SomeOldThrow

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by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
Realistically there's no incentive for them to provide DRM-free content. All the arguments just boil down to "we can't profit off it so we'll just support the status quo". Pretty bullshit defense of netflix's v
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by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
I have no idea why you would consider popularity a proxy for quality.
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by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
> What I would like to see is some analysis of how much life satisfaction is earned back if all relevant products become proportionately cheaper. There’s a reason services refuse to offer paid plans: people would realize how much the fun
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by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
> They've stayed remarkable true to their mission, haven't entered politics (ironic given previous CEO), and continued to offer a good service. Well, aside from forcing you to use paypal and go through their mediation process.
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by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
Yes, I'd say the people who invest(ed) in Facebook are much bigger threats to democracy than the site itself is.
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by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
People definitely want to close FB for multitudes of reasons beyond being a platform for divisive speech.
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by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
How long until we can automate the crappiness out of coding for a company?
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by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
Incineration solves the problem of storing recycling but is worse in every other way. > It also doesn't create later water/land pollution problems. Where do you think all that carbon goes?
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by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
I wish they had gone with the actual language + used subtitles, it really destroys the immersion.
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by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
I don't get the feeling it's very accurate, but it is very entertaining. EDIT: the accuracy I am referring to is about the actual sequence of events of the plot, which I understand to be simplified as people replying have pointed
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by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
Liberal is ideological, not partisan. Nonetheless I agree.
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by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
Whataboutism is usually framed around disagreement—I was agreeing with the parent.
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by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
> BitInt's "n" suffix appears to stand for "numeric" It actually stands for "not numeric"
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by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
What makes you think the industry will survive the first?
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by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
I'm still holding out for an int type, I use a double about once a year but I'm completely insecure about using integer operations (e.g. div, mod, as an offset-based index) in javascript.
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by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
I largely agree. On specific crops this is a particularly worrying concern—see eg foreign crops. These are largely monoculture and are particularly vulnerable to eg disease. However, I see this as a lost battle.
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by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
What part of uber do you perceive they emulate? Why isn’t amazon just buying Uber if it’s so desirable?
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by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
I just swap out “gmo” for “monoculture” and it makes much more sense for resistance to the food. Among other things, industrial produce is noticeably lower quality than farmers market produce, cf tomatoes. The whole ecosystem benefits enorm
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by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
> They seem to “get” how things should work. What makes you say that?
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by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
The things most worth producing in the world are universally not profitable.
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by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
Seems like the underlying format is unrelated to editing with customizable AST—in fact, that seems like it'd make things like code review pretty miserable. You'd have to upgrade all tooling to be ast-aware. That said, once upgrade
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by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
I was under the impression EULAs are basically useless.
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by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
I understand the issue to be dealing with three or four layers of government in each municipality as well as sourcing labor—not engineering competence.
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by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Access_Pipeline_protest...