thesystemisdown
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- Comment on Amazon Boycot March 7-14th | No Purchases. Its time to disrupt the system. 2 days ago:
Absolutely, and thanks for asking. Also, congrats! I’d recommend looking at credit unions (US/Canada) and higher ed. Both are non-profits and good stepping stones. Either can be a career if you don’t want a ‘stepping stone.’ Depending on how altruistic you want to be, you can find either that serve underserved communities. CUs pay better, but are more corporate and demanding. Higher ed doesn’t pay as well, but is more layed back if you can ignore politics, which there is a ridiculous amount of. I worked at HBCU (US) for a long time, and it was pretty great. Depending on where you are, it’s usually pretty easy to find an open spot at either.
- Comment on You guys have to end it 2 days ago:
Mom took him to a big office building parking lot on a Sunday when it was quiet. At least that’s how this classically trained driver learned.
- Comment on Amazon Boycot March 7-14th | No Purchases. Its time to disrupt the system. 2 days ago:
Me too, 2010ish though. I wish I could figure out how to boycott AWS. As an aged developer with a little bit of influence, I’ve steered plenty of clients, employers, peers, and juniors away, but I still use the internet. There’s no detaching from that.
- Comment on nets 1 week ago:
Unbranded Q-Tip
- Comment on Jeep Introduces Pop-Up Ads That Appear Every Time You Stop 3 weeks ago:
Those brands are at the bottom of every dependability list. You’d think they’d focus on building a better product so they could compete on something other than feels.
- Comment on Microsoft gives up on users experiencing problems updating their Windows 11 machines. Now recommends a "manual correction" 3 weeks ago:
Something like this? devtutorial.io/how-to-configure-static-ip-address…
- Comment on Google searches for deleting Facebook, Instagram explode after Meta ends fact-checking 1 month ago:
You can with Android.
Settings > Connections > More Connection Settings > Private DNS > Private DNS Hostname.
You will need the hostname though instead of just the IP address. - Comment on I found a weird IP address on my network that had transmitted an insanely small amount of data. I put the address in my browser and got this. what the heck am I looking at? 5 months ago:
You can enable IIS on almost any windows flavor.
- Comment on The Most Loved Digital Audio Streaming Platforms. 5 months ago:
I like Deezer. I’ve been using it and telling people about it since Spotify was insistent about being focused on chasing a politically charged content (over) investment than delivering quality, behavior driven content based on their algo.
Deezer is represented globally, but the subscriber count is less than I would have expected. This is about a year old:
- Comment on It just does. 7 months ago:
It’s hard to escape palm oil. It’s a shame. It could be an environmentally friendly option if greedy people were just a little less greedy.
- Comment on It just does. 7 months ago:
The oil in Jif is rapeseed (canola) and/or soybean, not palm. Not disagreeing with your sentiment in general, but for the sake of clarity…
- Comment on The new Chinese owner of the popular Polyfill JS project injects malware into more than 100 thousand sites 8 months ago:
This isn’t holding up, time isn’t after us.
- Comment on After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year 9 months ago:
Oh and Deezer pays even less to artists than Spotify.
I don’t think that’s accurate. Care to provide your source?
- Comment on How does the day-to-day work of not wearing shoes in the house? 10 months ago:
Ever use an ill-maintained public bathroom?
- Comment on Mystical land pirates (with pizza) 11 months ago:
Right there with ya. Amusingly, the ADC website appears to also be a relic of another time.
- Comment on Mystical land pirates (with pizza) 11 months ago:
Maybe one of these? popularmechanics.com/…/best-handheld-spotlights/
- Comment on McDonald’s stores hit by global IT failure 11 months ago:
Or an upstream certificate expired.
- Comment on Finland detects more GPS jammers as drivers increasingly try to hide their tracks | Yle News | Yle 11 months ago:
This article centers on those driving work vehicles that their employer has installed trackers on. I know recently auto makers have been found snooping, which I don’t even have words for, but this isn’t that.
- Comment on Reddit sells training data to unnamed AI company ahead of IPO 1 year ago:
Meanwhile, the masses are still using all the ‘services’ because they all have momentum. I’m not confident any of them can do anything bad enough to chase off their users.
- Comment on The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Simple Websites 1 year ago:
I think it’s mostly impossible if you want for things to work. JavaScript is so ubiquitous, it’s been baked into the browser since 1995.
- Comment on Spotify paid users hit 236M, but losing money, amid Apple battle 1 year ago:
Deezer ain’t bad. www.deezer.com
- Comment on ‘Don’t Mess With Us’: WebMD Parent Company Demands Return to Office in Bizarre Video 1 year ago:
As a consumer, I will now forever remember that WebMD’s C Suite is most interested in “crushing their competition” and being heavy handed with their employees. I once thought that they were concerned about the betterment of societal health. This is how you lose your most performant employees.
I can’t believe they published this to a publically available platform like Vimeo. Did they already lose their Marketing executive?
- Comment on It is essential to stop using Chrome. Under the pretense of saving users from third-party spyware, Google is creating an ecosystem in which Chrome itself is the spyware. 1 year ago:
I’ve hit the odd site where a menu doesn’t work the way it should, the payment form doesn’t work, overall form validation is wonky, or the catcha doesn’t work. I attribute most of these to slight nuances in javascript between browsers.
I’m a (old, grey) dev, and I’ve had to shame colleagues into validating mobile browsers other than Chrome and Safari.