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nrb commented on GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation theverge.com/news/757461/... · Posted by u/Handy-Man

royskee · 22 days ago

Apple barely does it and only for their products.

With the recent notable exception of the F1 movie advertisement that arrived as a notification from the Wallet app. https://daringfireball.net/2025/06/more_on_apples_trust-erod...

I disabled Wallet notifications immediately :-(

nrb · 22 days ago

Obviously not defending it, but isn’t the F1 movie produced by Apple?

nrb commented on Neil Armstrong's customs form for moon rocks (2016) magazine.uc.edu/editors_p... · Posted by u/ajuhasz

umanwizard · a month ago

Why? What's the difference between a US spacecraft in international space and a US watercraft in international waters?

nrb · a month ago

If the distinction is that the US watercraft are military and as such are not subject to customs, then making it clear that returning astronauts are not on a military mission sends a diplomatic signal.

nrb commented on US Supreme Court limits federal judges' power to block Trump orders theguardian.com/us-news/2... · Posted by u/leotravis10

FirmwareBurner · 2 months ago

What you say and what the link says are completely different things. Nice emotional manipulation on your end referring to illegal immigrants as "targeted classes". Maybe don't break the law and immigrate legally.

nrb · 2 months ago

I welcome you to point out the discrepancies if I am mistaken.

Targeted classes is a common term in the context of regulations where certain bodies receive a change in protections or restrictions. This executive order is trying to overrule a law with a policy so it felt appropriate. No manipulation was intended by using a technical term.

nrb commented on US Supreme Court limits federal judges' power to block Trump orders theguardian.com/us-news/2... · Posted by u/leotravis10

nrb · 2 months ago

Per the policy directive of https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/prot... citizenship has been taken away from anyone born from parents of targeted classes as of Jan 20, 2025 with a 30-day order for all executive departments and agencies to enact the policy.

nrb commented on Why does Apple make a minority of developers finance the entire App Store? lapcatsoftware.com/articl... · Posted by u/walterbell

CrimsonCape · 3 months ago

In a parallel universe, it seems like the opposite billing policy makes more sense: for paid purchase of apps, Apple should take zero commission. For in-app advertising revenue, Apple should take commission.

nrb · 3 months ago

In yet another parallel universe, in-app advertising doesn't exist and paid purchases have a flat-fee commission commensurate with the cost of providing that service.

nrb commented on Dusk OS duskos.org/... · Posted by u/GTP

90s_dev · 4 months ago

> to avoid a slow, painful, inevitable death in a hostile world surrounded by misery.

Well aren't you a bundle of joy, recommending death to people in bad situations.

A life of misery isn't all that bad. Much worse could happen.

This reminds me of A Man For All Seasons:

Thomas More: "At the worst we could be beggars and still be keep company and be merry together."

Lady Alice: "Aha, merry."

Thomas More: "Aye, merry!"

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEa6XRZa9Vg&t=5459s

nrb · 4 months ago

That advice sounds to me like it’s more for “an entire world where all people are in a bad situation from which they will never escape and neither will their next of kin” but if that comes to pass, the lighthearted talk of embracing the misery will probably end around the time the starvation begins.

nrb commented on Embracer Games Archive is preserving 75000 video games and needs contributions embracergamesarchive.com/... · Posted by u/draugadrotten

nrb · 4 months ago

Is it too cynical to think they’re just building this to train AI against your donated games?

nrb commented on Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks theregister.com/2025/04/2... · Posted by u/Dotnaught

aleph_minus_one · 4 months ago

> Because they run a marketplace for Vs code they should also support paywalled forks?

Since, because of the marketplace, MSFT (somewhat) "monopolized" the access to extensions, they should not block other applications (forks) that also attempt to access the marketplace.

nrb · 4 months ago

Those quotes around monopolized are really doing some heavy lifting considering that it is utterly trivial to use alternative marketplaces on (edit: flavors of) VS Code.

Seems to me this is plainly the community wanting its cake and to eat it too.

nrb commented on Mark Zuckerberg says social media is over newyorker.com/culture/inf... · Posted by u/FinnLobsien

1970-01-01 · 4 months ago

Much like a shot of heroin, yes, this is the take. Facebook got a taste of Web 2.0 and couldn't use it recreationally. It became their entire life. They immediately integrated it into every part of business until it was the only thing that mattered.

nrb · 4 months ago

Letting unchecked greed guide decision-making is not a new phenomenon that came out of Web 2.0 though. To use your metaphor, the heroin was human attention. Web 2.0 was, at best, the syringe.

nrb commented on FTC takes action against Uber for deceptive billing and cancellation practices ftc.gov/news-events/news/... · Posted by u/pinewurst

Fade_Dance · 4 months ago

An accurate estimate isn't really possible with the food delivery business model. Couriers will have 2-3 orders, so if you are order 1 or two, there is a new variable that enters the equation after you purchase the food. They obviously add other items on a similar route, but wait times and such are fairly random). Of course they could do 1 order to 1 driver but that would double the labor costs (sequential orders would be 2-3 deliveries per hour max per courier, vs 4ish when optimized).

nrb · 4 months ago

The estimate is not really that accurate even when you pay the $4-5 more to be the first delivery.

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KarmaCake day1330July 29, 2010View Original