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by xigoi 7mo ago
The difference is that Google doesn’t mind scam apps being on the Play Store.
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by xigoi 7mo ago
Google’s perspective is that they don’t want people to install NewPipe so that the CEO can buy more yachts.
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by xigoi 7mo ago
If Google actually wanted to protect people from malware, they would not approve Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, …
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by xigoi 7mo ago
Not wanting to travel to a dangerous country is not politics.
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by xigoi 7mo ago
A page that works on Chrome will also work on Firefox unless you go out of your way to avoid web standards.
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by xigoi 7mo ago
With E2EE and no age verification, there is no way Meta could have any control over messages sent to children, so it does not make sense to hold them responsible.
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by xigoi 7mo ago
If someone sends a child a dick pic by physical mail, is the post company responsible?
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by xigoi 7mo ago
I have seen people accuse someone of using AI solely because the comment contained em dashes.
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by xigoi 7mo ago
I certainly used em dashes before 2022, and so did anyone who cares about proper typography.
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by xigoi 7mo ago
> There were high levels of agreement that drugs are a problem in Irish society: 88% of respondents agreed that drug-related crime is a major problem in Ireland, and 87% agreed that the availability of illegal drugs poses a great threat
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by xigoi 7mo ago
> What does "woke" have to do with the essay? It’s a possible explanation for the choice of the word “fascist” for something unrelated to fascism.
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by xigoi 7mo ago
> I do not think "fascist" is there right term here. In woke speak, “fascist” means “someone I disagree with”.
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by xigoi 7mo ago
As a university tutor, I agree. You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.
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by xigoi 7mo ago
How do people supposedly trying to fight racism and sexism always manage to be the most racist and sexist?
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by xigoi 7mo ago
I didn’t say you should. The comment I’m replying to expressed surprise that redefining something is even possible.
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by xigoi 7mo ago
I don’t use the mouse when editing code, so this particular mistake does not happen to me. > I do not see what the benefit of not using closing brackets would be. Less visual noise. And the ability to use braces for other syntax.
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by xigoi 7mo ago
It doesn’t need to; that’s just the section numbering. In a biology textbook, you could have something like (made up names) Arabateciae Arabaticopoda Arabaticoquasicae Bidoroca Pseudobidoroca Superbidoroca Superd
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by xigoi 7mo ago
If excluding these sources wouldn’t make a difference, why do AI companies scrape them despite explicit requests to not be scraped?
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by xigoi 7mo ago
> So, why do people use cannabis then? Because it’s marketed as cool and edgy.
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by xigoi 7mo ago
> It's too easy to randomly insert a space rather than a character. What are you doing with your code? I never find myself just randomly inserting characters.
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by xigoi 7mo ago
> Operators changing meaning when surrounded by spaces in otherwise context-free languages are an abomination! How does that make the language not context-free?
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by xigoi 7mo ago
> You cannot copy or paste anything without busywork Sounds like a tool issue. My editor (Neovim with a few plugins) can handle copying/pasting with indentation just fine.
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by xigoi 7mo ago
> Also, a small prize (a "thank you!" from a stranger on the Internet i.e. me) to someone who can propose a good syntax for compound assignment with reversed subtraction: I would do away with operator-assign operators and inste
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by xigoi 7mo ago
> we don't even use indents that way in natural language. Have you never seen a nested table of contents? 1. Introduction 2. Fruit 2.1 Apples 2.1.1 Red apples 2.1.2 Green apples 2.2 Oranges 3. Vegetables
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by xigoi 7mo ago
Why? Being able to redefine anything is table stakes in dynamic languages.
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by xigoi 7mo ago
For now.
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by xigoi 7mo ago
That’s only the case for expensive watches. I use my cheap watch to tell the time.
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by xigoi 7mo ago
I’m not part of any team, I work on my projects alone. I rarely write long-form design documents; usually I either just start coding or write very vague notes that only make sense when combined with what’s in my head.
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by xigoi 7mo ago
They also added an additional step where you have to explain your design using vague natural language.
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by xigoi 7mo ago
https://xkcd.com/2170/

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