scumbert

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by scumbert 6y ago
There aren't quite as many thriving former industrial buildings as there are rusted hulks strewn about.
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by scumbert 6y ago
I am talking about developers here, not Joe Schmo who lives his life in one ecosystem or the other.
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by scumbert 6y ago
The free market is your ability to pick up your toys and focus on Android. That's not a commentary on whether Apple is right or wrong, mind you, but there's no questioning it's their platform.
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by scumbert 6y ago
Which is it, detractors-- Palantir's products are smoke and mirrors, or they are effectual at making society less free?
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by scumbert 6y ago
Underrated take. They shouldn't be able to do this. This should flag Zoom as PUP for malware removal, if it weren't the new go-to.
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by scumbert 7y ago
Slams is way too common. It's very hard to read the news without seeing "slams" somewhere.
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by scumbert 7y ago
And (lack of) proper pilot training
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by scumbert 7y ago
Even funnier, forks over social identity/ideological differences
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by scumbert 7y ago
or Microsoft Silverlight, and soon Flash will be finally deprecated too, and I'm sure it will still be present in enterprise training modules and other nonsense
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by scumbert 7y ago
Is it not ostensibly the same company, just with a new owner...?
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by scumbert 7y ago
They shouldn't be blocking Firefox either, but let's be clear-- Chromium Edge makes even less sense given it's a "cousin" of Google Chrome.
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by scumbert 7y ago
Non-Chromium derivatives are blocked as well, yes, but neo-Edge is a Chromium derivative.
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by scumbert 7y ago
The sad thing is when Google websites refuse to work on Edge Chromium. Switch your user agent to match Chrome's, you're all set.
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by scumbert 7y ago
Yes, European Commission, continuing to sell yourselves and democracy out to China is something you'd better take great care in keeping private.
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by scumbert 7y ago
Yes, let's not lump the CDC in with the WHO. The two organizations have struck entirely different paths.
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by scumbert 7y ago
Google lives in a browser. Your average consumer's computing rarely leaves the browser today. Apples to oranges.
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by scumbert 7y ago
Can confirm it worked as of January
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by scumbert 7y ago
The bookmark manager built into the latest version of Microsoft Edge is adequate and inoffensive My philosophy is that the bookmarks toolbar is for "tools" and things I want myself to visit more often (a page for a good habit or a
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by scumbert 7y ago
Unironically switch to Bing
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by scumbert 7y ago
They have a court order to access the data, similarly, you're not burglarizing a house you have a warrant to enter doesn't mean Apple has to accommodate
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by scumbert 7y ago
AMD is cooperating closely with Chinese firms and has them to thank in part for its resurgence in the desktop die space. I wouldn't be surprised if these partnerships lead to more AMD PC's from small OEM's in the near future,
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by scumbert 7y ago
Strange he didn't see the irony of "insult" when referring to Asia as a monolith
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by scumbert 7y ago
To do something about this requires supply chain security that you won't find outside governments that are able to realize economies of scale.
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by scumbert 7y ago
Didn't expect a response now I feel bad. I figured I was raging in an invisible thread. Deep down we both know you were right!
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by scumbert 7y ago
Dear rabid mod: detaching subthreads that spur intelligent discussion seems to run counter to your supposed goal. There is no reason Bloomberg should be expected to produce analysis and coverage for free..? ..Unless the person suggesting su
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by scumbert 7y ago
This thread was detached by rabid mods, but in response to your comment, why is Bloomberg not entitled to charge for their self-produced analysis?
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by scumbert 7y ago
> Any ideas what Google changed in Android 10 to break compatibility? Samsung's desire to continue developing the feature
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by scumbert 7y ago
No, the same people who argue one often argue the other
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by scumbert 7y ago
The mental gymnastics in this thread, yeesh. "The U.S. should leave and stop interfering!" and "The U.S. should stay and help the Kurds!" are not simultaneously possible.
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by scumbert 7y ago
Blizzard, Tiffany, NBA, what happened with South Park... we're on a roll this week, and that's only what made the headlines.

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