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Forbo

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    Comment #47897887

    By not giving their customers business. Unfortunately I am forced to interact with their customers (i.e. governments, schools, utilities, etc.).

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    Comment #47772671

    Voting with your wallet doesn't exist. Try to boycott Amazon by blocking the AWS IP ranges and see how unusable the internet becomes for everyday tasks. Corporations continue to pu…

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    Comment #46526567

    If you don't think lying/tricking/manipulating people is abusive, then you might want to reflect on that.

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    Comment #46306851

    "Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to sa…

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    Comment #45867736

    Reading their about page... > globohomo Yeah, no, fuck that bigoted bullshit and the people who made it.

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    Comment #45859394

    They also sell a license with the new hardware. The bulk majority of the public never buy hardware without an OS. So yes, they are making more money with each new hardware sale. Pl…

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    Comment #45792586

    As an American, we deserve the derision. Please, continue shaming us, maybe some day people will get sick enough of it to try to prove them wrong. That's probably asking too much, …

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    Comment #45792560

    ACCount37 expressly left out the coal smoke stacks from their description, so I'm not sure why you chose to focus solely on that and throw it back in?

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    Comment #45389567

    Reputation laundering?

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    Comment #44995674

    Edit: I mistook the bsky.sh domain, my bad. Can't get strike through to work for the life of me. I give up. ~~Bluesky blocked in Mississippi, try to work around it, only for the re…

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    Comment #44995557

    Sounds like a failure to properly build a threat model. Consider relocating your instance and begin using privacy mitigations like VPN. Much cheaper than an attorney.

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    Comment #44995509

    In theory, but is that actually the case today? I couldn't find any information about the current state of federation for Bluesky. Contrast this with Mastodon which already has a v…

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    Comment #44841220

    A.K.A. Axon Enterprises. Some OUI databases have the new name, some have the old.

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    Comment #44368393

    Direct action against manufacturers. You don't have to be a wizard to cast fireball.

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    Comment #43895008

    One could argue the polish of their UI/UX is worth it, but not to me. I moved to Porkbun and found the difference a bit frustrating when trying to migrate from Gandi, but that was …

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    Comment #43460546

    I wonder what this would cost to have done. I have a relative that was left paralyzed after a spinal cord injury, would love for them to be able to try something like this. Edit: l…

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    Comment #43423276

    A capitalist externalizing costs?! Why, no, never! /s

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    Comment #43393021

    Care to expound on that?

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    Comment #43332422

    For either, if the papers don't stand up to peer review and meta-analysis then yes, we should ignore them. Don't often see papers from think tanks engaging in actual science though…

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    Comment #43315759

    A lot of good that's doing. Big tech was sitting front row for the inauguration.

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    Comment #43209334

    That's been illegal for three and a half years?