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xfactorial

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    Comment #49219182

    Something somewhere tells me when the moment comes all of those AI companies will try to play the Chewbacca Defense. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewbacca_defense

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    Comment #47923273

    The whole business model is around “Optimization through custom tools”. We can go with your idea, sure: a few months in, an Account Manager from the cloud provider shows up and say…

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    Comment #47830137

    Having faith on a for-profit organization about doing the right thing, with access to your computer and the things you do on it, may be a bit too much. It was always quite a simple…

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    Comment #47714493

    I some countries, however, this may penalize you, credit score wise or whatever. This option, in my opinion, should truly be the last resource, after exhausting (and documenting) e…

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    Comment #47643835

    Kid: you are playing with forces of nature you cannot comprehend :-) That being said: I would love someone from Marketing and Branding to explain me this “Copilot everywhere” becau…

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    Comment #47584084

    I understand "free services" eventually come to the conclusion of either charging or using ads to finance and even make money out of them. I believe there are two caveats on it: 1.…

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    Comment #46764864

    It depends: having it notarized is a way to show someone with a certain reputation of "Hey! This is my code, this is me, if something happens, you can kill the switch". If notarisa…

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    Comment #46764822

    You may be severely wrong: I like to pay and contribute to things I use, believe it or not. I love to buy small apps from indie developers or donate some money to things I use and …

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    Comment #46755267

    I think the idea is wonderful, but a not-audited application that uses things like the camera is a “no go” for me. Get it notorized and ask for some money! I will gladly pay it (an…

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    Comment #45796403

    That is literally what i am observing lately with my provider: i have 2 bars and yet i do not have internet, where as my gf, using the same iPhone model, with a different provider,…

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    Comment #45031851

    For what i know, IBM R&D is truly a marvel in terms of Innovation, but one thing is “we managed to Create a process to make xyz” and another is, indeed, putting it together at scal…

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    Comment #44088042

    One of the arguments to be made about locking components and enabling rapid software lock-in in case of theft to, precisely, break the economical incentive. On the other hand, the …

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    Comment #43841493

    Consider the plot and consider it is loosely based on real events. Also: it’s a highly quoted movie on YouTube where copyright has not been strictly enforced. Every part of it is a…