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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Letting users fill out a form before notifying them that they need to sign in to submit it is scummy and needs to end.⁩ ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, they are not wrong, as crappy as that is. I hope you looked at small claims court though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Letting users fill out a form before notifying them that they need to sign in to submit it is scummy and needs to end.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, you can. It’s called a chargeback. Companies hate it, because it’s a refund plus a fee/fine they have to pay for being awful. You just call your credit card company and ask them to initiate a chargeback. They’ll ask some questions about if/how you attempted to go through the right channels, how much time you allowed them, etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palantir's AI Is Already Playing a Major Role in Tracking Gaza Aid Deliveries— As Israel bans NGOs, the U.S. is handing aid delivery in Gaza to private companies pursuing their own agendas.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  DIsbands USAID

  CHecks notes

  Re-builds USAID in full capitalism mode

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tulsa police pepper sprayed children for walking out/protesting⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder what part of their Student and Family Guide to Success includes “peaceful protest will get crowd control ordinance used on you”. I’m sure it was for “officer safety” or some ACAB bullshit like that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When did it become normalized to start passing credit card processing fees to the customer?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s always been the case. Now it’s just transparent, vs. being baked into the price of the goods. When the economy sucks, vendors do stuff like this to try and soften the blow (for themselves).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord walks back age verification fears for most users⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Deleting posts is just setting visibility to 0. They still exist, and you should assume they exist forever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ring is always recording and uploading to their servers, even with you're not paying for the subscription⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The best way to ensure privacy is by not buying spying equipment in the first place. Ring and Flock are two sides of the same coin, where Ring is driven by consumer choice, and Flock is just outright insidious. They both serve the same goal, and it isn’t public safety.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord Alternatives, Ranked⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, it was immediately clear based on the scoring that he was super biased toward Discourse. It’s not a Discord alternative, and had no place in that list at all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨10+ year manager named Joe was apparently fired for bringing cookies to be thrown away before their sell by date to a food pantry in my town⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Indemnity agreement, done.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨France will replace Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Zoom, Webex and others with its own sovereign video conferencing application "Visio" for public officials⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol, replacing one o365 product with one named identically to another o365 product, classic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony AI patent will see PlayStation games play themselves when players are stuck⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder if this is a step toward them self-purchasing game micro transactions, too. …

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨News: There Were BGP Anomalies During The Venezuela Blackout⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It was a joke. It’s always DNS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve & AMD Developers Delivered The Most Code Contributions To Mesa In 2025⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  1000+ commits a month is insane throughput. These folks are doing the good work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LG Electronics unveils 2026 Gram Laptop line with aerospace composite - up to 50% lighter than macbooks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Macbook Air isn’t just about the weight, the processor/horsepower are a draw. I have to wonder if LG can compete with Apple’s performance, rather than just making a lighter laptop. The Macbook Air is already quite light. The Macbook Pro is a beast.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Global Rise of Low-Quality AI Videos: new research shows that 21-33% of YouTube’s feed may consist of AI slop or brainrot videos⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I tried watching what was supposed to be a video comparing several linux distros. Instead, it was AI text to speech narrating over random images. Are people uploading this crap in an attempt to get a share of ad revenue, or just to be awful? I have to hope Youtube doesn’t let this be fully automated, so people are doing this on purpose…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft wants to replace its entire C and C++ codebase, perhaps by 2030⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You know it’s going to be successful when they go back to using antiquated productivity measurements like measuring based on lines of code in a time frame. We all know AI is fucking spectacular at generating overly verbose code.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Explained: Why you can't move Windows 11 taskbar like Windows 10, according to Microsoft⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Their marketing spin is such BS. Trying to say that the amount of rework needed for apps to provide a wonderful experience, etc. Those apps already have that “wonderful” experience in Windows 10, Microsoft just cut corners in a redesign and power users are rightfully pissed off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨First highway segment in U.S. wirelessly charges electric heavy-duty truck while driving⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this Solar Freaking Roadways all over again?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨North Korean infiltrator caught working in Amazon IT department thanks to lag — 110ms keystroke input raises red flags over true location⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m kind of surprised the latency was that low. Unless the NK “employee” was spoofing being in SK or something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Waterfox is on the same page. As long as the browser doesn’t outright require it to functio0n, I think the privacy-focused forks will remain. Of course, it’s extra work to maintain divergent code, but this is worth it, IMO.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HDD prices spike as AI infrastructure and China's PC push collide — hard drives record biggest price increase in eight quarters, suppliers warn pressure will continue⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My ten year old former Win10 gaming PC was recently reborn as a CachyOS Linux gaming PC, and I just finished playing through Clair Obscur on it. I did have to upgrade the video card, but I got the RTX 5050, well within your “second best” range target, since it’s technically their budget level card.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RAM prices soar, but popular Windows 11 apps are using more RAM due to Electron, Web components⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I tried the PWA route with Discord. It wouldn’t stay logged in, and acted generally janky. That said, I do PWA with any app that’s Electron, at least to try and avoid the RAM bloat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Didn’t you hear? They retired the penny from production. :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨India orders smartphone makers to preload state-owned cyber safety app⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder if this would make Apple pull out of India. It’d be awkward, with all the manufacturing they moved there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This has a strong whiff of the former Facebook engineers that forbade their families from using the platforms they built.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am fucking tired of this shitty behavior.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the broader solution is approval-based instance federation. I know that’s a little anti-fed, but this type of attack has no other solution I can think of, and banning a username just means the attacker rotates those, (too).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Fast Charging Killing the Battery? A 2-Year Test on 40 Phones⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been a “Pro” user for as long as they’d had that distinction vs. lower end and the “it’s a small tablet” size.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Fast Charging Killing the Battery? A 2-Year Test on 40 Phones⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s pretty awesome

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Fast Charging Killing the Battery? A 2-Year Test on 40 Phones⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a great TL:DW;

  Now I want an iPhone that can charge in 20 minutes. :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At this SF grocery store, you can't leave unless you buy something⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  People go to grocery stores to just browse? I’m not defending this, I just thought it an odd argument.

  If I went into a store that demanded money to regain my freedom, they’d find themselves in a precarious legal situation pretty quick. Unlawful detention quickly turns into kidnapping charges, or, an “I feared for my life” defense (2A) situation.