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   by chasing 11y ago

   But it's not his money, right? Because it sounds like this is Kickstarter-funded... "Fail with other people's money, kids." I suppose that is a powerful lesson...
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   by chasing 11y ago

   > First we needed a mobile app to administer the server so we hired an experienced mobile developer through guru.com. His credentials were great but maybe it should have been a tip-off when, right after we made the first payment, the dev
3. 963.▲
   by chasing 11y ago

   I dunno, it actually kind of releases my inner editor. "What can I do to make this comment extra pithy?" I dislike that it's essentially impossible to share more complex ideas on Twitter, but that's different that just h
4. 964.▲
   by chasing 11y ago

   Split the difference: 5,070 character limit.
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   by chasing 11y ago

   I don't think people are reacting to that. Or, I don't think this would've made a stink if that had been couched in an otherwise polite and professional string of tweets.
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   by chasing 11y ago

   I'm happy that Buzzfeed is looking to diversify. But this person's just being an asshole.
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   by chasing 11y ago

   Creating "meaning" from words is a joint effort between the words on the page and the reader. It's not a joint effort between the words on the page, the reader, and the Pulitzer committee. It is snobbish to attempt to subve
8. 968.▲
   by chasing 11y ago

   This is the sort of Hot Take -- sourced from a year-old Buzzfeed article -- that's going to save Yahoo!...
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   by chasing 11y ago

   > There is no friendly way to say it, the mass market are morons... I hate this super-condescending attitude. Even if you do happen to be smarter than the average bear (which, don't pat yourself on the back yet: there may be things
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    by chasing 11y ago

    I mean, part of applying logic to the problem is saying, "Well, clearly they don't mean 209 salads and 209 drinks, since that's $1776.50 and they say right there that the take was $836.50." I'm okay with that sort o
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    by chasing 11y ago

    If you're not the person with either the most money or the most guns, anarchy ain't going to work out very well for you. Because once those with the largest amount of power don't have to play by any rules, well, it's g
12. 972.▲
    by chasing 11y ago

    I live in NYC, but not in Manhattan. Yes, helicopters fairly regularly fly over where I live. They can be very loud.
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    by chasing 11y ago

    I think if you follow the thread you'll see that I was responding to ilyanep's derisive comment about NYC as a whole being somehow unworthy of improvement. Yes, the article refers to something that affects a relatively small numbe
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    by chasing 11y ago

    And to extend your point: NYC != Midtown Manhattan Generally when people bitch about NYC in some kind of stereotypical way, they're complaining about Midtown. The majority of New Yorkers neither live in, work in, nor spend much time in
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    by chasing 11y ago

    I hate this weird condescending attitude about New York City. "NYC's a loud filthy crime trap. Everyone knows it. How dare people try to improve things." Generally speaking NYC is loud because of things people do. If we can r
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    by chasing 11y ago

    Maybe it's also not such a good idea to claim you know everyone else's needs and constraints...
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    by chasing 11y ago

    Which alternatives would people recommend?
18. 978.▲
    by chasing 11y ago

    That's not how the puzzles in The Witness work. At least not in my experience with the game so far.
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    by chasing 11y ago

    Well, it's a puzzle game. So I might argue that not being intuitive is kind of the point. And to that point, maybe one reason I've found so many recent major game titles boring recently is that there is no puzzle to them. They&#
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    by chasing 11y ago

    > How's everyone feeling about this? I'm feeling like you haven't played very far into the game. :-) And neither have I! The puzzles are definitely mostly panel-based, but the environment becomes very important to solving
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    by chasing 11y ago

    Yup, I've used MagicaVoxel on occasion and it's quite a bit of fun.
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    by chasing 11y ago

    > Has your content lasted 16 years? My first blog post is from 19 years ago. Before the term "blog" hit the scene, I believe. Just wanted to brag. :-) But it's also important just as a reminder that your content might last
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    by chasing 11y ago

    I understand. And my comment that "I just don't think there's any excuse" is kind of overstating my opinions on the matter... If the loss of control is worth the gain in ease, go nuts. Or if you don't really care if
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    by chasing 11y ago

    For someone with any amount of tech savvy, I just don't think there's any excuse for not posting writing on your own, self-hosted system. HTML in its most basic form is literally designed for this use case. Medium's cool now,
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    by chasing 11y ago

    > As for your anti-tax rant... if you want nice things (roads, schools, universities, clean air, judges, police, hospitals, child protective services, efficient postal mail, etc), someone has to pay for them. Charity is no substitute for
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    by chasing 11y ago

    Well, they're financial instruments. And like any financial instruments, they need to be understood. I'm not sure most people understand how stock options work.
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    by chasing 11y ago

    I think you're unfairly using some of TNR's worst moments to condemn their entire body of work. (And it's a little bizarre to mock them for being Jewish in literally the same sentence that you accuse them of racism.)
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    by chasing 11y ago

    Seems like Hughes had the resources and opportunity to make the New Republic into a publication which could produce important journalism without being threatened by the increasing commodification of content. His purchase of the magazine cou
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    by chasing 11y ago

    Yes. In many cases individuals are allowed to invoke the power of the state. By calling that power "violence" are you arguing that the state should not be able to take action to protect people?
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    by chasing 11y ago

    The knock-off looks cheaper and more likely to be made of shitty plastic. To my eyes.