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PaulsWallet

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    Comment #35004173

    My problem with e-bikes is my problem with regular bikes. Riding on the sidewalk is generally not permitted and I don't trust drivers in cars to not murder me while driving in the …

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    Comment #34975323

    I ride the bus and I can promise you I don't do it because of luxury. Even if that was true, it would only be true in North America. In the rest of the developed world, public tran…

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    Comment #34687144

    This is what I would try. Let Amazon do the fulfillment and pray you sell out before Chinese brands on Amazon catch wind.

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    Comment #34606091

    Genuinely hate going to concerts would rather listen to my "digital bits" over and over again. I guess I don't get the "essence of music"

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    Comment #34129511

    Kickstarter will not lose any trust with this decision and if anything they probably gained a decent amount of goodwill from artist and their fanbases.

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    Comment #34033345

    You say this as if Meta and Microsoft don't also have bottomless pockets.

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    Comment #34029739

    I mention effort because Microsoft hasn't even tried to put a real attempt into competing with Google on maps before claiming a monopoly. Tried nothing and completely out of ideas …

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    Comment #34028672

    Exhausted with people abusing and misusing the word monopoly. A monopoly and having market dominance are not the same thing. Google has put far more effort into Google Maps than Mi…

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    Comment #33938191

    He doesn't. It is pretty much a throwaway comment that he quickly moves passed.

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    Comment #33936011

    At one point in the video, Rossman does imply that he is getting special attention because tech lobbyists (i.e. Apple) are trying to attack him because he lobbies against Apple whe…

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    Comment #33935844

    This is wrong and you should just watch the video before getting on your soapbox. Or at least click on it and see the title which almost certainly tells you why.

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    Comment #33934617

    C++ is heavily customized C. The heavy customization make Redshift a columnar database and more ideal for querying large amounts of data quickly. How does Timescale help Postgres i…

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    Comment #33934462

    > Use Postgres with TimescaleDB as a data warehouse. How does this stack compare to Snowflake or Redshift?

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    Comment #33901768

    The irony of bypassing the paywall to an article talking about publications dying and how hard it is for publications to make money.

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    Comment #33839901

    As much as I understand the reasoning behind this thought, I do not agree with it. Yes, my devices are tools and as much as possible, I'd like to keep my tools looking nice. For me…

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    Comment #33822123

    >...this move does feel like they're just going to encourage more and more of the net to be blocked off behind a paywall. On a personal level I have no problem with this. It's just…

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    Comment #33822105

    5 to 12% depending on what plan you get.

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    Comment #33811872

    Is it? Can't people read your DMs on Mastodon as well? If that is your concern then seems like all things are equal. I'm being somewhat obtuse but I don't see how Mastodon is a rea…

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    Comment #33810053

    Why would Spotify allow you to replace payment processor? App developers make this complaint about Apple and Google because the App devs are actually selling something. In this cas…

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    Comment #33793906

    There is no good "book" but the fine team over at GDQuest do a lot of written material in addition to their video courses. Their 2D Secrets course is entirely written with no video…

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    Comment #33684962

    This still assumes the person in question has the time or desire to tinker around with stuff. Not everyone is a tech geek who wants to tinker around with stuff. What the parent pos…

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    Comment #33673823

    You may prefer this model but many people will not and it will only further the moaning and groaning about ads and sponsorships on the web. There is no model here isn't without tra…

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    Comment #33666008

    I wouldn't call my company reasonably technical and we frequently hit barriers in AWS. Twitter has no chance on AWS.

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    Comment #33376580

    > The Internet would have us believe that civil war is imminent. The person who could arguably be considered the third most powerful politician in the US just had their own broken …

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    Comment #32532081

    > The reality of this type of art is that it’s really easy to make. Most of the “skill” required to do stuff like this is the networking required to find somebody who will pay for …