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Meph504··on Fudge: Reverse Tetris
Without piece rotation it just more frustrating than fun, but the concept is a nice twist on an old classic.
Meph504··on Why was the F-117 retired so quickly?
I mean, in the grand scheme of things, the air force was born from the army air corp. So abstracted enough I guess there is some truth to that.
Meph504··on Why was the F-117 retired so quickly?
That entire article could be summed up in a simple sentence. They advancement of low frequency radar made it obsolete.

I suppose it is just me, but really can't stand when a simple answer is drug out to a massive, article like this.

Meph504··on The FCC responds to my ATSC 3 encryption complaint – they want to hear from you
I don't think this invalidates your point, just I would say reduces it significance in the choice to allow encryption.

Additionally, I haven't seen an old folks home that doesn't have cable in many years. OTA signal is more common for the under privileged and rural communities. where a local transmitter wouldn't reach many anyway.

Meph504··on The FCC responds to my ATSC 3 encryption complaint – they want to hear from you
I hope you submitted that as a comment, as I think it is well said, and should be heard.
Meph504··on Show HN: Banger.show – Create colorful visuals for your songs in seconds
did you look at the repo, there are several binaries that don't require anything more than download and install.
Meph504··on Show HN: Banger.show – Create colorful visuals for your songs in seconds
I blows my mind how people who make any random thing see it as something worthy of a subscription. Really $8/month there have been free products doing this since the early 90s.
Meph504··on Why does my RAM use 13/16GB on a fresh Windows 11 restart?
kernel-mode based memory allocations don't show in user-mode application reporting. Anything allocating memory such as kernel-mode device drivers, etc.. will make it appear that there is something amiss, but as many others have said its pretty normal.
Meph504··on Google formally accuses monopolist Microsoft of trapping people in its cloud
Microsoft trapped us by offering better services, prices, support, and integration.
Meph504··on Meta now officially outsources support to the legal system
I'll play devils advocate here, but to me this doesn't sound like meta is saying take us to court over your ability to not advertise. It sounds like they were likely required to place the notice saying that you could take them to court over this.

Maybe I missed some other information?

Meph504··on Reddit appears to be restoring edited/deleted comments
Firstly operating in the EU doesn't mean your entire global operation has to conform to EU regulations. Unless the user in question is in the EU, I think they would be hard pressed to apply fines.

But Reddit is a bit off the rails right now, I mean it is clear they aren't making good or smart choices, so even if this is solely bound to the confines of the EU, I don't think they are going to follow the rules, until they are made to.

Meph504··on Reddit appears to be restoring edited/deleted comments
I think Reddit, like most U.S. web based companies aren't overly concerned with GDPR in many situations, and they are focused on what looks best for their IPO.
Meph504··on [dead]
>there's always another scab

Please stop misusing this word for some sort of charged effect. Reddit moderators aren't union labor, and their protest isn't even over their specific issues, but that of 3rd party APP apis.

If people have a different opinion than them, and wish to continue using a website, that is their choice and not one they should be condemned for and it certainly in one way classifies as being a scab.

Meph504··on APIs for content sites must be free
Well said!
Meph504··on APIs for content sites must be free
You have the option to syndicate information from your site at your leisure.

You are not obligated to provide it to whoever wants it,and to cover the cost of providing or insuring it is available.

This is a radical notion.

As for the for everyone wrote it,everyone has access to it. That is daft, the access to the data is at the discretion of the service hosting it, they never made any claims they would make this data available to everyone anyway they wanted it?

If people don't like the terms of a site don't use it, don't think just because you used a service for a period of time you have some right to determine how that service is operated.

Meph504··on TELO is a tiny electric truck the size of a Mini with a bed as big as a Hummer’s
I just hope they can sustainable enter the market and don't end up like the Elio
Meph504··on Fark redesign is now live (2007)
IMO, I certainly think it is the goal, I think they are trying to invent a projected revenue stream, increasing ad track through 1st party views, and layoffs are all about looking more valuable for IPO.

None of it seems to increase value to current users, invite new users, or actually grow the business.

Meph504··on Ask HN: Any examples of product redesigns that worked?
I doubt you could find any direct metric that attribute new members to that UI change, and it is more likely because of reddit becoming more popular and commonly mentioned in other places.
Meph504··on Demo: Fully P2P and open source Reddit alternative
Captcha challenge to upvote is a pretty poor design choice. having it consistently not recognize accurate input is problematic also.
Meph504··on PyPI Was Subpoenaed
Firstly, though I see the concept behind cash bail I don't agree with it. But people has a misconception of the likely result of removing it.

Judges now, don't need or required to use cash bails, they choose to, they can release people without cash bail now. either into the person's own recognizance, or even into the care of others.

If a judge doesn't feel the person is likely to return to their following court date, and they can't leverage financial burden as a means to insure it, they are likely just to forego the process and hold them.

Meph504··on Minix development has been abandoned?
Posting judgemental shit on website is a valuable use of time though right?
Meph504··on Tell HN: Airbnb can charge you anything and there is nothing you can do about it
The problem is you are comparing the best to the worst when in reality it is rarely that. Hastily converted spaces with subpar equipment, dirty when you arrive but you are required to clean, and pay a large fee for the perk.

And there seem to be far more horror stories in this thread than people suggesting that Airbnb is a better experience.

So I would suggest those unhappy with the experience not repeat it, and look into the variety of offering of other rentals offer.

Meph504··on Tell HN: Airbnb can charge you anything and there is nothing you can do about it
There is absolutely something you can do about it...Stop using this shit service.

It cost a crazy amount in most cases, you accommodations are hit or miss and you have little recourse, let's not forget the insane cleaning requirements and fees.

I just can not at this point see the advantage in staying at a hotel/motel.

Meph504··on Nobody needs a faster dishwasher – solve real user needs
Sorry this is way too narrow a viewpoint it doesn't actually relate to users and is literally proven false by countless people buying endless parades of goods they don't need.

People don't buy what they need, they think they need, they buy what they want, what they can, what others influence them to, etc... I.E. it is complex to tell what the market will bare out.

And for the record, I would be a lot more for a dishwasher that actually dries my dishes, you know with heat, like they use to, and does it quickly. Instead of spraying a chemical on them to make them dry, and it still taking ages.

Meph504··on How to lose $950 quickly on Airbnb
You find that term plays a lot more on TV than the courts, but feel free to roll those dice.
Meph504··on How to lose $950 quickly on Airbnb
Many states have laws that are specific extra penalties for this sort of malicious behavior. Not only could it cost you the cost of undoing any damage you've done, but criminal charges on top of it. probably not the best advice to be giving to people.
Meph504··on My daughter's school took over my personal Microsoft account
Firstly this is complex, it depends on what plans and tiers you have, your resell partner, and what region you are in.

But the basics each user gets their own quota of 1 to 5tb,then there is also a shared quota (share point, Ms group storage, powershell online environment, dataverse, etc... ) of 1 to 25tb + (x size per user) the size per user depends on a multitude of factors.

I did not mean to imply that users limits are connected to the shared pool, it is in addition to the user quotas.

Meph504··on My daughter's school took over my personal Microsoft account
Yes it is different, and the difference between gov edition and ltsc is that. The gov edition isn't designed for long term support without change, but to increase security of windows and remove all the telemry and forced integrated services from Microsoft.

This info is publicly available so more detailed info should be easy to find.

Meph504··on My daughter's school took over my personal Microsoft account
Correct
Meph504··on My daughter's school took over my personal Microsoft account
Have you tried the competing software in a business environment, it is pretty easy to see why MS productivity software dominates. For like $12/u/month you get full web and desktop office software, MFA, and AzureAD, which you can use as a SSO indentity provider for free, for one lisc that cost $4/m you can then make use of conditional access policies that give you massive options over how you manage an access all aspects of the tenant.

They now are giving teams (slack knockoff) a free dialing number so it now can be used for phone conferencing without non-organizational people.

Onedrive gives you 1Tb of syncable storage per user, and 1TB per user pool for shared office resources.

I spent years as a google apps advocate, but seriously for the money, no one touchs what MS is offering right now. Google had MS hands down 10 years ago, and let google apps die on the vine. It is a damn shame too, because they were the only ones that have anything comparable.

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