gpanders

While I also find these changes to macOS alarming and disappointing, I still vastly prefer macOS to Windows.

My 2013 Macbook Pro is also still the best laptop I have ever used (I also have a 2017 Macbook Pro for work and I have to admit that the newer models rightfully earn their bad reputation).

If Apple continues to head in this direction, I think the right move is to migrate to Linux. Windows is a huge step back, as far as I'm concerned.

Farnam Street has a good write-up: https://fs.blog/2020/03/chestertons-fence/

> AirPods have become and ubiquitous sign of the technological times where people buy on brand and not on quality or functionality (plus they’re ugly imo).

Interesting that you say this. I don't own any myself, but my general impression from people that do is that the AirPods are the top of the class for wireless earphones.

I disagree -- I think unfairness is about morality, and in many of these conversations people often conflate inequality with unfairness.

A perfectly equal society can also exhibit a great deal of unfairness, and a perfectly fair society would most likely be unequal.

"Fairness" should be the metric under discussion, not inequality.

I'm not the OP but I have a similar setup. I keep my mutt [1] config in git, which is viewable publicly.

[1]: https://git.sr.ht/~gpanders/dotfiles/tree/master/.config/mut...

I use a similar setup. I'm curious what you use for msmtp for though: most Mutt setup guides I've read recommend using msmtp as well, but I've always just used Mutt's native SMTP client and it works fine, so I've never understood the need for a separate SMTP program.

Note that git itself is beginning to address this exact problem by introducing new, more intuitive commands such as "restore" and "switch".

Seems like something you could do manually with Tampermonkey or something similar.

This already exists in the form of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and China already flouts those rules. Your plan has been tried and does not work.

> It's also what Mozilla VPN runs on.

Can anyone explain what the practical difference is between using Mozilla VPN and using Mullvad directly?

> but the government doesn’t know who lives in a specific house. So weird.

This seems to me a feature, not a bug.

> There's only one thing that destroys privacy even more thoroughly than ad targeting: payment.

I disagree with this. Maybe you can elaborate?

If I am paying for a service then there is no incentive to mine my personal data for revenue. It's a mutually beneficial transaction. And there are plenty of ways to hide your personal information (even your name) when paying for something (e.g. using a service like privacy.com).

> Does anyone actually use Zig in production?

Likely not, or at least they shouldn't, as it still has yet to have a 1.0 release and is undergoing constant changes in syntax and API.

However, that doesn't mean one can't take the time to learn it right now. Zig shows a lot of promise for being a real contender in this space once it does have a stable release.

I mentioned this in another comment already, but this is what’s being done in New Mexico.

The mask order was extended to, basically, “wear a mask if you’re outside your house”. This includes exercising outside. Personally, I find that part a bit excessive; however, my understanding is that it’s meant to counter exactly what you pointed out: as long as there are any exceptions, some people will reason their way out of compliance. A 100% mandate is just easier and simpler to follow.

I now wear a mask when walking in my neighborhood after I noticed other people wearing masks too. Chalk it up to peer pressure I guess, but to me it’s a very small price to pay if it helps enforce mask-wearing in other contexts.

The state of New Mexico currently mandates the use of masks while in public with the penalty of a small fine (I forget the exact amount, but it’s only a couple hundred dollars). So in practice, the former is what is already being done. And yes, people do still complain, but as far as I can tell almost everyone complies.

Try "Naked Economics" by Charles Wheelan [1]. In my opinion, he does a good job of providing examples both of failed regulation and also situations where regulation is necessary and beneficial.

[1]: https://www.amazon.com/Naked-Economics-Undressing-Dismal-Sci...

Peloton has 2 subscriptions available: one for just the app without the accompanying bike which is $13/mo, the other that accompanies the bike which is $40/mo.

A similar thing happened to me. All of Google's products (Search, Maps, Translate, etc.) come up for me in Dutch.

The weird part is, I am not Dutch, do not speak Dutch, and have never been to the Netherlands.

Or use `evim`.

Btw, 'set nocompatible' is never necessary in a vimrc file. When Vim detects a user vimrc file, it automatically sets nocompatible.

But that’s exactly what he’s saying. The crappy jobs will have to pay more in order to attract people, and in order to compensate for the increase in labor costs, the cost of garbage collection goes up.

Basically, increased labor costs drives up cost of goods (inflation), which offsets the benefit of the UBI in the first place.

Seconded, his book “Rubicon” is what got me thoroughly hooked on Roman history.

I agree with you, however I think a significant portion of the blame for this kind of emergent behavior comes from the consumers of said media. They're producing what they know will sell.

This would almost certainly raise prices across the board, which would end up hurting poor people.

Price targeting can be (and often is) a useful and mutually beneficial practice. Obviously it can be taken too far as we're seeing here. I think enforcing privacy rights of consumers would be a better legislative goal than uniform pricing.

I'm no statistician, but since the underlying population in this case (the set of all politicians) is much smaller than the general population, shouldn't that mean that a smaller sample size is more representative?

Do you have any messaging suggesting that people donate in proportion to their ability/usage?

I personally have found that I end up donating more frequently to projects that are both explicit about donating and make it easy to donate. Put a link in your README, sign up for GitHub sponsors, etc. And if you have a way to communicate directly with the largest businesses, don't feel embarrassed about nagging them about donating. It's likely that most still won't pay anything, but some will!

Codeberg looks like it’s just a hosted instance of Gitea, so it’s the same comparison between sourcehut/Gitea (which is largely the same comparison between sourcehut/GitLab/GitHub, etc)

> savings accounts are a terrible, terrible way to invest your money. If you have money in a savings account for the purpose of earning interest, you're doing it wrong.

Agreed.

> And really, interest on savings accounts shouldn't register for anyone looking for a bank account

Disagreed. Emergency funds/long-term cash deposits are a real and valuable thing, and while it's true that any money in a savings account loses value to inflation, you'd be crazy to not try to minimize the gap between your interest rate and inflation as much as possible. The difference between a 0.1% interest rate at Chase (or whatever) and ~2% at Ally is huge (I realize no one has 2% interest rates anymore, but those numbers were both roughly accurate before Covid).

I think you're splitting hairs here. The greater issue is unaccountable, internet mob justice, of which "cancel culture" is one part.

> What I think is ridiculous is to jump to the authoritarian/soviet comparisons, especially when the US is in the midst of a horrific authoritarian violent crackdown by a militarised police force.

I mean, this too warrants authoritarian/Soviet comparisons, does it not?

Besides, what happens when someone who is ideologically aligned with the angry Twitter mobs takes the reins of power and has the full force of the government behind them (including that militarized police force)? Can you not see why people might be concerned about systematic suppression of "bad" thoughts and ideas from the top-down (apropos the Soviet comparisons) in that scenario?

> Americans tend to reject it entirely out of hand as it smells like vile socialism to them.

This is a bit too reductionist. I'd wager that most Americans agree that these are worthwhile goals, but many are skeptical that empowering the government is the best way to achieve these ends.