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by capdeck 5y ago
> Aren't they already 'demonetised'... That affects only content creator. YouTube, even if not directly profiting from ads, profits indirectly from you staying on the site and moving on to other 'monetized' video
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by capdeck 5y ago
Apple created very profitable side business of licensing its proprietary connector to anyone who wants to create an accessory to iPhones. Uber-strong commercial motivation will never incentivize Apple to do the right thing - which today is
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by capdeck 6y ago
> "Regulation" gave us a 5 day work week. Wasn't it Henry Ford who gave us 5 day work week? 5 days to work, 1 day for church and 1 day to get out and buy the cars he was making.
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by capdeck 6y ago
That dataset is biased. Russia is under numerous sanctions and no western country will consider sputnik due to political pressure, even when licensing vaccine from Russia would benefit EU, as an example, currently missing the timely deliver
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by capdeck 6y ago
What used to be fiction now is just news.
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by capdeck 6y ago
Eventually TVs will VPN out. Dat revenue is way too sweet...
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by capdeck 6y ago
That is true, but it will nag you every time you turn on TV.
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by capdeck 6y ago
> 5G Don't believe coverage maps from wireless companies - 5% will get reception at best.
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by capdeck 6y ago
No, it works exactly as it was designed. Health insurance keep s costing more, cover less and not care about helping people in the time of need. That is not an accident. It is a result of concentrated effort of lawyers, lobbyists, salesmen,
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by capdeck 6y ago
There was an article or a documentary (cant find it now for some reason) about a corrupt "professional" guardian and a judge. She would find older people or couples with some assets and no or remote relatives, come up with some bu
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by capdeck 6y ago
Look and compare the military and space budgets of all countries... it doesn't matter really what we do - it will always be better than what we are doing now.
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by capdeck 6y ago
One example would be analytics libraries that require precise calculations and background in math as opposed to the UI that displays the bar chart with results. The former is what I consider to be "fundamental" where the latter is
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by capdeck 6y ago
I can draw a parallel to this in software development. Some product features that require development "from scratch", where you can get down to the original code and logic - this is where "taking time to think" really pa
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by capdeck 6y ago
Don't you think that if we have to have unions to achieve political representation -- there is something really wrong with our political process. If I am in a party and / or a union - how does that (not) help with representation?
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by capdeck 6y ago
This is an excellent example why unions are wrong solution to a bigger problem - lack of universal healthcare, free education and guaranteed pension. If we had the three above - there won't be a need for unions because you are not loos
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by capdeck 6y ago
If entire disk appears to be empty - it is much more plausible to have an argument that this is indeed just an empty spare. If you have a "hidden" file -- that file can be found to begin with -- _something_ in the file system will
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by capdeck 6y ago
And if you need a step up from chroot, systemd-nspawn is a good next step. Just as light, but supports many more isolated features including all kinds of networking. No need for go runtime as with docker, the same convenience of use via mac
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by capdeck 6y ago
> to keep insecure and abusive apps off of the majority of users' devices. I don't know, but we have a small android tablet with a bunch of games. If you ask me - Play Store is a cesspool of ad-ware ridden junk with some of the
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by capdeck 6y ago
I don't think decency has anything to do with it. Profits are king that everyone bows to. I can see a management meeting where inevitably someone throws the idea of webcam surveillance into the rink. After all it is simple to understan
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by capdeck 6y ago
It will all be done in the name of "security" - in this case you don't have to justify or even explain what security issue your are trying to solve. And security software vendors will helpfully lend you an amazingly designed
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by capdeck 6y ago
> why would a landlord kick out a previously good customer I don't think they did. If I owned a small restaurant or a book store - having been closed for a month would be devastating in itself. Seeing no light at the end of the tunn
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by capdeck 6y ago
Some landlords have mortgages to pay too - so in that case "rent holiday" is basically "landlord pays for tenant". But commercial real estate seems to be a different beast. I've witnessed a large amount of commercia
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by capdeck 6y ago
> there won’t be nearly as many people stepping up to replace them. Strongly disagree with the last point. If there is one lesson that I remember from the history of US -- entrepreneurial spirit is the reason this country exists in the f
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by capdeck 6y ago
It is true that current emergency is not the one to be expected. But it is made much worse for the people which depend on everything to come from the employer. If healthcare comes from a "job" - shouldn't the "job"
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by capdeck 6y ago
What I saw today driving through the neighboring small town - half of the main street shops and restaurants are closed. Not just temporarily, but the space is empty and there is a big "for rent" sign in the window. I've been
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by capdeck 6y ago
Self-hosted instance of Shaarli - it is simple, fast and reliable: https://github.com/shaarli/Shaarli You can't embed videos, on mobile the web version works well. Has simple browser extensions and a terminal clie
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by capdeck 6y ago
I got to witness it first hand in a fairly large financial organization. It is first come, first served - i.e. early birds get nicer window seats and if you come late there is a chance you actually won't have a desk. If someone was eat
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by capdeck 7y ago
> 2. support editing text files inside the terminal as ranger does Can it be configured to just open file in vim or other eidtor? May be in a subshell, so you can return back to broot. Why reinvent the wheel...
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by capdeck 7y ago
I can't believe DOS Navigator [1] is not mentioned - true MDI in TUI using Turbo Vision. Ran circles around Norton Commander. Even had a freaking spreadsheet built-in! [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS_Navigat
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by capdeck 7y ago
>> 3. Halt foreign online payments > That is extremely unlikely to happen. That's what very much has already happened. Visa and MasterCard pulled their services a few years ago after another set of US sanctions. Also, if you a

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