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The mobile app uses features like VPN support to push your mobile traffic towards the 1.1.1.1 DNS servers and improve speeds. "And the one's that mother gives you don't do anything at all"
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The bullshit is getting pretty deep today.
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Fixvember aims to encourage developers to contribute to open-source projects and improve their DevOps skills by focusing on building automation, adding better testing and fixing bugs. Let the code rot the rest of the year
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Quote: ... In exchange, Amazon will remove any non-authorized third-party sellers selling Apple products from the platform.
Sellers found out about the change Friday morning in a letter from Amazon, obtained by CNN Business. They have until January 4, 2019 to sell their existing products before Amazon removes all of their listings. Amazon recommended they contact Apple if they'd like to become an authorized reseller and continue selling products on its site.
"It's just [an] assault on 3rd party resellers," said the owner of AceBeach, who asked not to be identified. "They just want it so people like me will have to go throu?gh Apple directly."
Why fix overpriced hardware when you can fix prices ?
«Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?» T. S. Elliot
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What the article doesn't say is that in order to list and sell Apple or Samsung devices, you need to sell at least $100,000 in consumer electronics (non-wireless) or $2.5million in wireless devices over the last 90 days in order to gain/maintain the ability to list Apple/Samsung products. Oh, and all of that has to be from a national wireless carrier with at least $5billion in annual sales.
This is a serious problem for the computer and phone refurb and recycling business.
So, how do you, as a new guy to the party, build yourself up to that sales point WITHOUT the Amazon marketplace? In the US, Amazon is the largest marketplace, with eBay a rather distant second. Amazon is the 3rd largest in the world behind the two biggest marketplaces, both in China.
Talk about an antitrust case...
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Dave Kreskowiak wrote: you need to sell at least $100,000 in consumer electronics (non-wireless) or $2.5million in wireless devices over the last 90 days
So that's like 1 new iPhone? 
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This is nothing more than a quid pro quo. Apple's products have become so expensive that previous gen hardware cut into its revenue. I mean, seriously, $1400 for a 128GB phone? For that kind of money.... well, kid safe. I have a minimac on my desk (I had this idea I could learn to develop on Apple). Oh wait, it's a Mac-mini. blush. Anyway, it's the last model that had ram sticks in it that you could upgrade without a soldering iron. Apple has done this FOREVER, but this smells very anti-trusty.
Now, Amazon is rapidly approaching robber baron level crap. I've been involved in a business selling on Amazon. The fees are ridiculous, and I honestly have no idea how 3rd parties are staying in business. When Amazon started competing in some areas with their 3rd party vendors, the writing was on the wall. After taxes, we were busting our asses to break even. Don't even get me started on creating your own website, that's just cocaine from the 90s. We started a web site, advertised, paid good $$ to google to get to the top of searches etc (don't get me started on google), and it's useless. People shop search on amazon, completely sidestepping google. We would put coupons - 50% off if you order from the web site. Crickets. Amazon has turned just about everything into a commodity, and people are willing to pay extra for the alleged 2 day delivery.
Apologies for ranting
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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They actually re-added replaceable RAM to the Mac Mini when they updated it in October. It's a bit of a pain to do, but at least it's possible.
The SSD is soldered in now, though.
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Win some / lose some. Did the Mac mini change it's size much? My MM has a 2.5" spinner in it. Based on the pictures I see, I don't see much enclosure size change, so drop an m.2 SSD in it... but we all know the reason Apple does this.
SSDs are on sale this week, so I'm going to grab one for the mini....
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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The internet is broken. So we should go back to Netware?
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From the article: 6 million sites are blocked in China, Indonesia, Iran, and Turkey
Is it worth mentioning that 5,999,999 of them are pron sites?
(In China, the other one is google.com -- which shows that they're wiser men than we).
All countries make restriction laws about certain classes of site that go against their cultural mores -- who amongst us in the West wants kiddie pron and malware sites to flourish, for example?
"Do as we say, not as we do" is not a good argument for anything.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Amazon.com Inc. has taken another step toward eliminating software from Oracle Corp. that has long helped the e-commerce giant run its retail business. Is it too much to hope for that they tear each other apart?
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"hey, you, get off of my cloud"
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The way Larry is stirring the pot, I'm expecting Bezos to host a company wide ![Elephant | [mastadon]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/elephant.gif) you Larry you worthless ![Sunshine | [little ray of sunshine]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/sunshine.gif) party in a year or so when the last Whoracle server is turned off.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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A new experimental study out of Penn State directly links more social media use to worse emotional states, and less use to better. Just wait until I tweet about this!
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This will make a huge difference to my lifestyle.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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So, if I don't use anti-social media, who should I be blaming instead?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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It's that or talking to the wall.
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Joe Woodbury wrote: It's that or talking to the wall.
Other research has shown that, in 99.999% of cases, a wall provides more intelligent responses than social media.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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The news reader, which is based on the latest AI technology, is of male appearance with a voice, facial expressions and actions of a real person. And it's already more intelligent than most anchors
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And he doesn't need subtitles, because he speaks every language that's configured for him. Bluddy clever stuff.
I see this as a great first step toward eliminating the overpaid, self-obsessed, moronic breed that calls itself "actors".
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Google has finally confirmed what many have suspected, there are clear benefits to offering darker in-app colour schemes. "Hello, darkness, my old friend"
Pretty obvious blurb there (but aren't I always?)
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Google has finally confirmed our confirmation bias.
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Just remember that black is not the only option, though, guys!
What's best for the eyes is black text on a pale (dull) green background.
Unless you're microsoft, of course, then the best colour for windows is pure white, with no coloured borders or title bars -- not just bad for users' eyes, but for their mood and sanity.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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If Microsoft wants to treat Windows 10 as a service, it has a responsibility to its customers to provide accurate information about problems with that service. Over the last month, the company has failed miserably in that regard. Maybe they're just taking a cue from the Postal Service or Secret Service
Any cable company's customer service?
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