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by shims 7y ago
> If not a single Republican voted for it that means the bill is entirely the responsibility of the Democrats. Every Democrat in the Senate voted for it, including two independents.
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by shims 7y ago
> How does allowing sideloaded apps or unlocked bootloaders help the average soccer mom? Millions of people installed Fortnite mobile without an appstore, you should ask them. This kind of industry-wide myopia indicates that there&#x27
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by shims 7y ago
People buy busses because they're busses. Almost noone buys a phone because it's super locked down and some company decides when it's too old and can't install apps from the app store anymore.
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by shims 7y ago
> The vast majority of customers want an app store with tighter controls, and both Google and Apple provide it. Tell that to the millions of people who installed Fornite mobile outside of any app store. Most people don't care wher
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by shims 7y ago
That's time consuming and expensive. If you found yourself in a situation where you're signing a non-compete out of desperation, you're lacking in both time and resources.
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by shims 7y ago
Many organic pesticides are synthetic. The organic label in the US doesn't mean much.
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by shims 7y ago
In the US, 'organic' does not mean sustainable. Voting with your wallet is not enough. This situation requires large scale change and regulation to remedy.
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by shims 7y ago
Basic arithmetic and algebraic substitution. Set theory, graph theory, stats, discrete math and linear algebra all rear their heads in various fields, but you could go your entire web dev career without having to understand them.
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by shims 7y ago
There are plenty of people who need to work to eat and can't be picky with employers.
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by shims 7y ago
> The solution, in my humble immigrant opinion, is to train Americans to take on service jobs that cannot be easily automated / performed by cheap labor overseas. It would also require software developers to take an honest look at
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by shims 7y ago
Similarly, there's evidence that in cultures where hearing voices is considered something spiritual or a gift instead of a serious illness, not only are the voices more positive, but those who hear them are able to integrate and funct