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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (2 children)

is biometric "gait analysis" total bullshit? it feels like total bullshit, but I only DuckDuckWent for 20 seconds or so, idk

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It probably is total bullshit

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Starting things off with a fresh post from Brian Merchant: Tech under Trump, part 1

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Software licensing is notoriously labyrinthine, so resources like the site Microsoft will close – Get Licensing Ready – can be very handy. Today, the site offers over 50 training modules plus documentation.

I'm sorry, mister MSFT, why did you cause there to be more educational content about your stupid licenses than there is for theoretical physics in an undergrad programme, have you ever considered that it's time to stop? Get some help?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

@V0ldek

To be fair “training modules" can be quite brief. 50 online training modules is probably less work than one semester of Physics I.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

i've been there for few days for conference once and it does look at least like a nice place to visit with no obvious glaring problems to be seen. walkable, organized, you can get around without a car np, doesn't seem to be extremely expensive but again, i haven't been there for a long time. it's like you took nicer parts of Warsaw, slapped a port next to it and cooled down a few degrees

unless you're talking about that EA techbro billionaire, then i've got no idea

looking to move?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

it's not a particularly big city, and depending on what you're after, it might turn out that you've checked out most of things rather quickly

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