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Comment · 1 month ago
> this, if there was a good, fast solution, it would have been enacted by now.

Why? Is it the law that governments have to a) be on your side? Or b) be effective?

Your underlying assumption is completely

Comment · 5 months ago
>Planned: Stream from Tidal

Yes please - Tidal's app is genuinely woeful and doesn't seem to use native API's in MacOS

Comment · 10 months ago
If it's so easy, why haven't you done it?
Comment · 11 months ago
The guy who oversaw the silicon change is the one who's likely going to be the next CEO
Comment · 11 months ago
Sorry that you can't control other peoples lives & wants
Comment · 1 year ago
I'm looking for a sports aggregation site like Brutalist Report - does anyone know if this exists?
Comment · 1 year ago
"using the biggest software suite tailored for offices/IT environments is a red flag"

honestly the things i read here sometimes hahaha

Comment · 1 year ago
>it was called "google without ads and seo spam"

... if you could talk to it like a human and have google search hold a conversation with you - sure. That distinction is a big big big difference though

Comment · 1 year ago
>Blockchain is probably the most useless technology ever invented (unless you're a criminal or an influencer who makes ungodly amounts of money off of suckers).

You think a technology that allows millions of people all around the world to keep & trustlessly update a database, showing cryptographic ownership of something "the most useless technology ever invented"?

Comment · 1 year ago
>Dehumanization seems to be the trend that the US is leading on right now.

Criminals have to want to stop doing crime before they can be rehabilitated.

Comment · 1 year ago
That's exactly what ethereum is - you're able to move funds without permission, trustlessly, instantly.
Comment · 1 year ago
No you're right, thinking about laws & second order effects isn't a government thing
Comment · 1 year ago
There are a lot of things that are a net negative to society but since we're not slaves, we're allowed to do things that can be fun but -ev if we choose to
Comment · 1 year ago
What's the feasibility of taking an existing default calling app & adding the real way to do DTMF, then making the user forced to use this app as the default calling app.

E.g. the calling app from AOSP, LineageOS or GrapheneOS

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