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  So we’re taking that code out of systemd, right?

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  Which is a damn good point. If you don't protect a patent in a reasonable time frame I believe you lose the right to protect it. If Dolby has had this patent for a long time, and allowed it to become part of a standard, it may be a quick dismissal of the case.

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  It was very odd at my company. We were a Google Workspace company. Gmail, Meet, Drive, etc with our own servers for messaging, gitlab and some other things. Sure being Google based isn't great either, but generally people were fine with it. Then the C suite said we were moving to Microsoft. Lots and lots of complaining, asking for justification, but no reason was given (not even cost). Today people are still cursing teams 18months later. We're not in control of our own data (things get...

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  WHAAAAT?!?! Educating people is better than telling them what to do?

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  > The fallback argument for the social media ban is that it’s better than nothing. But with results like these, it may be worse than nothing, given it potentially creates new problems. Children will remain online with arguably less supervision and support, new privacy and digital security vulnerabilities seem to have appeared and the worst aspects of social media lay largely unaddressed. I wish more people understood this. Changing something can mean you've caused harm unintentionally, e...

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  Interesting, because I heard recent reports of huge amounts of inventory and large upfront manufacturing costs painting a picture of a company with extremely large amounts of debt to service. Some likening it to the Evergrande property company. I doubt it's on that scale, but I could easily believe BYD is another hyper accelerated company with shaky fundamentals. Edit: [This appears to be the background](https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/byd-executive-says-no-evergran...

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  This is what you get when AI fanaticism combines with Rust fanaticism. 1 million lines a month is 2-ish line per second. That "engineer" is just someone to blame when things don't work. They aren't going to be contributing anything.

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  Is normally unknown due to not knowing the person though. Using "they" with someone known to you feels rude. As if you're saying "I don't include Grace in my circle, so I use "they" to keep them distant". It really sticks in the throat.

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  A response I gave elsewhere in this thread. > > This authority will provide you with tokens indicating you are 18+ (or whatever age verfication you may need) These tokens are stored locally, and contain no identifying information other than a simple "is this guy 18+?" > So they're reusable? One token can be used for multiple age checks, right? > > If not, then think about what that means. > > 1. The token gets sent back to the authority for revocation. &...

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  Regulatory capture. The government is funded by the medical insurance companies. The people haven't demanded it because they've been told it's not an option. It's impossible, too expensive, a fantasy.

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  Name of another similar tool, prefixed with the language it was rewritten in.

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  Oh my god! They forgot Kenny.

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  The democrats didn't have to play by trump's rules, but they had to dismantle the foundations he had put in place during his term. I mean, they didn't even strengthen rules to avoid another Jan 6th. Didn't protect the freedom of the press. Didn't strengthen campaign finance laws. Didn't approach voting reform. Didn't ban gerrymandering. Nothing. Democratic politicians (as opposed to Democrat Party politicians) seem to think you defeat the other side by winning elect...

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  He liked Bavarian brass band music and classical orchestral music.

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  Enable them to speak for themselves. Be the person that notices they are missing from the conversation and invites them in.

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  NO GHOSTING!

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  Boss on Teams: Why are you off-line? Me: I'm not. I'm talking to you. Boss: Oh.... My cares about tracking vanished in that moment.