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Comment · 3 years ago
I like destroying accounts from time to time. Prevents becoming attached, identifying you with your comments, flushes your permanent record, etc.

Besides, it’s a pain in the ass and you might get banned so you end up working fewer hours for the website.

People with careers are getting cancelled because of their opinions published online. Nudging people to identify themselves online is inviting them to dig a grave

Comment · 3 years ago
Can’t you sideload applications like a hacker?
Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
“for a better home” that’s a bold assumption, though
Comment · 3 years ago
8 GB max of RAM is a software limitation not present in the more expensive tier. I suspect it is not a technical limitation, just greed.
Comment · 3 years ago
Parallels is an overpriced rubbish with stupid limitations. I’m switching to WMWare or VMWare as of right now
Comment · 3 years ago
It’s pre-recorded so they don’t have to censor the audience’s boo
Comment · 3 years ago
“Open source software is not about you”

Related article https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18538123

>As a user of something open source you are not thereby entitled to anything at all. You are not entitled to contribute. You are not entitled to features. You are not entitled to the attention of others. You are not entitled to having value attached to your complaints. You are not entitled to this explanation.

Comment · 3 years ago
removable batteries was to allowed the laptop to run without a battery pack for as long as needed
Comment · 3 years ago
I don’t get why software needs a blank check to report and constantly send surveillance about you
Comment · 3 years ago
The military budget both in absolute and relative terms is ludicrous.

The nations with a more irresponsible budget than the US are mostly state-terror organisations. Which doesn’t mean that the US isn’t one

Comment · 3 years ago
Ditch credit cards, save money
Comment · 3 years ago
and none of those were funded by Britain in 1948 on foreign soil

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