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zbird

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    Comment #34108999

    I don't understand how OP could take that seriously. I can't think of anyone who has built a successful business and can trace their origins back to "I was very inspired by people …

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    Comment #34108606

    I like meself a well-written and formatted article. Thank you.

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    Comment #33460154

    Did you mean 'hear, hear', or is 'here, here' something I missed?

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    Comment #32881107

    Of course they will. What they are less likely to do is to rewrite it in a completely different language (e.g. Rust.) C++ became popular in the first place because it could easily …

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    Comment #32874495

    "Building something from scratch is rarely a good idea." Except when you actually want to learn something. Worst possible advice to give someone and I haven't even read the second …

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    Comment #32873972

    I see, so it seems to be taking off then.

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    Comment #32803056

    Rust doesn't even have a formal specification at this time. Technically speaking, everything in Rust is undefined behaviour. That's a hard sell for, e.g., people writing safety-cri…

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    Comment #32802955

    I see, I imagine the server you put on is by default public and joinable by anyone. This kind of stuff typically has some form of whitelisting or password protection to keep the se…

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    Comment #32774538

    Why is this downvoted? This is literally the TOS of much proprietary software out there. People don't read the TOS?

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    Comment #32774529

    > I guess I don't understand - the troll will report your 6 year old for dropping f-bombs? They'll report for no reason, that's the point of trolling. > And the chat logs (which MS…

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    Comment #32719976

    Regulate them.

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    Comment #32696995

    'Fog Reveal'. I'm sure there's a secret tool out there called 'map hack'.

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    Comment #32696906

    You wouldn't use Teams if you cared about privacy. It's not the other people on the call you need the blur the background from.

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    Comment #32646382

    Does Australia have no property tax? In what Earth do you sink a one-time $10.5m payment into a house you can't maintain? Perhaps I am missing something very fundamental here. I ca…

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    Comment #32645683

    My first bet would be the GSL library: https://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/doc/html/

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    Comment #32645467

    It's so bad, that even the NSA and CIA recommend an ad blocker. https://www.vice.com/en/article/93ypke/the-nsa-and-cia-use-a...

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    Comment #32645461

    Like Facebook? https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/29/facebook-project-atlas/

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    Comment #32620901

    Just install Ublock Origin or Noscript. At least it's not Cloudflare.

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    Comment #32616073

    GPT3 was written by GPT2.

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    Comment #32616064

    The first review on the Microsoft Store should be featured on the home page: "Found this during a search for the word "clip." The app's description is dishonest, to say the least. …

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    Comment #32616014

    Not to mention all of the surveillance/targeted advertising that happens on these platforms while the "influencers" are busy influencing each other.

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    Comment #32615981

    Hey guys, make sure to check out my Youtube channel and smash that Like & Subscribe button.

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    Comment #32528207

    I like how the company is called Autonomy. Subscription handcuffs are the opposite of autonomy.

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    Comment #32528201

    How is this different from leasing a car?

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    Comment #32478463

    Many have commented on correlation-vs-causation. We get it, there is lag in the economics and the profits have partly been boosted by COVID. However, there has also been inflation-…