Them being able to offer this service, and them proxying 30% of the internet are completely unrelated. Any other company could offer this scrape protection if they wanted, with roughly the same cost of entry.

You can hate cloudflare all you like, but only a certified dumbass would try to pretend this feature is somehow enabled by their market dominance…

Wilson from House M.D., who, after surviving cancer, decided to retire from oncology and live as a recluse on a desert island.

Shells. Because I’m less likely to get eaten.

Seriously though. Fuck shell pasta where they all stick together

This is legal? BRB just setting up my own “repair service”

Google operates the same way, and unfortunately individual schools don’t have the expertise to go open source. Needs to be a government program to host the open source solutions - could save heaps of money that way too.

Something like retool but open source?

First time I’ve come across the Chinese Room, but it’s pretty obviously flawed. It’s not hard to see that collectively the contents of the room may understand Chinese in both scenarios. The argument boils down to “it’s not true understanding unless some component part understands it on its own” which is rubbish - you can’t expect to still understand a language after removing part of your brain

Lol I never noticed that

“TonalEnergy Tuner & Metronome” is easily the best money I have spent on an app, ever

Unless you define “chicken egg” as an egg laid by a chicken. It’s question of definitions

You can definitely still get similar FiiO devices, but not sure about that one. They’re still great devices too

This should clear it up: https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4387539/firefox-money-investigating-the-bizarre-finances-of-mozilla

PSA: SMS 2FA is not secure! Use a hardware key or mobile app instead

Anyone with half a brain switched from antiwork to workreform after the moderation drama a couple of years ago. Doesn’t surprise me that the remaining members are hard to displace

Never realised the G was GIMP… hilarious that its namesake software is lagging so far behind

I’m not hopeful. Video hosting is a different ball game, and free video platforms only exist due to the deep pockets and “users now, profit later” strategy of big tech.

The only way I see it working is where creators pay for the hosting costs of their own content and monetize on their own terms.

Oh good. “How can I make my brain have more ideas?” -> “Replace your brain with a machine”

Emmental

I’ve read some bloody entertaining manuals tbf

ublock origin works