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9y ago
The logic is simple. Obama talked about net neutrality. And Obama wanted to take our guns away. So net neutrality is bad. Q.E.D. No really, after reading the article a second time, I still can't come up with a better explanation for th
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9y ago
Sorry to hear that. I can sort of relate. Ran a blog once for a niche topic, and put in effort to promote it. Some of my things got read, but so much felt like I was talking to an empty room. Same with HN. It's a ghost town. I commente
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9y ago
The reason Om cites as why Facebook won't change is similar to the reasons companies don't change in response to disruptive innovation, as described in Christensen's "The Innovators Dilemma." Big companies are too i
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9y ago
Don't worry. Facebook's going to solve the problem by verifying advertisers with postcards. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/20/587070994... Except they only apply to ads wi
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9y ago
It's great that you love AMP. There were probably people who were happy with Ma Bell's phone service too. Monopolies usually deliver efficient service, at least for as long as they have to.
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9y ago
Regardless of what we call it, it's not helpful to defend Google by saying Apple is worse. It doesn't contribute to the discussion. Just deflects. Now if someone was bringing up Apple to draw similarities between what they do and
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9y ago
>Wanting to be profitable doesn't make a company intrinsically evil, that's what companies are for. But they increased profits by intentionally misleading people and getting them hooked on unhealthy food. They helped themselves
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9y ago
As a professional who gets work done with Linux, I disagree. Lots of desktop environments (KDE, XFCE, Cinnamon) offer a UI is just as polished as mac or windows. Lack of suitable software can be a dealbreaker for some professions. There are