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In-reply-to » Cloud Computing and Virtualization Company Citrix To Be Acquired for $16.5B Citrix, a cloud computing and virtualization company used by companies including Microsoft, Google, and SAP, has revealed plans to be acquired by affiliates of global investment firm Vista Equity Partners, and an affiliate of Elliott Investment Management called Evergreen Coast Capital Corporation. From a report: The all-cash deal i ... ⌘ Read more

Its weird to see a tech company be bought by an investment company. Like what is the motivation other than to milk it for investor profit?

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Pretty sweet

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In-reply-to » For the Wordle players around here (@lyse, @xuu, @movq), and for those moments in which you rather cheat, than lose: https://github.com/KevinXuxuxu/wordle_machine. πŸ˜‚

I mean you don’t even have to do the game to make a fake emoji result. But its a fun little challenge for brain food.

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In-reply-to » Another day, another 5m outage 🀬

Wow. I’m paying about 100 USD for my cable internet. Hard to estimate since its part of a tvd bundle. But it is 1.2Gbit down and 40Mbit up. And speed tests at that on the regular. The new house will have FTTH gigabit for 80ish.

Do they have Starlink beta down there yet?

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Oof.. No hints in the first guess.

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I always end up on the 4th try

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In-reply-to » @xuu, how come I can't see your lovely mouse avatar on my pod? I know you might not have an answer; I am puzzled, and mostly thinking on loud voice here. I see your avatar fine at twtxt.net.

Not sure really? i see your Joker image fine on my end.

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In-reply-to » I saw the allegedly animated GIF @thecanine uploaded gets a PNG extension, yet remains animated. I know PNG can be made animated, but I don't think that's what's happening here, so I am puzzled. Let's see how this Nyam cat looks like. Media

What if i told you for a browser it doesn’t matter what the extension is.. it will use the file magic mime value instead.

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In-reply-to » Netflix Raises Monthly Subscription Prices in US, Canada Netflix has raised its monthly subscription price by $1 to $2 per month in the United States depending on the plan, the company said on Friday, to help pay for new programming to compete in the crowded streaming TV market. From a report: The standard plan, which allows for two simultaneous streams, now costs $15.49 per month, up from $13.99, in the Unite ... ⌘ Read more

@fastidious@arrakis.netbros.com I am not Amish.. i am Xuu!

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In-reply-to » Jerome Powell Says the Fed is Prepared To Raise Rates To Tame Inflation Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, told lawmakers on Tuesday that a rapidly healing economy no longer needed as much help from the central bank and that keeping inflation in check -- including by raising interest rates -- would be critical for enabling a stable expansion that benefits workers. From a report: Mr. Powell, ... ⌘ Read more

inflation benefits the debtor at the expense of the creditor. The real danger is deflation.

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In-reply-to » You're right @ullarah I just watched Australia Post Outrage: Did She Need To Go? and I do believe I'll start adding this to my "watchlist" -- I don't use Youtube specifically (because privacy eroding garbage); but the content this guy produces is awesome! πŸ‘Œ

I have uBlockOrigin on desktop and https://vancedapp.com/ on android. I never see ads on YouTube.

On SmartTV however this would be a nice addition.

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I believe the selling point is to β€œmobile optimize” the page and send it to the browser faster than over mobile network direct.. But yes you are giving them the keys to your kingdom.

I remember similar things back in dialup days where your ISP would proxy things to you and supercompress the images.

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@fastidious@arrakis.netbros.com the things Gemini has going for it are mutual TLS and lack of JavaScript. Which makes for a secure albeit boring experience (much like gopher). The fake markdown is a bit of a drag.

A render mode for Gemini probably wouldnt be too hard. There are markdown to Gemini libs out there.

With Web3 the whole trust a 3rd party browser ext + high fees + env impact for compute and storage are serious no gos for me.. I have heard one too many horror stories about clicking the wrong link and some script draining your metamask wallet.

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In-reply-to » Web3 is a scam. Case in point. The complexity of systems increasing the points of failure. From this article.

The complexity is a feature. It means standards can be replaced with products that let providers get their cut. It means putting data into the slowest most expensive database in cost and enviromnmental impact.

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So the evolution of my nick is as follows. I had a bicycle that had the word Zephyr written on it. Which means a western wind. That is related to the Greek god Zephyrus.

I liked words where X make a Z sound. And also had a bit of dyslexia so my firs IRC nick was Xypher swapping the y and e.. I would also use the forms Xypherius or just Xypheri.

Because its close hemming to Cypher I found the nick would get used by others.. Though that is not my origin.

Later I would sign websites I created as The X-Urban Underground (where X was short for Xypher) and that evolved to xuu. Pronounced like zoo.

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In-reply-to » Extraordinary that I've managed to avoid DS9 spoilers for twenty years. Really enjoying this final season, so far.

DS9 is best Star Trek. And that last second half of the last season where they go all out. chef kiss

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In-reply-to » @lyse Me when I find myself crossing an international border, close to midnight, using free bus WiFi, spammed by messages from people, telling me that the server hosting my web-apps is down. πŸ˜‚ *Only happened once so far

@thecanine@twtxt.net been there a few times! Thank goodness for mosh for when trying to debug from spotty GSM connection and having ssh drop out every few minutes.

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