byte1918

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by byte1918 9y ago
My apologies, you quoted just the part with > My computer, my rules So my reply was mostly about the store analogy.
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by byte1918 9y ago
I don't think the analogy stands. For example: If I walk into a shoe store I won't see ads for pain meds. I might see ads for special sales or maybe for a sibling store which doesn't sell shoes, but is under the same company.
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by byte1918 9y ago
Downloaded from: https://nightlies.videolan.org/build/win64/ Scan results (2 / 59): https://www.virustotal.com/ro/file/6087b1227819ed921f5cd68d6...
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by byte1918 9y ago
Ok, well, very few of my friends decided to get an X (because of price, some missing features etc.), some even switched to Android. Does me saying this add anything new to the discussion? Not really. I expect ycombinator to be more than jus
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by byte1918 9y ago
Solid argument.
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by byte1918 9y ago
I first heard about it on 99% invisible https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/episode-66-kowloon-wa... . I recommend it if you have 15mins.
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by byte1918 9y ago
Why fast for so long? How is this healthy?
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by byte1918 9y ago
Wow, you must be angry about something.
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by byte1918 9y ago
> Are you telling me that everyone in Sweden is a 100% law abiding, obedient 'good' citizen and hence they don't have a need to be able to transact from time to time using a relatively discreet currency = cash ? Utopia - a
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by byte1918 9y ago
I was young in 1999 so not very experienced with technology but I really doubt people were hating on Microsoft back then. Sure, every company will have a hate camp but I doubt it was as spread as it was in the past few years.
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by byte1918 9y ago
> Those filenames look terrible to me. I agree. Maybe at some point, and in his example I think it makes sense to just change some of those '_' to '/' and boom, you now have folders.
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by byte1918 9y ago
You can justify it, of course. But when comparing it to other free things out there, eg letsencrypt or as OP said npm for package management or editors like vscode and you still have to take into consideration that some integration time is
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by byte1918 9y ago
I haven't seen this but... > You must restart to apply these changes.
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by byte1918 11y ago
What if everyone is overselling and Microsoft is the one with the most success and they are the first ones to see consequences. I mean, they have a huge infrastructure, I give them the benefit of doubt and consider also that people might be
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by byte1918 11y ago
I think it was a joke.
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by byte1918 12y ago
Thank you. http://i.imgur.com/cjDeLEb.png EDIT: What's with the downvote hate? Somebody actually posted a valid key...
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by byte1918 12y ago
I really, really, really want to like Firebug/Firefox but it's just impossible for me. I already tried to switch 2 times this year. Once with the FFDev and once with v36 (stable) - both times I was left just as disappointed. I ope
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by byte1918 12y ago
You can understand and even state that these changes are a consequence of a new CEO that has different ideas and behavior compared to previous CEOs. And you even "blame" by describing the previous CEO as a "madman" but s
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by byte1918 12y ago
SharePoint and there are probably others.
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by byte1918 12y ago
So, in other words, it doesn't excel at anything in particular but is more of a jack of all trades. Got it. Thanks.
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by byte1918 12y ago
> after a while. Yeah like... 12 years or so.