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Comment · 1 year ago
Seeing as much of a virtual planet as possible costs $60 and it uses the same energy that isn't being used because the other thing costs thousands of dollars.
Comment · 1 year ago
I usually just explain things again, and again, and document, and coach, and the project gets a bit slower, and the world doesn't end. Maybe I'm super dumb though - nobody tell me.
Comment · 2 years ago
My hunch is that taxes are the most efficient 'charity', even with the bloat, and everyone's too busy sniffing farts in their corner to see it.
Comment · 2 years ago
I've been running ad blockers for 15 years now at least, but I seem to recall really annoying pop-ups being a part of Internet advertising too, and they happen more than once per boot.
Comment · 2 years ago
I can't record calls but Google can? Gross.
Comment · 2 years ago
I read at one point that my oral allergy syndrome, my mild reaction to apples and other fruits, tends to be correlated with hay fever. It doesn't seem unreasonable for something similar to be afoot with peanuts.
Comment · 2 years ago
Very clever. Keep the highest quality files out of the hands of those grubby pirates. Then the customers will have no choice but to subscribe so they can watch the content in 720p.
Comment · 2 years ago
To make just a bunch of money.
Comment · 2 years ago
Surely it's overkill to pay for a whole month of constant vpn use. You could cook something up that provides access for a short session aaand we've circled back to dialers.
Comment · 2 years ago
Performing formalized risk assessments can provide you with insights about a risk you're thinking about taking. I think it helped me take the right risks and leave the workforce early.

Emotionally? Just* ignore them and pursue the thing that pays you the most. It's boring and it's unhealthy and it's hard and it's not romantic.

Comment · 2 years ago
My neighbors suck less when they're warm, full, and healthy. How do the anti tax folks get past that hurdle? I'm trying to live my most evil life here but I'm stuck on very selfishly wanting cool neighbors.
Comment · 2 years ago
What does it take to make a mouse wheel that doesn't shit the bed, and who's making it? I'd just like to give them some obscene triple price and be done with mice.
Comment · 2 years ago
Blockers work with my throw away Google accounts that I use for this and that. So maybe it's restricted further still to very entrenched users.
Comment · 3 years ago
Just a month ago there was news of Google scrapping and not honoring Pixel Pass. You are more generous than I am.

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