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justinhendrix ("Justin Hendrix") wrote:
In the Google search trial, the court's reliance on evidence of how consumer behavior is shaped by what products and services are available by default marks a pivotal moment at the intersection of antitrust and behavioral economics, writes Zander Arnao: https://www.techpolicy.press/google-search-antitrust-ruling-is-a-triumph-for-behavioral-economics/
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b0rk@jvns.ca ("Julia Evans") wrote:
also the #1 thing I miss from Linux while using a Mac is strace and recently I found out about `fs_usage` that does part of what strace does and I was so happy
(I’ve also tried dtruss/dtrace etc and a couple of other things which I have failed to get to work, I'm not willing to turn off SIP)
for example here's me looking at what config files `fish` opens
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ethanjstark@hachyderm.io ("Ethan :verified_flashing:") wrote:
Fucking BANGER of an opener in @pluralistic 's latest newsletter:
The Secret IRS Files revealed the fact that many of America's oligarchs pay no tax at all. Some of them even get subsidies intended for poor families, like Jeff Bezos, whose tax affairs are so scammy that he was able to claim to be among the working poor and receive a federal Child Tax Credit, a $4,000 gift from the American public to one of the richest men who ever lived
src
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Oh hey! I launched a newsletter on Buttondown. It's called WetDreamTomato.
Sign up. It's free. I love you. I'll give more details later, I'm tired of writing.
Here's the second issue:
https://buttondown.com/wetdreamtomato/archive/microsoft-co-founder-wants-you-aware-of-americas/
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M0CUV@mastodon.radio ("Matt Gumbley") wrote:
MTTIHC: Mean Time To “I Hate Computers”, a wellbeing metric used by technology professionals in order to see whether their daily frustration with computers is becoming problematic. Measured in seconds since the start of computer use, until the arising of the feeling that you should hurl the damned thing into the sea, and go and walk in the woods instead. Can also be applied to any modern technology, not just computers.
cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Instead of #thinktober I appear to be having a #thonktober.
cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Instead of endless arguments about code licenses, we should just stop making software useful to others. :thonking:
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freakazoid@retro.social ("Charles against genocide") wrote:
Challenger, Columbia, and Therac-25 should be required reading for basically everyone.
Beyond the actual circumstances surrounding the Challenger explosion and the ensuing coverup, I strongly recommend Richard Feynman's "Personal Observations on Reliability of Shuttle" which talks about why unsafety was baked into the Shuttle from the very start.
bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:
We have the @oxidecomputer team in town this week, so no Oxide and Friends today -- but @ahl and I will be back next week with our annual Books in the Box episode; check out the past Books in the Box episodes, and join us next week! https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1297992461234212906
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stephaniewalter@front-end.social ("Stefangny Waltergheist") wrote:
Remember the first time you created that index.html, opened in the browser, and it felt like magic?
@bw wrote a free online ebook and I love the promise:
“I feel strongly that anyone should be able to make a website with HTML if they want. This book will teach you how to do just that. It doesn’t require any previous experience making websites or coding. I will cover everything you need to know to get started in an approachable and friendly way.”
cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Gonna go make all my encrypted stuff super secure by using the last two largest known Mersenne primes for my public key... :thonking:
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vwbusguy@mastodon.online ("Scott Williams 🐧") wrote:
When you meet people that can type out `openssl` commands from sheer memory, be kind to them, because they've been through a few things.
Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
News Corp sues Perplexity for ripping off WSJ and New York Post https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/21/24275924/news-corp-wall-street-journal-perplexity-lawsuit-copyright-infringement