cbeach

76 ms·

901.
by cbeach 11y ago
Must we do this here?
902.
by cbeach 11y ago
Back in the DVD/Bluray era, I wonder how many hundreds on tonnes of plastic was consumed, and how much carbon was burnt shipping it? And how much of that now sits in landfill?
903.
by cbeach 11y ago
Read my comment. Niche OS
904.
by cbeach 11y ago
So you steal from people and then claim they're immoral for not giving you their stuff at a price/convenience level of your choosing?
905.
by cbeach 11y ago
That's exactly how capitalism should work. But for a moment there it sounded as if you were contemplating piracy, rather than taking your business elsewhere.
906.
by cbeach 11y ago
So you're saying its up to content makers to support every niche OS, otherwise niche OS users are entitled to steal their work?
907.
by cbeach 11y ago
Seems my generalisation was wrong. A shame.
908.
by cbeach 11y ago
"Getting rid" of intellectual property has the unfortunate side effect of getting rid of the funding for content providers.
909.
by cbeach 11y ago
Dislike this kind of story appearing in HN. We're all well educated people with high earning potential who should be capable of buying movies, not using our talent to rip them off. I'd hate to see HN develop a bad reputation becau
910.
by cbeach 11y ago
Your article is showing a different type of measure, but it's showing the same glaring problem - Muslim women are not working in this country - not nearly as many of them as other demographics. I don't care whether a Muslim commen
911.
by cbeach 11y ago
"More than half of Muslim men and three quarters of Muslim women are unemployed." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8054436/Indians-and-C...
912.
by cbeach 11y ago
Happy to oblige: http://examine-islam.org/islam-and-the-uk-some-facts/
913.
by cbeach 11y ago
"Sensible" is a euphemism for "don't allow religious fundamentalists with a deep-seated hatred of the West in" Additionally, this demographic (I won't name the religion - I'm sure you know the one I'm
914.
by cbeach 11y ago
Several of my smartest and most ambitious friends have emigrated from London to Aus and Japan. Destinations that have sensible immigration policies, and which have maintained their cultural integrity. A country is not a country without bord
915.
by cbeach 11y ago
Don’t forget Tay: http://uk.businessinsider.com/microsoft-deletes-racist-genoc...
916.
by cbeach 11y ago
The problem in 2008 was that credit dried up! Remember? The "credit crunch"? A lack of available credit? Which ground the economy to a halt? #facepalm
917.
by cbeach 11y ago
If you don't understand the benefit to society of mortgages and business loans, this really isn't the forum for you.
918.
by cbeach 11y ago
The sample of “humanity” on Twitter is also skewed by sockpuppet accounts, don’t forget. I’d assume the “sockpuppet multiplier” is higher for those who use Twitter to troll.
919.
by cbeach 11y ago
Those doing low-paid work in London are obviously important to the city, but I'd argue that those doing high-paid work make more sense to live in the city because theirs is the work that benefits most from the agglomeration that big ci
920.
by cbeach 11y ago
It's completely subjective that you and the poster think "Apple isn't doing a great job on the web" - for one, I think they're doing brilliantly. Safari is extremely fast and well-optimised on iOS, certainly a bette
921.
by cbeach 11y ago
I guess if the original poster had chosen a better title for his HN submission, like "Android's good for progressive web apps" he wouldn't have started a flame war. "I ditched iPhone for Android" is always goin
922.
by cbeach 11y ago
Get equity or get out - make the promises binding.
923.
by cbeach 11y ago
I have nothing against people that choose to identify as whatever niche sexuality they fancy. But I do have a problem with them demanding special treatment to the nth degree, and claiming "discrimination" if their particular deman
924.
by cbeach 11y ago
... and don't forget androgynous, genderfluid, intergender, demigender, amalgagender http://gender.wikia.com/wiki/Non-binary God knows you wouldn't want to upset 0.0000001% of the entire population by leaving
925.
by cbeach 11y ago
The UK govt is equally eager to ban/compromise encryption, and I think the challenge for technologists is to find ways around this. How difficult would it be to develop a protocol that concealed encrypted payloads in innocent-looking p
926.
by cbeach 11y ago
How many public services are being oversubscribed because the lack of politics of barbed wire [UK]?
927.
by cbeach 11y ago
That "balance" doesn't seem to be contributing much to the economies of Muslim-majority countries, and their living standards, though, does it? Except for those nations sitting on abundant oil reserves, the Muslim world is ch
928.
by cbeach 11y ago
> under _his_ belt Social justice warriors coming to correct you in 3.. 2.. 1..
929.
by cbeach 11y ago
I don't think you understand my point. This isn't about eras of men or women. It's nothing to do with how men and women interact. My point was about eras of identity politics around gender.
930.
by cbeach 11y ago
Yes - I think this comment sums it up well. Remember how the media celebrated her appointment, focussing on her gender, as if the silver bullet of "gender diversity" will resolve the many problems we have in tech management. The m

More ›