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   by alanh 11y ago

   You may be missing the point. Say most tech engineers double up (as if they aren’t often doing this already). Guess what? You just significantly reduced demand for high-rent apartments
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   by alanh 11y ago

   We’re here just trying to keep afloat! :)
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   by alanh 11y ago

   Understanding is that cars are designed for passenger safety, not so much pedestrian safety. What are you saying?
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   by alanh 11y ago

   He or his editor probably did so merely for the acronym (L.ife S.aving D.rug). Not very cool
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   by alanh 11y ago

   Basically the argument is that the Clinton campaign didn’t do real count, they just declared a number, in particular after Martin O’Malley supporters reassigned themselves and/or left. Reddit discussion http://www.reddit.co
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   by alanh 11y ago

   Interesting. Where did you learn this?
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   by alanh 11y ago

   npm 2.x user here. Does anybody want to share a video of the 3.x progress bar? (Easy with QuickTime or CloudApp, btw)
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   by alanh 11y ago

   So, no.
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   by alanh 11y ago

   You’re not wrong! But to continue upon those advocating QoS adjustments: A good router (I love my Apple router) and better Internet (oddly… I can’t complain about the actual Comcast service I have) make these problems go away, assuming you
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    by alanh 11y ago

    > Second, why does the os allow this many notifications? Obviously this is an edge case, but there are countless apps and any of them could have a bug or unexpected situation like this that causes a lot of notifications. A low and config
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    by alanh 11y ago

    Thanks. Shamefully, the TC article doesn’t include any link whatsoever to the content they are transcluding from an entity which openly tracks everyone across the internet.
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    by alanh 11y ago

    They advertise the virtually comprehensive nature of the App Store. To a non-programmer, what’s the difference between a general-purpose computer and one that features apps?
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    by alanh 11y ago

    Not so black and white, really. Remember the recent Phil Schiller (I think) quote discussing how Apple sees their devices as a continuum, with more and more functionality going to more mobile, more personal computers? They see the Watch as
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    by alanh 11y ago

    I hear from both Uber & Lyft drivers that their corporate masters keep taking bigger and bigger cuts of the pie.
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    by alanh 11y ago

    Haha, apparently you are being downvoted for being a realist. (Oh, fun, me too. Looks like I need to drink some kool-ade.)
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    by alanh 11y ago

    Sorry, how many times have you ridden in a cab? And in which city/cities?
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    by alanh 11y ago

    The “more rigorous criminal checks” part made me laugh. (And the next thought in the article, which is: These “strengths” are real, but the stupid public is slow to realize them!) Ha! Before Uber, I took a lengthy (probably $40) cab ride (w
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    by alanh 11y ago

    Not bad for guesswork, as you are correct management never wanted to prioritize it, but w.r.t. devs, you are off the mark. Internally there have always been those who wanted to work for it. I have been privately told (in late October 2015)
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    by alanh 11y ago

    Or, use Pocket. Whenever I get frustrated with a shit reading experience or interminable load, I just send the article to Pocket and carry on.
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    by alanh 11y ago

    This might look like a pixel-for-pixel copy for someone who isn't very familiar with Windows 7, but Jesus, I don’t see anything wrong here. 1. The general look and feel is the same. So? That’s just fitting into the platform, having a
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    by alanh 11y ago

    A popular article on Ars Technica is entitled: "2015: The Year Microsoft started to get the benefit of the doubt." "Started." Indeed. But old habits die hard.
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    by alanh 11y ago

    Happily, I did not experience this. I use Ghostery (although I understand better alternatives exist).
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    by alanh 11y ago

    "Google" is being used as a stand-in for $tech_megacorp.
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    by alanh 11y ago

    you’re not wrong there is potentially irony there, but … it’s not like Wikipedia doesn’t have sources you can follow. Linking to Wikipedia is linking to a consensus summary & portal to more links
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    by alanh 11y ago

    > Not sure how you can defend that with this floating around. I bet the author of the parent comment to yours — like myself — was ignorant of this.
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    by alanh 11y ago

    > reproducible random sequence That’s a hell of an oxymoron. Edit Yes, I know obviously the intent was to refer to a pseudorandom sequence, but that’s not what was said. It’s also not what Math.random promises. It promises random-see
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    by alanh 11y ago

    > Just because the use case is uncommon doesn't make it invalid. Yes! Designers of systems, APIs, and user interfaces should adopt this as a sort of mantra.
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    by alanh 11y ago

    I think this is really naïve. The masses knowingly engage in a hell of a lot of wasteful and/or harmful behavior. I know flying uses a lot of hydrocarbons and literally affects global temperature [1], yet I still fly. A minority are mu
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    by alanh 11y ago

    Or just add a sentence of clarification to the website.
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    by alanh 11y ago

    > leg crossed ankle over knee in a half-lotus manspread power pose. So, a woman with crossed legs is now engaging in manspreading? got it.