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by aero142 17y ago
Some interesting thoughts. The iPhone was far from complete when it was released. What they did release was very polished. They are still iterating somewhat when they tacked on 3G, the API, etc. The iPhone was also launching into a matur
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by aero142 17y ago
I agree. I would not choose to trade freedom and self governance for economic benefit. I was however pointing out that when you look at things from a purely utilitarian perspective, you often end up with strange conclusions. The other thi
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by aero142 17y ago
One conclusion to be drawn is that many countries were better off under colonial rule.
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by aero142 17y ago
This highlights one of my biggest problems with lisp and macros. Every personal preference of every coder results in a macro that changes the basic symantics of the language. If I were to pick up code that used this macro, now I have to l
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by aero142 17y ago
No, but I do think it is akin to saying a rape is the victim's fault because they went to a bar instead of using eHarmony from the comfort of home. So, i'd say it is even more ridiculous that your analogy.
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by aero142 17y ago
In this case I am willing to extend a little slack. The site design of plurk seems very strange to me, but may be normal in China. Perhaps a Chinese company is better suited to develop a site to be used the Chinese market.
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by aero142 17y ago
Has anyone ever gotten a job after giving the answer of "My biggest weakness is that I hate answering inane questions."?
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by aero142 17y ago
The article seems to downplay the lack of SMS and the fact that Line2 provides a distinctly new feature set that Apple may have no intention to provide. Instead they stick with the very media friendly overly simplistic story of "Apple is s
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by aero142 17y ago
I run Ubuntu almost exclusively now because it is the most usable operating system for me. From years of running XP I can tell you that it did not handle driver crashes well and I lost all my files when it crashed. I have used Vista and I