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Comment · 1 year ago
I'm more than a Trekkie than a... Warrie (?), but does Project-4K77 means I can finally see Han shooting first?
Comment · 1 year ago
Maybe. Stealing ad space from a competitor may be in itself valuable.

Another metric comes to my mind: if a newcomer has money to spend on ads, then it's a stable firm.

I'm sure there are more.

Comment · 1 year ago
50, actually.
Comment · 1 year ago
No studies on this area, so you have more street cred than me on this but....

You can't kill an idea, but you can severely maim it for a generation or 2.

Comment · 1 year ago
Big benefit from coding Agents: for things to work it better have documentation. Which humans usually aren't given, so anything which forces documentation is good.
Comment · 1 year ago
I don't recall the government using FCC to fire someone.

I'd rather wish the previous governments had closed down Fox News, though.

PS: not an USA citizen.

Comment · 1 year ago
Happy it has multi-boot. Not a buyer, but it's a feature I intend to keep my eye on.
Comment · 1 year ago
You are both the exploited and the exploiter.
Comment · 1 year ago
Ok, I really think this is going to cost me karma, but the snyde remark has to be made.

They don't do "Sales", they do "Salesforce"d.

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You got me. None.

I do wish ubports + waydroid would be a reasonable alternative -- but it's wishful thinking.

Comment · 1 year ago
Probably.

That's why you need to diversify software ecosystems now.

Comment · 1 year ago
Slow heating boils the frog.

Move now to alternatives. If you must use Android, GrapheneOS with Sandboxed Play Services.

Comment · 1 year ago
Oh god. A friend of mine quotes a writer: "The old world is dying. The new is slow to be born: now is the time of monsters."

And this is the only framework I can look to this news with. Either that or mercantilism, I'm told.

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