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plussed_reader··on Matt Mullenweg deactivates WordPress accounts of contributors planning a fork
As someone entirely on the outside looking in, WordPress is sounding like more drama than it's worth.
plussed_reader··on DOOM CAPTCHA
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plussed_reader··on Show HN: Tramway SDK – An unholy union between Half-Life and Morrowind engines
Ya gonna just leave empty pixels on display?
plussed_reader··on Show HN: Tramway SDK – An unholy union between Half-Life and Morrowind engines
But also a convenient excuse to sell more ramm and disk space 'for the textures'.
plussed_reader··on DOOM CAPTCHA
Bluetooth keyboard to the rescue!
plussed_reader··on How to measure frequency response of a speaker at home
Sounds like they described a sub-par preamp on the wired input; something to the quality of BT compression.

You can still tell that from the coloring of a local reference mic.

plussed_reader··on Stimulants in Germanic communities of the Roman period
Any source to the aural confirmation you're pushing on us?
plussed_reader··on Zero-based regulation made Idaho the least regulated state in the US
I do believe they are regulating pregnancies in Idaho now, so that title is a little inaccurate.
plussed_reader··on Sixteen U.S. states still ban community-owned broadband networks
Yes, the 50 state solution is inefficient.

Thank you for confirming my point.

plussed_reader··on Sixteen U.S. states still ban community-owned broadband networks
Yes, see National Interest.
plussed_reader··on XMPP: The Gem of Instant Messaging
Go on....
plussed_reader··on Sixteen U.S. states still ban community-owned broadband networks
Yes, the 50 state solution is inefficient. Your point?
plussed_reader··on Sixteen U.S. states still ban community-owned broadband networks
That's googleFI, cricket, and Mint; others paying for service on anothers infrastructure; an MVNO(mobile virtual network operator).

Laws already regulate that space; what's your point?

plussed_reader··on XMPP: The Gem of Instant Messaging
So really it's just about ZuckBook not paying forward via OSS?
plussed_reader··on Sixteen U.S. states still ban community-owned broadband networks
And this won't change for at least the next 4 years. Regulatory capture is a bitch.
plussed_reader··on The guy who gave a negative review to Battlezone 98 Redux after playing 8k hours
Command and Conquer:Renegade was a (somewhat)contemporary of bz98 and scratched that BZ itch.
plussed_reader··on The guy who gave a negative review to Battlezone 98 Redux after playing 8k hours
Uh, it can be multi-player. But the single player campaigns were the business, IMO.
plussed_reader··on Boeing Ends Crippling Strike as Workers Accept Latest Offer
More of the same; just follow our idea and it wo 't hurt your future outcome....
plussed_reader··on Boeing Ends Crippling Strike as Workers Accept Latest Offer
So it's better to assume my current employer is insolvent and to just follow that old conservative truism, "Fuck you, got mine."?
plussed_reader··on Apple acquires Pixelmator
I can't wait for the pixelmator tools to be subsumed into Preview.
plussed_reader··on Arm is canceling Qualcomm's chip design license
I notice how 'viable' isn't an operative in your statement.
plussed_reader··on Silicon Valley, the New Lobbying Monster
Maybe you shouldn't demonize all of SV, and it's the one working against your self interest?

I admit that's a large ask for a consumer, to keep track of a larger organizations abusing you.

plussed_reader··on Cox slows Internet speeds in entire neighborhoods to punish any heavy users
For as long as you'd pay the phone bill plus isp sub.
plussed_reader··on FCC unlocks spectrum to support advanced satellite services
I think of the 20B+ the shambling humonculus AT&T has pocketed for fiber deployment and think the process is captured.
plussed_reader··on Companies Lobby Against Giving the Military the Right to Repair
Where do I get one of those in a public Edu?
plussed_reader··on Companies Lobby Against Giving the Military the Right to Repair
An easy litmus test if a company is part of the complex is whether they're a defense contractor or not. The companies in TFA don't pass this smell test.
plussed_reader··on Companies Lobby Against Giving the Military the Right to Repair
And the years of prep work to be able to run the software effectively.....?
plussed_reader··on Devzat – Chat over SSH, with some nice quality-of-life features
The market force that currently propels whatsapp.
plussed_reader··on Devzat – Chat over SSH, with some nice quality-of-life features
The in-network effect.
plussed_reader··on The rise of the camera launched a fight to protect Gilded Age privacy
Ah, proprietary recollection! Surely that won't engender an entire middle-man economy.
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