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xilliah

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Developmental informatics hacker

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It's a good idea for note taking.

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It's foss

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Have you tried FOSS? I use it for everything and pirating software is likely going to infect your computer.

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Just search FOSS alternatives, there's a plethora of websites for finding those.

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Probably installed it for free just so someone can get all that juicy data.

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Librera Reader

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That's crazy.. I once changed to a business plan to get more reliable support and it was actually cheaper.

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What country is that?

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Wtf isn't that against freedom of expression big time? Didn't expect the US as you guys are typically really strict on that.

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I like the Dutch consent form for body donation. You can just checkmark what you're ok with and what not. I don't know all the details but I expect that it'll be used responsibly.

I think we can all agree that that's an important topic. Why can't we do that for other, often less important, things too?

Like sure, access my diary if your research is supported by a board but not for security purposes unless you have a warrant.

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I'd love to try this some time for game design. Like you could perhaps even visualize the decision tree somehow.

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FYI data on USB sticks might not last as long as you might expect.

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Spaceballs clip (inv)

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FYI data on USB sticks might not last as long as you might expect.

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Bonus: cut it up and entrust it it to trusted people in envelopes. In case something happens they can combine their secrets to get access.

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I use mdisc bluray

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This is such an apt way to put it. It makes it relatable for everyone, as I'm sure we've all experienced prejudice and the like.

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Slightly unrelated but it kind of reminds me of a guest room I used to have.

I had this tiny but amazing little room in the center of an expensive city. Walking distance from station. Large balcony. Large windows with sun. Blackout curtains. Silent. Pretty wooden desk. Ample storage space. Mirror. Shiny clean. Lots of features, basically!

Couchsurfers were always so deeply thankful and I've never had any real issues. It was fun and rewarding.

Airbnbers? Oh my god there were some entitled guests. And it was just eur 25 a night! There's even emotional labor involved because you have to take it with a smile or you might end up receiving a bad review and drop out of the search.

I can't for a second imagine a surfer acting that way. Just like this article says it's like they assume there's this capitalist alienated relationship going on, whereas actually it's simply a gift.

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That's better than being a young cynic

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My hair stood up straight due to an ad on that website playing music.. A blast from the past!

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Mostly using duck duck go. But am considering Firefox with some addons now.

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I play Crystal Caves on my 3080. No regrets.

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Have you tried slapping your manager?

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Compensations should be paid out, watch how security grows

You are going to be trapped in a room for 12 hours with a mid 2000s office desktop with no internet connection and an external hard drive; what are you putting on the hard drive?

I've got some DOOM WADs I have been meaning to play so I would probably grab Trench Foot, Total Chaos, and the sequel to Ashes 2063, Ashes: Afterglow with a portable install of GZDoom to play them....

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1000010708

Meta gave Netflix and Spotify access to users private messages ( arstechnica.com )

in 2018, Facebook told Vox that it doesn't use private messages for ad targeting. But a few months later, The New York Times, citing "hundreds of pages of Facebook documents," reported that Facebook "gave Netflix and Spotify the ability to read Facebook users’ private messages."...

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Ugh and now it's happening yet again with discord. Everybody seems to want me to be on discord. Just after I managed to get off everything. At least they seem kinda OK for now but we all know it's just a matter of time until dr evil gets his hands on it.

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Nah I'm just talking

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I tried the demo. It's pretty cool.

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I read books at work when I need to, and in some cases that can take several days. As long as it is relevant to what I am being paid to do. Make sure to clearly communicate. Learning is part of this job.

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I consider most of the stuff I post here to be personal.

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Are there any school textbooks out there that have poeple in them that don't look creepy?

I Made a English Dictionary Front-End for Terminals ( feddit.nl )

This project was interesting. Recently, I've been digging into the functional programming paradigm. This is one of my first tries at it. I've been doing OOP until recently, but this project really was impressive to me. The whole implementation took about nine hours. Functional programming is much less convoluted. I spent more...

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❤️

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I've got two tips to add to the pile you've already read.

I recommend you read the manuals related to what you are using. Have you read the python manual? And the ones for the libraries you use? If you do you'll definitely find something very useful that you didn't know about.

That and, reread your code. Over and over until it makes total sense, and only run it then. It might seem slow, and it'll require patience at first. Running and testing it will always be slower and is generally only useful when testing out the concept you had in mind. But as long as you're doing your conceptual work right, this shouldn't happen often. And so, most work will be spent trying to track down bugs in the implementation of the concept in the code. Trust me when you read your code rigorously you'll immediately find issues. In some cases use temporary prints. Oh and avoid the debugger.

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Finally a website without popups!

It would be amazing if you could pay in the command line. Like imagine when you appreciate a foss library and can easily make a donation. Then you can build all sorts of software on top of that.

Iirc the pirate bay guys made something like that, but only in the browser, and only for very few websites. It gives the content a like button. Periodically it then distributes money over all your likes from a preset pool of cash.

It should be as easy as cash irl.

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I suppose so

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That's cool! I just wish I could use it with my normal bank account.

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As far as I understand it inflation is an important tool that allows for redistribution of wealth to where it is needed in hard times. For example when a bank fails.

Then you can say that banks shouldn't borrow out more money than they have, but that would reduce growth.

Then you can say growth is bad but growth doesn't necessarily mean consuming more resources. It's mainly needed for the system to sustain and adapt. For example to climate change.

Which ties in back nicely to Monero, as it uses proof of work which is a senseless waste of resources if you ask me.

Overall I just wish for a cli/api that works regardless of which payment provider you personally select.

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I appreciate your reply. My UI does not allow for downvoting.

Hmm it seems to be a very political issue. I get the appeal of using technology to make social progress. But personally I feel that political issues are just that: political issues. The US has a bipolar government, and that's an issue that needs solving. I'm not sure if crypto is the way to go there. I also trust in the inherent good of people and that they are open to reason, and that we can't solve issues by being overly individualistic, aka hide behind public keys. That's my perspective, that's all.

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🐔

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Well they did pay an ungodly amount of money for a freaking chat program.

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Fun fact the guy behind awk sent in a patch via email cuz he thought git was too complicated or not worth the hassle.

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Crazy how politicized the internet is now. Not so long ago nobody gave a rat's ass. I wonder how regulated it will become and if online freedom still exists in say 50 years.

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Ya I get you but I think in the end it's nothing really new. It seems like everything is just another rehash of something we already had. E.g. instead of killer bots we brainwashed kids into killing on command. Same with freedom.

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That it might seem like something new that internet freedom is being curtailed, but in a more generic way freedom was taken away from people in many ways already today and before in the past. Likewise how freedom has been gained countless times before will also apply to the internet in some form today and in the future. It just appears novel but it's your every day human power dynamics at work.

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Wow heliboard seems like it might be able to finally replace my m$ swift keyboard!

I really hated having to use that, but I type a lot and it was the only one that had very aggressive auto correct.

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Sit back, get some popcorn and keep those green eyes open.

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At the end of the gray sentence it says it impacts how tailored the service is. It's something that would be valuable to me in this case.

They should've shown a happy kitten instead.

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