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Re:Inside The Chaos at OpenAI on Sunday November 19, 2023 @10:04PM (#38341758)
How many of those reacjis have you been lead in a chant for though?
Re:Inside The Chaos at OpenAI on Sunday November 19, 2023 @10:01PM (#38341734)
Pretty sick but he’s forgetting that there are others that could build the same statue, and just…not set it on fire.
Re:Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users on Monday September 11, 2023 @09:50AM (#37467234)
Same deal when Chrome opens mailto links in gmail.com in the browser instead of my default mail client. Stuff like this made my switch to Firefox even more of a no-brainer.
Re:Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users on Monday September 11, 2023 @09:45AM (#37467168)
> You may have read stories in the tech media celebrating that Windows will finally respect the default browser setting.

As someone who hasn't daily driven Windows since Windows 7 this statement is hilarious, because back then, it did respect default browser settings.

Re:Clean code won't save the planet on Friday November 06, 2020 @11:41AM (#25008933)
It's interesting that the author doesn't take the high road and mention things like this, Bitcoin mining, streaming video games (not entirely sure if the carbon footprint of that is bigger than downloading and executing a game locally tbh) as more effective ways to reduce emissions.
Can you elaborate on "I consider React Native a dead man walking"?
Re:What is the business model for DuckDuckGo? (2017) on Thursday May 28, 2020 @08:44AM (#23336576)
I think Google only keeps DuckDuckGo around so they can claim they have “competition.”
Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @09:51AM (#23323195)
Get rid of section 230
Searching for images and getting pinterest.com results for me.
Re:Facebook to Buy Giphy for $400M on Friday May 15, 2020 @11:17AM (#23193123)
This exactly. Kara Swisher's interview with Sarah Frier on how Instagram went really paints the picture. https://overcast.fm/+QLdurp-A8
Re:WeWork sells Meetup on Monday March 30, 2020 @03:44PM (#22731549)
Big opportunity if FB gets hit with antitrust. I don’t see how anybody could effectively compete with FB events.