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  1. Comment on I teach at a business school. It’s time to shut them down. (gifted link) in ~life

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    This happening is in large part due to the MBAs taking over companies and applying what they were taught in my opinion.

    This happening is in large part due to the MBAs taking over companies and applying what they were taught in my opinion.

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  2. Comment on Best way to setup email forwarding for a domain I own? in ~tech

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    Migadu might be an option. It gives you unlimited domains and mailboxes. 19$ a year and they’re in Switzerland. Pair it with notmuch and offlineimap and you also have a searchable local index (and...

    Migadu might be an option. It gives you unlimited domains and mailboxes. 19$ a year and they’re in Switzerland.

    Pair it with notmuch and offlineimap and you also have a searchable local index (and backup)

    I highly recommend having your own domain for email because nobody can take it away from you. Google can decide you’re a miscreant and then good luck with that as there is no human you can talk to. But if you own the domain you can just move it to another email provider.

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  3. Comment on Three children and a teacher were killed in Bend, Oregon, elementary school shooting, police say in ~news

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    Still dwarfs the US where this happens every week/week and a half on average throughout the year.

    Still dwarfs the US where this happens every week/week and a half on average throughout the year.

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  4. Comment on Maybe there was an egg cartel after all in ~food

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    Virtually all eggs you buy, especially those in supermarkets, absolutely don’t come from “lovingly cared-for” birds. The conditions range from absolute torture to horrific, even the so called cage...

    and not even for the lovingly cared-for, cage-free variety

    Virtually all eggs you buy, especially those in supermarkets, absolutely don’t come from “lovingly cared-for” birds. The conditions range from absolute torture to horrific, even the so called cage free variety (which just means they’re crammed in bigger enclosures). There are no ethical eggs that don’t make the birds suffer, and making eggs implies shredding chicks alive because they’re “useless” and that’s the cheapest way of disposing of them.

    Edit: I’m talking about supermarket and most food store eggs here.

    18 votes

  5. Comment on ps5-linux-loader: Linux on a PlayStation 5 in ~games

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    Once you’re jailbroken you can’t go online as Sony will permaban your console. But if you’re not into online multiplayer games there is no reason to go online or update anyway. Whatever game you...

    Once you’re jailbroken you can’t go online as Sony will permaban your console.

    But if you’re not into online multiplayer games there is no reason to go online or update anyway.

    Whatever game you purchased digital only you can get back by just using the cracked version of the game. Saves might not carry over though.

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  7. Comment on Exposing AdFection - how Discover-Tech turned targeted ads into a pipeline for zero-click mercenary spyware in ~tech

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    Security side, ads are an aberration. They exist to convince you that you’re inadequate (on some level) and tease you to act against your best interests. Absolutely mad. Not to mention that it’s a...

    Security side, ads are an aberration.

    They exist to convince you that you’re inadequate (on some level) and tease you to act against your best interests. Absolutely mad.

    Not to mention that it’s a massive waste of money: government incentivize people to act in a way that’s better for public health, public safety, etc. And companies have to try and outdo those efforts with ads to get people to do the harmful thing anyway. Which then costs everyone money to fix.

    I’m thinking about alcohol, tobacco, cars… governments spending money to reduce consumption of these products because they’re harmful, companies spending more money in marketing to cancel out these efforts, people paying extra for the products (the marketing budget has to come from somewhere), and society then spending yet again to cure the cancers, crashes, etc that result.

    4 votes

  8. Comment on Exposing AdFection - how Discover-Tech turned targeted ads into a pipeline for zero-click mercenary spyware in ~tech

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    Albeit not perfect, I’ve had good results with NextDNS on my iPhone. This alone blocks most of the ads in all apps. The only apps where I see ads are IMDb (Amazon put some effort into forcing ads...

    Albeit not perfect, I’ve had good results with NextDNS on my iPhone. This alone blocks most of the ads in all apps. The only apps where I see ads are IMDb (Amazon put some effort into forcing ads in there a few months ago, not sure why they’re so hellbent on it) and Amazon itself.

    For YouTube, I toggle an Albanian vpn on when watching and off when done (many sites and apps refuse to work with this vpn on)

    In safari, I have uBlock enabled.

    On my computer, uBlock amd Firefox and Linux means virtually no ads ever.

    Smart tv is one of the the last good ones (2019 Panasonic OLED) and has no ads to begin with but I use NextDNS on it anyway.

    The only places where I see ads are thus the few apps that go out of their way to show ads, and the street. And whatever YouTubers are peddling but except on iOS I skip with sponsor block.

    4 votes

  9. Comment on Origin of ECDSA curve seed provided by NSA to NIST in 2000 without explanation turns out to be simple PRNG output with UNIX timestamp as seed in ~comp

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    Why wouldn’t the nsa explain the origins themselves and avoid all this? I must be missing something.

    Why wouldn’t the nsa explain the origins themselves and avoid all this? I must be missing something.

    5 votes

  10. Tildes “orphans”, what do you do for Christmas?

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    By orphans I’m including everyone who can’t spend Christmas with their family, whatever the reason. Maybe they live on another continent, maybe they’re insufferable, maybe you don’t know them,...

    By orphans I’m including everyone who can’t spend Christmas with their family, whatever the reason. Maybe they live on another continent, maybe they’re insufferable, maybe you don’t know them, maybe all of the above and you don’t have kids, whatever. The end result is: you don’t have a family to spend Christmas with.

    I’m in this situation. And I don’t know anyone well enough (newish city and country) to crash someone else’s family Christmas.

    Wondering how people in that situation deal with it so that maybe I can find something that’d work for me to tide me over this challenging part of the year.

    Additional context: SO is really into it, feels bad when we treat it as just another day, so I feel the pressure to figure something out.

    I’m reading every answer you share but not necessarily answer unless I have a follow up question or something meaningful to add.

    29 votes

  11. Comment on Popcorn! What's the best way to make it? in ~food

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    I’m not an expert but I know someone who is and she just pops it in the microwave. No oil or anything. Just in a ceramic bowl, plate on top as cover, and that’s it. Stops the microwave when it...

    I’m not an expert but I know someone who is and she just pops it in the microwave. No oil or anything. Just in a ceramic bowl, plate on top as cover, and that’s it. Stops the microwave when it stops popping. It makes good popcorn and there is one of that battery mess or oily texture that we dislike.

  12. Comment on Fridges in French supermarkets hit by cyber attack in ~tech

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    I wonder if the 1600s market in Paris didn’t burn because one such freezer went haywire in there :(

    I wonder if the 1600s market in Paris didn’t burn because one such freezer went haywire in there :(

    3 votes

  13. Comment on Software developers are not okay in ~tech

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    I’d like to get out too… but what are the options? I mean yes I could do anything else but I’d be giving up 15 years of experience and the income that goes with it. I could plant potatoes in a...

    I’d like to get out too… but what are the options? I mean yes I could do anything else but I’d be giving up 15 years of experience and the income that goes with it. I could plant potatoes in a field but it’s backbreaking labour that pays nothing. Where do we go from here?

    15 votes

  14. Comment on SpaceXAI joins Omacom and gives $1.5m Grok tokens for Omarchy in ~tech

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    Yeah, just look at the list of sponsors for the project…

    Yeah, just look at the list of sponsors for the project…

    11 votes

  15. Comment on Tilderinos who split after long (10–15 years) relationships: what led to it and how did it happen? in ~life.men

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    Wow. That must have sucked. Glad you’re much happier now.

    Wow. That must have sucked. Glad you’re much happier now.

    1 vote

  16. Comment on Tilderinos who split after long (10–15 years) relationships: what led to it and how did it happen? in ~life.men

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    Doesn’t apply in my case afaik. Common law is only valid if we did paperwork which we didn’t. We file taxes separately and don’t jointly own anything major beyond some appliances and personal...

    Doesn’t apply in my case afaik. Common law is only valid if we did paperwork which we didn’t. We file taxes separately and don’t jointly own anything major beyond some appliances and personal stuff. We’re renting so no real estate to split. We have investments but they’re each in our names and from our own incomes.

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  17. Comment on Tilderinos who split after long (10–15 years) relationships: what led to it and how did it happen? in ~life.men

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    How did you get the drive? I’m feeling like there is too much distance between us, we’re both hurt, and I’m reluctant to be vulnerable once more to be hurt again. It feels like I’ve done it one...

    we're together instead of against each other made it so that we could start to work on the rest.

    How did you get the drive? I’m feeling like there is too much distance between us, we’re both hurt, and I’m reluctant to be vulnerable once more to be hurt again. It feels like I’ve done it one too many times and I’m out of the desire anymore.

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  18. Comment on Tilderinos who split after long (10–15 years) relationships: what led to it and how did it happen? in ~life.men

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    Thanks. I added a bit more context to my post. There is no abuse or anything like that, just overall weariness.

    Thanks. I added a bit more context to my post. There is no abuse or anything like that, just overall weariness.

    5 votes

  19. Tilderinos who split after long (10–15 years) relationships: what led to it and how did it happen?

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    If you were in a long (10–15 years is long to me) relationship but split around that mark, could you share? Specifically what led to it, how did you know it was the right thing to do, how did you...

    If you were in a long (10–15 years is long to me) relationship but split around that mark, could you share?

    Specifically what led to it, how did you know it was the right thing to do, how did you do it, and how did it go? How long did you have to think about ending the relationship before actually doing it? How did the other person react? How did you deliver the news?

    And how did you handle the aftermath, both emotionally but also materially (splitting all your things, deciding who keeps what trinkets, finding separate accommodations, etc)?

    I’ve been going through rough times for quite a while and I think I might have had enough… I’d like to learn from others to better understand where I’m standing.

    Edit: this is not an abusive relationship, nobody is in danger from the other person, and there are no children involved. Just the feeling that it’s not working out anymore, that’s it’s become harder and harder over the last 4 years, that partner can’t accept my shortcomings while expecting me to accept theirs, and very poor decisions that led us down a path we’re having a hard time recovering from (materially and emotionally). Like something broke that can never be put back together.

    Also, we’re not married and are renting. We file taxes separately and as far as the law is concerned common law requires some paperwork which we never did. So if we split we just walk away with what each has, we “only” have to figure out how to divide the stuff we owned together (appliances and that kind of stuff)

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  20. Comment on Advice on TV and media storage in ~tech

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    The problem with most of not all TVs now is that they’re all “smart”. I’d say steer clear of Samsung and LG as they’re the worst in terms of build quality and privacy. Some TVs you can keep...

    The problem with most of not all TVs now is that they’re all “smart”. I’d say steer clear of Samsung and LG as they’re the worst in terms of build quality and privacy.

    Some TVs you can keep forever offline and they won’t show you ads, but they’ll still be slow to start and operate (remember, they’re “smart” and underpowered).

    The Panasonic used to be great but they apparently switched to Amazon or google depending on the model. Maybe Sony hasn’t fucked it up yet?

    Otherwise, I’d also considered buying secondhand. LED LCD don’t really go bad.

    I had this whole setup where I was running the servarr stack on a home server which would download off Usenet whatever I added to my IMDb list for movies and whatever shows I was watching on servarr (you enter the shows and whenever an episode is aired it gets downloaded). I then had servarr notify libreelec/kodi I had running on a rpi and used that to watch the shows (over the lan, files were streaming from the home server and deleted automatically once watched).

    For Spotify, I had a denon receiver that would also have a Spotify client and would show as a “speaker” in Spotify. It worked okay most of the time.

    Never used streaming services at home. But when I was away I had a cheap Roku that I used. I got this one second hand and it would do pretty much all of the streaming services.

    Any tv with hdmi will do consoles.

    If your living room is small or you’re sitting close to the tv, 40” might be enough (rather than the now standard 55”), or even a computer display (no smarts then)

    Oh and I would research my purchase beforehand with serious websites like rtings for instance because the overlap between “looks good”, “looks good in the store under neon light and cranked out settings”, and “actually has a nice picture in real conditions” is not as big as you’d think.

    For the anecdote, a few years ago go pour neighbours dumped their 2008 Sony LCD tv. I grabbed it because I needed a second tv. It’s surprisingly good! My main is a Panasonic OLED so of course they’re not in the same league but the Sony was mid-to-high range when it was released and it still holds its own. Even has a luminosity sensor to adjust backlight automatically. So don’t discount older second hand units, there are good ones. Typically flagships from years past are still pretty good today especially compared to average or low tier for this year’s lineup.

    Edit: autocorrect sucks, it speaks its own language…

    7 votes