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by dsr_ 4d ago
The grapes that grow in my back yard are Concords, and that shouldn't be surprising because Concord is a couple of towns over. They taste just like Welch's.
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by dsr_ 7d ago
To be clear, Truthear Gates cost almost $23 with the microphone option when they are not on sale... but yes.
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by dsr_ 7d ago
Trademark is the mechanism of enforcement for this usage, just as copyright is the mechanism of enforcement for the GPL. You can come up with other mechanisms that would work, but this is the one that we have in existence now.
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by dsr_ 7d ago
is-ought distinction, but specifically: The heksher marks and logos offered by kosher-certification organizations are protected by trademark; using the trademark under license specifically assures the customer that the organization's s
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by dsr_ 8d ago
In this case, it was genocide.
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by dsr_ 10d ago
Heliboard is good, customizable, and actually open source - GPL3.
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by dsr_ 12d ago
Since about 12 or so, it's been a series of cosmetic changes, bugfixes, and "AI" features.
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by dsr_ 21d ago
Finally a direct competitor to RT (RequestTracker). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Request_Tracker
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by dsr_ 25d ago
You can't respect someone who doesn't respect their self. It's a mistake to attribute personality features to countries, but not to their leaders. Similarly, people who don't have self-respect don't respect others.
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by dsr_ 26d ago
Comparable to https://store.minisforum.com/products/minisforum-um790-pro-m... but much larger, heavier and with a specific keyboard.
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by dsr_ 1mo ago
No. The ideal infotainment "system" should be a volume knob, the minimum interface to get a secure connection, and a good modular tilt-and-swivel holder for a phone with obvious cable routing for a power cable and optional wireles
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by dsr_ 1mo ago
It's the renounification that really bugs people.
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by dsr_ 1mo ago
$1 trillion more efficient in allocation of resources, freeing up money for consumer spending on everything.
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by dsr_ 1mo ago
The specifics are certainly cultural and locally relative, but Marx nailed it when he talked about ownership of the means of production, rather than being part of the production of goods and services. The reason that the ultrawealthy behave
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by dsr_ 1mo ago
In the USA, there are more than 52 jurisdictions not including towns and cities and counties, but most (not all) states think of ebikes as being slightly restricted bicycles rather than motorcycles, as long as: - they have functional pedals
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by dsr_ 1mo ago
People want something to wash down the salty protein and fat. They've always had the choice of water, several sodas, and usually bad ice tea, bad lemonade and a diet soda or two.
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by dsr_ 1mo ago
In-N-Out is, IIRC, completely privately owned by the founder's family. Every location is directly controlled. Their customers are the people buying burgers. McDonalds, of course, is 5% corp-owned flagships and 95% franchise "oppor
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by dsr_ 1mo ago
teetotaler(n.) also teetotaller, "one who formally pledges to entire abstinence from intoxicating drink," 1834, agent noun from teetotal (q.v.). Related: Teetotaleress (1834); teetotalist (1840). Invented by the "health consc
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by dsr_ 1mo ago
On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. Off-Topic: Mos
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by dsr_ 1mo ago
And if the jurisdictions don't have a treaty?
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by dsr_ 1mo ago
There ought to be an XKCD for this, but instead it's from the FAQ. In short: somebody thought it was interesting enough to submit, and enough other people voted for it that it got to your attention. That's it. If it ends up with 2
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by dsr_ 1mo ago
Counter-evidence: the Google Play Store, which is a wretched hive of scum and villainy. And also malware.
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by dsr_ 2mo ago
He's singing the praises of CostCo, which made him whole. Any dishwasher could have these problems; any warehouse could. How the seller handles the situation is key to whether you use them again. CostCo has built a huge reputation for
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by dsr_ 2mo ago
Because I don't own any that I want to use. I always have a phone, a laptop, a tablet or a desktop to hand. The tablet is a great device for reading comics as well as books. The phone is a terrible device for reasing comics, but fine f
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by dsr_ 2mo ago
I use KOReader on everything except e-ink devices. Linux desktop. MacOS laptop. Android tablets. Android phones. Where-ever I am, I can pick up a device and continue reading from where I left off. I have the same config everywhere (it wou
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by dsr_ 2mo ago
In system after system, people enthusiastically swarm to something which is easy to use. Then, after enshittification, they hang around too long because it's so hard to extract and send the meaningful data and metadata elsewhere. If yo
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by dsr_ 2mo ago
The ACM sent around a nice query to members which made it clear that they were going to do it even if 100% of the members said "No, don't do that". I suppose they could be sued.
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by dsr_ 2mo ago
No, just leave a blank space in the middle that has nothing to do with the denomination and is there just to be interesting. Print something new in it for each member; issue half of them in odd years and half in even. Hold contests.
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by dsr_ 2mo ago
My workplace has made health insurance a competitive point: zero employee premium, zero copays except for an ambulance call which does not result in an admission, zero Rx costs. Full family coverage. The dental coverage was screwed up for t
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by dsr_ 2mo ago
The primary source of uncorrelated bit-flips is, effectively, cosmic radiation. (Correlated bit-flips are likely from a manufacturing error... or, at least in one case, from excessively radioactive ceramic packaging.) The more atmosphere yo

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