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StephenAmaron How to liberate a Chromebook

Says the guy sending the output of a curl into the laptop's firmware.

StephenAmaron Winter War

Great series. I created a patreon account just to support them.

StephenAmaron Sam Altman: Bay Area is no longer the obvious place for startups

I completely agree Right now, it is simply not worth it to work for smaller companies.

StephenAmaron Americans Cross Border into Mexico to Buy Insulin

That's the case in other countries, like France.

StephenAmaron Basic income in Finland did not lead to finding work, researchers said

The Expanse (books and TV show) use that idea pretty well

StephenAmaron Snap CFO Tim Stone Is Resigning

It's great. Automatically adds all the pictures of my son to a shared album.

StephenAmaron Why Most Software Engineers Lose Nothing by Unionizing

Classic mchurch. He's had bad experiences with some companies in the bay area. You can read his (many) rants about Google for instance.

StephenAmaron Three European Countries Block Tax on Tech Giants

As a French, I totally support this tax. It's easier and more expedient to do it this way than to reform the taxation policies of every European countries.

Also, why is it wrong to tax the income of corporations?

StephenAmaron Pixel 3 Review

As a Pixel 1 owner, I'm a bit disappointed by this new version. It just does not seem worth it to spend that much money on what looks like a small incremental improvement.

StephenAmaron New Google Pixel 3, Pixel Slate, and Home Hub

Same here. OG pixel and I'm basically waiting for next year when we stop getting security updates.

StephenAmaron Giving Up on the Current MacBook Pro Keyboard

I absolutely hate that keyboard. It just does not feel right and I can't write more than a few paragraphs without getting very frustrated.

StephenAmaron Net Neutrality’s Holes in Europe May Offer Peek at Future in U.S

Regarding France, you do end up with a ton of options. For instance, in Paris, you have multiple DSL providers, multiple fiber providers and typically one cable provider. The French Government laid out ton of dark fiber in the past decades across the entire country and ISPs are using it (http://www.telcite.fr/?lang=en for instance).

Network performance may vary between ISPs (ex https://gigaom.com/2013/01/02/youtube-sucks-on-french-isp-fr...)

Most French ISPs throw in TV and home phone for free, so depending on which ISPs you pick, you'll get different set of channels.

You can also bundle mobile phone service etc.

StephenAmaron Simplify Service Dependencies with Nodes

Well producers are available in Dagger now https://google.github.io/dagger/producers.html

StephenAmaron Japan’s koseki system: dull, uncaring but efficient

Isn't this system similar to the one we have in France (and other parts of Europe: Livret de Famille.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_register