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dexterdog··on Comparing Fuchsia components and Linux containers [video]
It never really got released so nobody is depending on it, so why would google abandon it yet?
dexterdog··on Visualized: Presidential Executive Orders
FYI I'm more than twice the age and Roman history has been cool for my entire life. I was actually a history major in school as well.
dexterdog··on Show HN: I built a modern Goodreads alternative
0 to 10 is a mess as well because some people give 10s very often and others only give a 10 for the very best things. And of course the bots all rate everything 1 or 10.
dexterdog··on Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting
Without WWII the US would likely have never become the world's superpower.
dexterdog··on The man who spent forty-two years at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool (1993)
If you live in a place that doesn't have oppresive taxes and the real estate market maintains an unrealistic growth rate.
dexterdog··on Visualized: Presidential Executive Orders
"I want to say that I liked Roman history before it was cool to like Roman history"

Author is 25. When in his life was it not cool to like Roman history?

dexterdog··on De-smarting the Marshall Uxbridge
Which is why I buy them and then cripple all of that stuff by not giving it a network connection.
dexterdog··on De-smarting the Marshall Uxbridge Bluetooth speaker
I find that most of those reset to some nonsense occasionally or whenever the power goes out. I make sure they have no internet connectuon, but I usually have to dig up the remote to get back to hdmi1 so my device interface will come back up. I accept the annoyance because I accepted the discount that they give to have all of the spyware crap on there that I am blocking. I wish they could sell something cheaper that is just a display, buy product managers will be product managers.
dexterdog··on Magic/tragic email links: don't make them the only option
Because my TOTPs are all stored in the same device and in my imaginary scenario they have that.
dexterdog··on Magic/tragic email links: don't make them the only option
What does it stop? You already did a 2FA at this point. If an attacker has my 2FA he most likely already has my email so the 'value' being provided is at the cost of more complexity for the user. If this adds value then why not also do an SMS as well to be really, really sure that the user is legit? That would add even more value.

And again, I wasn't saying that you can't do all of this nonsense, but users who see it as nonsense should be able to turn it off.

dexterdog··on Ending our third party fact-checking program and moving to Community Notes model
You talk about this like it's a service for the users.
dexterdog··on Magic/tragic email links: don't make them the only option
How is there no security issue here? Email is not secure and it's even less so when you are sending it via a 3rd party. If this were a photo site or something that would not be a big deal but we're talking about a bank. SMS is not much better. Like somebody said elsewhere in the thread, you should allow people to opt out of insecure third-factor verifications since they are just an annoyance and are ultimately security theater.
dexterdog··on Apple squandered the Holy Grail
> They get it right. For the masses. They create beginners.

I used to think that about Apple which is why I got the iphone 4s when it came out assuming that I would be able to use it via voice while driving and have a good experience. I disabled it after the first day and never went back. It was not remotely ready for a wide release. I still use a mac as my main device, but I've been on Android since the 4s.

dexterdog··on Apple squandered the Holy Grail
There were no google phones until 2010 unless you count the HTCDream which was not designed to be used for anything but development.
dexterdog··on Willow, Our Quantum Chip
This is in a world where people view youtube through the interface which is obviously most people. I have feeds that I subscribe to and some of them are must-see for me, so no matter what they use as their bait I am watching it. Fortunately there exists smarttube, dearrow and sponsorblock for people like me who just want to watch the stuff they've subscribed to and not whatever advertises the best.
dexterdog··on Show HN: I designed an espresso machine and coffee grinder
I have had a Flair for a few years now and the time is an important aspect. I used to use a Jura and the whole 1-button thing led to me drinking way too much coffee as I also had it mounted next to my desk. The workflow is a meditation and at the end the reward is a (usually) perfect pair of espresso shots.
dexterdog··on What we know about CEO shooting suspect
That's the part that baffles me. Whenever something like this happens I re-engineer the planning as a mental exercise. I have never had any interest in offing anybody, but I never understand not having a plan and a basic disguise. The guy had IDs, but he also did nothing to hide his p[articular characteristics. If he had thinned his eyebrows and worn fake glasses and kept his mask on he'd likely still be at large. I would have ditched or reversed the jacket right away and thrown on a hat at the very least.
dexterdog··on Willow, Our Quantum Chip
How would she not survive on YouTube? Would they block her posts if she didn't use a misleading title and thumbnail (shout-out to dearrow for those who despise this practice)?
dexterdog··on In the Rockets' Red Glare: The past and future of hot-rodding in America
I didn't know the machE was supposed to be a muscle car. I thought it was just a small SUV that they oddly put the Mustang name on.
dexterdog··on Kagi Teams
Not at all. You can run it with docker or you can use one of the myriad public instances.
dexterdog··on Kagi Teams
What is the hassle? I set it up once and just use it. When I hear about search engines that I don't think I want in my mix I go in and turn it off.
dexterdog··on Portland airport grows with expansive mass timber roof canopy
Also too bad it's just interior design and not being used for anything structural.
dexterdog··on FTC takes action against Gravy Analytics, Venntel for selling location data
And that is an incredibly expensive place to live.
dexterdog··on In the Rockets' Red Glare: The past and future of hot-rodding in America
That's a bit of an overstatement, but by your gauge it's also light years ahead in cost.
dexterdog··on In the Rockets' Red Glare: The past and future of hot-rodding in America
How much do they? The bulk of the sound is behind the bike where it serves no purpose other than angering people because of how overly loud they are.
dexterdog··on Steve Ballmer was an underrated CEO
Azure may be successful financially, but as someone who has finally used it for the last two years after 15 years of AWS and a little bit of GCP, I can't help but think the world would be a better place if it didn't exist or if some lesser player had that market share.
dexterdog··on What makes a person seem wise?
I don't think so. The political arena is dominated by those of low intelligence. Sure, they're smarter than the average person, but that's not saying much. The main skill in succeeding in the space is to be able to talk for a medium amount of time without falling into any traps. Furthering conversation on the topic at hand is never pursued.
dexterdog··on The Architecture of London Pubs (1966)
What about whizzing on your hands because of your bad timing?
dexterdog··on Orion, our first true augmented reality glasses
How is this a v1 product when they have oculus?
dexterdog··on New California law requires one-click subscription cancellations
It is only required if you also have a 1 click sign up which is not that common.
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