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by Qz 16y ago
Nitpicking is nitpicking. Compared to the majority of sites linked to from HN, that webpage is one of the most readable yet. P.S. - the guy writing the article isn't the one responsible for the site design.
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by Qz 16y ago
The article is dead on. Lots of people start looking at the internet as a money machine and forget what the internet is actually for P.S. - the article links to The Guardian's Open Content platform, which strikes me as the coolest thing fr
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by Qz 16y ago
I'm pretty sure that's a typo, but gacker totally deserves to be a real word.
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by Qz 16y ago
You just answered your own question.
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by Qz 16y ago
Imagine Half Life without 3d graphics. Now you see why scripting is a 'minor' feature.
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by Qz 16y ago
Simple solution: buy two monitors. Only costs twice as much.
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by Qz 16y ago
> If the average difference between all men and all women on Skill X is 3%, and the average difference between any two given individuals is 30%, then even though there are two distinct loci, gender is still an extremely weak indicator.
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by Qz 16y ago
I'm not sure that 'having it far easier than most' somehow equates to 'excellent' for anyone other than Bill and Ted.
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by Qz 16y ago
> Even if there are measurable statistical differences in competence at various activities between the sexes (which is far from proven), the average variation between two individuals is far, far more than the average variation between t
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by Qz 16y ago
Having a bad math day? A square gives the best number of pixels per diagonal inch. The farther you get from a square (aka the wider the screen), the less pixels you get, even if the diagonal length stays the same. You can advertise a 22
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by Qz 16y ago
That's not a pet theory, it's simply true.
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by Qz 16y ago
While the indirect way they did this is less than ideal, I think they have the right idea. IE and Firefox are browsers. A search toolbar is something that goes in a browser. Odds are, if you installed a search bar in your browser (not th
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by Qz 16y ago
This is the problem -- the argument about 'settings' has become about whether there should be a preference pane, whether there should be an "advanced preferences" pane, etc. Settings aren't the problem. Preference panes are the problem. I
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by Qz 16y ago
What if my opinion is that software should have more settings? I am very opinionated about that.
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by Qz 16y ago
I usually don't get all up in arms about multipage article crap, but this article is barely long enough for one print page, and then they split it at probably the worst possible point.
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by Qz 16y ago
I understand what you're saying but it seems like you're looking for a place to pick a particular argument rather than actually responding to the comment. I agree with what was said in the comment, but I don't have a dissatisfaction with h
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by Qz 16y ago
I just might get ____voted for this, but comments like this tarnish HN.
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by Qz 16y ago
Your comment says nothing which actually supports the case that the article said nothing which actually supports the case that the "just-world fallacy" is fallacious. Hence, I down-voted it.
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by Qz 16y ago
I don't know about causal determinism or whatnot, but the idea of just or not just is a human judgment applied to the state of the world. Its a subjective observation which is secondary to reality.
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by Qz 16y ago
It is a mistake in logic, specifically the part where people see someone in an unfortunate situation and think "They must have done something to deserve that". The fallacy isn't the idea that the world is just (it may or may not be), it's
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by Qz 16y ago
It's the difference between thinking about moving your arm and moving your arm.
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by Qz 16y ago
You're misinterpreting the sentence. It's not a statement that people (in general) think homeless people deserve it, it's a statement about people who think that.
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by Qz 16y ago
The interface is really the only thing that matters.
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by Qz 16y ago
Sounds a lot like the gnome underpants plan in a loop (obviously).
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by Qz 16y ago
Red is also a harder color to differentiate in low light conditions. I would say hot pink.
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by Qz 16y ago
The point was highlighting how long it is taking them to do something which presumably is simpler than porting the whole (massive) program to a different OS.
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by Qz 16y ago
Make sure to watch the video, it's pretty awesome.
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by Qz 16y ago
It's more of a symbolic thing. Remember, stock prices represent how much people think the company will be worth, not how much it's worth right now .
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by Qz 16y ago
I can easily do 8k in Pittsburgh, if I gave up my car (insurance is crazy expensive)
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by Qz 16y ago
It doesn't claim that it would be fast, only that being fast is a priority.

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