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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Why the abrupt ending? Where's the rest ๐Ÿ˜ญ did Britannica launch their own competing product? How did they react to Encarta's success? Where are both products today?

[โ€“] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago

Understand I this well very

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If I had this I'd probably just become the neighborhood ISP, sell 1 gig symmetrical to 49 houses for $100/mo and you're no longer paying for that connection after 9 customers

Permits, a mini JCB, buried fiber runs and stuff would be expensive though... as well as routers for each customer... ah maybe I'd pass on that business opportunity actually ๐Ÿ˜…

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

I do the same

Another option i'm aware of is CTRL+C, T, V and enter (Keyboard combo to Copy, open new tab, paste, go)

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

This article basically saved me leaving a longer comment ๐Ÿ˜… this used to happen to all my steel cookware, but I've changed how I cook with them now and haven't had it happen since

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As for "supporting the dev" I don't really get this concept. Do you know them personally? Surely the point would be to support development of something you want rather than the people behind it. I'm in favor of supporting software development if it doesn't violate any of my principles such as being adware.

The following is my opinion ๐Ÿ˜

If you're familiar with software development, for these apps the dev is the "product owner": they have a vision for the direction of the app/project, the look and feel, the purpose, and the experience. The project is essentially no more than an incarnation of what that product owner wants, and they are likely the most active (or sole) code contributor. Without this product owner, the project can start to stagnate, deviate, or begin to make trade offs. In most cases, the project may serve as the product owner's primary source of income. These projects are where youโ€™d be supporting a developer

This kind of thinking doesn't really fit into every project though, which is probably the perspective you're looking from: e.g. Debian, yt-dlp, and various other open source projects that have a set goal or purpose, and guidelines/rules for volunteers on how to fit their contributions into this puzzle. There may still be product owners here, but things are much more democratic and open. A product owner, if present, may also have a much more hands-off role. These projects are where you are supporting the development itself

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Apparently I can't count ๐Ÿ˜ณ

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just three for me:

  • Niagara Launcher Minimal launcher, a nice FOSS alternative is Kvaesitso (hope I spelt that right lol)
  • Grayjay Multimedia platform that aggregates video and text content from platforms like Patreon, Nebula and YouTube
  • Nebula Streaming service owned by creators
  • Plex & Plexamp

Everything else is mostly either FOSS, proprietary selfhosted, or a stock app

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

$69,420 is a very Nice salary

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

When a human solves a problem, we like to think that it occurs in discrete steps with simple goals: "First I will draw a diagram and put in the known information, then I will write the governing equations, then simplify them for the physics of the problem", and so on.

I wonder how our brain even comes to formulate these steps in a way we can comprehend, the amount of neurons and zones firing on all cylinders seems tiring to imagine

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

SMS is pretty useless for exfiltrating data, however it's very useful for charging random individuals if you have remotely infiltrated their device IMO

In some countries, special SMS messages can charge you money (billed to either your contract, or withdrawn from your call money immediately if you don't have a contract)... They are usually used for gambling and TV competitions though

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Several years ago on YouTube I was watching people rig up their own disused rail carts using battery drills, lawnmower engines and all sorts lol

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