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  • ‘Black Mirror’ creator Charlie Brooker says fans have told him they preferred the series when it “didn’t have Americans in it”

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  • Yeah, I never got that. I mean, I got what they were going for, but the realist in me always sees what goes into a "digital afterlife" as being a copy with no continuity of consciousness. The copy could still miss her husband, though, and I wasn't even thinking about that TBH.

    I guess the way I saw it was that "If there is an afterlife, that wouldn't have been 'her' in the machine and she'd have been able to have both.".

  • Three years of building no-code software for political organizations

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  • Why would we? lol, we wouldn't. But when management says "Help Delores with her app problem", what are you gonna do?

  • Three years of building no-code software for political organizations

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  • No/Low-Code: Letting people who don't know what they're doing half-ass things poorly without understanding the first thing about it and leaving them completely incapable of fixing it when something goes wrong and then pissing off actual developers when they have to go into the Playskool interface to fix it.

  • ‘Black Mirror’ creator Charlie Brooker says fans have told him they preferred the series when it “didn’t have Americans in it”

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  • The elderly are still being shoved away in a simulation of their golden years, because I guess that is easier than trying to make room for them in the real world

    Yorkie kind of had it bad in the real world her whole life. I can sympathize (though mercifully not directly relate). And I'd much rather San Junipero myself than live out my days in a nursing home. YMMV, obviously.

    afterlife" still places everyone's continued existence at the mercy of real-world infrastructure that could decide to just turn them off at any time.

    In a lot of ways, Upload is something of a sequel to San Junipero lol

  • ‘Black Mirror’ creator Charlie Brooker says fans have told him they preferred the series when it “didn’t have Americans in it”

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  • I'm an American, and I agree. It's not so much the American cast, but the tone shift that came along with the move to Netflix.

    Brooker via https://movieweb.com/charlie-brooker-responds-to-black-mirror-criticism-netflix/ :

    "Arguably the happiest [episode] I've ever written was San Junipero and I just did that off my own back. I was aware we're going on a global platform now, so we've got to make these stories a bit more international. And I wanted to mix it up a bit, as in not just keep doing bleak-a-thons."

    That said, "San Junipero" is one of my favorite episodes. Probably because, at the time, it was the rare happy ending.

    But at the end of the day, it's still a great show that wonderfully extrapolates current tech trends into varying "10 minutes into the future" dystopian scenarios. Sometimes we need to think everything will work out. :shrug:

  • Power Loss but Still Online with Fiber Connection

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  • Most of the last mile fiber network is passive (doesn't require active electronics to pass the signal like DOCSIS/cable internet or ADSL).

    Cable and DSL typically have the equivalent of UPSs in their neighborhood nodes, but they often go unmaintained.

  • Ukraine blows up two key Russian bridges using Moscow’s own mines and $600 drones | CNN

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  • By Grabthar's Hammer, what a bargain.

  • End of an era: Billions of packages of ‘cheap’ goods shipped to the US are now subject to steep tariffs

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  • That's like throwing the baby out with the bathwater, though.

    All the stuff I've ordered from Ali is still in use (or in my parts bin awaiting use). e.g. All my smart bulbs are from Ali and were pre-flashed with Tasmota. They're almost 6 years old and going strong.

  • Initrd Support Could Finally Be On Its Way To Being Removed From The Linux Kernel

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  • That's basically what EFI booting does.

    Initramfs's main purpose is to load enough of a system to be able to load/boot the kernel and everything else from the hard disk. It's also used for more complex boot scenarios such as loading LUKS and providing a password prompt if the root partition is encrypted.

  • King of the Hill Is a Texas-size Hit — and Another Season Is Coming

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  • Season 13 aired in 2009, so it's been 16 years IRL, but I don't think that matters for the time jump.

    Bobby was what, 12, 13 when the first run finished? Also, did they say how long they were in Saudi Arabia? If Bobby's 21, and they were there 10 years, they'd have had to have left when he was 11 which doesn't check out.

    But I did wonder about the aging. Boomhaur looks like shit but he also tans a lot, so that makes sense. Dale looks almost exactly the same, but he's kind of a basement-dweller/opposite of Boomhaur, so I guess that makes sense.

    There's no way Bill dropped his shut-in weight that fast, but I'll let it slide. He should definitely be graying though.

    Peggy, Kahn, Minh, and Nancy, and the Wassanasongs all look about right, IMO.

    Hank, though, doesn't look like he aged a day.

  • Let Google know what you think about their proposed restrictions on sideloading Android apps. - Android developer verification requirements [Feedback Form]

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  • Very good. I've seen too many random Google Forms going around just harvesting emails / info to plug my details into any that I don't click into from a legit/verified site. Not that I'm accusing OP of that, just that I don't know where they got that form link.

  • Let Google know what you think about their proposed restrictions on sideloading Android apps. - Android developer verification requirements [Feedback Form]

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  • Is that an official Google form and/or who am I providing my (required) email address to?

    Is there an official Google page that links to this? Sorry but anyone can share a Google form.

  • If you could prevent one character from being written or killed off of one of your favourite TV series, who would it be?

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  • NuTrek does not seem to like the curmudgeon characters, does it? lol

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    A student from Gaza sharing my story and seeking support

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  • 🤚 Don't. Even.

    You are not even remotely the first to try to pull this scam here.

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    A student from Gaza sharing my story and seeking support

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  • With that many details, your story must be true 🙄

    I too have struggles. Can you find it in your heart to share some of your scampaign funds with a fellow struggling human?

    But seriously, shame on you for pulling this scam. People like you make me wish I believed in God so that I could take comfort in knowing one day you'll burn for eternity in Hell.

  • FOSS Android File Manager with SSH?

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  • Yeah, for sure. I tend to use WebDAV with that to connect to my Nextcloud more than the actual Nextcloud app. Works great.

  • FOSS Android File Manager with SSH?

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  • Assuming you mean SSH for file transfer? Material Files supports SFTP, and I use it to connect via SSH to my machines to transfer files.

  • Understanding GNOME Shell’s focus stealing prevention

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  • What was your first distro?

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  • Damn Small Linux (Knoppix-based) which was the gateway drug to Fedora Core 4 on an old Pentium III that was lying arouind.

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    Informal Poll: Do you prefer to watch episodes as they're released or binge watch them all after the last episode drops?

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