jwueller

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by jwueller 2y ago
See Directive 2019/770 for the definition of "functional" in this context. It's already a codified term: The digital content or service must be able to perform its intended functions reliably, meet the quality and perfor
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by jwueller 2y ago
Apple didn't manage to convince the rest of the industry that it's the better connector, so USB-C came out ahead. That was not the mandate. The mandate just told them to collaborate and standardize around one connector.
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by jwueller 2y ago
"No planned obsolescence" seems like a pretty clear goal to me. No carve-out for online games required. They don't care about GDPR penalties? I'm going to need a source for this one.
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by jwueller 2y ago
I feel like it's not broad at all, it just demands that the company delivers what they advertised, since they don't usually openly disclose the temporary nature of your "purchase", because it would hurt sales. (No, hidin
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by jwueller 2y ago
It stops being their property when they sell it. They keep owning the IP, but not the individual copy. Anything else is just someone coming to your house and stealing something you bought back. Basic property rights are not up for negotiati
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by jwueller 2y ago
Respecting basic property rights is not up for debate. If a business model relies on violating them, then it probably doesn't deserve to exist in the first place.
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by jwueller 2y ago
The problem there is that games don't usually advertise a subscription, like basicall all SaaS products do. They masquerade as a good for a one-time payment, then turn around and pretend it was a rental all along. Note that it's n
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by jwueller 2y ago
If anyone is curious, here is an amazing and scientific YouTube channel mostly focused on the pyramids: https://youtube.com/@historyforgranite
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by jwueller 3y ago
Yes, which is why I would argue that IO is a particularly bad benchmark here, since everything is just a thin layer on top of the actual syscall, and those layers don't do any real work worth comparing. The only thing that makes sense
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by jwueller 3y ago
How is it pure Python if it delegates all of the actual work to the Kernel?