutheran/Baptist/etc. (I consider myself

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