naldb

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by naldb 11mo ago
Encrypted? Encrypted how? How would the employees tasked with age verification access them if they were encrypted?
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by naldb 11mo ago
Security is not a binary state. You can pay as much as you want but there’s no assurance that you won’t be hacked.
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by naldb 11mo ago
That requires cultural changes through a timescale of generations, so it’s not a feasible solution.
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by naldb 11mo ago
I was curious and obviously there is no single exact source but it seems like ~30% of web users have an ad blocker of some kind. Remember that some quite popular browsers include a built-in ad blocker.
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by naldb 11mo ago
Sure: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45522868 This is the removed comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45523057
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by naldb 11mo ago
It wasn't the article itself that was flagged. The article was allowed to stay posted and there was some discussion about it. But then someone commented, rightly, that the article was a union hit piece, and that comment was flagged and
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by naldb 11mo ago
How will you ignore it when they outlaw cash?
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by naldb 11mo ago
I also learnt a lot from your tutorial of Flask. Thank you.
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by naldb 11mo ago
I agree. He shouldn’t have a twitter account.
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by naldb 11mo ago
I’ve never heard of Reddit revealing the nationality of members of any sub. Do you have a source for this?
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by naldb 11mo ago
Spending all day drinking and socialising is a waste of a day? As opposed to what, working? Or maybe watching Netflix at home?
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by naldb 11mo ago
Honestly, it’s pathetic. I know someone will come up with pragmatic reasons for this, but it’s simply pathetic.
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by naldb 11mo ago
In Spain there are half a million more people living off the government than those working in the private sector: https://theobjective.com/economia/macroeconomia/2024-09-16/a...
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by naldb 11mo ago
Stop reading things that upset you.
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by naldb 11mo ago
Most people have an irrational fear of one or many things, that doesn’t mean those fears have to be entertained. The media loves to instil fear to get clicks.
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by naldb 11mo ago
Isn’t it just inflation. As time passes there is more fiat in circulation, which means fiat is worth less, which means you need more fiat to buy the same amount of gold.
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by naldb 11mo ago
That the way the parent comment is written evokes fear unnecessarily. There are no definite provable effects of exposure of PFAS - in fact our current knowledge of them is so bad that if you use google and find a list of effects on the bod
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by naldb 11mo ago
It’s not “you” failing. If your business fails, everybody gets fired. Why is everybody getting fired better than firing a few people?
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by naldb 11mo ago
We are talking here about businesses with say 10 employees that go through dire straits and can’t fire people to survive. The only solution is to close down and lay EVERYONE off. IPO? Get rich quick scheme? Why is hyperbole the only respons
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by naldb 1y ago
Actually it’s everybody’s problem, since job inflexibility is one of the reasons why Europe is so poor compared to other first world countries. Who exactly benefits from a business going under? Its bigger competitors? The less well off are
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by naldb 1y ago
The best thing to happen to Linux Desktop is not that it has improved but that its biggest competitor has dropped the ball? That’s not really praising it.
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by naldb 1y ago
How do you know at the time of hiring that months or years down the road the business won’t go well?
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by naldb 1y ago
It’s very easy: spend an insane amount of money, usually at a time when your business can’t afford it.
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by naldb 1y ago
> there was one time I crossed the street to avoid someone who was clearly homeless and mentally ill, but I never found myself feeling unsafe. Seems a contradiction.
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by naldb 1y ago
Why are these people so obsessed with creating inflation? What does inflation do for them? I suppose they expect all this money to trickle up?
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by naldb 1y ago
No, this is democracy in action. People don’t want noise. Antisocial characters will have to deal with it.