BillyBreen

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   by BillyBreen 8y ago

   Love his writing style. Accessible yet detailed with fun historical tangents to set context.
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   by BillyBreen 8y ago

   I was hoping someone would reference that. One of my favorite Stross books, and a decade since reading it I frequently think back to it and worry about this mass of data we’re creating and obsoleting each year.
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   by BillyBreen 8y ago

   Wow, I had no recollection of that. My mistake.
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   by BillyBreen 8y ago

   Netscape never charged users. Perhaps you’re thinking of Opera. The reasons IE won over Netscape are many, but bundling with dominant OS and embracing/extending standards such that sites only worked in IE was a big part of it. Heck, th
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   by BillyBreen 8y ago

   I backed that project, and I really like the scissors I received. Terribly sad to hear about the all-too-human real-life difficulties with the firm.
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   by BillyBreen 8y ago

   I think you summed it up quite nicely. I developed the original Mac port, I guess about 15 years ago now. I’m pretty conflicted as to what’s happened with Synergy recently, but not because I feel like there’s anything morally wrong in what