cenal · HackerTrans

This is the story of being a tech giant where you can't stop running a creepy digital surveillance business model that depends on expensive but poor performing hardware vendors so you partner with an ungodly expensive hardware vendor that can perform well but doesn't solve the underlying problem of being a creepy digital surveillance business that snoops on your customers and sells ads to show them. Friends don't let friends or family they care about use Windows 11.

cenal

2 か月前議論

Any centralized solution like GitHub is going to suffer the same fate as vibe coding chokes these services. The only option to have high uptime is to self host and most organizations can't do that easily. Time will tell if GitHub can scale up enough to meet demand.

cenal

3 か月前議論

There is no reason to trust any big tech company. Folks should be using containers in their browser if they care about privacy. I previously published a LinkedIn container extension for FireFox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/linkedin-cont... although as many know you can achieve the same results with Firefox containers without a specific extension like mine if you configure it manually.

I will work on an improvement to that extension so that it can block these scans if they attempt them in firefox.

cenal

2 年前議論

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cenal

2 年前議論

I think the Mac App Store has been a terrible distribution system for indie devs... I never even think of going there for apps, nor do the non-technical folks I know.

The iOS App store is a monopoly that is breaking down in Europe. I expect the landscape will continue to evolve globally and it will fall in other markets as well.

cenal

4 年前議論

As a retro gaming enthusiast myself, I think the issue of the system not having a DVD drive is only potentially surpassed by the ease of which piracy was possible on the system.

What seems craziest to me of that era is that Microsoft didn't just buy Sega to enter the market and instead made a huge bet on Halo. Seamus Blackley should be better known for what they pulled off in Redmond.

cenal

4 年前議論

Until the tether fraud collapses the market hasn't corrected.

cenal

4 年前議論

I always hate to say we need regulation around something but then someone evil does something evil and the need for regulation emerges again...

cenal

4 年前議論

Anyone who remembers that era of Internet Explorer with positivity must have been on an island of consumer facing websites like Geocities and never had to deal with ActiveX websites.

cenal

4 年前議論

Yes, because China is a bastion of good information...

cenal

4 年前議論

I switched my ex off my Verizon plan to Visible. It cut costs by 60+% for service they haven't seen a difference with.

They lost the ability to go into a store for support, lost phone support, and get deprioritized but they use it for personal use and don't care.

I use my phone to run a business. I will spend the premium to have the best service I can afford to run my company. I pay for the top plan on Verizon as a result.

Choice is good. An MVNO is not for everyone but it is a much lower cost option for those who want the downsides.

cenal

4 年前議論

I thought they tried that already with Windows Vista. I mean... it seemed to at least share a lot with Blockchain since the initial release had more variations than anyone cared to track, was slow, confusing, expensive, and hardly anyone used it despite all of the hype....

cenal

5 年前議論

If you only need a single copy you are best suited buying from Microsoft directly.

If you need multiple copies you can work with a VAR (Value Added Reseller) to get better pricing.

CDW.com is the big name in VAR's but they have enormous turnover in staff. I try to build relationships with smaller VAR's. I like these guys: https://greenbeetech.com/ it's a small company with two guys running it who have decades of VAR experience (former CDW people).

Navigating the process of compliantly licensing Microsoft as you scale up is quite a job. Having a good partner to help your organization stay compliant is very valuable.

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