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t0mmyb0y··on Ask HN: Why is Microsoft pushing Edge so hard?
They are tired of losing the browser wars? They are looking for more anti-trust charges? Using their browser gives them the data to sell?
t0mmyb0y··on 'We're not claiming to replace humans,' says Google
Google doesn't want to replace humans...they just don't want to hire them in the first place.
t0mmyb0y··on Ask HN: Best programming course for an absolute beginner?
Your friend needs to start a few to see if any are actually for a beginner, or for a beginner with experience.
t0mmyb0y··on Reddit app got 50M downloads by making mobile web experience miserable
Antitrust anyone?
t0mmyb0y··on The Pentagon has ordered Stars and Stripes to shut down
So sad. S&S is one of the best ways to turn locals.
t0mmyb0y··on List of YouTube channels for improving web development and programming skills
Thank you for this, I will look at many. My issue with things aimed at beginners is the person teaching often doesn't remember what it was like to be a beginner. They often skip over the most basic things to know.
t0mmyb0y··on Fuck-That Money
Thank you for taking this approach. I call the unhappy ones 'title chasers'. It is crazy how many SV companies make up titles just to hire certain people that rarely bring the value.
t0mmyb0y··on Ask HN: Why Are Software Patents So Awful?
I don't care for software patents. I feel software is like art (excluded from patents for a very long time) and if I come up with what someone else comes up with that is that. I worked at a startup that dumped crazy money into patents. They were awarded many that I feel are borderline at best. Patent system overall sucks, it is capitalism like so much else.

Side note: I worked for a guy that was awarded a patent that allows him to be the only person legally able to fill a balloon with ANYTHING but a gas and sell it. He refused to monetize it and went broke.

t0mmyb0y··on China is building a GitHub alternative called Gitee
Could it possibly be crappier than github??? Stay tuned to find out. Github is on the way out so this may replace it?!?
t0mmyb0y··on Pentagon is getting rid of Chinese-made drones over spying fears
smh.
t0mmyb0y··on Ask HN: How has money changed you?
Positive. I had money in the past that I put toward illegally helping aliens fight the feds. Then was broke for a lot of years. Now I have some money again. I eat healthier, can help those down on luck, much less stress (car woes, etc), have money growing in markets. I am not wealthy by any means, just comfortable in my little world.
t0mmyb0y··on Ask HN: Why and how did Comcast figure out I'm moving?
" I can’t shake the suspicion that the primary reason for sending such a letter is not to remind me that they exist and are an ISP option at my new residence, but rather to let me know that they figured out on their own that I will be moving. "

Really? Really? Like, seriously?

You may want to look into a lawsuit based on them being a low-key bully....

t0mmyb0y··on Apple says Epic is ‘putting the entire App Store model at risk’
Just commenting on the title. Good for them.
t0mmyb0y··on macOS Security and Privacy Guide
This fails to make much sense overall. My macs only talk to apple when I let them and it was way simpler than this.
t0mmyb0y··on Things the most successful people I know struggle with to be happy
8. Don't overtly screw people on the way up.

Most 'wealthy & successful' people I have known screwed people and never learned how to not do that and ended up paranoid about everyone since they don't know who they screwed.

t0mmyb0y··on [dead]
When you have more experience, hopefully your view will change to reality.
t0mmyb0y··on Ask HN: How to Become a Music Buff?
Simple book rec: This is Your Brain on Music.
t0mmyb0y··on Ask HN: Why is Reddit on mobile so obsessed with making me use their app?
Reddit is a PoS platform owned by a company most of us revile.
t0mmyb0y··on Microsoft’s ‘can’t uninstall Microsoft Edge’ support page
Browsers became a functional part of an OS a long time ago. What is the real problem? If you are on windows and worried about bloat? WTF?
t0mmyb0y··on Show HN: GA Insights – Never Log into Google Analytics Again
Have fun with this until google makes it impossible to use.
t0mmyb0y··on Dear Apple: Your Services Are No Longer Required
This is how apple operates and always has.
t0mmyb0y··on Rolling blackouts in California have power experts stumped
The issue is the offices are closed yet still running all services and most at home running all services....and in a heat wave.
t0mmyb0y··on A student used GPT-3 to write fake blog posts ended up at the top of HN
The title is what got it to the top. People responded to a very vanilla article in knee jerk replies.
t0mmyb0y··on Ask HN: What Will Replace Smartphones?
My take is that it will be an evolution of the smart device. Wearable in many ways, IOT to all your other stuff, etc.
t0mmyb0y··on Why does Google think the slowest animal is the sloth?
Google serves the most popular answers, not the correct ones. Most search piggybacks off google's advertising, so similar results.
t0mmyb0y··on Ask HN: Does Google have a way to report scam advertisements?
You or I may see them as 'scam' ads, yet what the people are doing isn't technically illegal, just immoral.
t0mmyb0y··on $200 PinePhone Linux smartphone comes with physical kill switch
Badly written article and bad comments here. Apple never warned to not tape over the camera. They warned against using a too-thick third party device that physically wrecks your hardware if you are a moron. Kill switches do not kill for good...have you never heard of kill switches in cars?
t0mmyb0y··on Mozilla’s Uncertain Future
When you tie your horse to google you will go out of business.
t0mmyb0y··on Ask HN: Examples for companies not using Email?
If local law enforcement agencies in the US can be considered companies- there are a large number ghat still have no computers, use no database, and still do everything on paper. As a side note- that is the reason we can't have a national database for unsolved murders, etc.
t0mmyb0y··on 3D Printed Guns Aren't Coming. They're Already Here
Yeah, we were printing them in the 90s.
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