choward

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841.
by choward 9y ago
Did they raise the price enough so I don't have to guess what amount they are underpaying and adding it to that line that says "tip" on the bill?
842.
by choward 9y ago
It's also dumb because it gives them incentive to just move to another country that doesn't care.
843.
by choward 9y ago
And yelp
844.
by choward 9y ago
I never trust any screenshot. Way too easy to fake.
845.
by choward 9y ago
> “I don’t think I’ll ever vote again,” she told the news outlet after her indictment. “That’s being honest. I’ll never vote again.” This reminds of an article I read about a city government considering fining people for putting non-recy
846.
by choward 9y ago
But you still have a Facebook account, so Zuck wins.
847.
by choward 9y ago
Even if you're paying for a product, you're probably still a product.
848.
by choward 9y ago
> This could have been a tweet Right. Everyone should give their content to third party if they want to share it.
849.
by choward 9y ago
That's how the world used to be. Now you're either a customer or not. You will always be the product.
850.
by choward 9y ago
Yep. It's fairly recent too. The patent is from 2015.
851.
by choward 9y ago
I can't seem to find the source code.
852.
by choward 9y ago
Glad you cleared that up. I feel better now.
853.
by choward 9y ago
My proof is that I didn't buy any Bitcoin.
854.
by choward 9y ago
Exactly. This is why I'm always hesitant to use 3rd party services. Whenever I use a new app, I make sure there is an exit strategy. It needs to either be open source and self hostable or have a way to export data easily.
855.
by choward 9y ago
Whenever I see some kind of project like this I expect to see an explanation of why the project exists or why I would want to use it, especially if there is another project it's trying to compete with. The only info I got was from the
856.
by choward 9y ago
The fact that they were okay with doing that to begin with is what concerns me.
857.
by choward 9y ago
Atrocious. They lock a pointless navigation bar to the top and changed the theme. Can someone explain why I would ever want to use this product. They bundled adware with their software ffs. Inexcusable. They need to just die.
858.
by choward 9y ago
And snow plows that my tax dollars pay for are what keep the roads clear for vehicles. Why isn't it the same way for the sidewalk? Why do I have to take care of public property?
859.
by choward 9y ago
No. Neither does it to the average person. I'm just saying doing a warmup before chores is not something that's common practice. Maybe it should be, but you can't just assume it is because it seems like the right thing to do
860.
by choward 9y ago
> Did you do warmups before shoveling snow? Seriously? Who does this?
861.
by choward 9y ago
While we're at it, can we stop talking about the Dow Jones Industrial Average?
862.
by choward 9y ago
True. It just becomes a new number to game.
863.
by choward 9y ago
Good point. The "so fast" part actually means nothing.
864.
by choward 9y ago
I still have no idea what his point was.
865.
by choward 9y ago
I knew there was a reason the media decided to make a big deal about a military video from 2004 yesterday. Pure distraction.
866.
by choward 9y ago
I didn't realize everything wrong with the world today could be summarized in such a short video.
867.
by choward 9y ago
Tips are just a way to trick people thinking items are less expensive than they really are. It's like service fees on your bills. Those should be included in the monthly price of the package, but since that's the price they get to
868.
by choward 9y ago
Pretty sure I'd fly off.
869.
by choward 9y ago
Is this open source? If not, I'm having trouble in seeing the point of using this when GIMP exists.
870.
by choward 9y ago
Are you just trying to play devil's advocate or do you really believe this? With HTTP, you're requesting access and then the server gives you the some information. It's up to the server to decide to give you the information.

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