Comment on: Amazon says drone deliveries coming 'within months'
California is a wasteland and Seattle wants nothing more than to copy whatever LA is doing. We already have huge homeless encampments and a toothless police force.
The biggest problem on the west coast is single family dwelling zones for construction. The homeowners fight to prevent zoning changes that would allow high density housing to be built. West coast cities can't sprawl like Texas because they are constrained by the geography. What they need is high density housing to meet the demand for housing, like the east coast has done. Instead we get nimby (not in my back yard) assholes that block any change because their house won't continue to skyrocket in value.
You either already have housing, are rich, or are watching from a rental.
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12 Jul 2020 13:03
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Comment on: The internet is changing drastically for Hong Kong’s citizens | MIT Technology Review
Not just for Hong Kong, the internet itself has been changing drastically for years now. It's gone from wild west to controlled and authoritarian in just about a decade. It all works in China's favor, they use the internet to control people all over the world. Reddit is the perfect example of that.
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11 Jul 2020 23:22
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Comment on: Amazon says drone deliveries coming 'within months'
They are on the streets now. A lot of the gig workers in major cities are living in their cars. If you're in LA, SF, or Seattle, there is a pretty good chance your delivery driver will sleep in their car.
They say your rent should be 30% of your gross earnings. I don't know any gig jobs that pay $72,000 a year to afford rent in these cities. If you worked 2 full time jobs, 80 hours a week, making Seattle minimum wage, you're still short $12k a year.
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11 Jul 2020 23:17
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Comment on: Amazon says drone deliveries coming 'within months'
Do you know any Amazon delivery drivers? Claiming that they make enough to eat is a stretch. What should happen is these drones should be aggressively taxed with the revenue going toward UBI. All automation jobs should be taxed to the point where it's a preference whether to have a machine or human and if they hire machines, then they should be subsidizing all the people that those machines replace.
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11 Jul 2020 19:36
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Comment on: Uber wants to resume self-driving car tests on public roads
ugh... the idea humans wont be allowed to drive is sad... for a shit load of us, driving is part of our culture... and that will be erased and be just A-okay!
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11 Jul 2020 19:06
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Comment on: Uber wants to resume self-driving car tests on public roads
Regardless of WHEN its fully viable, we know and HAVE known for decades now, but we have dont ZILCH to prepare, what makes that SO BAD, is that our great-great grandparents went through mass displacement by machines and STILL did nothing to prepare for it...
I fear, that will be the legitimization of communism...
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11 Jul 2020 14:59
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Comment on: Microsoft’s Fingers in Every Pie: The Cult Mentality That Society Needs to Become Wary of | Techrights
Because the link from DDG search results is a HTTP link, not HTTPS.
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11 Jul 2020 14:52
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Comment on: Microsoft’s Fingers in Every Pie: The Cult Mentality That Society Needs to Become Wary of | Techrights
I see a self-signed cert, it won't be trusted even with correct SANs.
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11 Jul 2020 14:15
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Comment on: Microsoft’s Fingers in Every Pie: The Cult Mentality That Society Needs to Become Wary of | Techrights
Waiting won't fix a wrong cert. The website admin needs to get a cert signed by a publicly trusted certificate authority such as Let's Encrypt or Verisign. The site currently uses a self-signed cert that will cause browser warnings and errors to users accessing the site over https.
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11 Jul 2020 14:14
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Comment on: Uber wants to resume self-driving car tests on public roads
How many unemployed drivers will we see?
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11 Jul 2020 14:12
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Comment on: Amazon says drone deliveries coming 'within months'
If you live in a city you are already surrounded by dozens of cameras as soon as you step outside
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11 Jul 2020 14:07
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Comment on: TikTok deleted 49 million 'rule-breaking' videos
Is pornography (obviously not underaged) allowed on TikTok? I'm not familiar at all with what the app entails, so I wonder if there's a baked in anti-nsfw rule.
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10 Jul 2020 01:02
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Comment on: TikTok deleted 49 million 'rule-breaking' videos
I've zero sympathy for TikTok or anyone that uses it.
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09 Jul 2020 23:07
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Twitter stock rises on potential subscription platform
4 0 comments 09 Jul 2020 09:06 u/None (..) in g/technologyComment on: Microsoft and Zoom join Hong Kong data 'pause,' will not process data requests made by Hong Kong authorities
Some spokesperson for the Chinese government: “Don’t interfere with our affairs!”
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08 Jul 2020 10:22
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Comment on: Microsoft and Zoom join Hong Kong data 'pause,' will not process data requests made by Hong Kong authorities
Why? They are not co-operating with China rn, and that's a good thing because fuck China. They likely won't hold that promise for very long, but I don't see how this is fucked up
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08 Jul 2020 10:14
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Comment on: Microsoft and Zoom join Hong Kong data 'pause,' will not process data requests made by Hong Kong authorities
This is disgusting.
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08 Jul 2020 06:07
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Reddit more pliant to Hong Kong government request for user data | Taiwan News
3 1 comment 08 Jul 2020 04:51 u/None (..) in g/technologyComment on: The United States is "Looking at" Banning TikTok | Digital Trends
I hear where you're coming from but if it truly is a weapon china is using against American citizens then I have no problem with them banning some social media app. There's plenty out there that do the same thing.
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07 Jul 2020 17:13
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Comment on: Exciting Days for ARM Processors
We need an open standard for ARM like RISC. I just hope it will be viable soon, before the globalization of closed standard.
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07 Jul 2020 16:15
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Comment on: The United States is "Looking at" Banning TikTok | Digital Trends
And suddenly everyone dosent care about freedoms.
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07 Jul 2020 08:20
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The United States is "Looking at" Banning TikTok | Digital Trends
38 13 comments 07 Jul 2020 06:27 u/None (..) in g/technologyLinkedIn, Reddit discovered copying clipboard’s contents by iOS 14
5 0 comments 06 Jul 2020 13:16 u/None (..) in g/technologyComment on: Chrome update may extend your laptop's battery life by up to 2 hours
If you haven't tried it already, I recommend the Chromium Edge.
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06 Jul 2020 06:09
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Comment on: Chrome update may extend your laptop's battery life by up to 2 hours
The spyware's still not worth it. I'll stick with Brave.
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06 Jul 2020 05:16
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Chrome update may extend your laptop's battery life by up to 2 hours
9 9 comments 06 Jul 2020 04:49 u/None (..) in g/technologyComment on: Good Firefox / Chrome extentions
my recommendations:
- [De-Mainstream](https://www.demainstream.com/): Removes videos by mainstream media channels from YouTube recommendations
- [Privacy Possum](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-possum/): Blocks common tracking methods
- [Web Archives](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/view-page-archive/): Adds a button to the context menu to open the current webpage on an archive.
- [History Cleaner](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/history-cleaner/): automatically deletes entries in your browsing history that are older than a set amount of days
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05 Jul 2020 17:31
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Comment on: The remote British village that built one of the UK’s fastest Internet networks
That's awesome, I'm a big proponent of the JFDI way of working.
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05 Jul 2020 16:37
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Comment on: “Reddit says it’s fixing code in its iOS app that copied clipboard contents” - WTF?
Something weird is going on. They sent me an email asking me to confirm if an account was mine that I know I deleted around 2-3 years ago. They're up to no good as far as I'm concerned, as I just deleted my more recent account.
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05 Jul 2020 14:18
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Good Firefox / Chrome extentions
7 5 comments 05 Jul 2020 12:59 u/None (self.technology) in g/technologyComment on: Apple purges 3,300 games from China App Store in 2 days
It’s too bad there are no alternative app stores on iOS. There’s cydia and it’s clones, but they are rarely used to distribute apps
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05 Jul 2020 12:15
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UK minister says Huawei must meet conditions for involvement in 5G network - Reuters
2 2 comments 05 Jul 2020 10:41 u/None (..) in g/technologyComment on: Former Intel Engineer Explains Why Apple Switched to ARM
Monopolies does not last forever.
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05 Jul 2020 09:03
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Former Intel Engineer Explains Why Apple Switched to ARM
7 5 comments 05 Jul 2020 08:45 u/None (..) in g/technologyMIT-designed robot can disinfect a warehouse floor in 30 minutes -- and could one day be employed in grocery stores and schools - Honolulu, Hawaii news, sports & weather - KITV Channel 4
3 0 comments 05 Jul 2020 08:28 u/None (..) in g/technologyYamato becomes Japan's first city to 'ban' use of phones while walking | The Japan Times
10 2 comments 04 Jul 2020 22:55 u/None (..) in g/technologyEncryption-Busting EARN IT Act Advances in Senate | WIRED
3 1 comment 04 Jul 2020 22:49 u/None (..) in g/technologySocial scoring: Could that Facebook post stop you getting a loan or a mortgage? | Euronews
4 0 comments 04 Jul 2020 22:10 u/None (..) in g/technologyComment on: Google is pushing a URL scam to trick you into thinking you are on another site
What about Qwant?
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04 Jul 2020 18:43
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Comment on: iOS 14 shows TikTok steals clipboard content every few seconds
But bro they just added headscarf emojis, gave money to BLM, and replaced the gun emoji with a water gun.
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04 Jul 2020 04:00
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Comment on: The Senate’s New Anti-Encryption Bill Is Even Worse Than EARN IT, and That’s Saying Something | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Lmao what does that even mean?
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04 Jul 2020 03:57
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Comment on: 'It's really hard to find maintainers...' Linus Torvalds ponders the future of Linux • The Register
C is my lang :(
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03 Jul 2020 18:28
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Comment on: 'It's really hard to find maintainers...' Linus Torvalds ponders the future of Linux • The Register
Only if it wasn't written in C...
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03 Jul 2020 17:39
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Comment on: Apple wants your iPhone to replace your passport and driver's license | Appleinsider
That’s a hard no for me. Please vote against anyone who supports this kind of proposal.
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03 Jul 2020 16:53
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Giuetta, an new python module for making simple GUIs
1 1 comment 03 Jul 2020 15:36 u/None (..) in g/technologyComment on: The Senate’s New Anti-Encryption Bill Is Even Worse Than EARN IT, and That’s Saying Something | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Bullshit. Go read the bill for yourself
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27 Jun 2020 04:46
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Comment on: Subsurface ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa deemed potentially 'habitable'
Ha! I love this reply!
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27 Jun 2020 03:02
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Comment on: U.S. lawmakers unveil bid to boost domestic chipmaking industry
This is really good news. There are national security implications by not encouraging this as well
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26 Jun 2020 02:39
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Comment on: Daring Fireball: Senate Republicans Propose Law to Outlaw End-to-End Encryption
Only in large sites
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25 Jun 2020 21:45
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Comment on: iOS 14 shows TikTok steals clipboard content every few seconds
hmmm hard question
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25 Jun 2020 13:24
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Comment on: iOS 14 shows TikTok steals clipboard content every few seconds
Can't apple just fucking sandbox apps properly? It's not the fucking hard
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25 Jun 2020 11:04
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Comment on: iOS14 reveals that TikTok may snoop clipboard contents every few keystrokes is trending
TicTok is Chinese company, right? Everyone in America worried about Putin but not caring about everything shady that China is doing.
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25 Jun 2020 00:30
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Comment on: Adobe Flash Player End of Life
Good. About damn time
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16 Jun 2020 00:09
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Comment on: The US military is getting serious about nuclear thermal propulsion
I wish I would live long enough to see it. Someone born now could be a part of some interesting things assuming idiocracy isn't our future
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15 Jun 2020 23:54
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Comment on: The US military is getting serious about nuclear thermal propulsion
I thought it was pretty cool. Love hearing about advances in space tech
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15 Jun 2020 21:50
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The US military is getting serious about nuclear thermal propulsion
4 4 comments 15 Jun 2020 17:28 u/None (..) in g/technologyComment on: Google hides full addresses in URL bar on Chrome 85
At least this one doesn't completely break dns but it feels like an unneeded app-ification of the internet
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15 Jun 2020 00:40
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Comment on: Google hides full addresses in URL bar on Chrome 85
Google needs to be broken up.
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14 Jun 2020 17:23
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Comment on: Google hides full addresses in URL bar on Chrome 85
Those who care about their privacy and freedom of speech wouldn't be using AMP links + Google Chrome.
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14 Jun 2020 15:39
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Comment on: Zoom Promises To Do Better After Banning Tiananmen Square Protests—Then Builds Tech To Help China’s Censorship
They're worth 70 billion dollars.
70 fucking billion dollars as a shit video conferencing app....
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13 Jun 2020 00:30
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Microsoft, Amazon and IBM were losing the facial recognition race to Clearview so they stopped running. This isn’t about anti-police “wokeness” - it’s about the big companies saving face (pun intended) in the Valley.
9 0 comments 12 Jun 2020 18:11 u/None (..) in g/technologyComment on: The Results Are In for Remote Learning: It Didn’t Work
yes
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10 Jun 2020 22:59
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Comment on: The Results Are In for Remote Learning: It Didn’t Work
DNS Resolution Error
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10 Jun 2020 20:55
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Apple plans to announce ARM transition for all Macs at WWDC 2020
4 0 comments 10 Jun 2020 15:31 u/None (self.technology) in g/technologyComment on: Making the iPhone Perfect in 2 Minutes - Unc0ver IOS 13.5 Jailbreak
Or you could just use an Android phone.
What is this fruitcake channel anyway?
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04 Jun 2020 02:08
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Forget Dragon, the Falcon 9 rocket is the secret sauce of SpaceX’s success
5 1 comment 03 Jun 2020 15:00 u/None (self.technology) in g/technologyComment on: My chrome browser seems to be hijacked by wifiblaster advertising
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/noscript/doojmbjmlfjjnbmnoijecmcbfeoakpjm
if you dont have them already I'd recommend getting a good ad blocker and script blocker for your browser.
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03 Jun 2020 14:56
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Comment on: My chrome browser seems to be hijacked by wifiblaster advertising
https://www.tomsguide.com/us/chrome-reset-how-to,news-18281.html
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03 Jun 2020 00:09
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Comment on: My chrome browser seems to be hijacked by wifiblaster advertising
https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download/ try malwarebytes and see if it catches whatever. might have picked up an extension or something with another program or update
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03 Jun 2020 00:04
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Comment on: This black MacBook sat under a couch for 8 years, and it just booted right up
Did he expect it somehow wouldn't work?
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02 Jun 2020 23:35
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Comment on: Microsoft reportedly replacing dozens of journalists with AI on MSN
About the same as "journalist" producing them. AI at least has the ability to do it without bias depending on the programming. Our journalists are just fucked.
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02 Jun 2020 02:00
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135-year-long streak is over: US renewable sources topped coal in 2019
4 0 comments 31 May 2020 20:39 u/None (..) in g/technologyComment on: SpaceX and US Army sign deal to test Starlink broadband for military use
As i am fond to remind @WillowsWeb over 5G that surveillance ship sailed a very long time ago.
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28 May 2020 19:48
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Comment on: SpaceX and US Army sign deal to test Starlink broadband for military use
".... and now this mornings news. In a move literally everyone saw coming, Starlink being initiated into military applications. Affordable internet and surveillance for all."
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28 May 2020 19:46
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SpaceX and US Army sign deal to test Starlink broadband for military use
1 2 comments 28 May 2020 18:02 u/None (..) in g/technologyNew material releases hydrogen from water at near-perfect efficiency
1 0 comments 28 May 2020 18:01 u/None (..) in g/technology8GB Raspberry Pi 4 Launched for $75USD
1 0 comments 28 May 2020 17:17 u/None (self.technology) in g/technologyComment on: NASA SpaceX Crew Dragon Launch - Live Feed
and its scrubbed for today.. looking like the 30th
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27 May 2020 20:19
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NASA SpaceX Crew Dragon Launch - Live Feed
9 3 comments 27 May 2020 17:21 u/None (..) in g/technologyComment on: Apollo for Reddit update brings media enhancements, Reddit Polls, new icons, much more
Yet. Read somehwere (pretty sure it was over at +Ruqqus) that an API is on the dev roadmap.
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26 May 2020 23:32
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Comment on: Apollo for Reddit update brings media enhancements, Reddit Polls, new icons, much more
Have you reached out to any of those app developers about collaborating to create one for Ruqqus? I would love to see a RIF variant for Ruqqus
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26 May 2020 18:33
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Comment on: U.S. tech giants are reportedly providing web services to blacklisted Chinese surveillance firms
I suspect that this will be changing under this administration
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24 May 2020 22:08
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Comment on: U.S. tech giants are reportedly providing web services to blacklisted Chinese surveillance firms
It certainly sounds like treason.
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24 May 2020 20:44
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IBM laying off thousands, seeking “flexibility” during COVID-19 crisis
2 1 comment 24 May 2020 17:26 u/None (self.technology) in g/technologyOn the Moon, astronaut pee will be a hot commodity
3 0 comments 24 May 2020 17:24 u/None (..) in g/technologyComment on: Making Internet Service a Utility—What’s the Worst that Could Happen? | Ars Technica
The lack or motivation to innovate would likely be the most common impact. The regulation would not necessarily be bad but overall I do not see this as governments role.
Comcast would shit a brick which might be worth it to see
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Comment on: Man sentenced to death in Singapore via Zoom call
> [Dude's lawyer] said he did not object to the use of video-conferencing for Friday’s call since it was only to receive the judge’s verdict, which could be heard clearly, and no other legal arguments were presented.
Ignoring the general privacy concerns of "does a non-contracted company need access to video of a legal proceeding?", this particular instance seems pretty benign. There wasn't an actual trial going on or anything. They could have accomplished the same thing with semaphores or smoke signals.
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20 May 2020 21:38
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Comment on: Spotify Strikes Podcast Deal With Joe Rogan Worth More Than $100 Million
It sucks that I won't get to listen to him any more, but you can't blame a guy for taken $100M to keep doing a podcast.
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20 May 2020 15:55
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Comment on: Spotify Strikes Podcast Deal With Joe Rogan Worth More Than $100 Million
Can't blame him for accepting that.
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20 May 2020 05:13
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Airbus Zephyr, an atmospheric drone that functions like a satellite
1 0 comments 18 May 2020 09:43 u/None (self.technology) in g/technologyComment on: New 'EARN IT Act' Alternative Seeks $5 Billion to Hunt Child Predators Without Wrecking Encryption
I'm sure that some child predators are very careful. On the other hand, I feel there's some low hanging fruit out there. There's a an entire movement to normalize pedophilia. I understand that the mainstream movement (I can't believe I just said that) claims they will never act on it, but we all know that's bullshit. There's absolutely no way you can be sexually attracted to a specific kind of person and NEVER act on it.
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17 May 2020 18:14
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Comment on: Current and ex-employees allege Google drastically rolled back diversity and inclusion programs
The Social Justice narratives are basically just carefully crafted conspiracy theories that play on our tendency to want to be seen as good, accepting people. It's crazy to me how widely adopted it is in the Tech industry. I work for a well known Tech company and I refused to take their "Diversity" training. It's absolute bullshit.
One of the first questions gives a scenario where a black woman is upset because she was not hired. I forget what the other options are, but the "right" answer was to acknowledge that unconscious bias exists. The way I would actually approach it (for her or anyone) is to encourage her to speak to her manager and ask what she can work on to improve her chances for future opportunities. I don't know why that would be seen as unreasonable.
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16 May 2020 00:18
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Comment on: Elon Musk predicts human language will be obsolete in as little as five years
I mean of course the headline's sensationalized a little bit. What he said is that his Neuralink technology could reach the point where people could communicate without talking in 5 to 10 years "if development continues to accelerate". That's saying nothing about human language becoming obsolete.
That said, he's still clearly a crackpot.
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09 May 2020 17:16
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Comment on: Roomba maker iRobot’s lawnmower bot is indefinitely delayed because of COVID-19
I have seen this kind of robot in action, i think you can set boundries with simple obstacles or proper tools that the robot can identify. It can really cover a large surface, since i've seen this being used in factories and large spaces.
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05 May 2020 10:06
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Firefox 77 Nightly Adds Initial AV1 Image File Support (AVIF)
5 0 comments 04 May 2020 17:18 u/None (self.technology) in g/technologyComment on: New Propulsion System Will Send Rockets Farther than Ever
Cool. I always like this kind of news. Wish i could go into space
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03 May 2020 01:20
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Comment on: Roomba maker iRobot’s lawnmower bot is indefinitely delayed because of COVID-19
i would hope so but i cannot see how that would be set when some yards are continuous into the next
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29 Apr 2020 15:06
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Comment on: Roomba maker iRobot’s lawnmower bot is indefinitely delayed because of COVID-19
i cannot see how this would work. this durn thing would cut my yard, and all my neighbors yards up and down the street
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29 Apr 2020 15:01
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Comment on: The cheapest iPhone has a more powerful processor than the most expensive Android phone | Android Central
Mine should be here Friday. Can't wait
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23 Apr 2020 01:56
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