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pg_1234··on FyneDesk – Linux desktop environment in Go
Cinnamon

Best obtained via LMDE

pg_1234··on Working from home isn't going away, even if some CEOs wish it would
A better counter is private jets (and other perks) are not fair to regular employees.

CEOs will cave fast rather than loose their toys.

pg_1234··on Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Engine Cover Rips Off Mid-Flight
https://archive.ph/pfUr7
pg_1234··on Ask HN: What does FB gain in making LLAMA free?
You can also look at it as a "scorched earth" strategy.

If an adjacent business can profit, it can build a war-chest and invest that in attacking your niche.

So destroy the potential profitability of their sector by giving away a free alternative.

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https://archive.ph/c63Jj
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https://archive.ph/CQpnu
pg_1234··on Go's Error Handling Is Perfect
This, and sooo many other shortcomings, begins to explain why a submission extolling Go's error handling is already flagged.

Go, and it's error handling (and for that matter it ludicrously verbose failure to bubble up errors) is a steaming pile of shit.

pg_1234··on You won't find a technical co-founder
>> The main problems I see in 99% of the cases of a founder looking for a technical co-founder are:

>> 1. The founder sees themselves as the ideas person but ...

Ideas are like assholes ... everybody has one and they're usually full of shit.

pg_1234··on Elon Musk says 20% chance AI destroys humanity – but we should do it anyway
https://archive.ph/I77s3
pg_1234··on Why thieves love to steal razors
These work fine: https://us.bic.com/en_us/bic-sensitive-disposable-razors-52-...

Works out at $0.29 per razor.

pg_1234··on Novo Nordisk facing pressure as study finds $1k drug can be made for $5
US laws prioritize corporations over people.

EU laws prioritize people over corporations.

So EU corps selling in the US can bleed their customers dry, just like the local US corps.

And US corps operating in the EU are restricted in the people's interest, just like the local EU corps.

This is the just application of the respective laws as they stand.

This is the outcome the respective populations voted for.

Although the rest of the world does wonder what the US voters were thinking ...

pg_1234··on OpenAI Unveils A.I. Technology That Recreates Human Voices
https://archive.ph/14sJa
pg_1234··on The First Cat War
Articles from 1916 and 1923 are not necessarily the "best source of truth".

Understanding of "the facts" evolves with hindsight.

After all ... Adolf Hitler was Time Magazine's Man of the Year in 1938, and Joseph Stalin featured twice 1939, 1942.

Times change.

pg_1234··on Harvard University removes human skin binding from book
85 years and 3 months

with an extra 10 years for respected scholars

pg_1234··on Innocent St. Louis family terrorized in SWAT raid over stolen AirPods
Allow civil claims against the police pension funds.
pg_1234··on FBI Tells Passengers on Alaska Flight They May Have Been Crime Victims
https://archive.ph/GP4sz
pg_1234··on Retailers Turn to 'Extreme Bargains' to Lure Shoppers as Spending Underwhelms
https://archive.ph/1GKhQ
pg_1234··on Neolithic boats found in the Mediterranean reveal advanced nautical technology
The book is internally inconsistent, with the author cherry-picking "facts" to support his own prejudices. In some cases the same data is used for mutually exclusive conclusions in different chapters. Basically, he making up conclusions and then throwing any shit against the wall in the hope it sticks, with no regard for what he's already said in the same book.

It's pseudo-science, designed to let complacent readers validate their prejudices, and pat themselves on the back.

pg_1234··on Professor tells student to 'get out of the Bay Area' if they want a girlfriend
"good deep dish pizza" is offensive to pizza chefs everywhere
pg_1234··on The IRS Has an Answer to TurboTax
https://archive.ph/Si4bY
pg_1234··on America's Rental-Market Mystery
https://archive.ph/ttVje
pg_1234··on Recession Outlook: Why a Recession Is More Likely Than a Boom This Year
https://archive.ph/o4g6E
pg_1234··on Boeing 737 MAX engine issue will take up to a year to fix
Comac hasn't killed any passengers yet.
pg_1234··on Realtor says change to commissions will add 'substantial' cost for homebuyers
>> “Buyers’ agents are going to have a discussion with their client and say, ‘Hey, you’re going to have to pay for my service now,'” he said.

Maybe buyers will just get rid of their agents, like in the rest of the world.

6% becomes 3% and the sellers/buyers keep the saving.

pg_1234··on Reddit removes CEO pay incentives in signal of reduced hopes for IPO
https://archive.ph/josvn
pg_1234··on Reddit IPO reveals the reality check for Silicon Valley
https://archive.ph/4fORL
pg_1234··on Tech layoffs highest since dot-com crash
How many "tech layoffs" really are what would have been considered "tech" pre-2010?

Most of these layoffs seem to be dominated by "tech adjacent" roles ... that bloated "engineering" when there was lots of easy money.

pg_1234··on Postgres is eating the database world
Still, by 15 years ago Linux, Nginx, Postgres, Python had become a clearly better choice than the default LAMP stack for more complex applications.
pg_1234··on Scammed by the top result for 'Bitcoin wallet' in Apple App Store
Doesn't Apples current dispute with the EU hinge on the argument by Apple that keeping their App Store locked down protects customers from scams?
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