meghan's recent activity
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Comment on Do you deliberately overbuy things with the intention to return some of them? in ~life
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Comment on Tildes feels like the last bastion of the Information Superhighway in ~tildes
meghan this might be where you spend most of your time but there are bastions of the old internet all over. humanity and human-focused content is everywhere there are people that care. not to take away...this might be where you spend most of your time but there are bastions of the old internet all over. humanity and human-focused content is everywhere there are people that care. not to take away from the appreciation in this post but it feels very doomerist/nihilist to try and assert this is one of the last
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Comment on I hate 2FA in ~tech
meghan 2FA is absolutely necessary and the friction is the point as others have pointed out. I wanted to add that what more sites should be using is using OAuth2FA is absolutely necessary and the friction is the point as others have pointed out. I wanted to add that what more sites should be using is using OAuth
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
meghan Just published a cli torrent client I made https://github.com/nektro/mtorrent some screenshots: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/423451373561053184/828159103217303632/2021-04-03_16-36.png...Just published a cli torrent client I made https://github.com/nektro/mtorrent
some screenshots:
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/423451373561053184/828159103217303632/2021-04-03_16-36.png
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Comment on The young are regarded as the most tolerant generation. That's why results of this LGBTQ survey are 'alarming' in ~lgbt
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Comment on Is having a business line worth it? in ~tech
meghan 100mbps is available on home internet too, but having a static IP would be nice. As far has website hosting, it depends on what kind of site. If it's static (just HTML/CSS/JS) I'd go with...100mbps is available on home internet too, but having a static IP would be nice. As far has website hosting, it depends on what kind of site. If it's static (just HTML/CSS/JS) I'd go with https://www.netlify.com/
Otherwise, go for it :D
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Comment on Libra White Paper - Facebook's cryptocurrency in ~finance
meghan Crypto is always a cash-grab for early investors, and even less trustworthy coming from Facebook. Stay far, far, away.Crypto is always a cash-grab for early investors, and even less trustworthy coming from Facebook. Stay far, far, away.
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Comment on San Francisco has banned government and police use of face surveillance technology in ~tech
meghan this right here. this feels like a PR move so that they can still get away with contracting it outthis right here. this feels like a PR move so that they can still get away with contracting it out
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Comment on These LGBTQ activists don’t want queer and trans people serving in the military in ~lgbt
meghan it makes them sounds super transphobic, considering there are plenty of trans people that want to be in the military, but can't now because of the banit makes them sounds super transphobic, considering there are plenty of trans people that want to be in the military, but can't now because of the ban
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Comment on These LGBTQ activists don’t want queer and trans people serving in the military in ~lgbt
meghan Yeah this is some real title gore, glad it actually has a good messageYeah this is some real title gore, glad it actually has a good message
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Comment on Firefox 66.0.4 has been released - fixes disabled extensions/add-ons in ~tech
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Comment on Firefox bug: All extensions disabled due to expiration of intermediate signing cert in ~tech
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Comment on The only way to rein in Big Tech is to treat them as a public service in ~tech
meghan Are you implying companies aren't run by people?Are you implying companies aren't run by people?
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Comment on The only way to rein in Big Tech is to treat them as a public service in ~tech
meghan I wholeheartedly disagree that this is completely unavoidable.That monopoly will eventually become corrupt and begin exploiting their position of power, it's merely a question of how long it takes for that rot to set in, not if it will happen.
I wholeheartedly disagree that this is completely unavoidable.
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Comment on NASA's flagship James Webb Space Telescope, will run Javascript for instrumentation control using a defunct & proprietary interpreter with a list of errata last updated in 2003 in ~space
meghan but yeah, on the point or @Ordinator and @teaearlgraycold, especially in the 90's, why did they think Javascript was a good choice for a system meant to entirely /bug free/ and sustainable for...Since the establishment of the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) mission definition in the late 1990’s,
but yeah, on the point or @Ordinator and @teaearlgraycold, especially in the 90's, why did they think Javascript was a good choice for a system meant to entirely /bug free/ and sustainable for decades?
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Comment on The only way to rein in Big Tech is to treat them as a public service in ~tech
meghan for sure, I'm not even actually against monopolies. however, its unfortunate that the companies tend to have to act pretty awful to get themselves in a situation where their a monopoly. i dont...for sure, I'm not even actually against monopolies. however, its unfortunate that the companies tend to have to act pretty awful to get themselves in a situation where their a monopoly. i dont think capitalism is necessarily the issue but too often ive seen recently big big companies sidestepping morals in the search for more profits at the detriment to users. and teddy roosevelt era laws dont know how to deal with it
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Comment on NASA's flagship James Webb Space Telescope, will run Javascript for instrumentation control using a defunct & proprietary interpreter with a list of errata last updated in 2003 in ~space
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Comment on The only way to rein in Big Tech is to treat them as a public service in ~tech
meghan Or, you know, enforce anti-trust laws like they were supposed to be and regulate the industry against bad actors. The government already has the power to fix them but don't because of the amount...Or, you know, enforce anti-trust laws like they were supposed to be and regulate the industry against bad actors. The government already has the power to fix them but don't because of the amount of lobbying and campaign/infrastructure they provide.
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Comment on NASA's flagship James Webb Space Telescope, will run Javascript for instrumentation control using a defunct & proprietary interpreter with a list of errata last updated in 2003 in ~space
meghan Do they go over in the paper why they aren't using an engine such as V8 or SpiderMonkey?Proprietary JS interpretation engine
Do they go over in the paper why they aren't using an engine such as V8 or SpiderMonkey?
never. i never buy something unless im totally sure i want it and for things like clothes i only buy in person. i still have a hard time comprehending how common it is