aegiso

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   by aegiso 14y ago

   Yes, and the reason is primarily socio-historical. It does not necessarily follow that it's better.
2. 122.▲
   by aegiso 14y ago

   Great points. Speed and newness are paramount! This is exactly why the most accomplished hackers write their web apps in SSE4.2 machine code.
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   by aegiso 14y ago

   This is a shameless regurgitation of an article. Do yourself a favor and read the source material, which is worlds more insightful. http://www.paulgraham.com/schlep.html
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   by aegiso 14y ago

   I don't disagree with your sentiment, but you are _greatly_ oversimplifying the issue. Politics is a complex system of public and private relationships. If there's an imbalance of power, it's not because Obama is King.
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   by aegiso 14y ago

   I cling to the hope that there's something I'm not seeing here, but I fear that might not be the case. All I see is a business model that on top of being reprehensible, is completely out of whack with the times, and even if successful promi
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   by aegiso 14y ago

   The users aren't the people installing the software. The users are the clowns writing the software that is so horrible it needs to pay for installs. And those users will love this new attack vector backed by some of the most respected folk