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691.
by Latty 8y ago
That's not a bug, it's just a different behaviour. I can see the value in being able to reopen accidentally closed tabs, and if you want to get rid of that history, close the window. Given that Chrome keeps cookies for the window
692.
by Latty 8y ago
> They don't 'sell data' they show you ads based on relevant data, it's a deliberate mistake that defeats the argument. It is still the user's data being shipped off to third parties they don't know anything
693.
by Latty 8y ago
Or maybe people have realised this business model is dangerous and damaging and we are better off going to alternatives? Companies can simply start charging for services rather than selling data in the EU, if it's really that bad. Pers
694.
by Latty 8y ago
There is some value to the criticism where it's easy for Java programmers to do the wrong thing because it's possible when they shift over. Of course, that's the price you pay for compatibility with Java, but maybe there shou
695.
by Latty 8y ago
I assume this is just because it's something you have to manually intervene on - as soon as you have that feature, tons of intentional violators will submit faked documents claiming they do have rights, and those have to be verified so
696.
by Latty 8y ago
Is it a bug that opening an excel spreadsheet in notepad gives something unreadable? Linux line endings are a type of file that notepad was never designed for.
697.
by Latty 8y ago
It is relevant, because they are the people who get targeted repeatedly. Again, it's easy to say it shouldn't be the focus when you aren't the person getting harassed repeatedly. It's fair that they want to know they c
698.
by Latty 8y ago
Sure, but how does that in any way make calorie counting less effective? It's an upper bound. Sure, you could maybe eat a little more protein than you would otherwise budget for, but if you are aiming to lose weight, overestimating the
699.
by Latty 8y ago
Calorie counts are all that really matters when it comes to "getting fat" - while obviously that doesn't mean healthy - sugar isn't any more relevant to getting fat than anything else. Now, there are easy wins from sug
700.
by Latty 8y ago
That just makes no sense, unless you are suggesting that we magically generate matter, calorie counts are an upper bound on how many calories you are actually digesting.
701.
by Latty 8y ago
Focusing on one "evil" is as much of a cop out. Sugar isn't the only way you can be overweight or unhealthy.
702.
by Latty 8y ago
It's easy to say all that when you are not being targeted or having to suffer the interactions that are the problem. Of course you don't see it, that doesn't mean it doesn't exist . What you are describing is exactly
703.
by Latty 8y ago
Because people assume they must be there for "diversity reasons", which is assuming that they are being artificially raised up in a way that disadvantages everyone else. It's one step removed, but the point stands. We can&#x2
704.
by Latty 8y ago
You are buying what the racists are selling - the idea that progress for minorities comes at the expense of white people. Almost all affirmative action is designed to help pushing inclusion and participation, not just pushing the end goal.
705.
by Latty 8y ago
In terms of liability insurance, which is the claim here though, the reality is the insurer knows that the EU isn't going to dump 20 million fines on every small company making a first offence. The idea that they are going to treat it
706.
by Latty 9y ago
That's a better use case, but this just seems like something that's adding complexity to the language for little gain. Writing a generator to do the more complex thing is probably a much better (and more readable) alternative, if
707.
by Latty 9y ago
To be fair, basically the whole reason requests exists is to try and have good UX for devs.
708.
by Latty 9y ago
When I was at IBM the story about IBM legal asking for permission to use JSLint for evil was a classic. The original post appears to be dead, but https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5138866 discusses it.
709.
by Latty 9y ago
That's like saying if I search for "chef" I am asking for pictures of food. The two things may be strongly linked, but that doesn't mean that one requires the other.
710.
by Latty 9y ago
The counter to that is pretty obvious, because if you remember Jobs also said "no native apps on iPhones", and then in a few months... poof! an app store. Flash was pretty much dead anyway, and the web platform had advanced enough
711.
by Latty 9y ago
Uh, WHATWG is an open process - they have a similar level of control over things that W3C had. If you want to try and claim W3C ever had the power to enforce people following their specs, IE6 would like to have a word.
712.
by Latty 9y ago
Yes, and before that there were maybe 1.5 viable ways to render flash content. Then you need to take that `.exe` and try and pull out it's content. Game, app, whatever. We have a web that can be parsed, with difficulty, instead of a
713.
by Latty 9y ago
And if we were all using XHTML1.1 now instead, yes, your parser would be easier, except all the richer content would be in flash, and all the web apps would be desktop applications, and you wouldn't be able to parse that at all, even w
714.
by Latty 9y ago
I can make a self-driving train far more easily than I can make a self-driving car. You are comparing two things that aren't equivalent. The living standard provides a lot more value than the old specs, and that's why they won
715.
by Latty 9y ago
I mean, reading that GitHub thread, it seems to me that everyone involved is saying that's exactly what should happen, and the people invested in the W3C are trying to force through new work just to justify the organisation's cont
716.
by Latty 9y ago
To offer another perspective. I'd say the W3C wasted a huge amount of time pursuing quests of purity (XHTML) over actually making the web better for users. I see the value in what they were trying to do, but it wasn't letting peop
717.
by Latty 9y ago
The post you are replying to was talking about a different model of the Model S to sell to enthusiasts who wanted more, not "for the average driver".
718.
by Latty 9y ago
I tried it myself, and the service was fine except for a complete lack of IPv6 support (the client disables IPv6 to stop leakage, but no actual usage), which is kind of crazy in today's day and age.
719.
by Latty 9y ago
> We like to justify these laws with biological categories but what do we do when faced with situations where the categories break down? Change them to suit the world as we understand it. The reality is that classifications as strict rul
720.
by Latty 9y ago
To continue the pedantry - what makes society not one thing, but a human one thing? That seems like a matter of perspective.

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