baggachipz

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by baggachipz 6d ago
"both sides" is the reason we're in this shit show. It's like comparing a wart to stage 4 skin cancer.
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by baggachipz 6d ago
Today marks 25 years minus one day since the US really kicked the destruction of privacy into high gear. Soon after, framing this revocation of rights using the name PATRIOT.
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by baggachipz 7d ago
> Reddit is on some absolute mission to make the experience miserable Lemmy/Piefed are a pretty good approximation of the "old" reddit: community of people you remember, geek-centered for the most part, better discussion.
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by baggachipz 7d ago
You're right, it was VBScript that it mimicked. I then parlayed that into Active Server Pages, which could use VBScript or JScript. We pivoted into JScript and that's when the web dev world truly opened up for me.
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by baggachipz 7d ago
Emdashes.
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by baggachipz 7d ago
Subsidized prices at launch to lure in customers. Then profit-seeking, by raising prices and offering less for the money. Textbook enshittification.
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by baggachipz 7d ago
No new Pros. They probably saw all the blowback about meta glasses and thought that maybe now's not the time for cameras on things.
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by baggachipz 8d ago
The fact that they allow unlimited access to any law enforcement organization, where they can surveil anyone across the entire country. Police have used it to stalk ex-partners, for example. The number of cameras are also an order of magnit
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by baggachipz 8d ago
My first internship and job out of college was as a Notes developer. I spent most of my time trying to trick/strongarm Notes into doing what I wanted. Want to build a timekeeping system? Sure, I can do that. A website? No problem, Domi
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by baggachipz 12d ago
The moment they turn off automatic forwarding (and I have no doubt they will), my gmail address dies. I'm trying to migrate accounts over whenever possible, but it's quite tedious.
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Brain's timing is lying to you(blog.curtii.com)
3 points by baggachipz 13d ago|1 comments
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by baggachipz 13d ago
The way you perceive time is an illusion your brain uses in order to make predictions about the world.
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by baggachipz 15d ago
Sweden bullying Denmark, a tale as old as time.
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by baggachipz 15d ago
By all means, keep betting on this being a wild success and we'll see who's right in a little while. If you don't think this is a bubble then you're in for a ride.
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by baggachipz 15d ago
Hate on him all you want (he's gotten very repetitive for the sake of subscribers and reads), but the basic premise that the modern AI industry is a circular-dealing, point-of-diminishing-returns grift still holds. The bubble is here a
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by baggachipz 15d ago
Think of it like current kids being bombarded by cancer-causing radiation. The sooner you get them out of it the better. Yes, it is better still to never have been exposed, but the second best time to stop it is now.
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by baggachipz 15d ago
I don't think that would solve the issue. The algorithms exist to keep users engaged and looking at ads; turning the ads from targeted to generic still wouldn't change the end goal of these companies. They want to keep people scro
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by baggachipz 15d ago
I agree that this is a very blunt instrument rife with terrible potential, but I don't know what could be done in its stead. The EFF makes excellent points, but in my view the social media algorithms do way more harm than good, especia
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by baggachipz 16d ago
Joke's on them, I already own a star from the International Star Registry 8)
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by baggachipz 16d ago
Go easy on Spotify, they don't have much budget left after paying ungodly sums of money for exclusive contracts with nazi-enablers.
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by baggachipz 16d ago
DMCA has entered the chat.
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by baggachipz 16d ago
"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
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by baggachipz 20d ago
Then let the app die on the vine for a while and ultimately abandon it a couple years later.
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by baggachipz 20d ago
I sound defeated because I feel defeated. I think it's too far gone at this point. I'm tired, boss.
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by baggachipz 20d ago
Short of an actual peasant revolt, it wouldn't matter. All three branches are owned by him, as is the military and the police.
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by baggachipz 20d ago
And yet so normalized at this point. It's going to be an article in the news for a day or two, then it's gone because a new one comes along.
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by baggachipz 20d ago
His MO is always one (or both) of two things: grift, or revenge. He's still butthurt that he couldn't kill the offshore windmills near his Scottish golf club, and so now he wants to kill all wind farms. It just so happens that he
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by baggachipz 21d ago
Stripe, the Bending Spoons of commerce-related sites.
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by baggachipz 21d ago
> Taylor Farms and its CEO, Bruce Taylor, have donated millions to Republican and Trump Administration-associated political action committees (PACs) since 2025. This includes a $1 million contribution to both MAGA Inc. and a super PAC de
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by baggachipz 21d ago
I think parent (and definitely me) is thinking of a very specific 80-year-old.

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