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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
Sure. My point is that same technology can and will be used to violate peoples’ privacy, and in some cases could create dangerous situations (e.g. domestic violence victim being recognized by their attacker).
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
They certainly are, but they’re also a bit dystopic. I don’t want random people looking up stats about my online presence, and I certainly don’t want the police doing that either.

I can see tons of cool applications, but also tons of ethical issues.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
And that’s also the main reason I don’t want these to exist. I don’t want to be identified by random people, and I especially don’t want police to have access to something like this. People I spend time with know who I am, and I’m fine missing out on random same place/same time coincidences with people I knew from high school or something.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can we consider degenerating from maga.place and hilariouschaos.com?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
Speak for yourself, I absolutely am!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Supporting the future of the open web: Cloudflare is sponsoring Ladybird and Omarchy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
They do.

The basis for the FUD is that Cloudflare controls a lot of the web since they’re used as a CDN, DDOS mitigation, domain registration, etc. However, what the FUD fails to mention is they don’t provide most of the infrastructure for the web, Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure totally dwarf their footprint. DDOS protection and whatnot may be provided largely by Cloudflare, but not the rest of the web stack.

Cloudflare very much doesn’t want one or two companies to dominate the web because that’ll kill their business model. The more diversity there is on the web, the more attractive their services are, because people are willing to pay for things to just work.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A robot programmed to act like a 7-year-old girl works to combat fear and loneliness in hospitals⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
I’m guessing cute bandaids and an ice cream cone would be sufficient.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Disney+ cancellation page crashes as customers rush to quit after Kimmel suspension⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Nexsar owns ABC affiliates and wants to buy Tegna, which owns more affiliate stations.

Disney isn’t really part of that deal, but I’m guessing they also want to appease the FCC for similar reasons.

Colbert’s show seems completely unrelated. My understanding is that the cancellation has been planned for some time and has more to do with it having run for 10 years than anything political he has said.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can we consider degenerating from maga.place and hilariouschaos.com?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
I just tried it on an older post and I just ignored the language setting and it worked fine. Is that not the case for you?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can we consider degenerating from maga.place and hilariouschaos.com?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
That’s more of a thing for the Agora, no?

Personally, I think we should only defederate if they’re causing problems. If that’s the case, report the posts and comments that cause problems and the admins are likely to block them or their instance.

If you feel so strongly, gather some evidence and make a post on the Agora.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can we consider degenerating from maga.place and hilariouschaos.com?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
If you can’t edit your post, that’s on your app, it works fine through the website and other apps.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Disney+ cancellation page crashes as customers rush to quit after Kimmel suspension⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
No, I’m pretty sure it’s about the money. They wanted a merger and didn’t want trouble, so they cut Jimmy Kimmel’s show to help that progress more smoothly.

Disney is really easy to understand because it is always about the money with them.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can we consider degenerating from maga.place and hilariouschaos.com?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Ah, you got me. I didn’t realize @ was legal in display names.

And I never bothered checking what the result of the threads defederation was.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can we consider degenerating from maga.place and hilariouschaos.com?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Just wanted to point out that this is the first post from a threads account I’ve seen.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
How is your router “full”?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you be sued for defaming virtual K-pop stars? South Korea court says yes⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
You can be sued for defamation regardless of the target, as long as you damaged their reputation with false statements. It’s a lot easier to prove damages against a company than a regular person though.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨9 months after its 1.0 launch flopped, an indie dev just learned that Steam never emailed the 130,000 people who wishlisted its game⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
You probably opted out years ago. Check your Steam notifications settings.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨9 months after its 1.0 launch flopped, an indie dev just learned that Steam never emailed the 130,000 people who wishlisted its game⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Your friends buy you stuff?

Mine exists so I can avoid the front page. I have it filtered to show only discounted games, so when I need a game, there’s almost always something I’m interested in that’s on sale since I have over 100 games on that list.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨9 months after its 1.0 launch flopped, an indie dev just learned that Steam never emailed the 130,000 people who wishlisted its game⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Really?

I just open the Steam app on my phone periodically. I have over 100 games there, so there’s usually a few on sale on any given day. I have my wishlist set to “discount” so only games on sale are shown, and I check it periodically and buy when a game gets to an interesting price.

I never look at Steam emails.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨9 months after its 1.0 launch flopped, an indie dev just learned that Steam never emailed the 130,000 people who wishlisted its game⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

That doesn’t cost them anything

It’s an opportunity cost. What other games would have otherwise shown? If the game isn’t appealing, that’s poor use of ad space and could result in lost sales for another game that would then in its place.

I think it’s the right thing to do, though perhaps the window should’ve been longer, like 3 days. But saying it costs nothing isn’t accurate.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨9 months after its 1.0 launch flopped, an indie dev just learned that Steam never emailed the 130,000 people who wishlisted its game⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
I’m the same way. I’ll periodically prune it, but most of the games there have been there over a year. If the game goes on a really good sale, I might get it, but I probably won’t.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A ‘demoralizing' trend has computer science grads out of work — even minimum wage jobs. Are 6-figure tech careers over?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Local, but we might consider remote of the right senior candidate comes along. We have 3 remote devs in a team of 20-ish.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sniffing out danger: Electronic nose capable of detecting explosives, narcotics, dangerous chemicals and more.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Man, that sucks.

And yeah, I agree that a drug dog shouldn’t automatically trigger probable cause, but instead merely reasonable suspicion, meaning they can detain, but not search. They shouldn’t even be able to request a warrant based only on a drug dog hit. They should need multiple articulable reasons to suspect you of a crime to get to the point of a warrant, search, or arrest.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A ‘demoralizing' trend has computer science grads out of work — even minimum wage jobs. Are 6-figure tech careers over?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
It turns out more than just the person I responded to read these comments. That is who this exchange is for, OP likely doesn’t care one iota since they’ve already made their decision (and I mine). I’m merely suggesting that home ownership isn’t essential and may even be detrimental to financial success (depending on local markets and personal habits).

I hope it’s an eye opener for someone that decides to do the math and find out for themselves what’s ideal for them. I don’t care one bit if people buy a house or not after reading what I have to say, I only hope that purchasing a house is a lifestyle choice and not an obligation to “get ahead.”
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US will complete TikTok deal ‘in coming days’ and control its algorithm, White House says⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
American dudes getting rich instead of Chinese dudes, though they’ll make the Chinese dudes rich in the process.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US will complete TikTok deal ‘in coming days’ and control its algorithm, White House says⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Abd while you’re at it, reddit, twitter, any any other SM service I missed.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sniffing out danger: Electronic nose capable of detecting explosives, narcotics, dangerous chemicals and more.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
I don’t think it’s the dogs that have the false positive rate, it’s the handlers.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A ‘demoralizing' trend has computer science grads out of work — even minimum wage jobs. Are 6-figure tech careers over?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Sure, there are tons of intangibles that go into it. I’m just saying that people shouldn’t buy because that’s the only way to get ahead, they should buy because that’s the lifestyle they want.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A ‘demoralizing' trend has computer science grads out of work — even minimum wage jobs. Are 6-figure tech careers over?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
We’re Python on the BE and we don’t really care if they have it on their resume because it’s not hard to learn (that’s why we picked it) and our problems are more complex than just building some CRUD here and there, so we’re willing to teach the right candidate.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A ‘demoralizing' trend has computer science grads out of work — even minimum wage jobs. Are 6-figure tech careers over?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
If we use some rules of thumb, it gets closer:
- closing costs - 3-6% of purchase price
- maintenance costs - 1% of current value
Take the down payment and closing costs as an initial investment, the repair costs and any difference in initial mortgage payment vs rent as regular investments, and adjust maintenance and rent (and the difference between mortgage and rent) for inflation. Run those numbers to estimate total wealth after a given period (both house appreciation and investments) and you should end up with pretty similar numbers. I’m ahead on mine as well, but only by ~10% after about 15 years, and my area had really rapid rent growth.

I think it’s an interesting exercise that may not be applicable to everyone since it doesn’t take into account the discipline needed to invest the difference.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some gamers invert their controls? Scientists now have answers, but they’re not what you think⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
They’re not though. A trackpad processes relative inputs, while a touchscreen processes absolute inputs. If I touch the corner of my trackpad, it doesn’t produce a clock on the corresponding corner of the screen like a touchscreen would.

It’s much more similar to a mouse. In fact, if you just imagine your finger is a mouse, you’ve just described all of the functions of a touchpad except gestures, and gestures are just replacements for the buttons (two tap for right click, two finger slide for scroll wheel, etc).