Takios

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Same thing that happened at Boeing.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Openstreetmap is really good...except for the detailed information about shops which is why I still use Google Maps if I need to know opening hours and other information.
OSM is just not widespread enough to be on the radar of shop owners to put their information on it themselves so volunteers have to do it. :/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Same happened to me when I tried to sell my old powerline network adapters. Sign up, put them up for sale, 2 minutes later I get a mail that I'm banned without a reason given.

I still have those adapters lying around somewhere...

[–] [email protected] 40 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If one does that, be prepared to defend yourself against the copyright infringement lawsuit that's coming your way eventually.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

In that case why block the add-ons in the first place? There is a risk that the "Mozilla is blocking privacy friendly add-ons on the behest of an authoritarian regime!" news will become more widely known than any correction. If it had been a planned PR move then any person involved in it should never work in marketing again.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I'm definitely guilty of that sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago

I was thinking the whole week if I should vote the greens or the pirates but due to the recurring campaigns to establish a surveillance state I did end up voting pirates. Incredibly disheartened they didn't get a seat :(

[–] [email protected] 86 points 5 months ago (7 children)

I remember warning labels on BIOS updates that basically said that if nothing is broken, don't do the update because the risk of bricking the device did not outweigh any potential benefits. That vendors are now pushing mandatory BIOS updates through Windows Update is terrifying.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

I've seen that done for configuration management like Salt or Ansible. The repos for that were always hosted on internal Gitlab instances though.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (10 children)

I'm not the biggest fan of capitalism myself but the existence of debt does not mean it is broken. Debt is a mechanism to allow for solid investments, e.g. building infrastructure or schools that will create a net positive in the (far) future.
Germany for example has enacted a Schuldenbremse (debt-break) in 2009 and forbids our states to take on new debt and limits the debt taken on the federal level to a minisule percentage of the GDP. Our infrastructure is currently slowly but noticeably crumbling away, bridges are getting closed for heavy traffic and experts say many of them have become irreparable due to missing maintenance and need to be fully rebuild in a few years. The local military barracks are in such a desolate condition that the soldiers need to drive two towns over to shower. We might not take on financial debt, but an infrastructure debt that will demand an even bigger toll on us.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

I think there are two areas missing in this picture so that's probably a contributing factor.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Please no. :( I do like 99.99% of online payments through them because the convenience they offer is really great, especially with recurring payments. :/

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