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Can you explain what bar has been raised unless you were planning to sell PII as part of your business model?

I'm the person who originally set Cara up on Vercel in late 2022, before I stepped away to focus on my own startup. I chose Vercel for a few reasons: 1. When you have 0 users, worr…

> You couldve accomplished this at the webserver level That's true, but only if you have access to your web server! If you're using something like Vercel (or some other hosting ser…

If you're curious what an implementation looks like: Charlie Gerard's article[1] shows how to accomplish a similar effect in-browser. It's pretty straight forward although not sure…

Similar! The biggest difference in my mind is that any website using FLoC would be able to know what cohort I belonged to. FLoC is definitely more anonymous than "davidlumley visit…

My understanding around how this works (and I might be wrong!) is that Apple tracks a variety of usage on device and your device itself knows which ad to serve, versus say Google o…

To be clear: taxes are due when you receive the shares. For options, that's when you execute/purchase your options not when they vest. edit: (in the US at least)

In this case I think they mean "update your version of iOS" because there was a recent and important security fix: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213412

What's the unique thing about Tipe compared to other headless CMS products like Contentful?

Robert Evans and Jason Wilson have a pretty good overview here: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/05/27/the-boogaloo-move...

Name changes of popular OSS projects feels contentious, but like anything built on language it's inherently political and full of bias. As with anything, it's worth striving to imp…

> Get specific about the concern, otherwise it's easy to get afraid about everything. There are many reasons to be afraid about a private corporation from a country with little reg…

Private corporations owning more and more utility infrastructure really concerns me. Is there a world where nations band together and launch this as public infrastructure rather th…

To be clear, Clearbit can only transform IPs into company data.

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> Which makes me wonder where this demand came from. My local coffee shop trialled Oatly and as someone who usually drinks soy or almond milk, it's a really nice alternative. Much …

Two points: 1) The fact in a latter comment you seem to have priced yourself out of being unable to afford this service doesn't make it not worth while 2) I imagine if you're looki…

Close! It's Drift (drift.com), not Intercom.

You still have complete control over what you do to your own body in your own privacy. This gives other people complete control over their body too – in terms of not having to brea…

> I have never seen anyone fined for smoking in any of the places where it isn't allowed (sporting fields, bus stops, etc), and I see people smoking at these locations literally ev…

I don't know if Mumble (or Ventrilo, or Teamspeak, or Discord) are really comparable. They require you run your own server (although Discord abstracts that), that everyone know the…

No. I looked into it at one stage between jobs but didn't qualify for it because I had savings. I've had numerous friends who have been on and off various forms over the past 10 ye…

> anyone that isn't earning much (or doesn't have a job, or has never had one) can get around $250 per week. Forever. Very few strings attached. Sorry but that's just flat out inco…

#9 Gears of War: Ultimate Edition uses UE FYI