worik

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by worik 9d ago
> but his views are not precise or correct in this matter. The views he expressed re sexual assault were abhorrent I have huge respect for RMS. Being this wrong once shows the bad way (we) men of a certain age were raised. The idea that
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by worik 9d ago
> If you're going to make apps in windows ...your troubles are starting
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by worik 9d ago
> Are win32 APIs proprietary? Yes. And crap. Not in my code bases.
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by worik 10d ago
I disagree. If your solution is revolution you misunderstood the problem, and you'll make it worse We still have vestiges of democratic institutions we can use to constrain and controll the state. The blood letting, pain and suffering
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by worik 11d ago
Read a book. Wrote a blog Got nothing to say
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by worik 11d ago
Indeed. I was a wuss and waited for a CD. I doged the 98 floppy install....
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by worik 12d ago
I have had these problems on Windows too. Computers are complex and there are always trade offs
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by worik 12d ago
I switched to Linux in 1993. Never looked back
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by worik 12d ago
> X is the public square > They are right to charge for the API I might just leave that there...
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by worik 12d ago
> It's not one person, one vote, so it's not democracy Voting is a democratic instrument, but a blunt one and not the most important. "...those who spend five minutes voting every three years and call it democracy..."
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by worik 12d ago
This was like the Good Times virus, bck in the day
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by worik 12d ago
> The clear and predictable power of AI is the evidence for existential risk * The "predictable power of AI" is very advanced predictive text. What a lot you can do with that, and there are clear limits. * AI has no intent. T
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by worik 13d ago
> I was watching YouTube through their Apple TV app. That is an active choice, not forced in any way. > The YouTube creators that make the content do need to get paid. There are better ways, and we would all be better off except for
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by worik 13d ago
> When Google broke the original uBlock origin and made people switch to uBlock Lite Not me. Is that because I stuck with Firefox?
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by worik 14d ago
Wierd. After all these years doing cooperative multitasking again
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by worik 14d ago
https://nodsauto.com/how-many-watts-does-a-car-engine-produc... About 10,000 Close enough!
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by worik 14d ago
> 1GW is around 6,000 cars How do you figure?
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by worik 14d ago
Do not be so hard on his voters.
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by worik 16d ago
> See most retail workers, and anyone behind a cash register. Yes, but only the people at the "coal face" The managers in the background toilet at will.
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Amazon refused to give pregnant workers bathroom breaks(arstechnica.com)
139 points by worik 16d ago|67 comments
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Joint statement on the 'Child safety online' report [pdf](5rightsfoundation.com)
2 points by worik 16d ago|0 comments
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by worik 21d ago
So that is 11% who do not read the news, do not know what corruption is or are benefiting
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Clankers and Data Races(tbray.org)
2 points by worik 24d ago|0 comments
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by worik 1mo ago
Yes But GitHub, in its heyday, was a centre. Created a sense of "community" It has taken a while, but since MS bought it it has been shirking that. I expected honest enshittification, but instead it has been technical collapse
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by worik 1mo ago
What an awful society you live in. It is not like that where I live. The first generation of immigrants have trouble, natural enough. But are very keen that their children do better. As for racism: Most racism here is systemic, from the st
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by worik 1mo ago
"banana republic levels of corruption" That is such an understatement
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by worik 1mo ago
What could possibly go wrong?
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by worik 1mo ago
> lawmakers need to be corrupt and/or incompetent for lobbying to do this. Not really Lobbyists get to talk into the ears of the powerful. It is literally their job. They make very sensible arguments for their point of view. So it s
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by worik 1mo ago
I find that difficult to believe, having been involved in political campaigning (not in EU or USA). Have you evidence?
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by worik 1mo ago
From the other side of the world looking at you, what you need are moderate Republicans The republican party has become extreme, and they are wrecking your republic

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