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Comment #49236494
This combination of "no true scotsman" and "you're holding it wrong" is quite amazing to behold. If AI is as good as it being marketed as, you shouldn't even be able to hold it wro…
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Comment #49219880
Plumbers? With so much bullshit in the world these days, I assume plumbers will remain important. ;)
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Comment #49138225
I think trust in general has eroded. Rampant _overt_ corruption at the highest levels of western governments, wars, enshittification[0], decay[1], crumbling infrastructure, constan…
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Comment #49126435
Maybe just poorly run ones?
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Comment #49087862
(tongue in cheek) It seems recent history has shown that zig can get you to working software faster, then you can port it to rust once you are acquired or find market fit? Maybe at…
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Comment #49038042
codefloe[1] also runs forgejo. [1]: https://codefloe.com/
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Apple sues OpenAI, accuses ex-employees of stealing trade secrets
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/07/10/apple-sues-openai/
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Comment #48864578
I agree. It would be very interesting to see a forjego config-mode/fork/clone/alternative with AGit as the main (or _only_) contribution workflow!
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Comment #48854085
> Yes there are ways around it if you have patience, but what the heck!! https://forgejo.org/docs/latest/user/agit-support/
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Comment #48853586
So like Broadcom?
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Comment #48849951
Once dns-persist-01 becomes available/usable[1], it should make dns validation even easier. [1]: https://letsencrypt.org/2026/02/18/dns-persist-01
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Comment #48782735
> And the really insidious thing about this, is the fundamental asymmetry of effort between creation and deletion. Creating a Wikipedia article can take hours, days, or longer, of …
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Comment #48739626
Search for "ITO EN Mugicha Barley Tea". There are other brands of course, but I enjoy this one and it is easy to get at my local asian foods market (as well as online).
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Comment #48552021
Pepperidge Farms remembers...
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Comment #48551907
I wish there was an EKS-like for Nomad!
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Comment #48548126
Ah. I think I figured it out. > FOX is acquiring Roku in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at $160.00 per ROKU share. FOX will pay $96.00 in cash and 0.9693 shares of FOX Class A…
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Comment #48546152
I've always wondered.. Why would a stock (roku in this case) trade below the acquisition price (currently showing around 141)? (160 in this case) Does the market think this sale wo…
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Comment #48334311
Maybe time to pursue alternative implementations[1]. [1]: https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2026-05-24-minimal-memor...
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Comment #48288492
Seems under-reported to me (as far as PDX goes). For reference: https://www.datacenterjournal.com/data-centers/oregon/portla...
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Comment #48262470
Or gleam if you don’t fancy elixir.
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Comment #48253127
Unfortunately a lot of fiction (sci-fi/fantasy) ebooks are effectively kindle exclusive these days (amazon publisher deals exclusivity), due to the near monopoly amazon has… and si…
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Comment #48241928
I think so too, otherwise why wouldn't you put that (purported) increased capacity/output into improving your existing products or creating new ones, with the headcount that you al…