hackernoops

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by hackernoops 1y ago
Fractional reserve lending, rehypothecation, etc.
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by hackernoops 1y ago
Glad I converted nearly all of the lights in my house to halogen, and stocked up on decades of bulbs, before the ban. Nice warm adjustable light. No strobing LED trash fucking up my eyesight.
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by hackernoops 1y ago
It started with small and nimble innovators. Then it was shifted to Big Tech with the squeeze of patent trolling in the 2000's applied. It was capturing massive created value into the hands of few, connected, corrupt shitbags.
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by hackernoops 1y ago
Has Amazon donated more to FreeBSD than Notch the Minecraft guy?
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by hackernoops 1y ago
Positive development.
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by hackernoops 1y ago
Cartel.
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by hackernoops 1y ago
Don't forget "IP" patent trolling from the 2000's. That was disasterously suppressive for innovation.
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by hackernoops 1y ago
And for all of Mark Zuckerberg's wealth and property holdings, it wasn't enough and didn't stop him from trying to take sacred land from native Hawaiians on the island of Kauai.
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by hackernoops 1y ago
This is why it's important to contribute as little as possible to others, especially the state. They will gladly take everything from you and then tell you you should be happy about it.
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by hackernoops 1y ago
>we
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by hackernoops 1y ago
Which people? It matters.
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by hackernoops 1y ago
Tariffs are good. If you have a nice mall, and you allow street vendors to walk through it selling junk, eventually the mall becomes trashy and there's no benefit to paying the rent for a proper storefront.
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by hackernoops 1y ago
Keep up the good work but don't be too disheartened when you realize they don't care. Case in point: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43539849
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by hackernoops 1y ago
Even worse is the entitlement spending imbalance along racial lines.
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by hackernoops 1y ago
Decline was a set of choices, it's just that the average person didn't make those choices and we're not allowed to discuss them or the people that made them.
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by hackernoops 2y ago
>I think more people might adopt this language if there weren't such in-group terminology like "oxidizing", "Rusteceans", pictures of rusty equipment etc. I write Rust and I agree. Hype is the downside of attract
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by hackernoops 2y ago
That's why I pirate everything. Originally I tried purchasing music files (iTunes) with the hope of it supporting musicians I liked. When it was a lesser, hindered experience, I switched back to pirating everything, still do, and alway
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by hackernoops 2y ago
>Apple level of polish. Absurd claim given the untenable OS release cadence under Tim Cook. "But better than M$" is still undeserving of the lofty implication from "level of polish".
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by hackernoops 2y ago
Big respect to OpenBSD. Now all it needs is a FS with ZFS's core capabilities and it'll be almost perfect.
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by hackernoops 2y ago
> /really weird/ That's only if you take CoC enjoyers at their word. It makes perfect sense when you realize it's not about advancing project or community, but rather controlfreak ideology.
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by hackernoops 2y ago
Ironic.
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by hackernoops 2y ago
It's the latter.
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by hackernoops 2y ago
Covering for Muslim terrorism.
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by hackernoops 2y ago
>The complete lack of any kind of technological understanding by the people in power Naive implication. They're authoritarian henchmen.
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by hackernoops 2y ago
Now try with the n-word.
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by hackernoops 2y ago
LEDs produce trash light and I'm certain it'll eventually be linked to serious damage to human eyesight. Strobing alone is a nightmare, not to mention color temp like prison yard blue in street lights and car headlights.
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by hackernoops 2y ago
Average people aren't the problem. It's the below average. And that low getting lower is indulged for some reason.
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by hackernoops 2y ago
I integrated Quickwit into our o11y platform. It was great tech with lots of promise, and now it's dead. Yet another reason to never do business with Datahog.
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by hackernoops 2y ago
DD is the Oracle/SAP of o11y. Scumbags that kill innovation.
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by hackernoops 2y ago
Rapists. Originally it was music lovers loving music. That authentic fun attracted lots of women, which attracted lots of rapists.

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