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GreatBigJerk t1_j6ji7uo wrote

I was thinking more for the average desktop user, but yeah it's a standard under the hood for a lot of things.

In software development, it's pretty common to have Ubuntu running under the hood for things like GitHub actions, web services, and now things like Windows WSL.

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Higuy54321 t1_j6jg8j4 wrote

How are you supposed to stop the Chinese government from buying a Nvidia GeForce 1080 Ti? That’s what they’re complaining about.

I can buy one off Amazon in the US. A Chinese consumer can buy one online. You can’t keep them from any government these unless you ban gaming pcs worldwide

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Loud-Path t1_j6jfax2 wrote

The amount is not relevant. The stake is, if you bothered to read the agreement, that 75% of all profits MUST go back to Microsoft until it is paid back, and then Microsoft owns 49% of the company. I.e. they are defacto a subdivision of Microsoft and are going to be at MS's beck and call. The bank I work for has 49% owned by a single person, guess what, even though he is not a majority stock holder he is considered the owner as he can easily get 2% of other people's votes to go his way.

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PRSHZ t1_j6jez32 wrote

Helped me learn important key points when it came to JavaScript and other coding languages I’m currently studying. Additionally it helped me debug and fix a few projects I’ve been working on, this program can help people in just about any topic imaginable, from health and fitness tailored to a users input factors, to science and just about everything in between. It’s almost as if you’re talking to an interactive global encyclopedia with tutoring as a bonus. Perhaps you haven’t tried it or perhaps you haven’t fully explored it.

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Velgus t1_j6jex6s wrote

People in this thread are just raging at things that their only understanding of comes from a single article combined with their hatred for robocalls. They seem to think that Twilio exclusively works with/for these spam robocall farms - your prohibition analogy is a good one.

There are plenty of legitimate things Twilio is used for. A company a friend of mine works for, for example, uses Twilio to remind patients of their upcoming appointments/procedures, and vitally, if they have to take drugs, or fast, or such, before coming in.

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