fidodo

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I think there's a lot they could have done better. They could have injected ads into the API feeds directly so they could still get revenue and make it part of the terms that a client can't remove them, and offer a paid version of the API that doesn't have ads. That could work with the clients who could then continue to offer a free ad supported version or a subscription that removes them with Reddit getting a cut. I would have been totally understanding of that and reddit could have gotten a ton of subscription revenue by leveraging the existing distribution channels.

They're a company, they have to pay the bills, I get that, but they went over the line with their deception, greed, and hunger for power. This wasn't just about making money, it's also about control. This was all just an underhanded move to kill 3rd party apps without outright banning them. They want total control so they can continue to make ui decisions that make then more money at the expense of the user experience with their users not having an alternative client to go to. They clearly don't have any respect for their users so why would I use them?

The system is rigged to make it much much easier to make money if you already have money.

It might cause more issues in those states but wouldn't each of them be weaker? I don't know how to fix Russia, but if it can't be fixed I'd rather they not be strong enough to attack other countries.

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No matter what happens it's at least 25k troops removed from the front line so that's a big deal.

I'm also not sure how it's enforceable in a distributed system.

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I think it's more of a generational thing than an age thing. Younger generations that grew up surrounded by games don't think it's weird and I while you do have less time to game as you get older I don't think it'll ever get weird.

The word is arrogant.

No, I find typing faster than clicking and I've been using git for so long the commands are second nature to me.

Isn't it always about making more money? They don't want 3rd party apps because they want more control because that allows them to optimize for more ad money. Now they can make even more money off their app by compromising the user experience, and users don't have any other option to leave for a better client.

I doubt things in Russia will get better but I'd expect the country would come out weaker so hopefully they wouldn't be able to continue their wars since they'll be more concerned with consolidating power.

They want your money but they don't want to actually provide any customer or creator services. They think they can automate everything but do a shit job at it.

Engineers and scientists do try to do and make crazy things but they try to do it safely, and doing it safely costs money which he didn't want to spend.

I guess the most positive spin is that he risked and gave his life to try new things which can progress things more quickly, but he didn't just risk his own life, he risked the passengers which is unforgivable. If he were doing it solo to not endanger others then I could respect that.

I guess at least he's being honest? What he has to say is shitty, but I guess it's better than being lied to.

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Same thing as last week and the week before that. TOTK

I disagree. HD lasted a super long time. That there would be a new standard after HD was never a question. As far as standards go it lasted a very long time and did about as good as any standard could.

64 bit was an absolute necessity. That it was a lot of work to switch to does not mean it was overhyped.

I don't like Facebook but that doesn't mean its success can be ignored. It became the biggest social network and was regularly mentioned in the same breath as Google and Microsoft, so I can't see how it's overhyped as much as I don't like them.

Greedy fuckers. They're not making enough money already? And when you pay them you get shit service anyways.

Judging by the article even the snippets are pure nonsense:

Black lace pajamas, very short skirt, the most important thing, now this lace pajamas are all wet.

It could be vastly improved upon with the new LLMs, but these are just complete rubbish.

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I don't think they're that uncommon in the US. They're not ubiquitous like they are in Europe but I feel like the majority of people have them. As mentioned, it's probably more to do with whether you drink tea than anything else, and not as many people drink tea all the time here. Come to think of it, I've never seen anyone boil water for tea on the stove in the last decade. They either use a kettle or they don't drink tea at all.

I have the same take as well. Basically fast accessible IDEs with instant feedback and type interference allows you to not have to add types to things where it's already obvious.

I game on PC but I understand the appeal of an Xbox. GPUs have been insanely expensive, and while not necessarily hard, building a PC can still be an overwhelming rabbit hole to research as you try to find the best configurations and deals, and even though it's improved a lot, PCs are still more prone to messing up since more configurations are harder to test.

Isn't the actual point that other people can see your karma? That's not a risk with this script. I mean you could go around telling people your karma but that'd be super lame.

5 mini silicone spatulas. It was cheaper to buy 5 than 1 on Amazon and at first I was like I don't need this many mini spatulas, but they're super helpful and great at scraping and I don't have to worry about washing them between jobs since I have several I can swap between. I find them more versatile than having one big spatula.

Haven't seen anyone mention chef John from food wishes He has a YouTube and all his recipes are also on Allrecipes.com

Zuck invested billions in the wrong tech tree and it's desperate to start relevant.

I like body or king size pillows for this

What's a boomer shooter?

You can't get sued by your customers if you're dead *taps head

It's a bad headline. What it should say is "a record number of Americans don't want to see either trump or Biden in the 2024 election"

Is it technically possible to ensure anything is deleted in a distributed system?

What I don't understand is who is downloading and reading these books?

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I don't understand the end game here. I understand corporations trying to get more control, but you have less money and power if you're just ruling over ashes.

The corporatization of the world feels like it's coming to a head. You're not allowed to own anything anymore. Everything is a subscription and it's impossible to afford property. You just rent everything putting you on constant edge until you die.

And probably were more likely because they wanted to be in control to maintain slavery.

That's my bet too. They weren't hosting the site itself on GCP but they were using them for trust and safety services, and I bet that one of those services was anti scraping prevention with things like ip blocking and captchas, which would explain why scraping suddenly became a problem for them the day their contract ended. It can't be a coincidence.

I've used gas, coil, and induction and I'll have to disagree on them being as good. Coil is just terrible. It takes way too long to adjust the temperature which makes some kinds of cooking incredibly hard. Induction is much more responsive, and I could live with it if I had to but it's just not as good. It's prone to hot spots and you need the pan perfectly centered to get even heat distribution and you lose heat any time you lift the pan which makes it a lot harder to do any cooking techniques that require a lot of tossing and without the radiated heat it makes certain pans like woks way less effective as you don't get the heat going up the sides.

I understand that gas isn't as healthy, but there are other health optimizations I could do that I think would have a bigger impact on my health. I do hope that this research leads to better regulations and standards to prevent gas leaks and improve ventilation though. Residential hoods are incredibly weak and I wish they were better, and there's much more that could be done to minimize gas leaks.