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nathansozon We charge $10k a week to delete AI-generated code

100% supportive of this type of product but I also find the ai-slop text to be a bit ironic.

nathansozon Microsoft is giving US employees unlimited paid time off, ditching 4-week policy

Everyone who currently has a carryover balance is getting paid out, so I don't see how that would help costs during a layoff unless that layoff is 6+ months out.

Personally I carry a balance of close to 4 weeks (my current max accrual) as an extra cushion for job-changes or a rainy day and they will pay me out for it. I'll stick that in my emergency fund and it will serve the same function.

nathansozon Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler

Literally took 2 seconds to google: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/09/politics/parler-lin-wood-mike...

nathansozon Daniel Stenberg (curl) has been denied entry to the US for 870 days

"Just family reunification"

Also a good thing in and of itself.

nathansozon Daniel Stenberg (curl) has been denied entry to the US for 870 days

Japan has had issues with finding workers to support their elderly population. No, it isn't a bad place. But yes, there are issues to solve that come with an aging population and a shrinking population.

nathansozon Daniel Stenberg (curl) has been denied entry to the US for 870 days

This is just... wrong? We want smart people here in the US. We should poach them and entice them to come here by all reasonable measures.

Plus, people aren't having kids like they used to. So you need to replace population somehow. See also: Japan.

nathansozon Can't you just right click?

Windows signing isn't centrally managed through Microsoft, which is an important distinction I think.

nathansozon Apple to kill Epic’s accounts on Friday the 28th

A feature flag. You're describing feature flags.

nathansozon In effect, Seattle is decriminalizing the use of hard drugs

As it fucking should. Don't carry a gun openly. That's just sociopathic behavior.

nathansozon In effect, Seattle is decriminalizing the use of hard drugs

Jesus dude. Just the "junkies" comment shows that you aren't even open to a different approach.

nathansozon Introducing Surface Book 2

It's not a big deal for consumers. It's a huge deal for STEM departments in universities (a software upgrade for a hundred-thousand dollar machine can sometimes be thousands of dollars).

nathansozon Introducing Surface Book 2

Which is super unfortunate considering it is an artificial limitation.

nathansozon Introducing Surface Book 2

Really? My XPS 15 gets 4 hours easy and it is usually closer to 6.

Also it actually supports 3 (!) 4k displays at 60hz if you include the built in screen. With the TB16 dock it is a joy to use.

nathansozon Microsoft Machine Learning Server Docker Image

Packages.microsoft.com is reachable over https. There is also a gpg key that can be imported. The person who put this image together chose not to use either.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administrati...

nathansozon Microsoft acquires Revolution Analytics

I know it has been an acronym in those circles. However, it's a rather unintelligent and unprofessional way to articulate dislike. It requires no thought to type out M$ and a lot of thought to articulate a cogent argument against Microsoft. I'd say that it is even harder now then it was 20 years ago... as microsoft is doing a lot of things right.

nathansozon Microsoft acquires Revolution Analytics

That's why I downvoted...