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NexusGS

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NexusGS··on Starbucks' new CEO will supercommute 1k miles from California to Seattle
Personally, my biggest concerns are environmental impact and a waste of money that could have been used in many other ways (lower product prices, improve products, increase employee compensation etc).

I have no reason to doubt that the new CEO deserves his compensation package but we don't deserve all those emissions in our environment. And I am sure many employees deserve a few extra dollars per hour for their hard work!

NexusGS··on Starbucks' new CEO will supercommute 1k miles from California to Seattle
I am sure that Starbucks will find a way to offset those emissions that the Jet will release to the planet, right? If they need him so badly (and I don't doubt about his skills or his ability to deliver) they can arrange a schedule with him that will get him a few continuous days per month in a hotel in Seattle, a few days per month travelling abroad (which is part of the JD) and a few days from home. But commuting with a jet is outrageous.
NexusGS··on Try Galaxy: A web app to demo Samsung’s OS on an iPhone
Thanks Samsung, that is a great reminder for all iOS users that they still get the best experience in the market (not to mention privacy)!
NexusGS··on Ask HN: Why is Microsoft Teams still so bad?
I had to use Teams a lot in the past years as I worked for companies that they went all-in for O365. While O365 is not bad (and even some of components of O365 are quite good) Teams is the epitome of terrible software. Terrible UI, unreliable delivering notifications, terrible at handling external devices (headphones, webcams). It's very untrustworthy when it gets to automatically updating status based on activity (happens more often than you think). The concept of "Teams" (group chats) in MS Teams is the worst I have ever seen. It clearly promotes isolation between groups! I can go on for hours about how bad it is but I will stop here. I will say though that when I interview with a company, if they don't use MS Teams, they get extra points! :-)

Edit: also this came up recently: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-tea...

Good ol' MS!

NexusGS··on Security Flaw in OS X displays all keychain passwords in plain text
I tried with locked keychain and it requires to enter your password (still something but not everything). This is something that Apple needs to address soon I think.
NexusGS··on Brave, a new web browser that automatically blocks all ads and trackers
So, it's a ad-blocker that replaces ads with their own ads... Nope, sorry, not interested...

"The new Brave browser blocks the ads and trackers that slow you down, spend your bandwidth, and invade your privacy. Then we put clean ads back, to fund website owners and Brave users alike. Users can spend their funds to go ad-free on their favorite sites."