cblconfederate

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by cblconfederate 5y ago
that s the size of the smallest mobile app
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by cblconfederate 5y ago
They don't. not only are the users not having ownership of their content and distribution, there is also censorship
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by cblconfederate 5y ago
When you build something a lot of people use, it will require a lot of ducttape. Software represents the diversity of its users.
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by cblconfederate 5y ago
They should never do that. People who want walled gardens should go with a rented solution from one of those website builder companies
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by cblconfederate 5y ago
It's just great to see work on self-hosted cms, and PHP nevertheless, the easiest one to host. Open source has forgotten the art of making the web open to everyone, not just to BigTech employees.
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by cblconfederate 5y ago
are there narrow streets in america?
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by cblconfederate 5y ago
One needs good enough, not superior
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by cblconfederate 5y ago
I wish they did the same for governments and lawmakers
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by cblconfederate 5y ago
mysql is also trending down
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by cblconfederate 5y ago
Do they really want people to find jobs or keep searching ?
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by cblconfederate 5y ago
I don't have a mental model for "64 pounds". Apparently, it s the weight of a 9 year old, which would ve been a better unit of measure.
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by cblconfederate 5y ago
> X-but-GDPR-compliant That market does not exist, it will never make money (maybe from leeching the public sector but everyone makes some scraps there). In fact the idea that laws will create a market was a bad idea.
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by cblconfederate 5y ago
It would be nice if we had the option to ask for $1 to our visitors, but we don't because the credit card and payments racket works its magic. Just what are websites supposed to do to survive? Shutting down is not a valid answer Of cou
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by cblconfederate 5y ago
It's hard to participate. It's good for finding interesting ideas and people, but participating is a job on its own , since everything seems to attract the wrong people. Too public, too much anxiety
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by cblconfederate 5y ago
I don't think the small ones are much better. It's all about signaling and politics everywhere.
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by cblconfederate 5y ago
Why is this human not following the orders of their dishwasher?
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by cblconfederate 5y ago
The solution is to move the burden of accountability from low-level management (which is replaced by machines) to the people in charge. CEOs should not be immune from jail
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by cblconfederate 5y ago
They may be bad in Amazon, but algorithms are the future of governance everywhere. It will be the end of political divisions.
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by cblconfederate 5y ago
> Not everyone who writes knows how to program too. Aren't static generators much harder to grok for nonprogrammers than wordpress? This is a non-problem. The problem is not wordpress. The problem is that modern browser programming,
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by cblconfederate 5y ago
close? it s the internet dude
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by cblconfederate 5y ago
Unless these people start building companies in said countries this does not benefit the countries. They re essentially tourists
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by cblconfederate 5y ago
In the long term though this is not good for the home countries, they are left behind and at best become tourist destinations. There is no country that pulled itself forward this way, not even with remote work. Eastern europe is an example
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by cblconfederate 5y ago
But why do all these companies have to be in america? One often hears about companies hiring remotely, but hardly ever establishing remotely.
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by cblconfederate 5y ago
The problem is not the website that uses wordpress instead of some 'artisanal' static site generator. The former is something that mom and pop can self-host, the latter is something the aspiring programmer enjoys doing. The proble
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by cblconfederate 5y ago
That's a blog, not 'the web'
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by cblconfederate 5y ago
And use the same 120 fonts in our website? What are we, plebs? Plz download this 45mb font that we made this morning
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by cblconfederate 5y ago
Just use system fonts. Except on android, it's only roboto And do use verdana, it's the most readable font. Admit it, you like it here
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by cblconfederate 5y ago
"Moneymaker"
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by cblconfederate 5y ago
The reason for pursuing clocks is to use them to assess the efficacy of longevity interventions. Currently, with an error bar ~3 years they are not bad at all, and can be used to assess aging relative to a starting point, as you suggest.
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by cblconfederate 5y ago
for fun try https://www.hetzner.com/sb Their prices have spiked because of electricity costs, the entry level used to be around 20 euros. They come with 1Gbit

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