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Embrace, extend, destroy. This has always been MS. They basically haven't changed since 1990.

Why do people keep buying all this garbage and putting it in their homes?

>> The myth of DNS “propagation” needs to die. > What's the actual issue? Are you being frustrated by people laboring under the assumption that DNS records are being sent by carrie…

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I would expect online video games to be a more important driver.

China doesn't seem to really care about copyright or other forms of intellectual property. We'll see how long this stuff stays closed and opaque. Not that I believe Chinese chip ma…

I know people that work as contractors for the Dutch government. The government doesn't save money by hiring them through contractors. They cost more through contractors. But contr…

I love Strawberry Music Player. Works great and does everything I want.

As someone who was impacted by Cisco's first ever round of layoffs, I can say with confidence that your statement was also true 25 years ago.

One of my first jobs was working on Telephony User Interfaces (TUIs). Everytime I see the term TUI I can't help but think of that. For people who don't know this version of TUI, it…

The reason the DNT header failed is because there is no way to enforce it. The browser can set the flag, but there's no way to ensure it's actually respected. There are no protocol…

What pisses me off the most is that there are companies making billions of dollars off the labor of others and many of them don't even acknowledge it.

We're getting beeped at constantly by the various devices we surround ourselves with. I can't help but comapre it to changing a baby's diapers everytime it needs our attention. So …

You're screwed. This has been the way for a while now. You cannot exist in society without a smart phone and it's only going to get worse.

I also use mailbox.org and use my own domain for email. Not sure what issue the author ran into.

Shorter chapters allow me to have more frequent natural break points. I often have limited time to read, or the time I have is broken up into shorter chunks. So books with shorter …

You have a point, but two counters to this: 1) You don't need to capture a large part of the market to make a profit. The market for smartphones is large enough that even capturing…

> Something I don't think is well understood on HN is how driven by ideals many folks at Anthropic are I don't think you understand how capitalism and corporations work, friend. Ev…

https://www.icann.org/compliance/complaint

American empire is a death cult.

Great site. If you don't mind I have feature requests, but feel free to ignore them because OSS is OSS and you shouldn't feel obligated. 1) Include a link to dnsviz.net to check on…

The real trick, and the reason I don't build my own NAS, is standby power usage. How much wattage will a self built Linux box draw when it's not being used? It's not easy to figure…

I gave you an upvote because you're correct. EU leadership has no ability to think strategically.

It has everything to do with regulation and almost nothing to do with "car enthusiasts".