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RHSeeger

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    Comment #49114548

    > Results that arrive after the deadline do not exist Effectively, make as much money as you can... and any consequences of your action that don't present before the deadline are n…

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    Comment #49027333

    And how is it better than a password + password manager? Literally everything about what is described is worse than a password + manager.

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    Comment #49027294

    It is relatively easy to pick a password length/composition that's pretty much impossible to guess, too. So the benefit you're list is for the company (that has to deal with people…

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    Comment #49027265

    But most password programs do this too, if you install the plugin (which you pretty much need if you want those same programs to do the passkey thing, anyways)

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    Comment #49008541

    > Once you’re in Apple universe And there's your blocker. Being limited to only devices from a single vendor is horrible, and a firm no from a lot of people. > Now we can put on th…

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    Comment #49008432

    Everything you said is _also_ true if you use a password manager than can interact with the browser (which you're already doing). Plus, that doesn't have the negatives/limitations …

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    Comment #49008373

    If you store the key in Bitwarden or Keepass, what makes it different from a password?

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    Comment #48797122

    Is that online activation Steam or is it a third party thing? Steam allows selling games that have external DRM like that. I think they, themselves, don't do it. That doesn't inval…

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    Comment #48796749

    Can't you download your game off steam and play it forever; and if it can't connect to the service, it will just let you play offline? Sure, that loses out on the ability to transf…

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    Comment #48796730

    > I have no problem with Sony not offering DRM free versions of games that I can still download and play with the store. But if that goes away -> you must give me a path to local o…

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    Comment #48774480

    Depends on the context, but both.

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    Comment #48774269

    Literally everything you said is not true for me - My phone's screen is nowhere near big enough for me to "glance" at it while driving (to see if my turn is coming up, etc) - I'm n…

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    Comment #48763825

    > If AI generated content cannot be copyrighted, it does not follow at all that they can't infringe copyright; there is no deductive step there that I can think of. I assume the id…

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    Comment #48763280

    The conversation was > If you have an X that Y > If you have an X, it won't Y to which you added > Your statement is privileged The fact that it's privileged to have an X is irrele…

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    Comment #48760616

    And yet it directly speaks to the comment it was replying to. It makes the point that RSUs are generally multi-year; so if you're getting them with _any_ frequency, you never get t…

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    Comment #48402579

    > I do not think learning about evolution (and we should credit Wallace too!) had that effect. It created a hierarchy of the fittest, and guess who is at the top? Social Darwinism …

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    Comment #48373575

    > Nobody has taken me up on this offer, because I think they know that they aren't going to have the extreme discipline to do the hard thing of understanding "someone" else's code …

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    Comment #48356518

    There main problem, at least in my experience, is that there's a direct conflict in it - There are people that work better from home and get more done there - There are people that…

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    Comment #48352966

    And both of them are wrong, because they _should_ be trying to figure out what works best for the person; not what worked best for _them_ and forcing it on the person.

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    Comment #48350959

    > I understand there are sites for whom this causes problems, but I think these are rare and could be optimized not to do unreasonable things. There are. They're not. They can't (w…

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    Comment #48339395

    I keep my new computer glasses at the computer, and the old ones downstairs for "other" uses. Then I keep my new driving glasses in the car, and the old ones downstairs for "other"…

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    Comment #48325342

    > battling with AI, trying to get it do what I wanted I rubber duck with AI a lot, to go over my understand, my plan, etc. I get all the benefits of putting my thoughts to words, p…

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    Comment #48313809

    The courts are either ignoring the problem, supporting the problem, or just being ignored. They courts themselves have no power to enforce their rulings. The ones that would enforc…

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    Comment #48289799

    Skipping code reviews and the bugs it causes can be a problem, or it can be easily solvable later when the bugs are found. It varies a lot. Skipping code reviews and the poor code …

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    Comment #48288597

    > It's easier to stop incentivizing people to ruin the commons It's impossible. No matter how good of a job you do, there will _always_ be people out to watch it all burn.