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Keep in mind, that contract was signed way back in 2000 and things were pretty different back then. I also believe it was signed by a primarily conservative LPEA board.
Re:The Quest for a Simple Smartwatch on Thursday June 29, 2023 @08:38AM (#36519561)
Exactly. There was a very similar discussion on here a little while ago about electric cars. For me, all I want is a simple smart watch that has great battery life, navigation with maps, and high GPS accuracy. Everything else I don't care about. The Garmin Fenix fits that bill, along with 500 other features for everyone else with their simple lists.
My initial thought on the timing is how much it coincides with the timing of Twitter's API becoming ridiculously expensive ($42k/mo). That maybe Reddit thought they could hop on that bandwagon and make some coin. But LLM also makes a ton of sense.
Re:Layoffs Now Targeting Devs on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @08:41AM (#35699665)
I don't understand what they're insinuating with the phrase "those who chose to 'learn to code'"?
Re:Dumpster Diving FAQ (2004) on Monday February 27, 2023 @10:00AM (#34957166)
I used to live somewhere where there was a grocery store that was positioned between a lower socioeconomic community and a higher one. It mostly served the lower one, but stocked specialty goods (think organic). I used to hit the dumpster every day after work, and found lots of good stuff in there. I too found a couple gallons of olive oil once. At one point my girlfriend and I went all February living off of nothing but dumpster dived food (except I think we bought some almond milk) and I remember eating fine (this was a year out of college so fine is relative). The takeaway I had was that there is all kinds of food that gets thrown out which is perfectly fine to eat. I never ate disgusting rotting food like one would picture coming out of a dumpster - everything was packaged and pretty much equivalent to what you'd take off the shelves. Also that not all dumpsters are created equal.
Where is this magical country where money is not really an issue?
Re:The Page with No Code on Saturday January 21, 2023 @09:34AM (#34466676)
RIP screen readers
Probably beyond the abilities of the average user
That's definitely not a thing.
For me it's the best $15/mo I spend. As someone who is regularly alone in the backcountry far from cell service, it's massively nice to know that I can communicate something wrong or if simply running late. And my wife also has to worry far less knowing that I can let her know if something goes wrong. She also has the ability to request my location without me doing anything in the event I were unconscious or something.
kinda like saying it should be illegal for a cop to _ask_ for your ID
Re:How to access Reddit without ads and tracking on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @08:54AM (#32482146)
check out /r/tightpussy and /r/superbowl
Re:Homebrew Bluetooth Headphones on Sunday August 07, 2022 @09:24AM (#32376288)
The homebrewer in me was like "what do headphones have to do with brewing"
Re:Getting started with decentralized identity on Friday July 29, 2022 @08:14PM (#32283117)
What happened to web4
Re:A little trick to spam the spammers (2021) on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @07:46PM (#32245439)
This is why I have a [email protected] address that goes directly to trash.
Re:Sufficient Decentralization for Social Networks on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @08:24AM (#32068812)
I don't think voting and NFTs is going to be enough to drive mainstream audiences in.
Re:Modern cloud for multiplayer games on Friday July 01, 2022 @08:48AM (#31945662)
I get that this is a marketing piece, but given the title I was hoping for something a bit more specific to gaming. This is just basic web server architecture.
Exactly, you need another calendar in order for this calendar to work.
Now can we build a cryptocurrency that's mined by extracting CO2 from the atmosphere?
Re:Down the mechanical keyboard rabbit hole on Friday March 18, 2022 @09:04AM (#30721665)
the difference being a nice guitar will sound better than a crappy one, and the purpose of playing a guitar is to create nice sound. sure, a mechanical keyboard may feel and sound better than a crappy one, but the purpose is to create input for a computer and it doesn't matter what it feels or sounds like (aside from enjoyment for the user)
Re:In-flight surgery with a coat-hanger and silverware on Thursday March 17, 2022 @09:45AM (#30711075)
I somehow read the last sentence of the second paragraph as "and she spent the rest of her life uneventfully eating and watching in-flight movies" and was very confused.
Re:What is the small web? (2020) on Monday January 03, 2022 @10:07PM (#29790799)
But what is "your own server"? Yeah I host my personal site on my raspberry pi, but most people aren't going to do that. They're going to host on a server owned by a company with public stock.
Re:What is the small web? (2020) on Monday January 03, 2022 @07:44PM (#29789408)
I don't see how Site.js is any different than what he describes as "big web". So you create your own website and host it on a server. That's always been possible. What am I missing?
Re:All Bitcoin private keys are on this website on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @10:10AM (#29638070)
...so you're saying there's a chance