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  1. Comment on What's a question you could ask to determine if someone is an expert in your line of work? in ~talk

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    How do you handle ruleset versioning in large-scale enterprise environments with multiple teams working in parallel?

    How do you handle ruleset versioning in large-scale enterprise environments with multiple teams working in parallel?

    2 votes

  2. Comment on McDonald’s is cutting prices of its combo meals to convince customers it’s affordable again in ~food

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    Am I crazy or does a 15 percent discount seem really low? Maybe combos were never as good a value as I remember they used to be

    McDonald’s and its US franchisees agreed to price eight popular combo meals at 15% less than the total cost of buying the items separately"

    Am I crazy or does a 15 percent discount seem really low? Maybe combos were never as good a value as I remember they used to be

    35 votes

  4. Comment on ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ helmer Michael Sarnoski to direct adaptation of popular video game ‘Death Stranding’ for A24 and Kojima Productions in ~movies

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    Didn't expect to like Death Stranding much, but it ended up being probably my favorite video game ever. A Quiet Place: Day One, however, was a supremely bad film. I am disappointed with that...

    Didn't expect to like Death Stranding much, but it ended up being probably my favorite video game ever.

    A Quiet Place: Day One, however, was a supremely bad film. I am disappointed with that director choice.

    5 votes

  5. Comment on Stremio is an impressive program in ~tech

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    No, doesn't work on Roku. But, you can get a chromecast. Assuming your tv is relatively recent, you can use the chromecast remote to turn on the tv, and it will detect the chromecast as the input...

    No, doesn't work on Roku. But, you can get a chromecast. Assuming your tv is relatively recent, you can use the chromecast remote to turn on the tv, and it will detect the chromecast as the input to switch to, and you use the chromecast remote for everything. Really the only downside is the extra few seconds it takes the tv to recognize the chromecast input to switch to.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on You get to choose your favorite director's next project. What is it, and why? in ~movies

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    Christopher Nolan directing a movie version of the book "Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee--A Look Inside North Korea"

    Christopher Nolan directing a movie version of the book "Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee--A Look Inside North Korea"

    1 vote

  7. Comment on If you had to buy a car today, what would you buy? in ~transport

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    I don't know yet but I've been thinking about what to replace my Tesla Model Y with, for obvious reasons... Probably a Kia. I want something with a quieter cabin than what we have now though.

    I don't know yet but I've been thinking about what to replace my Tesla Model Y with, for obvious reasons... Probably a Kia. I want something with a quieter cabin than what we have now though.

    3 votes

  8. Comment on Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones in ~tech

  9. Comment on Does anyone want to talk about stocks/options? in ~finance

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    Im invested pretty much exclusively in an SP500 index fund (SWPPX) and a Korea index fund (EWY).

    Im invested pretty much exclusively in an SP500 index fund (SWPPX) and a Korea index fund (EWY).

    1 vote

  10. Comment on I hate 2FA in ~tech

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    I think my frustration is more towards the fact there is no "standard" everyone is using that is easier to use than having to pull up my email or phone every time I log in somewhere. If websites...

    I think my frustration is more towards the fact there is no "standard" everyone is using that is easier to use than having to pull up my email or phone every time I log in somewhere. If websites all started to support using passkeys or something similar I wouldn't mind as much, but right now it's a mish-mash of different methods. Email, text, passkey, authenticator apps

    14 votes

  11. Comment on I hate 2FA in ~tech

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    I use Bitwarden. Is there something about 2FA I don't understand? I have a bitwarden passkey but it doesn't (as far as i can tell?) support the vast majority of websites I use. Most websites still...

    I use Bitwarden. Is there something about 2FA I don't understand? I have a bitwarden passkey but it doesn't (as far as i can tell?) support the vast majority of websites I use. Most websites still send a code to my email or phone.

    2 votes

  12. I hate 2FA

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    I get that it’s supposed to make things more secure, but it feels like a constant chore every time I try to log in somewhere. Grab a code from my phone. Check my email. Open an authenticator app....

    I get that it’s supposed to make things more secure, but it feels like a constant chore every time I try to log in somewhere. Grab a code from my phone. Check my email. Open an authenticator app. Repeat this process for every single account, over and over.

    I know there are tools like YubiKey that are supposed to make 2FA easier, but the reality is that most websites don’t even support them.

    I already use a password manager, and all my passwords are long, randomized, and secure. Is there something I am missing that makes this easier, or is this just as infuriating for everyone else?

    75 votes

  13. Comment on CES 2025 in ~tech

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    I couldn't tell you with certainty which one is better or worse than the other here, but with I think I can

    I don't think it's any more confusing than inspiron, latitude, precision, and XPS, but I don't know that it's any less confusing....

    I couldn't tell you with certainty which one is better or worse than the other here, but with

    “Dell,” “Dell Pro,” and “Dell Pro Max.”

    I think I can

    3 votes

  14. Comment on Outdoor CCTV recommendations? in ~tech

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    I'm not too sure on brands for wifi cameras because I've only dealt with wired cameras and eufy cameras, but for your specific requirements it sounds like a decent outdoor wifi ip camera with...

    I'm not too sure on brands for wifi cameras because I've only dealt with wired cameras and eufy cameras, but for your specific requirements it sounds like a decent outdoor wifi ip camera with ONVIF support would do. There is a lot of ONVIF software you can run on a local computer or NAS to save continuous recordings from your ONVIF cameras if you wish

    1 vote

  15. Comment on Nvidia announces four next-gen RTX 5000 GPUs in ~tech

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    doesn't an APU definitionally have a GPU lol

    "your AMD APU doesn't actually have a GPU".

    doesn't an APU definitionally have a GPU lol

    4 votes

  16. Comment on Nvidia announces four next-gen RTX 5000 GPUs in ~tech

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    The performance leap from 1080 to a 5090 is huuuge. I think you'll be happy with it :)

    The performance leap from 1080 to a 5090 is huuuge. I think you'll be happy with it :)

    2 votes

  17. Comment on Any Tildeans who have lived in China or Russia and the West? What were the differences in the daily lives of average people? in ~life

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    What city do you need 500k USD to live comfortably in?

    What city do you need 500k USD to live comfortably in?

    6 votes

  18. Comment on Donald Trump vs Kamala Harris: Who is leading in the US presidential election polls? in ~society

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    I absolutely think kowtowing to the hard left would've been even more disastrous, absolutely

    I absolutely think kowtowing to the hard left would've been even more disastrous, absolutely

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Honey did nothing wrong in ~tech

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    I stand corrected then

    I stand corrected then

    2 votes

  20. Comment on Honey did nothing wrong in ~tech

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    So, a few things here. Virtually noone wants this. The scandal here is largely about being scummy behavior, not necessarily legally actionable behavior. The lawsuit is actually about the behavior...

    So, a few things here.

    if a user wants to install a browser extension that replaces all the affiliate codes in links they click...

    Virtually noone wants this.

    If we admit some right to control the user's browser's behavior on the part of affiliate marketers, why would that right stop at interference by Honey? Wouldn't any extension interfering with the sanctity of the affiliate marketing referral data then be a legally actionable offense?

    The scandal here is largely about being scummy behavior, not necessarily legally actionable behavior. While there are now lawyers involved, it isn't because the action of replacing affiliate links is inherently illegal, it is because they lied about what they were doing (e.g. telling consumers they were getting the best deal available while simultaneously telling their partners very specifically their consumers wouldn't be getting the best deals available).
    The lawsuit is actually about the behavior of replacing the affiliate links, which does actually seem inherently illegal

    But I don't think they did anything wrong by overriding affiliate links, and I think it's dangerous to let people convince you otherwise.

    Again, it's not inherently wrong - it's a scandal because noone knew that's what they were doing, along with their entire business model being incredibly scummy.

    8 votes