EpicBlackCrayon

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Apple Intern Open Letter on Diversity(web.archive.org)
5 points by EpicBlackCrayon 8y ago|3 comments
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by EpicBlackCrayon 8y ago
I'm not sure why I keep seeing this repeated around the net, but that isn't the case. They're working on a rewrite of Windows that is based around UWP called CoreOS. https://www.windowscentral.com/understandin
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by EpicBlackCrayon 8y ago
I don't think you're going to make inroads with that poster. I don't think they're posting in good faith. The account is less than a day old.
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by EpicBlackCrayon 8y ago
That's not the case the parent is making, however. The parent is saying that the risk is disproportionately greater for black males and/or other minority groups at large.
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by EpicBlackCrayon 8y ago
But is that because people immediately take a $1000 device and wrap it in a protective case, or by virtue of the device being durable, etc.?
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by EpicBlackCrayon 8y ago
Can you link the exact commercial? I went through a few of them and they don't seem particularly egregious.
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by EpicBlackCrayon 8y ago
I think it's more that Apple realizes that people of color tend to drive culture in the U.S. What's the latest dance craze, what's the hottest song? Chances are they come from a community of color, usually Black Americans. So
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by EpicBlackCrayon 8y ago
Did anyone see these privacy changes? https://developer.android.com/about/versions/p/android-9.0-c... * Limited access to sensors in background * Restricted access to call logs * Restricted access to phone n
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The nightmare videos of childrens' YouTube(youtube.com)
3 points by EpicBlackCrayon 8y ago|0 comments
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by EpicBlackCrayon 8y ago
I implore everyone to read the rest of the series.
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by EpicBlackCrayon 8y ago
The article seems like veiled scientific racism to me, and some of the author's points along with the people arguing about IQs in the comments seem to lend some credence to that idea. I don't doubt that culture plays some role in
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How Slack Got Ahead in Diversity(theatlantic.com)
2 points by EpicBlackCrayon 8y ago|2 comments
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Everest: A lightweight REST API client written in JavaFX(github.com)
114 points by EpicBlackCrayon 8y ago|56 comments
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by EpicBlackCrayon 9y ago
Yeah, the Bing results are much better IMO, I wonder if MS solved this problem?
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by EpicBlackCrayon 9y ago
This is an excellent philosophical question!
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by EpicBlackCrayon 9y ago
I think the real problem here is that Google, for all of its algorithmic might, is somehow powerless to create algorithms that don't have this problem in the first place. It signals to me that there aren't people thinking about th
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by EpicBlackCrayon 9y ago
Fuschia = Windows 10 Flutter = UWP Android Apps = Legacy x86 Apps? Who will win?
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How Old Are You, Windows User?(chronosynth.com)
1 points by EpicBlackCrayon 9y ago|0 comments
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by EpicBlackCrayon 9y ago
>With how many kids are getting to experience a school shooting first hand, the NRA and other gun lobbying organizations are doing a wonderful job of raising a significant group of probably pro-gun ban kids. That notion is devious, and I
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by EpicBlackCrayon 9y ago
Eh, I feel like this is a pretty apt comparison.
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Roku's app issues(techhive.com)
3 points by EpicBlackCrayon 9y ago|0 comments
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by EpicBlackCrayon 9y ago
I have a hunch that it isn't, and they tweaked the algorithm around iOS 10, which made it a lot more noticeable.
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Ask HN: How would you solve the Windows Phone app gap?
1 points by EpicBlackCrayon 9y ago|2 comments
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by EpicBlackCrayon 9y ago
That part of the article fucking boggles my mind.
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by EpicBlackCrayon 9y ago
The Switch runs a modified form of BSD.
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by EpicBlackCrayon 9y ago
Was he truly lucky or did he have a knack for picking out smart, humble people?
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by EpicBlackCrayon 9y ago
This story just gets weirder and weirder.
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Ajit Pai's Shell Game(wired.com)
1 points by EpicBlackCrayon 9y ago|0 comments
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by EpicBlackCrayon 9y ago
Do you remember the name of the book?
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Snapchat reportedly has 'hundreds of thousands' of unsold Spectacles(engadget.com)
15 points by EpicBlackCrayon 9y ago|5 comments

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