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by dao- 8y ago
When journalists fail to adhere to journalistic standards they should be criticized for that. What's your point?
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by dao- 8y ago
I'm sure it's not just you but you could still be wrong. :> What you consider alternative / independent journalists could be charlatans by journalistic standards. It's hard to say in the abstract.
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by dao- 8y ago
It's not just plain communication. Facebook controls what you see and their algorithms encourage rage because it gets users engaged.
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by dao- 8y ago
> So it's bad if they do share data, but also bad if they don't? Yeah. I'm guessing they have a bad business model.
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by dao- 8y ago
This my be true as a rule of thumb. Different rules apply to monopolies (in most developed countries anyway), as different dynamics come into play and hinder innovation.
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by dao- 8y ago
I think Linux is quite a bit different. Firefox shares its space with applications that have the same privilege, making sideloading into Firefox much easier, especially on Windows. And then Linux is also niche enough as a consumer OS that i
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by dao- 8y ago
If by third-party you mean unsigned, then yes, I think that's incorrect.
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by dao- 8y ago
> If a construct can be used to "prove" various known-false statements then it has no value in proving anything. Yes, if... But it can't. That criticism of my statement didn't make sense. > There is no proof of it
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by dao- 8y ago
Where did I assert something similar to your example? It seems like a false analogy. The criticism wasn't even that my logic was flawed but that the same argument could somehow be made to justify any user-hostile action. If the problem
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by dao- 8y ago
You said "exactly because of choice of third-party addons" and that's what I'm questioning. I'm not questioning whether addons in general are important for a significant share of users.
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by dao- 8y ago
Quantum changed the API model, not whether you could install unsigned addons, so that's a different discussion.
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by dao- 8y ago
We have telemetry data on performance, user retention, installed addons and how these things correlate.
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by dao- 8y ago
Sure, you can always claim that some random lockdown is vital. The thing is, not every assertion is the same. Yours could be nonsense while mine could still be true.
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by dao- 8y ago
How significant? Firefox' market share was falling rapidly. (It still is declining, but not as dramatically.)
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by dao- 8y ago
No? First of all, I'm saying that allowing sideloading is actually hostile to the majority of users, and I'm also saying this threatened the very survival of Mozilla, so this needs to be part of the consideration.
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by dao- 8y ago
Well, it's actually a been big problem for Windows, and installing unsigned software on Windows is harder than it used to be. Also, luckily for Microsoft, installing another OS is harder than using another browser. (I say using, not in
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by dao- 8y ago
Your first paragraph reads a bit crazy and I imagine that's why you're being downvoted, but as you're expanding your idea in the second paragraph I think you might have a point.
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by dao- 8y ago
It's not gonna happen. Firefox would be dead by now if it still allowed bad or incompetent actors to make Firefox unusable (as in slow, unstable, and btw insecure), because users wouldn't keep up with that for too long. They'
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by dao- 8y ago
Not all proteins are the same. Also keep in mind that it took humans some time of evolution to be able to digest cow milk.
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by dao- 8y ago
> It isn't literally milk It isn't cow milk, but other than that I'm not really sure what you're saying. Milk is what you get when milking an animal. It's a pretty broad term. However I do doubt that this would b
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by dao- 8y ago
It's unlikely that there's a corporate decision behind this. I wouldn't even call this a corporate platform. Let me copy-paste a comment from further below that deserves more attention: https://news.ycombinator.com
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by dao- 8y ago
There's a video embedded at the bottom, "Electronic Popables by Jie Qi": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI-6wMlaVTc
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by dao- 8y ago
So what is it? I'm on my phone and don't feel like downloadig a random PDF just for curiosity...
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Former GM exec: Kiss the good times goodbye (2017)(autonews.com)
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by dao- 8y ago
Where do you live and why are US drones a reason to criticize Israel? You're right that the term is a bit nebulous, but this isn't a new problem. E.g. criminal law already treats terrorism differently in many countries. As is ofte
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by dao- 8y ago
IBAN == bank account number with the bank info baked in, although I think for foreign transfers you might still have to provide the bank code separately. I've never been asked for an address when doing a wire transfer. From what I&#x27
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by dao- 8y ago
I think it means people can't send pictures (of their penises etc.). Profile pictures are public anyway.
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by dao- 8y ago
As the article says, different species are affected differently. It's really not that hard to understand that you observing snakes and birds and rabbits in your yard doesn't disprove an extensive scientific study covering all kind
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by dao- 8y ago
I stopped eating meat five years ago and made the decision not to get a car. It's a start but it's not enough. I'd welcome the government forcing more change on me, but more importantly I want the government to encourage if n
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by dao- 8y ago
Don't worry, look at the bright side. E.g. I heard the US economy enjoys a 4% growth rate and that can only be a good thing! Right?

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