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corsicanguppy ,

How does it help creators? Without them there is no web…” After all, if a web browser sucked out all information from web pages without users needing to actually visit them, why would anyone bother making websites in the first place

This reminds me of when Mozilla was 0.9 and the web was just taking the baton from Gopher.

When Ben suggests there would be no web without monetization, he seems to forget WHEN HE WAS THERE before the sellout.

corsicanguppy ,

I work IT on a union contract. I'm building a pension. My cousin retired at 48 from his union mechanic job and now makes 50% pay until he dies.

You should consider a union.

corsicanguppy ,

it begs serious questions.

Nope. It just raises them without beggaring them.

corsicanguppy ,

You're going to tell me they sold 3500$ goggles without the xray specs the first Quest units had accidentally?

If I'm going to drop a rent payment on some bulky Overwatch Tracer goggles then they sure as hell will do x-ray specs.

corsicanguppy ,

Do we really want to live in a world where people are walking around with these things on their face, gesturing around like they are insane?

You've seen someone talk on radio earbuds when the phone's in their pocket? It's the second most creepy thing I've ever seen with a phone conversation.

corsicanguppy ,

Given the ability to verbally ask a gpt something now, the goggles would have been a great thing to release in about a year from now.

corsicanguppy ,

And it'll get snatched from you faster than an iphone

corsicanguppy ,

Remember when Mozilla the company had a product named Mozilla?

corsicanguppy ,

Did not say crony

It's silent, but it's always there. It's like the silent q in 'cat'.

corsicanguppy ,

Why must the state own anything

Healthcare.

corsicanguppy ,

the ceo of galette

If flat cakes were a business, you mean?

corsicanguppy ,

use it in anyway

You mean 'any way', right?

corsicanguppy ,

I never agreed to it, and the way it's dispersed

  1. You can disagree with giraffes too, to the same effect.

  2. You're going to hate something because of the way governments distribute the thing it represents? How is that not like hating all water because you had a flood? Hating air because it's too windy?

corsicanguppy ,

The yachts don't buy themselves.

corsicanguppy ,

You say that like that's not a feature.

corsicanguppy ,

have been penalized for a hundred times before

That's where you're wrong. The last time they shoveled their browser at us in clearly anti-competitive ways they were found guilty and then ... nothing. Essential software or some such, and nothing.

So no, they haven't been penalized; not on their Sherman offence, and here they go repeating it.

Hammer them.

Google’s CEO faces employee questions about layoffs — “Why has there been such an extraordinary effort to limit the internal visibility of layoffs announcements?” (www.theverge.com)

Google’s CEO faces employee questions about layoffs — “Why has there been such an extraordinary effort to limit the internal visibility of layoffs announcements?”::During a recent TGIF all-hands meeting, Google CEO Sundar Pichai addressed what sources describe as a growing morale crisis inside the company.

corsicanguppy ,

could so naive

Did you a word?

corsicanguppy ,

cut the important staff first

Tell us your management are idiots without using those words.

The "dead sea effect" is detailed as a thing to avoid; your management seems to want to wade in it.

corsicanguppy ,

Some situations look more favourable in the rearview, yes.

corsicanguppy ,

I'm in a union for my day job.

It's big. It's steeped in processes and safety checks, but it makes fewer mistakes and quietly wins.

Would recommend a union every day.

corsicanguppy ,

If Sundar can take Google and destroy it like this, can we find when he was on the apprentice or was that all deleted scenes?

How Quora Died (slate.com)

“Why Do So Many Music Venues Use Ticketmaster?” “What’s It Like to Train to Be a Sushi Chef?” “How Do Martial Artists Break Concrete Blocks?” If you were looking for answers to such questions 10 years ago, your best resource for finding a thorough, expert-informed response likely would have been one of the most...

corsicanguppy ,

Volunteer your time, but do it with your eyes open.

If you're okay with how it's going to end up, it's all good.

corsicanguppy ,

There's absolutely no win there. I have a similar experience just before COVID, and the only saving grace was all his treatment - and the cost when he chose plan B - were both readily available and both cost-free.

It's unmitigated cruelty that you need to grieve while dealing with that healthcare system; and second-guess with the what-if thoughts as well.

We tell the stories of the people we lost in COVID, and it helps to laugh together, and I hope you have a similar outlet to make room for some peace eventually.

corsicanguppy ,

The part I think most Americans don't realize it's this:

In Canada, when I don't feel well, I go get it looked at. I barely need ID (and when I broke my arm I forgot it at home). I don't need to provide proof of insurance or a visa card, butnindomhave a medical number for records segregation.

My point is, healthcare in Canada at its current and worst post-covid state, is still a "here is my body please fix it KThx" setup, and it's comically more easy than the in-network/out-network who-bills-whom and how-will-you-be-paying mess that is America; and comically more easy while Americans don't realize it that I get stressed just remembering it from when I was there.

You don't need good health care for better pricing, although that just happens. You need better healthcare so you don't have to micromanage how you're getting it. Healthcare in the entire rest of the g7 is just so vastly different in ways Americans largely don't even realize.

corsicanguppy ,

It's like a vote, without criteria and done in the wrong medium.

corsicanguppy ,

Want Disney explicitly cool about it before?

Cory Doctorow wants to wipe away enshittification of tech (www.theregister.com)

Doctrow argues that nascent tech unionization (which we're closer to having now than ever before) combined with bipartisan fear (and consequent regulation) either directly or via agencies like the FTC and FCC can help to curb Big Tech's power, and the enshittification that it has wrought.

corsicanguppy ,

Continued vigilance is the price of lasting deenshittification

corsicanguppy ,

Oh, this was a good summary. Nice

corsicanguppy ,

they were not meeting their 2 day shipping promise

Oh. That's like visiting Canada for a bit, where 'prime' usually feels like a week.

corsicanguppy ,

Shop local when you can,

So local strangers working to support some local guy's Maui beach house need our support instead of local strangers working to support some faraway guy's Maui Beach House?

It's all local business when their main cost is the employment of locals. Don't be a snob.

corsicanguppy ,

Linus needs to make no corrections to his behaviour. His apology was needless.

He only flames those who make dumb mistakes, should know better, keep doing it, and don't respect the gravity of the situation. Linux is used on MARS. Pretend to care.

There is a pattern to the people who get upset when they've earned a rebuke from Linus. Those people could get over themselves.

corsicanguppy ,

"we only criticize people we care about. If you're messing up, and no one's saying anything anymore, you're in a bad spot"

-- Randy Pausch, "Last Lecture"

corsicanguppy ,

Dude, the first aircraft to fly on a distant planet runs Linux.

You want to not crash, lest you .... crash . And fixing it would be so hard, that it may as well be on Mars.

corsicanguppy ,

You write "thanks for being so diligent, Linus, and forcefully correcting people when it's required" oddly. Typo?

corsicanguppy ,

You think victim-blaming for a hack they could have prevented had something to do with their massive loss?

corsicanguppy ,

I liked Costello better when he was paired with Abbott; this "Aboutt" person in the title is obviously a cheap imitation.

corsicanguppy , (edited )

There's a reason we call it "unsure".

corsicanguppy , (edited )

Meanwhile, Skype* works well.

(*Not msComm/lync renamed Skype. We never mean that unless we say skype4biz or its codename Hot garbage)

corsicanguppy ,

They're furiously milking redhat to death, for starters.

corsicanguppy ,

But not the talent they want to shed!

Look up "Dead Sea Effect"

corsicanguppy ,

I should be surprised that elitist pigs are shameless when it comes to Internet Begging.

corsicanguppy ,

literall--

downvote

corsicanguppy ,

The first doc you write is the FAQ and let it handle the common requests -- no need to 'live' in discord. Locating that where more people can see it is normally obvious.

corsicanguppy ,

That reverse-code thing is super annoying. The next vector is through the shitty app itself.

corsicanguppy ,

Yum upgrade. Nightly. Since about v9.

corsicanguppy ,

Which time?

corsicanguppy ,

FAMOUS history of loyalty to its workers

Never heard of this. Ever. Sarcasm?

corsicanguppy ,

Keep in mind, this is apparently the same company who, back in the day, invited EVERYONE from a site into an all-hands meeting in their biggest room, then cut the power. They'd all been terminated without warning, and security guards with flashlights led each victim to their desks to pack up their personal gear and GTFO.

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