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Perhaps next time you should consult with legal before asserting co-authorship on end users’ code. The appended comment was not “edited with VS code” or “sent from VS code”, it was…

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47992781 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47992568 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47992475

I would also really like to see answers to these questions. This change explicitly claims that MS co-authored the commit.

What is the use-case where you expect users would be happy that you modify their commit messages with MS marketing? Do you think it would be ok to edit every commit to append “writ…

For people suffering from tinnitus, here is a technique that greatly helped me: 1. Place your hands over your ears such that your fingers are on the back of your skull - thumbs sho…

The timeline of the campaign makes it pretty clear that either: 1) they knew they were insolvent, and wouldn’t be able to continue or 2) the campaign was used to demonstrate market…

I'm not shocked - Pebble showed their true colors years ago when they ran the kickstarter campaign for the Time 2, which they cancelled and sold out to Fitbit. They never cared abo…

https://archive.is/fNNCg

This seems like outright fraud - how can they charge a cleaning fee and then perform no cleaning?

https://www.theverge.com/22801890/sunbeam-radiant-control-to...

What if all the houses are following the “standard industry practice” of chaining anyone who asks for water? What if refusing to follow this practice means that you can’t obtain fu…

Also, take a look at the permissions required for the app - why does my dishwasher need access to my search history and location?

That's fair, and I'm not "blaming" meta for anything here. They're well within their rights to EEE ActivityPub, but I think it's naive to complain about people calling it out. This…

It just occurred to me - post your fediverse content via thread and get preferred placement in the "neutral" feed. Boom.

This ^. Gravity isn't a cliche, it's just how the world works.

I'm quite sure they'll think of something. I don't think most people could have predicted that apple using an "ugly" color to represent non-iOS messages would have such a strong ef…

Extinguish comes after extend -- eg, the goal is to make their client the preferred client for fediverse feeds for a large number of people by adding some kind of feature that they…

I agree that decriminalization in Oregon didn't go well, but it's more complicated that "decriminalization doesn't work". I lived in Portland at the time (and yes, I voted for decr…

Many psych meds diminish/block psychedelic effects.

Please post the link when it’s ready - I’m very interested

There are a couple methods - I use Working Copy to manage the git stuff on iOS. Far from perfect, but it works.

I’m actually interested in your product, but the total lack of pricing information or samples without giving you my email is a big turnoff. Dark patterns + AI generated makes me as…

It’s crazy that it only costs $240k to buy control of tax filing policy and fuck over the entire nation.