ericjmorey

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[–] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

In line with theoretical expectations, we have identified pricing as a particularly effective policy in those sectors dominated by profit-maximizing firms

It amazing how hard these companies fight against the things are the most effective (taxes).

[–] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's nice to see that others get it. Unfortunately, neither of us have any immediate influence on the largest social media platforms.

[–] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 3 points 1 month ago

New Jersey has a law like that for gas. Can only increase the price one time per day. But ut doesn't apply to all gass stations, just ones on the highway rest areas.

[–] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You made a good point and I immediately thought that reporting a gross profit dollar amount as an example of how profit margins are not slim as simply inappropriate. And I would have responded myself if you hadn't. There's no single dollar figure that can inform anyone about anything useful about the profit margin of a business. A number without context is useless.

[–] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 1 points 1 month ago

I don’t see how that thought process is exclusive to people who are or consider themselves to be smart.

They aren't saying that this is exclusive to people who consider themselves smart. They're saying that they're more likely to fall for the trap by engaging with the assumption of not being susceptible to being tricked. Although I think the author does conflate smart people with people who think of themselves as smart inappropriately.

[–] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 5 points 1 month ago

AT&T simply had the laws protect them from competition for 105 years.

[–] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 1 points 1 month ago

Cool beans!

See you on Monday!

[–] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

How often do you repost this question. Seems like the intent is weekly but it's been 18 days.

[–] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 3 points 1 month ago

I hope no matter your situation that you find a way to avoid heroin or any other addiction to cope with your troubles.

[–] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Imagine a system more concerned about healthcare and not itemization of billable services.

[–] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 14 points 1 month ago

Back when Bitcoin was released, nobody was giving a thought to computer energy use.

It didn't take long before people saw that energy was a major factor in cost of operations of the network.

It was a poor design decision

One that is fiercely defended by people who invested into the implementation. So it may not have started with it being anticipated, but not it is and people are actively choosing to perpetuate this use of energy.

[–] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Back when Bitcoin was released, nobody was giving a thought to computer energy use.

VT for long term
Money Market Funds for short term

 

U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, released text of the Senate’s bipartisan national security supplemental package and issued the following statement:

“As Ukraine runs low on ammunition to fend off Putin’s brutal invasion, it is imperative we finally extend our support. We must also live up to our commitments to our allies around the globe and quickly get more aid to innocent civilians caught in conflict, including in Gaza, where the humanitarian crisis is especially dire. I never believed we should link policy demands to emergency aid for our allies, but Republicans insisted—so Democrats negotiated in good faith over many weeks and now there is a bipartisan deal on border policy legislation. Ukraine’s fate and so much more hangs in the balance—it’s time for Congress to act.”

Summary and full text of the bill are provided within the press release.

 

OpenELA is a non-profit trade association of open source Enterprise Linux distribution developers.

There are many Linux Distributions that are perfectly suitable for enterprise use cases and environments. For the purpose of this charter and project, OpenELA recognizes “Enterprise Linux” (EL) as 1:1 and bug-for-bug source code compatibility which today is aligned to RHEL and CentOS.

OpenELA's mission is to provide a secure, transparent, and reliable Enterprise Linux source that is globally available to all as a buildable base.

OpenELA is a collaboration created and upheld by CIQ, Oracle, and SUSE.

Read the recent article on the formation of OpenELA by Richard Speed at The Register

ParanoidFactoid may be interested in this development.

 

I'd also like a larger character limit.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ericjmorey@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org
 

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/73564

In table format with FOSS status, platform, and OS for your viewing pleasure:

FOSS Name Platform OS Stage Source Code Info
YES Memmy Lemmy Android, iOS Android Release (Pending Play Store Approval) Github memmy@lemmy.ml
YES Morpha Lemmy Android, iOS Under Development Gitlab morpha@vlemmy.net
YES Thunder Lemmy Android, iOS Alpha Release Github thunder_app@lemmy.world
YES Mlem Lemmy iOS Submitted for App Store Review (July 1) Github mlemapp@lemmy.ml
YES Jerboa Lemmy Android Released Github jerboa@lemmy.ml
TBD Artemis Kbin, Lemmy Android, iOS Private Beta (Starts End of June) Unreleased ArtemisApp@kbin.social
TBD Limbo Lemmy iOS TestFlight Beta Unreleased limbo@lemmy.world
YES Beyond Lemmy Android, iOS Under Development Unreleased original Beehaw post
NO Sync Lemmy Android Research N/A syncforlemmy@lemmy.world
YES Slide Lemmy Android Under Development (More information coming) N/A original Lemmy post
YES Lemmynade Lemmy Android Under Development N/A original Lemmy post
  • TBA kbin app from @developerjustin (iOS, kbin Only, in development) - I've had a chat with the dev of this as-yet-unnamed app, but it's not ready for testing yet.

Important note from frasassi@kbin.social

Am super open to any apps, code repos, communities, or info I'm missing as well as updates.

 

More up to date and more detailed information at: https://beehaw.org/post/683217

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/71764

The amount of apps being developed for iOS / Android is getting really crazy now and new apps keep popping up every day. Updated list below:

  • Artemis (iOS, Android, kbin, lemmy): link
  • Memmy (iOS, lemmy): link
  • Mlem (iOS, lemmy): link
  • Morpha (iOS, lemmy): link
  • Thunder (iOS, Android, lemmy): link
  • Beyond (iOS, Android, lemmy): link
  • Limbo (iOS, Android, lemmy): link
  • Jerboa (Android, lemmy): link
  • Slide (Android, lemmy): link
  • Sync (Android, lemmy): link
  • Unnamed (kbin): link

Most apps on the list are lemmy apps, meaning they don't work with kbin. Artemis is specifically designed to work with kbin, not sure if or when any of the other ones will go in that direction or become interoperable as there are some challenges with the kbin API at the moment. Having said that, a new API is in the works (https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/pulls/357) so things should get better with time. Some of the apps are in very early stage of development so it may happen that they adjust OS availability and platform support.

See info in table format with more details:
https://beehaw.org/post/697419

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ericjmorey@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org
 

What browser extensions do you use that you'd recommend to others?

Do you contribute to any FOSS browser extension projects?

Are there any non-FOSS extensions that you wish had a sufficient FOSS alternative?

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