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Personally, I'd think it would be much for impactful to play for whoever, then donate all the proceeds to some important cause. Telling e.g. Netanyahu no to a Foo Fighters concert isn't going to make him change his mind about anything. But giving the concert will take money away from him and give it to something important.

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Should be open sourced to. Auditing is crucial.

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Same thing that happened with the internet also happened with capitalism. It's like you need some regulation to ensure competition. It could have been so awesome if we had what we were promised.

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And then ID.me becomes the new TurboTax and starts lobbying the government to not compete with them.

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I mean, if I could order some random stuff and have it delivered by drone in less than an hour even if it's 1am then that's pretty great.

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Don't leave me hanging. Was the dev fired / sent to jail?

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This channel is awesome!

‘A fine line between humor and flopping’: tech summit’s rap battle is the height of corporate cringe (www.theguardian.com)

The next time you’re sitting through a company-wide meeting, half-listening to a leader drone on about updates or product launches (and hoping they don’t announce layoffs or budget cuts), remember this: at least they’re not rapping....

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I am truly appalled that nobody has posted Born Mobile yet. I'll do the honors:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHWAtMQs0NY

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I mean, isn't garbage in garbage out also true of humans?

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Ah, interesting. So is the difference that a true AI would understand how to use the scientific method to test inputs?

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Ubuntu and it's spin-offs are really are as close as we're ever going to get to a full, user-friendly Linux OS

Why do you think it will not progress much from now on?

You don't need to use the terminal for Linux at all now AFAIK. Ubuntu / GNOME already has a nice software store as a UI.

There are some rough edges I really don't understand why they haven't addressed yet that seem like very low hanging fruit, but overall IMO it's very close to being there.

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There are some little things / low hanging fruit that I personally find very annoying, and don't know why they haven't addressed yet. Average users coming from Mac or Windows notice these things easily and will immediately write off Linux as being janky when they run into them. Most Linux users I see are fairly apologetic about the rough edges since 1. they know how to figure out how to fix them, and 2. believe in the principles of FOSS.

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What do you need the terminal for?

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What community/ instance is that in?

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Context?

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Either way, it's pretty useful to communicate this to everyone else.

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US is doing that with TikTok already. The government can snap their fingers and ban / break up companies at the drop of a hat if they want.

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I don't see why it matters that it was a subscription. Anything which deletes data should be a soft delete.

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What? That's not true. That's what SIPC is for. Just like if a bank goes under and it's FDIC insured, then you're fine.

https://robinhood.com/us/en/support/articles/how-youre-protected/

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https://proton.me/easyswitch

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Not when the planet and future generations are at stake.

Aside from even that, I rolled down my window this morning on my way to work to enjoy some fresh air and I got a big blast of toxic exhaust fumes. It's literally poisoning the air around us. IMO people's right to not breathe toxic fumes is more important than someone else's right to drive a gas car just because they like it.

We aren't there yet in terms of cost or electric charger availability, but once we are we should 100% ban gas cars.

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Actually, buying a new electric car is better for the environment than keeping your current car.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2022/04/new-ev-vs-old-beater-which-is-better-for-the-environment/

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Well, yeah? China is a hostile nation to us. They currently have over one million Uighurs in literal concentration camps as well.

They're the Nazi Germany of Asia, and yet people don't understand why we should stop trading with them since it will affect our sweet, sweet low prices.

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Ah, nice "source"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CGTN_(TV_channel)#Reception

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https://proton.me/support/password-protected-emails

A Password-protected Email is an email that requires a password to open it. It’s a way you can send a secure, end-to-end encrypted email to anyone who isn’t on Proton Mail.

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No, Proton does get a free ride here. The information they provided was the recovery email address, which they were required to do by law.

The only data they don't encrypt (can see) is that which they absolutely need to store unencrypted. If they encrypt your recovery email address, then... they can't send you any recovery emails to it since they can't see it.

This is 100% the fault of the user.

All any service can do is give you the best tools available to maintain your privacy, but they can't stop you from shooting yourself in the foot.

Firefox is also great for privacy, but if I use it to fill out some info on some phishing sites then that's not a them problem.

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Which also isn't private. In fact, it's the opposite of private since it's a public blockchain.

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What I am find curious about this is if a recovery email would have any weight in court. I can add whatever recovery email I want to an account. It doesn't have to be mine.

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Ah, makes sense.

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SearXNG is just a meta search engine. It uses Google and DDG under the hood, among others. How is it possible that it's better?

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I own both a 13 and 16 inch. Absolutely love them, especially the 16 inch.

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I was Batch 1 and mine works perfectly. I love it.

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I have both laptops and they're amazing.

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What do you mean?

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Ah nice to hear it's fixed!

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What I don't understand is why does competition matter for workers but somehow not for CEOs? I kind of understand and agree in the free market to an extent - if you're fine with hiring a dev for $100 instead of another dev for $1000, and you're okay with the difference in quality / time / etc. then go for it. But where is all this competition happening for CEOs?

Surely someone must be as qualified as Bitchai and willing to do the same job for a measly 100 million a year instead of his 200 million.

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What I'm perplexed at is - what if I went to the board and said "I have a guaranteed way to increase profit by 150 million - just pay me 50 million a year and fire Bitchai". I would legit do my best to make great decisions for 50 million.

Why doesn't the board care about cutting costs by cutting CEO pay? I can't imagine any difference that would really justify Bitchai 's pay difference.

I also cannot imagine they are all part of some secret conspiracy where they all know each other and like each other so much that they just want to pay him that money because they're buddies.

Wouldn't $150 million be more than enough justification to hire someone else?

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You're both right

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On the other hand, are you implying that human call center workers are accurate with what they tell customers and that when they make mistakes the companies will own up to them and honor them?

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Awesome

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This is basically nationally enforced "security through obscurity" which is dumb as fuck.

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"attack US critical infrastructure" is security

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Instead of implementing systems that are not vulnerable to attack, they are just removing the people who know how to attack.

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I mean, to be fair, both are extremely bad and should be stopped, but a hostile foreign country gathering data and pushing propaganda on your citizens IS worse than you or non-hostile foreign countries doing it.

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Valid point. I think the issue is that we know there is no good reason for China to have that data, and we know that they are hostile, so it's an easy decision.

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https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/todays-firefox-blocks-third-party-tracking-cookies-and-cryptomining-by-default/

2019

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Yes

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I haven't read the article at all (I plan to) but this basically confirms everything I have assumed as an outsider for years now.

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