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I created this because I wanted a way to sync music to my phone and was having a hard time. Dragging the same folder through the VLC web interface results in duplicates. This check…

The FBI is not telling school librarians to not stock copies of To Kill a Mockingbird. I really don't see the issue with local entities like a school board having some say in mater…

This is admitting that its intentionally misleading, which is lying and is bad. You just think that it's an rhetorically effective term. When I walk into a public library and I see…

Cool project, except these aren't really "banned" books. thats a misleading term. In most of these cases, the book isn’t actually banned. Nobody is being arrested for owning it, Am…

I couldn't imagine working remote straight out of college. I'm very glad I work remote now though.

Love BBEdit!

This is a whole lot of FUD.

that was my first thought too

Landfills really aren't that bad. modern landfills have multiple layers of lining to prevent leaking into water supplies and soil. After they are full, they are covered with earth …

Wow, I just checked and I paid $89.99 back in 2019. What kind of person thinks this is worth $750?

It's very confusing that they use the same name as the very well known PHP package manager, composer https://getcomposer.org/

I mean I could. I could also do fent. But I don't.

not joking, is there a github repo for this project?

Try holding up a sign in the street anywhere in China that says anything remotely critical of the Chinese government. Or live in China and post something online remotely critical o…

the trend started before covid...

I remember playing this a lot back in the Ubuntu 6 days.

and the verification that the OS has to provide is minimal. the OS doesn't need to verify and ID or anything. Probably just a checkbox when you create the account that you're an ad…

They aren't watching you in the bathroom. They are recording cars on public streets and analyzing the footage.

my point is people are freaking out about Flock but everyone has a tracking device in their pocket at all times, and people absolutely love Ring doorbell cameras (ok maybe not you,…

Flock cameras can be helpful in all sorts of crimes. They've been used to solve everything from kidnappings to minor property damage. There obviously isn't a future without crime. …

This is really bad for all the reasons that people have mentioned (vigilante "justice" never is a good thing) but people have a misplaced understanding of right and wrong here. Flo…

and for good measure get rid of the tracking device in your pocket that you willingly use all day to send your location to facebook, X, tiktok, etc.

H1-B is for speciality occupations, like software engineers. A laborer from Ireland isn't going to qualify for that. There are lots of people who come to the US on a tourist visa a…