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@benguild
Founding @yourtreetop 🌳 prev. @apple Somewhere in the digital forest.
Katılım Eylül 2008
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Meta blamed users for not opting into the privacy-protecting feature. Experts fear the move could be the first major domino to fall for end-to-end encryption tech worldwide. wired.com/story/the-dang…
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There's a reason Dutch sailors went to Indonesia 400 years ago
Dutch weather is depressing af
Alex Logan@mr_alexlogan
Why go to Bali when you literally have this in Europe?
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@karenvaites yeah it’s as much about outsourcing your parenting as it is about independence of both the parents and students
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I have vivid memories of a brunch in NYC with a Morgan Stanley managing director who spoke breathlessly about the parent events at his first grader’s ultra-exclusive private school.
“The dads are all at the bar, and the school staff is amazing about keeping the kids occupied at the while the parents can network.
I met and and the head of at …”
Heidi N. Moore@moorehn
This is a common, very bourgeois error about the purpose of private school. The purpose of private school is not academic achievement. It is to establish a child within a social network of contacts that will help their career and marriage prospects for life.
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iOS developers: How long is App Review taking for everyone these days?
It is now taking longer to get our app approved than it is to build the actual features.
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Okay so apparently there's no thermal pad on MacBook Neo (why?), so it doesn't get hot externally. Explains why Photos keeps saying "Mac needs to cool down" LOL
Dylan@DylanMcD8
does MacBook Neo just... not get hot? I've been doing all kinds of setup and downloads and such and its significantly cooler than my MBP which is just playing music LOL
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@Rainmaker1973 yeah because if the prices go any higher, people just drive over the border to Germany and shop there
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Fun fact.
The Switzerlands largest supermarket, Migros, doesn’t sell alcohol or tobacco in stores, pays no dividends, caps profits by lowering prices if earnings exceeds 5%, is a cooperative with 2M+ members, and donates 1% of revenue to social projects, purely out of the founders moral philosophy
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@jordanasteinke @rabbitholebot yeah but prove that source code is actually what’s being deployed
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Signal was created and funded by a CIA spinoff. Yes, a CIA spinoff. Signal is not your friend.
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@luciascarlet honestly it's probably just a parts allocation thing, the 128GB chips were cheapest compared to further optimization
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can you please tell me why in the fuck these need 128 GB and an entire A19 Pro JUST to run some tiny crippled version of iOS that does absolutely nothing but make your webcam more orange and put Disperser on the audio
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@NicholasBardy @_kentw yeah no way it’s that cheap, like the amount of logistics and coordination required far exceed that alone if you’re lucky.
On the contrary, it actually is $150 in Tokyo where you can take the bullet train to the mountain and back round trip including a lift ticket…
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@_kentw Tryin $400 once you factor in gas, rentals equipment and lodging
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reminder: this could be you with $150 and a saturday if you live in the bay
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If your city doesn’t have the exact same divine fengshui geomancy as Tokyo, you can’t build a rail line.
Literally impossible
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@Karai_Dan yeah but also:
- language barrier
- safety concerns
- also, a surprisingly high number of people dislike the fact that there's no Toto washlet on the toilets elsewhere (even McDonald's has that in JP)
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The price of an international plane ticket is nearly a month’s salary for many.
Has nothing to do with a reluctance to travel, everything to do with money.
World of Statistics@stats_feed
🇯🇵 A 2022 study revealed that 35% of the adults in Japan intend to "never travel" again. No other country "came close to the travel reluctance shown in Japan"; the next highest was South Korea at 15%.
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@theduvnjak @juanbuis my Xiaomi toothbrush won't turn on. it just lights up. absolute garbage
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@benguild @juanbuis My experience is quite the opposite, I own a bunch of Xiaomi products, some for 10+ years and not a single one has failed yet. Their build quality is amazing for the price point. I have their smart some sensors that have been working for 8 years without replacing the battery once
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This is what dating apps sell to men. The illusion of access. You see her profile. You’re on the same platform. Technically, theoretically, you could match. But you won’t. She’s not there for you. She was never there for you. You just get to look.
Hitsdiff Capital@hitsdiffcap
Never canceling Raya after this
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It’s insane that the Pro Display XDR is now discontinued.
It was pricey but it was the perfect display size.
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Insufferablemaxxing - physical media audiophile edition
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@aidaxbaradari @be_inaudible Would love to see this tech integrated into the iPhone 👍🏻
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Today, we're introducing Spectre I, the first smart device to stop unwanted audio recordings.
We live in a world of always-on listening devices.
Smart devices and AI dominate our world in business and private conversations.
With Deveillance, you will @be_inaudible.
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