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by berbec 8y ago
They are a major thing. There are a small number of law firms.... "heavily" invested in suing ADA non-compliant websites. The run it through a online tool and if there are a certain number of errors, an intern prints out a nasty g
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by berbec 8y ago
I believe Google does take a cut on literally everything! We do have only two app stores. Apple and Google just haven't managed to kill all the competing Music & Movie services. They'd love to!
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by berbec 8y ago
Not a fan of your iPhone being more expensive than your MacBook, are we?
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by berbec 8y ago
I'm just rehashing an old argument: https is encryption vs https is identity. Sorry
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by berbec 8y ago
Do you think Spotify has the customers to force Apple to change because of the number of people who switch to Android for their service? Or does Apple have the customers to kill Spotify by cutting them off?
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by berbec 8y ago
I miss safari for windows
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by berbec 8y ago
What do you bet they went looking for a automated way to avoid anti-trust and it wasn't a happy coincidence?
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by berbec 8y ago
Tehanu is my favorite.
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by berbec 8y ago
I hate to say this, but one of my main gripes against Apple - the unfair advantage they have in pricing by not having to "pay themselves" 30% - has lost some strength in my mind. Every grocery store takes a cut of every item sold
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by berbec 8y ago
Thanks to recent FCC rule changes, the answer in the USA is: "For Now...."
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by berbec 8y ago
I was about to argue with this and rage against Apple, but then I remembered a very similar situation everyone deals with and no one complains about: Supermarket Generics. "How is it fair for Price Chopper to undercut Rice Crispies wit
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by berbec 8y ago
How does Spotify do this and remain competitive with Apple's $9.99 offering. The offering Apple can make because they don't have to pay themselves a 30% cut.
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by berbec 8y ago
Microsoft got busted for undercutting Netscape with their own product in a way Netscape is incapable of competing with. On the other hand, you say Apple is free and clear for undercutting Spotify with their own product in a way that Spotify
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by berbec 8y ago
Microsoft DID squash other browsers. Netscape died and the code lived on, but the profitable company was no more.
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by berbec 8y ago
Well, the CA system for HTTPS is a false sense of Identity protection. Is great for encryption. 0: https://stripe.ian.sh/
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by berbec 8y ago
This will be great when ported to Lineage!
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by berbec 8y ago
The system of government-backed loans, that cannot be forgiven through bankruptcy, given to anyone under the sun, has fallen victim to the Law of Unintended Consequences. Vastly increasing the supply of money that can be paid to the Higher
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by berbec 8y ago
void choices() { if(uk_MPs_yes_vote(12_march)) { brexit(29_march[current_deal]); } else if(uk_MPs_yes_vote(13_march)) { brexit(29_march[no_deal]); } else if(uk_MPs_yes_vote(14_march)) {
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by berbec 8y ago
There actually is a similar flowchart in a linked article. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/mar/08/the-brexit-...
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by berbec 8y ago
I figured saying this on HN would have the </sarcasm> taken as given :)
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by berbec 8y ago
Yup. Lost of successful companies are "forks". Ubuntu & Debian. Pfsense & freebsd. Linux & SCO Group.
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by berbec 8y ago
Harry Potter and the GPL Violator of Azkaban
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by berbec 8y ago
I've been beaten into being a "glass-totally-empty" person over the years.
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Black NY Lawmakers May Block Legal Pot for Community Benifits(nytimes.com)
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by berbec 8y ago
I would argue that only applies to a minority of people. The majority keeps believing despite facts
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by berbec 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indentation_style#Allman_style
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by berbec 8y ago
That's it. Life on this planet is obviously doomed, as evidenced by this fourth horseman here. Nothing to due but start over with a new evolutionary tract in another solar system. I hear good things about silicon-based life on Betelgeu
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by berbec 8y ago
School desegregation.
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by berbec 8y ago
I'd also argue: 4) cpu speed isn't the limiting factor many times now. Disk, memory, network, user input etc all are much more impactful honestly. Sure getting a Blender run down 10% is huge, but what is that time saved compared t
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by berbec 8y ago
I went to get a coffee at a random shop in SOHO. When I took out a $20, they said they didn't take cash. I left immediately.

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