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brador commented on The West is bored to death   newstatesman.com/ideas/20... · Posted by u/CharlesW
brador · 2 days ago
The hard truth seems to be there is no meaning and we as a species are discovering that fact.

Worrying.

brador commented on I don't buy Macs anymore   jasonsaidwhat.substack.co... · Posted by u/overbring_labs
brador · 2 days ago
Apple notes were stored in SQL format if I remember correctly. So you gotta find that hidden database file in the computer.
brador commented on Microsoft no longer allows turning off app updates in the Microsoft Store   neowin.net/news/microsoft... · Posted by u/AdmiralAsshat
deafpolygon · 7 days ago
This means they can start enforcing options and turning things like telemetry back on with impunity. This is a sad state of affairs, when our devices’ operating systems become an increasingly hostile environment. Honestly, it’s time to start looking into switching to libre environments, before we are left with no alternatives.
brador · 7 days ago
Ios safari just did this auto on again with the 18.6.1 update.
brador commented on ArchiveTeam has finished archiving all goo.gl short links   tracker.archiveteam.org/g... · Posted by u/pentagrama
brador · 7 days ago
Gamefaqs remains unarchived.
brador commented on Starlink announced a $5/month plan that gives unlimited usage at 500kbits/s   twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack... · Posted by u/tosh
brador · 9 days ago
For who? The use case is miniscule given cell data towers already exist. How many of us even still own a yacht post covid?
brador commented on If You're So Smart, Why Are You So Poor?   terminaldrift.substack.co... · Posted by u/paulpauper
brador · 22 days ago
AI generated.
brador commented on Jeff Bezos doesn't believe in PowerPoint, and his employees agree   texttoslides.ai/blog/amaz... · Posted by u/sh_tomer
brador · a month ago
Amazon were making so much money that all non executive employees could not make a mistake that could not be trivially corrected.

Every meeting decision point was either correct or a rounding error cost and quick firing for incompetence.

It’s why ex-Amazon is the 2x resume line to look for even now.

brador commented on The future is not self-hosted, but self-sovereign   robertmao.com/blog/en/the... · Posted by u/robmao
brador · a month ago
The future is distributed and anonymous.

Mesh only works in a post-quantum world.

brador commented on Countries across the world see food price shocks from climate extremes   bsc.es/news/bsc-news/coun... · Posted by u/littlexsparkee
brador · a month ago
We need to stop relying on the sun for our food security.
brador commented on Treating beef like coal would make a big dent in greenhouse-gas emissions   economist.com/graphic-det... · Posted by u/doener
federiconafria · a month ago
I think there is a third option, factor in the externalities and treat it as a luxury. The cost we are paying for it is not currently reflected on the final price.
brador · a month ago
Fourth: Find or create alternatives that taste just as good without the high environmental impact.

u/brador

KarmaCake day3232September 16, 2011View Original