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Comment on Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account in ~tech
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Comment on Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account in ~tech
Unsorted Link ParentWith the shear amount of analytics they're collecting on Windows usage, I imagine it's only a matter of time before they add more tiers on Windows locked behind subscriptions.With the shear amount of analytics they're collecting on Windows usage, I imagine it's only a matter of time before they add more tiers on Windows locked behind subscriptions.
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Comment on Discord in early talks about IPO in ~tech
Unsorted Link ParentIt might be better than Teams, but Teams being a MS product and part of Office 365 gives it a huge advantage. Why would a company pay extra for something like Discord when they can get Teams...It might be better than Teams, but Teams being a MS product and part of Office 365 gives it a huge advantage.
Why would a company pay extra for something like Discord when they can get Teams already bundled as part of their O365 subscription?
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Comment on Posteo.de or Mailbox.org - Struggling to find an alternative to Proton in ~tech
Unsorted Link ParentJust to point it out: Fastmail does not provide zero-knowledge encryption, while Proton and Mailbox.org (and Tuta) do. Nor is Fastmail end-to-end encrypted. That may or may not matter for you, but...Just to point it out: Fastmail does not provide zero-knowledge encryption, while Proton and Mailbox.org (and Tuta) do. Nor is Fastmail end-to-end encrypted. That may or may not matter for you, but good to at least know before deciding.
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Comment on Stablecoins are non-fungible, bank deposits are fungible in ~finance
Unsorted LinkThis logic that the author uses here is incorrect. He goes from "U.S. dollar bank deposits" to separate "Well Fargo dollars and Chase dollars". You can't do that. They aren't separatable. Sure,...U.S. dollar bank deposits (say Well Fargo dollars and Chase dollars) are fungible with each other. Rather than being independent, they are fused together as homogeneous and singular U.S. dollars.
This logic that the author uses here is incorrect. He goes from "U.S. dollar bank deposits" to separate "Well Fargo dollars and Chase dollars". You can't do that. They aren't separatable. Sure, the physical money is turned into something digital when you hand it to the bank, but it is still US dollars.
A Chase dollar is just as good as a Wells Fargo dollar.
Yes, because they aren't "Wells Fargo" and "Chase" dollars. They are US dollars, that happen to be kept at a 3rd party location (i.e. a bank). Just because they are stored somewhere doesn't change what they fundamentally (and legally) are.
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Comment on How UI helps you hate breakable weapons a bit less in ~games
Unsorted LinkI feel like the saying "You can polish a turd, but it's still a turd" is applicable here. You can gloss-up and make the best UI element ever for a poor game mechanic. It could convey meaning and...I feel like the saying "You can polish a turd, but it's still a turd" is applicable here.
You can gloss-up and make the best UI element ever for a poor game mechanic. It could convey meaning and intent perfectly. It could be a genius solution, never before done. It could receive the highest praise.
But at the end of the day, you still have a bad game element. People are still going to hate it. It will still negatively affect people's experience of the game. The UI doesn't fix that.
That one game mechanic was enough for me to give up playing BotW.
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Comment on California fire facts in ~enviro
Unsorted Link ParentExcept that the fire chief either has her own political opinion of Newsom or her own political aspirations. Because her angle that the budget was cut is extremely misleading....Except that the fire chief either has her own political opinion of Newsom or her own political aspirations. Because her angle that the budget was cut is extremely misleading.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/01/09/karen-bass-cut-fire-funding/
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Comment on California fire facts in ~enviro
Unsorted Link ParentFacts aren't political, so I'm a bit curious why you say he has a political agenda in posting this. Countering lies and bad information isn't political.Facts aren't political, so I'm a bit curious why you say he has a political agenda in posting this. Countering lies and bad information isn't political.
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Comment on Mark Zuckerberg defends Meta's latest pivot in three-hour Joe Rogan interview in ~tech
Unsorted Link ParentWe need more blunt and to-the-point headlines like that.We need more blunt and to-the-point headlines like that.
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Comment on Donald Trump nominates Fox News host and Army National Guard Major Pete Hegseth for US defense secretary in ~society
Unsorted Link ParentThere is a draft executive order going around that would create a group to "review" generals and refer any of the to the President for immediate removal/action against. It would seek to "take...There is a draft executive order going around that would create a group to "review" generals and refer any of the to the President for immediate removal/action against.
It would seek to "take care" of generals that posed such a problem.
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
Unsorted LinkI walked the John Williams documentary on Disney+ and I've been on a kick listening to his music.I walked the John Williams documentary on Disney+ and I've been on a kick listening to his music.
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Comment on How Donald Trump won, and how Kamala Harris lost in ~society
Unsorted LinkThere's a lot of focus, and rightfully so, on the DNC and Harris' campaign, but the media als9 played a large role. And it's ironic that now they're able to deflect by keeping their own issues out...There's a lot of focus, and rightfully so, on the DNC and Harris' campaign, but the media als9 played a large role. And it's ironic that now they're able to deflect by keeping their own issues out of the narrative.
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Comment on Conservative groups draw up plan to dismantle the US government and replace it with Donald Trump’s vision in ~society
Unsorted Link ParentThe problem is, who will stop him? Congress will very likely be split (GOP are likely to take the Senate and maybe Dems will get the House). Federal courts, including SCOTUS, could rule against...it is not clear a president has the authority to unilaterally impose all the plans described
The problem is, who will stop him? Congress will very likely be split (GOP are likely to take the Senate and maybe Dems will get the House). Federal courts, including SCOTUS, could rule against him for particularly on cases but who knows how that would go. And they have no enforcement, so if Trump's willing to ignore them then what's to do?
The whole system is set up in a way that requires everyone to respect what everyone else does. When Trump's DHS-appointed head (Wolf) was ruled to be unlawfully appointed and his orders overturned, everything only continues to function because people did what was ordered. If the bureaucracy is replaced with "yes men" (as proposed here) who don't care what a court decides, then what?
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Comment on Opinion - Antonin Scalia was wrong about the meaning of ‘bear arms’ (2018) in ~society
Unsorted Link ParentWell, technically Congress can be entirely bypassed in creating new amendments, but to your point it's still not "the people" that would do so, it's the legislatures of the states. And even then,...Well, technically Congress can be entirely bypassed in creating new amendments, but to your point it's still not "the people" that would do so, it's the legislatures of the states. And even then, it still requires 3/4s of them to ratify anything.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~finance
Unsorted LinkRemember seeing articles, trying to argue this very point, that started to pop up right around the time companies starting talking about returning to work:...Didn't you know that an epic commute is actually good for your mental health?
Remember seeing articles, trying to argue this very point, that started to pop up right around the time companies starting talking about returning to work:
- https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/07/admit-it-you-miss-your-commute/619007/
- https://www.businessinsider.com/commute-work-good-mental-health-stop-burnout-research-scientists-2023-2?op=1
- https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20180806-the-neglected-benefits-of-the-commute
Anything to convince people that office work is actually a good thing for them.
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Comment on The cloud is a prison. Can the local-first software movement set us free? in ~tech
Unsorted LinkKind sounds like a form of version control. The CRDT site even says "you can just think of it as a version controlled data structure". How do you actually resolve conflicts automatically in some...Instead, we would each have copies stored locally on our devices’ hard drives. I could edit my copy offline, and you could edit yours, and the two files would reconcile our changes anytime they connect, whether once a minute or once a week.
Kind sounds like a form of version control. The CRDT site even says "you can just think of it as a version controlled data structure".
It describes something called a conflict-free replicated data type, or CRDT, which he defines as a “family of data structures” that allow many people to collaborate on a file and “automatically resolve conflicts in sensible ways.”
How do you actually resolve conflicts automatically in some cases without "magic"? The article says, in answer to that, "The possibilities are numerous" which, while true, doesn't actually mean any of those possibilities are workable. In its example of two editors changing a color, one to "purple" and another to "mauve", sure the "possibilities are numerous" but at the end of each of those possibilities you have to make an assumption that one is simply more "correct" than the other, which might not always be true.
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Comment on Where did all the Sriracha go? US sauce shortage hiking prices to $70 in online markets in ~food
Unsorted LinkClimate issues might be the cause of their on-going issues now, but it's their fault they got into the situation in the first place. Huy Fong breached the contract they had with their singular...Climate issues might be the cause of their on-going issues now, but it's their fault they got into the situation in the first place. Huy Fong breached the contract they had with their singular supplier (and ending that business relationship) back in 2016.
They screwed themselves by trying to form their own supply company and losing their one pepper supplier in the process, before having any sort of strong replacement supply chain to take their place.
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Comment on Coding Adventure: Making a Stronger Chess Engine in ~comp
Unsorted LinkHis visualization of various things, especially all the magic bitboard stuff, is very well done. I laughed at this and then the next part. Pawn move generation is stupidly hard to get right.His visualization of various things, especially all the magic bitboard stuff, is very well done.
"I haven't actually fully tested the pawn's movement generation, but I'm pretty confident it works"
I laughed at this and then the next part. Pawn move generation is stupidly hard to get right.
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Comment on US Supreme Court strikes down President Biden's student loan forgiveness: Now what? in ~finance
Unsorted Link ParentThe original idea would have been to vote for reps that would remove the offending judges or make changes to the judiciary (like FDR's threatening to expand the court to gain support for his New...The original idea would have been to vote for reps that would remove the offending judges or make changes to the judiciary (like FDR's threatening to expand the court to gain support for his New Deal). Or, pass a Constitutional amendment changing the judiciary via a constitutional convention of the states (bypassing Congress).
You could also probably argue that Congress would be within its power to establish that the lower federal courts are all elected positions, instead of appointed.
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Comment on US Supreme Court strikes down President Biden's student loan forgiveness: Now what? in ~finance
Unsorted Link ParentWe wouldn't have been in this mess if: The 2000 election hadn't gone the way it did (and SCOTUS' ruling in Bush v Gore) RBG had stepped down The GOP hadn't blocked Obama's appointment The 2016...We wouldn't have been in this mess if:
- The 2000 election hadn't gone the way it did (and SCOTUS' ruling in Bush v Gore)
- RBG had stepped down
- The GOP hadn't blocked Obama's appointment
- The 2016 election hadn't gone the way it did
- The GOP hadn't rammed through Barrett's appointment, in the same situation as the previous
Solely blaming RBG is not right. This is way more on the GOP than anyone else.
This was basically the idea behind Chromebooks. If you can keep everything confined to the browser, the OS doesn't really matter.