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by a_imho 7y ago
It's something a person would say with a salary depending on ads. Who likes tracking and popups? TV programming butchered? Endless garbage in the mail? Come on.
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by a_imho 7y ago
Hearing the internet is not feasible without ads can't help but wonder what is the economics of running HN?
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by a_imho 7y ago
Isn't this basically batch processing vs streaming?
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by a_imho 7y ago
As someone considering switching from Firefox, I don't trust Moz://a's willingness to disrupt the status quo. In fact, at the moment I'm not entirely sure they are not simply entrenching Chrome by blocking other nic
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by a_imho 7y ago
Interesting, the same argument could be made about said smartphones.
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by a_imho 7y ago
It works both ways though, to some degree. Once someone is aware that the cost of branded products factors in the massive spending on propaganda, the rational decision is to buy off brand.
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by a_imho 7y ago
Right. Is it more despicable if some are upfront about it? Do we need to entertain the idea companies are our friends?
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by a_imho 7y ago
What else should for profit companies exist for?
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by a_imho 7y ago
The office worker and the mortgage?
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by a_imho 7y ago
Which company? Whenever I offered to work 60% of the time for 50% of the money I was flat out rejected.
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by a_imho 7y ago
All tablets were placebos. Isn't this basically measuring placebo effect?
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by a_imho 7y ago
Blocked for the GDPR conscious.
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by a_imho 7y ago
Any reason to buy branded when generics are available? So far my takeaway was the difference goes to marketing budgets resulting in more prime time ads.
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by a_imho 7y ago
Isn't this human nature? Most people should probably lead a much more healthier lifestyle. We are fully aware our bad habits are slowly killing us, yet most do nothing about it.
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by a_imho 7y ago
What is the problem with wigs?
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by a_imho 7y ago
It says return flight , that probably accounts for 2x? The figures are averages taking into account which aircraft models are typically used on flight routes, and the estimated occupancy of seats on board those planes.
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by a_imho 7y ago
Why do you care? It is (probably) not your job to fix culture.
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by a_imho 7y ago
if it is free you are the product Cinemas show so many ads I would not be surprised playing movies is just a side gig.
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by a_imho 7y ago
As it sits on my desk, I can't help the feel the new hp logo is flipping me off.
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by a_imho 7y ago
Do not agree, changing places has a very high cost. People change places because that's seems to be the only way to get a meaningful raise.
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by a_imho 7y ago
pure fashion pun intended?
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by a_imho 7y ago
How is that surprising though? Medical tourism has always been a thing.
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by a_imho 7y ago
Besides the protection racket vibes mentioned you are paying Google first and foremost not the actual content creators. I would argue paying for the hosting actually creates the wrong incentives and empowers the platform over the people who
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by a_imho 7y ago
5G is probably a trigger for many, but imo it is right to call out the repeating pattern where seemingly we can't entertain the idea that there are things we simply are not aware at this point in time, yet confident we are so much be
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by a_imho 7y ago
Yes they are, one of the reasons they need to be serviceable probably.
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by a_imho 7y ago
Paper towels? Environmentally unsound. I don't see why these paper towels would not be 100% recyclable or that much different to regular toilet paper. Also, what if people would like to wash other body parts that can't be put in
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by a_imho 7y ago
It is pretty much spot on, but I'm not convinced anyone should really care. When was software not hype driven?
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by a_imho 7y ago
I, for one, fell for the desktop performance clickbait.
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by a_imho 7y ago
Would you mind sharing a link to it?
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by a_imho 7y ago
Bit off tangent but how is Netflix similar to the rest of the acronym?

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