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tky

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About tky

Like you, I repeatedly actuate buttons for a living.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #46767128

    The Eufy SmartTrack card is great! Mine is non-rechargeable and going on year 3. They have released a rechargeable version called the “E30”.

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    Comment #45863148

    Honestly, not well. It’s hard to articulate to a 4 year old that people like us are hiding for fear that they’ll be taken by “army men”

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    Comment #45862438

    Accurate, if even a bit softer than how it really is. I never felt unsafe in my west side Chicago community until the Black Hawks started doing daily intimidation runs. Until they …

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    Comment #45505452

    In some cases, sure. My anecdote: Electric car. Horn keeps failing. $15 part, $900 to do the work. Why? Because to get to the horn, the entire front end of the car has to be disass…

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    Comment #44936175

    Same; I switched to ControlD when it appeared NextDNS was on autopilot without support or fixes.

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    Comment #44844033

    Withings makes smartwatches that do not scream Apple Watch

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    Comment #43605169

    All the takes on this release miss one crucial point: if you want people to adopt E2E encryption, you must reduce friction. For users of Gmail, that means familiar elements and flo…

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    Comment #43374378

    There isn’t. Your software is incorrectly flagging it. Please don’t make accusations without proper vetting.

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    Comment #43362278

    It does not. If you believe otherwise, elaborate on your claim.

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    Comment #43055409

    Not sure if sarcastic but it’s a bit premature to assume that’s how it’ll play out. The first part — indiscriminate firings - is underway. Whether anyone left will be capable to do…

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    Comment #43038778

    This seems less like professional speaking and more like preemptive feelings management. As a gen-x’er, I find myself having to navigate these waters often as directness is likened…

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    Comment #42157476

    “Aspirational sugar” is as common in startup culture as in Fortune 500 sales contracts, they’re just messaged and “de-risked” differently.

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    New Relic Layoffs Continue

    As many expected when PE took the company private, New Relic continues to do batches of layoffs as they move engineering to India and outsource their infrastructure to AWS. Latest …

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    Comment #42028404

    Thanks! That’s all I wanted to see, and you provided a good example. “viscerally offensive” and “SEO spam” made my eyes roll like a slot machine wheel.

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    Comment #41733021

    You continue to suggest I’ve insinuated he is extorting others and I have done no such thing. Please stop that. A protection racket does not need a quorum of victims to be distaste…

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    Comment #41727601

    I said no such thing.

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    Comment #41727365

    The more Matt tries to explain himself, the more this looks like a protection racket.

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    Comment #41726993

    Welcome to the fray, and congrats on your reply being wonderfully written. Matt would be wise to take your advice.

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    Comment #41726866

    Now begins the portion of the proceedings where lots of dirty laundry gets aired, discovery feels like a visit to the proctologist, and absolutely nothing good comes of it for eith…

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    Comment #41715935

    > When asked what his legal counsel has advised regarding his speaking out publicly, Mullenweg told The Repository, “When you’re right, you can talk. When you’re wrong, [the lawyer…

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    Comment #41670853

    Look into “industrial” or “commercial” displays. Many of them are the traditional dumb display, but they may not have the refresh rate or other features you want in a consumer devi…

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    Comment #41060380

    This demonstrates that the same post-commit checks and tests that were lacking in the product also exist within the marketing department. This is a[nother] highly unserious move an…

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    Comment #40506897

    Possibly clickbaity fluff pieces like this: https://www.businessinsider.com/google-ai-glue-pizza-i-tried... Stuff like this really doesn’t serve them well as a “serious” outlet. I …

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    Comment #40468691

    383105. I can remember an unused IM account from a lifetime ago but not a single ffmpeg flag.