Friedduck

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by Friedduck 3mo ago
As much as I’m on-board with EVs this isn’t as compelling as the Ford Maverick at the price point. As you add features they’re at price parity and you arguably get much more for your money with the Ford.
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by Friedduck 3mo ago
I ditched them after the last incident. So glad I don’t have to go through that again.
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by Friedduck 3mo ago
Outlook has been an embarrassment for years. Poor defaults, bugs that have existed for years, and sub-par performance. Search for a meeting: it shows you the oldest first. Busy search calendars? It may or may not show working hours. It’s in
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by Friedduck 3mo ago
It’s a huge relief. This was one of the largest frauds about to be forced upon so many unsuspecting investors. Epic in proportion.
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by Friedduck 6mo ago
There is so much wrong with Windows. So many neglected corners that have existed for decades and their response is to add AI. Fix settings. Fix UI customization. Fix notifications. Fix search. Fix multitasking and network blocking. Fix slee
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by Friedduck 8mo ago
I had two friends (both PHDs, both worked for the CDC) leave the US this week. In addition to the tumult at the agency, they were being monitored for what they did on their own time. Truly draconian stuff. Want to collaborate with the WHO?
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by Friedduck 8mo ago
You can disable windows folder type detection to speed the laggy file explorer navigation. It’s a registry hack and so limited for corporate machines.
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by Friedduck 9mo ago
My two chief complaints are instability and lack of consistency across the UI. There are 20-year-old dialogs lurking behind shiny new interfaces. Search doesn’t work reliably. Right-Clicking on a file twice in a row will often present diffe
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by Friedduck 11mo ago
It’s shocking that this hasn’t happened sooner. At its height the cost was over $10k and at that point Tesla had all but doomed its cars by removing sensors they deemed unnecessary. It’s also appropriate to point out: Waymo and others have
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by Friedduck 1y ago
While understanding their motivation to combat fraud they have a 20-year purchase history and have already established identity through payment methods. This is just lazy and perhaps additional data harvesting. Amazon got so large they stop
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by Friedduck 1y ago
Funny because Salesforce grew out of Oracle and initially sought to become the anti-Oracle. What was their pitch? Rent your software?
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by Friedduck 1y ago
One of the most productive project managers I ever worked with did this. He’s easily top decile. In addition to my own text file I use the Clear app for quick lists. Recommended.
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by Friedduck 1y ago
I only have a couple of services that use this pattern and I’m cancelling them out of frustration. If i use a personal email then I can’t access it on corporate machines and vice versa. Theres so much friction in the process it’s not worth
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by Friedduck 1y ago
Our Enterprise Chrome doesn't allow me to access the page to disable this behavior. Signing out of Chrome (but leaving extensions and bookmarks) is the only way I've found to stop the never-ending Google sign-in prompts. If someon
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by Friedduck 1y ago
If I recall correctly project 2025 had an item about targeting pornography. I could be wrong but it wouldn’t surprise me if the payment processors wanted to avoid the ire of the current administration and preemptively took action.
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by Friedduck 1y ago
Free speech is dead. In case we’re keeping track.
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by Friedduck 2y ago
Teams has never been as good as Skype at calls, even in the very early days. I was shocked at how good Skype was when my son called a friend in a French village where he was an exchange student. The quality rivaled the best local calls on a
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by Friedduck 2y ago
Having talked to a couple of people in the CDC I fear the worst. They’re not allowed to participate with the WHO outside of the agency (even on their own time). The employees are largely censored from expressing their opinion on any topic,
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by Friedduck 2y ago
I don’t know if it’s widely known but now that we have TikTok back it’s irrevocably altered. Content amd actions are being policed for anti-right wing sentiment and people are being TOS’d or prohibited from that action. Examples that have b
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by Friedduck 2y ago
Voidtools’s Everything is indispensable. Alas with no more admin rights on a corporate machine I’ve had to let it go.
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by Friedduck 2y ago
The dems failed at messaging, as they have forever. Both parties have abdicated their role enforcing antitrust regs (esp as it relates to the food industry). Additionally mis-handling COVID and implementing a 25% tariff on some commodities
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by Friedduck 2y ago
If you ever deal with elderly parents you’ll learn the full extent of this. It’s shocking how many worthless subscriptions my in-laws had. Services I’m not sure even exist any longer. An AOL account!
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by Friedduck 2y ago
The fact that we even have to have this conversation tells you how far afield from our stated values we have drifted. Some municipalities are just corrupt. If your cops are going to conferences to learn how they can seize property, they’re
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by Friedduck 2y ago
In addition to the obvious, Windows feels like a neglected ecosystem. They pile on new, half-baked features without fixing what’s already present and broken for years. Try searching for a file by name. Third-parties have had this figured ou
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by Friedduck 2y ago
I used to use Apple keychain and lost access to it at one point when I switched phones and no longer had a known device associated with my account. Even when I had the correct credentials, I could no longer access the keychain. It may be my
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by Friedduck 2y ago
Insurance companies have been doing this for years. Feed data into an algorithm controlled by third parties (and what’s more, share data about people who’ve been terminated, coordinate benefits, etc). This isn’t talked about enough.
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by Friedduck 2y ago
Microsoft still can’t manage file and email search so I’ll remain skeptical of any and all announcements about being able to locate what’s on my PC.
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by Friedduck 2y ago
What you say is true, but it’s because their pricing is deliberately complex and they’re performing yield maximization. I get that. However, it feels more like a new car negotiation that wastes everyone’s time. If you’re willing to accept X
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by Friedduck 2y ago
Is there any market or sector that PE hasn’t made worse?
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by Friedduck 2y ago
I can’t believe they didn’t start with this model before attempting what seems like self-driving cars level of difficulty for shopping. Use carts like IKEA that hang your reusable bag. Scan as you pick up items. Walk out.

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