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New comment by shrubby in "Kindle loyalists scramble as Amazon turns page on old e-readers"

shrubby — Sun, 24 May 2026 10:55:36 +0000

If there's a problem with the reader the firmware can be updated but I don't remember such issues since my first reader (Kindle version without backlight and physical buttons only, no idea of the year).

Now a fourth one (Kobo) in use and all the previous ones still fully functional and in use by close ones.

New comment by shrubby in "Kindle loyalists scramble as Amazon turns page on old e-readers"

shrubby — Sun, 24 May 2026 10:51:59 +0000

Who needs software updates and Bezos's spying.

We have several different ecosystem e-readers in our household and all are used via USB and Calibre. The "extra time used" is won by multitude with approach where the reading stays in the center and uploading is once in a while event.

This creates a barrier for addictive bookshopping, though a reader with plenty of books allows the change of minds, not just the endless booscrrolling that a connected device enables.

New comment by shrubby in "They Live (1988) inspired Adblocker"

shrubby — Tue, 12 May 2026 04:23:32 +0000

Nice pitch. I'll stream it right away!

I've been watching Andor as a instructional manual recently and this seems like a good addition to the reality based manuals out there.

Idiocracy, War INC etc.

New comment by shrubby in "Zuckerberg 'Personally Authorized and Encouraged' Meta's Copyright Infringement"

shrubby — Wed, 06 May 2026 04:07:55 +0000

https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/23/zuckerstreisand/

Cory Doctorow wrote a nice summary of the Zuckerstreisand book by Sarah Wynn-Williams.

"First, Facebook becomes too big to fail.

Then, Facebook becomes too big to jail.

Finally, Facebook becomes too big to care."

New comment by shrubby in "Gap between national food production and food-based dietary guidance (2025)"

shrubby — Tue, 05 May 2026 14:07:01 +0000

I don't think it is making profits?

Heavily subsidized and farmers are hurting.

New comment by shrubby in "Gap between national food production and food-based dietary guidance (2025)"

shrubby — Tue, 05 May 2026 04:42:13 +0000

Nationalist food security, at least here in Finland, seems really paradoxical as the main focus seems to be animal production, with imported feed.

New comment by shrubby in "How Mark Klein told the EFF about Room 641A [book excerpt]"

shrubby — Fri, 01 May 2026 05:09:39 +0000

I always keep coming back to the Nixon years when basic income was first approved in the senate by the republicans and stopped in the house by democrats.

What a different world we'd be living in, if the (back then, at least supposedly) greatest democracy would have shown the way to a universal safety net.

How fucking sad that we ended in a world where the finders of flaws or zerodays are being suppressed and prosecuted, instead of allowing them to make the world a better place.

A handful of narcissists, sociopaths and psychopaths now hold almost all power with these structures.

At least now the pretense of democracy is dropped.

New comment by shrubby in "Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop"

shrubby — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:04:27 +0000

Just found out about this last week and looks awesome.

New comment by shrubby in "Bob Odenkirk would like to remind you that life is a meaningless farce"

shrubby — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:39:09 +0000

Bill Hicks was spot on for most of the things.

New comment by shrubby in "When the cheap one is the cool one"

shrubby — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:25:56 +0000

Linux on Mac Pro 5.1 from 2009 and 2017 MacBook Air, both working perfectly.

I prefer actually both to my corporate issue M4 one with MacOS.

I'm not a fan of the Mac UX, but the hardware seems pretty damn good and the lifespan extends with it.

If I'd have no limitations though I'd prefer the Framework, but not very clearly.

A New Verdict Rewrites the Rules of Corporate Morality

shrubby — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 14:45:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/opinion/lafarge-corporate-terrorism-syria-france.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47824699

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by shrubby in "Wit, unker, Git: The lost medieval pronouns of English intimacy"

shrubby — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:14:36 +0000

youtwo commit -m "Refactoring translations"

New comment by shrubby in "Employers use your personal data to figure out the lowest salary you'll accept"

shrubby — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:31:39 +0000

I'm heading to the Graeberian world of bullshit jobs which ironically tends to head towards the direction of meaning.

I'm pro "everyone cleans their own shit" but the meaning of a garbage truck driver could immense compared to a honest hedge fund manager or a VC Patagonia vest.

Cleaning time of our own shit hopefully won't be a full time job. We'll just figure out the ones creating too much shit and educate them as a society :D

New comment by shrubby in "Japanese, French and Omani vessels cross Strait of Hormuz"

shrubby — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 07:43:58 +0000

Honest in the moral corruption and the endgame of the current political system, which is the power from the many to the few to the one ultimate authoritarian messiah.

But yeah, lots of lies that emphasize the honesty of the endgame.

New comment by shrubby in "Employers use your personal data to figure out the lowest salary you'll accept"

shrubby — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 07:33:08 +0000

Wonder what you'd do with your passion in a just world where everything of creativity (okay almost) would not need to be turned into a income.

I feel this fucking form of slavery as well hard.

How sorry can life be?

New comment by shrubby in "Japanese, French and Omani vessels cross Strait of Hormuz"

shrubby — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:58:49 +0000

One group voted for nicely speaking tax free zillionaires. Another one voted for hate speaking zillionaires.

Third one didn't want to vote for zillionaires.

Perhaps next time there'll be someone to vote not representing the zillionaire-class?

New comment by shrubby in "Fedware: Government apps that spy harder than the apps they ban"

shrubby — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 05:57:50 +0000

What if the whole world population would have F-Y money enough for subsistence and would not have to perform the act of asskissing or complying? Not luxury but basic needs met alright, something like the basic income the democrats blocked during Nixon era(twice actually).

How fast we'd fix this shit?

New comment by shrubby in "Fedware: Government apps that spy harder than the apps they ban"

shrubby — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 04:15:23 +0000

"lol, I no longer the craziest leader in the world"

New comment by shrubby in "Fedware: Government apps that spy harder than the apps they ban"

shrubby — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 04:14:34 +0000

I remember the top tech bros sitting at white house dinner for some serious asskissing, followed by paying zillions for the new golden extension.

Wow such integrity, much win.

New comment by shrubby in "The Superorganism Explained in 7 Minutes"

shrubby — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 07:44:44 +0000

Why the World Feels Like It's Falling Apart: The Superorganism explained in 7 minutes.