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by Zikes 11y ago
Maybe they were chosen at random?
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by Zikes 11y ago
How long before browsers default to HTTPS-first, so they don't have to carry around a hefty preload list?
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by Zikes 11y ago
Make a working prototype AND make it public? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9797482
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by Zikes 11y ago
I agree that relying on reviews/critics work best for similar tastes, but a responsible consumer should be aware of a (modest) variety of sources for that information to account for unavoidable biases. Metacritic tries to do that by ag
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by Zikes 11y ago
I like it! I assume it'll be bundled into next month's update?
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by Zikes 11y ago
I find that to be an odd opinion. More competition tends to work out in the consumer's favor, doesn't it? I think what we're missing is curation. In the hardware world, there are companies like Alienware and Apple that whit
907.
by Zikes 11y ago
Whereas Iceweasel is the "free as in freedom" version of Firefox, perhaps the Chromium fork should be a called Dullium.
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by Zikes 11y ago
As this blog post shows, certain system privileges like microphone and webcam access are hard to sneak into black box binaries that are bundled with open source software.
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by Zikes 11y ago
I know them better as the developers for "The Endless Forest" ( http://tale-of-tales.com/TheEndlessForest/ ) which made a bit of a splash a few years ago as something original and different.
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by Zikes 11y ago
There's a Japanese word, tsundoku, which means "buying books and not reading them, letting them pile up unread". There is a growing need for an equivalent word for games, I think. I have hundreds of games in my Steam librar
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by Zikes 11y ago
Taylor is pulling her music because those small artists can't. She's making a statement, and because she's such a phenomenon her statement is likely to at least be heard.
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by Zikes 11y ago
The hype is less about present practicality and more about the future. Within just the last few years print resolution and available print materials have skyrocketed while printer prices have dropped enough that you can even find them on s
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by Zikes 11y ago
I honestly think this needs to be a part of Chrome Dev Tools's profiler. Already it's able to record sessions that persist across page loads, and tracks what CSS selectors are applied and which properties are overridden. I don&#
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by Zikes 11y ago
That quote is from vdnkh, not myself. I am the one that posted the initial comment about journalistic ethics in video games, and was immediately associated with GG for it.
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by Zikes 11y ago
At the time, I felt that the sources were unnecessary. In many of the communities I am involved in those sources are frequently posted and discussed, and a statement such as the one I made is able to stand on its own. Posting sources would
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by Zikes 11y ago
Gamergate is often compared to groups like the KKK, however I would invite you to review all of the replies and discussion resulting from my initial comment on the subject. I made mention of ethical failings regarding journalism in video ga
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by Zikes 11y ago
I have approximately the same level of interest in hip-hop, however if Gawker owned a hip-hop media site I wouldn't question its relevance to a discussion about Gawker.
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by Zikes 11y ago
I agree. If there is to be a moral scale on which the two are placed, it would certainly tip towards the invasion of personal privacy. Video games are a $10+billion dollar industry, however, and Kotaku is a major publisher in that industry
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by Zikes 11y ago
I've honestly never seen one of my comments swing so wildly or so quickly. I've seen -4 and +9 within minutes of each other, and it seems to be on a different side of 0 every time I refresh. It's certainly a polarizing topic
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by Zikes 11y ago
I see it as being representative of the company as a whole. Regardless of the subject matter, if those ethical oversights are so frequent on one of their sites it's not unreasonable to wonder where else it might be present. In that v
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by Zikes 11y ago
Not to mention the complete lack of journalistic ethics on Kotaku. They frequently post articles about games they have financial or personal ties to, without disclosure. Edit: I made no mention of movements and have no hidden agenda. My c
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by Zikes 11y ago
We need harsher penalties and stricter oversight for companies responsible for such activities. Consumers cannot be expected to know the complete history of every product they purchase, especially when companies have so many levels of subc
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by Zikes 11y ago
That's not an explanation, it's a recommendation. The author does not state _why_ Time should be preferred over DateTime.
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by Zikes 11y ago
Overpaid for a useless degree because every single person from school counselors to parents to businesses told you "college or bust"? Tuition costs skyrocketing? Well, you were 18 years old. That's practically an adult! You
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by Zikes 11y ago
Sure would've been nice to have a package management expert working on Go.
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by Zikes 11y ago
The ridiculous thing is that there are no consequences for the groups sending out those invalid DMCA requests. Every other week I read about how someone uses DMCA to censor a YouTube video or article that's critical of them, but apart
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by Zikes 11y ago
Related: https://twitter.com/paul_irish/status/608360576243388417 Unfortunately the linked site is broken, but that GIF is pretty awesome.
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by Zikes 11y ago
With the new Steam Link option, we can have the best of both worlds. Bulky powerhouses in an upstairs office and a shiny little box connected to each TV.
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by Zikes 11y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9661848 I am shocked. Shocked, I tell you.
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by Zikes 11y ago
Darn, that rules mine out, then. Fax is about as unusable as you can get...

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