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What's the counter to this argument? "If you put something on the web, it's in the public domain. Free game."

Chiming in here to concur with your points about MS screwing up how to buy Minecraft. It's an absolute mess.

Similar to the Amazon Dash buttons announcement. I still couldn't believe it was a real thing...

I'm immediately reminded of the science fair projects in elementary school where it was clearly obvious that the parent did all of the work.

Years ago I worked as a software tester in the Mission Control Center. This was in simpler times, before 9-11. On lunch breaks I would wander the campus and poke my head in areas to see what was up. Many times employees would give me an impromptu tour of the area. One of these times was this full-motion shuttle simulator. They were about to take it on a test run, and asked me if I wanted to go along for the ride. It was an amazing experience, and one of many fond memories of working there.

I don't understand the appeal of this. Chocolate profiles are mostly made in the roasting stage, which this doesn't do.

I briefly got into home roasting coffee, and quickly learned that commercially available coffee from boutique roasters was way better than I could do. I suspect this will be similar.

I always refer to it as "security Kabuki theatre"...

I stopped using Airbnb in 2015 after my account and card was used to rent a place in Guangzhou, China for a month. I live in America, and have never been (or planned) to travel to China.

Airbnb's response was okay, and implied this was a "common scam". After that, I bailed. Not staying on a platform that can't implement basic security (at the time) like 2FA.

Hearing about all of the other problems people are experiencing on Airbnb now makes me glad I stopped using Airbnb. I guess I got lucky with the customer support on my issue.

These companies that disrupt industries seem to all have a common arc to them. At some point, the benefit they provided stops, and they start causing more harm than good.

Waiting for the Apple CSAM detection for the album art in 3...2...1...

I bought a Model Y last year, in spite of my range anxiety. My first road trip alleviated that concern for me. Range anxiety is real, though. While I think the need for a "super long range" model isn't necessarily needed, it can go a long way to solving the short-term dilemma in consumer mindsets.

He's been isolating on an island in Fiji since last summer.

I make every reasonable effort I can to avoid using the USPS. I have for decades. It's terrible, and has only gotten worse. This article is not surprising.

Just adding another data point: AT&T fiber - 1G/1G for $115/mo. Austin, TX.

Edit: actually get those speeds both ways (~980/980)

>(He didn't make this argument as well as he could have, but Chamath himself points out that when Goldman or AIG played stupid games, everyone else was conscripted into being the "bag holders.")

This - this is the point that seems to keep getting lost. The Big Guys get bail-outs constantly - hell Melvin got a float of $3B over this mess.

Dropped that app faster than a hot potato. If only I could bail on Instagram... but that was never promised to be securely private.

Yes - I'm sure Parler was where they heard these alternative viewpoints they so needed to hear...

Thanks for the final push I needed FB, to stop using WhatsApp.

While I think this practice is bad and should end, it's not the same. Not everyone has these cards, whereas anyone can bribe.

Elections still happened during the U.S. Civil War and both World Wars.

Also - can’t have the election because of pandemic, but can have schools reopen?

Colorado, too.

I had a 6-digit account number. I can't remember the whole thing, but it started 153... good memories.

You know the new way of software development is to throw code out there and let the paying customers test it.

If you read the article it covers that.

Same here, and your analogy was great.

Also, thanks for the laugh re: your username.

Likewise, still using my mid-2015 15" rMBP.

Better yet, open the /etc/passwd and see the root user's password wasn't set...

Back in college I ran ToneLoc overnight and would try ftp on the successful hits. One server didn't have root set, so I telnet'ed, <Enter> when prompted for the password, and I was in.

I ran 'who', saw a user logged in. Decided to wall them a message of "You should really set your root password." and logged out.

A couple of days later, I got an email on the trash email account I would use for ftp logins - dude was super nice but freaked out and wanted to know how I found his server. I didn't reply.

Wow... from 'atlatl' to the fire sticks... it's like we were in Scouts together. Thanks for the memories.

The first car I drove was a 1964.5 white fast-back mustang that my dad refurb'ed in the late 80's, with me being his "shop gopher". I remember to this day the sound of that engine firing up when I was behind the wheel. Even though it sounded the same as every other time it started, it still felt other-worldly. The gas pedal had that slight resistance to it, so when I pressed harder and the raw power pushed me back into that seat, the exhilaration felt has rarely been matched all these years later.

VLAN your devices, and deny and outside route, if you can.

Recommend any? I just searched and no MSFS categories appeared, even a game placeholder.

Edit: Nevermind - it's here: https://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Microsoft%20Flight%20Si...