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- Comment on jeff 2 days ago:
I think of it more as a budding fascist dictator vs a senile moron. Which is why I’m extremely worried that the former wins. At least with the senile moron, the rest of the senate and staff can sort of hamper on reasonably without irrepairably dismantling democracy.
- Comment on Dell said return to the office or else—nearly half of workers chose “or else” 1 week ago:
Others said their local offices had closed since the pandemic
This part is wild. So they closed down the office and then punish the employees for not coming into the office. Tell me this is illegal.
- Comment on Farting 1 week ago:
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- Comment on Systemd 256.1 Addresses Complaint That 'systemd-tmpfiles' Could Unexpectedly Delete Your /home Directory 1 week ago:
I agree his answer sucks, but perhaps the fault still lies with the distribution developers (who should know better), not the authors of systemd. In that context I can understand the resentment expressed by the dev. It’s not directed toward the end user but toward the distro developers, who have implemented systemd in a broken and dangerous way.
- Comment on rounded corners are part of core functionality 1 month ago:
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
They had so many great innovations over the years, the problem is they kill them off because they somehow can’t figure out how to monetize stuff that people want. It’s like if they can’t get the money from a third party, they’re out of ideas. I would have paid a monthly fee for Google Reader (not much, mind you, but I bet $1/month would have been enough to keep it running).
- Comment on Gotta get on that grindset 2 months ago:
“I’m sorry that you didn’t like it”
- Comment on CEO Alarmed to Discover That Laying Off 1,500 Workers Had Consequences 2 months ago:
I think a fourth tenet may be that the people who have tenants are the scum of the earth.
- Comment on Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to Biden, who has already committed to signing it 2 months ago:
Yes but Facebook / Instagram / Twitter also do this and it has caused huge societal problems in the US, arguably much worse than TikTok.
- Comment on Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to Biden, who has already committed to signing it 2 months ago:
Human rights violations by the CIA
The CLOUD Act
This started long before the 2016 election and is deeply ingrained into the way the United States government operates.
- Comment on Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to Biden, who has already committed to signing it 2 months ago:
The US would break them (and has always broken them) even if China wasn’t around.
- Comment on Fisker now expects to go bankrupt within 30 days 2 months ago:
Fisker found out Brownless got the car from an outside source
That typo is hilarious
- Comment on Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to Biden, who has already committed to signing it 2 months ago:
Yeah well, it’s not like it’s beneath the US government to do the same thing. Remember Cambridge analytica, or the Snowden leaks? My point being, as far as I’m concerned as a citizen, banning TikTok just transfers power to a more concentrated group of actors. That makes the problem worse.
- Comment on Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to Biden, who has already committed to signing it 2 months ago:
Watching from Europe I have no idea what the problem is. The US spies on our data, the CCP spies on our data. I can see why the US government might worry that they can’t access the data (except TikTok runs its servers on Oracle databases in the US just to satisfy them). But I don’t understand why the citizens of the US would support tightening the monopoly to just Facebook and Google.
- Comment on Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? 2 months ago:
I will never stop playing that game. I would suggest playing with “Peaceful” difficulty level at first (and maybe choosing Phoebe Chillax as narrator) so you’ll have time to advance. There’s so much to discover and do anyway without everything trying to burn your house down.
- Comment on Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? 2 months ago:
I got my (recently turned 12) son hooked on Civ5. He put 70 hours behind him in just a week during the Easter holidays.
So now we’re playing multiplayer. I have my gripes with that game, but damn it never gets old.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
There’s also a terrifying short story by Stephen King on the subject.
- Comment on Service with a smile. 2 months ago:
Not anymore, there’s a blanket
- Comment on Admit it, this is so accurate 😂🚌 2 months ago:
DAE absolutely hate the 😂 emoji?
- Comment on Tim Berners-Lee: Marking the Web’s 35th Birthday: An Open Letter 3 months ago:
When you’re playing an MMORPG you’re not using the web, but you’re using the Internet. The Internet is like the postal service relaying stuff, but the stuff can be of different kinds.
- Comment on Menstruation cycle tracking app breached users' privacy, B.C. class-action lawsuit alleges 3 months ago:
Classic mistake. You weren’t rich enough.
- Comment on You said I could eat anything, right? 3 months ago:
Imagine going through the trouble to eat the entire chair, only to find that they have another one.
- Comment on Those free USB sticks in your drawer are somehow crappier than you thought 4 months ago:
Since their brand is on it, yeah. I would expect that if the company wants my business, they wouldn’t put their name on shit quality products. Especially if it can lead to their potential customers losing data.
- Comment on Another “patent troll” defeated by Cloudflare and its army of bounty seekers 4 months ago:
Even better. Or maybe both.
- Comment on Windows 11 24H2 to enforce hardware requirement - gHacks Tech News 4 months ago:
- Comment on Another “patent troll” defeated by Cloudflare and its army of bounty seekers 4 months ago:
Every time a court finds that the USPTO has issued an invalid patent, they should be given a sizable fine. The patent system won’t work as long as the USPTO has an incentive to turn a blind eye to shit patents.
- Comment on FCC gets tough: Telcos must now tell you when your personal info is stolen | Yep, cell carriers didn’t have to do this before 4 months ago:
What poorly thought out language. First they call FCC “tough”, then they go on to imply that it’s surprising that this wasn’t a requirement before. IMO “tough” would be something that exceeds ordinary expectations.
- Comment on Canada to ban the Flipper Zero to stop surge in car thefts 4 months ago:
The thing we should do is hold car manufacturers accountable for neglecting security in cars.
- Comment on Strings do too many things 4 months ago:
I think the article makes a good point, but perhaps I’m over-interpreting. It’s not that we should stop using strings. It’s that we should use the type system to separate different kinds of strings and enlist the compiler’s help to detect incorrect mingling of them. So for example a Symbol type would only permit strings that contain ASCII letters, underscore and digits, and concatenation would be limited.
- Comment on BitLocker encryption broken in less than 43 seconds with sub-$10 Raspberry Pi Pico — key can be sniffed when using an external TPM 4 months ago:
I’m talking about letting the user change their own password. I’m honestly not sure how that would be technically accomplished in this situation without having to contact IT each time. It seems like something Microsoft should provide a no-frills GUI for that doesn’t require elevation.