HelmetFigNewton

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by HelmetFigNewton 2y ago
That's always the excuse for piss-poor post titles.
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by HelmetFigNewton 2y ago
Thanks for the reply, but I've read HN almost daily for years and have been a professional developer for way longer than that. I also just finished an API-definition project that involved a ton of research on API design and code-genera
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by HelmetFigNewton 2y ago
That should be up to the recipient. Every other vendor provides this essential information in order confirmations. Amazon's refusal to do so means you can't search your E-mail history for purchases (at tax time, for example). Or f
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by HelmetFigNewton 2y ago
RTF was invented in 1987.
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by HelmetFigNewton 2y ago
It doesn't say that. It merely says this thing is like another undescribed thing. At first I thought it was some kind of service for dog owners, until I noticed the missing N. So... that left no explanation.
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by HelmetFigNewton 2y ago
Amazon deserves zero credit for anything regarding E-mail, because their "order confirmations" don't say WHAT YOU ORDERED. Mind-bogglingly stupid and annoying.
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by HelmetFigNewton 2y ago
RTF would be fine, then.
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by HelmetFigNewton 2y ago
What are you talking about? Why shouldn't people be allowed to choose what kind of neighborhood they want to live in? If you want high density, then choose a high-density area. If not, choose a single-family area. Those areas can be (a
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by HelmetFigNewton 2y ago
Corporations buying up neighborhoods is a problem regardless of whether it applies in this case or not. Corporations don't die and turn their houses over to kids. Home ownership is widely regarded as the best way to build wealth, and c
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by HelmetFigNewton 2y ago
Swiping doesn't match people. It's simply a (usually shitty) UI affordance for the user to progress through the application.
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by HelmetFigNewton 2y ago
I don't think he's making it more difficult. How is automatic "more difficult" than manually typing in your city?