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by dejb 16y ago
> But how many non-geeks will be installing software outside that store? Depends how strict the app store policy is I guess. If Apple allowed this option then I'm sure a lot of geek and non-geek users would take up the option. > Per
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by dejb 16y ago
Android users and developers aren't totally dependent on their app store like iOS users are since they can install software from outside the store. This is where the openness comes in, NOT because of what they chose to allow in their app st
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by dejb 16y ago
This article actually does a good job of explaining both sides of these 'logical fallacies' including why they aren't always invalid. It's the best job I've seen so far of refuting the 'Fallacy Fallacy'. In particular it points out how the
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by dejb 16y ago
The author of the origin post says - that's who. Should every view that anyone makes about anything have to be backed by a scientific study?
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by dejb 16y ago
I think you are going overboard about the 'offensive slur'. If you replace 'fan boys' with 'uncritical supporters' or 'evangelical fans' then the point stands. If you are arguing that there doesn't exist a certain grouping of uncritical and
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by dejb 16y ago
> You just have to make sure that when you do decide to make a post that points out flaws in Apple this or that, your post should be well thought out - and avoid being inflammatory. Actually this argument reminds me of the concept of an
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by dejb 16y ago
Interesting article (or at least the first part of it). Just to clarify I did not believe that believe that the word 'fanboy' by itself specifically referred to Apple 'evangelists'. The meaning as defined by the article does however describ
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by dejb 16y ago
> Yes, Windows tablet computers relied on the stylus. I've used a couple. So this was not an example of them creating a concept product. Right? That was the point I was making. However valid and insightful the article you linked to may
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by dejb 16y ago
> Throwing around the phrase "fan boy" does no one any good, and certainly won't help your karma. True but in many ways the 'definite bias favoring Apple on Hacker News' does actually validate the concept of a cluster of people that cou
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by dejb 16y ago
There have been commercial windows tablet computers out for years now. From a number of different manufacturers. I think their problem was that they went with the stylus interface instead of fingers. That and they don't have that 'reality d
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by dejb 16y ago
> the iPhone 4 is the best smartphone on the market right now If they are only releasing one phone per year it certainly needs to be. I'm guessing it still will be by the time people can actually buy them but for how much longer after t
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by dejb 16y ago
I can't help but think that a similarly phrased argument supporting Apple and denigrating a competitor would not be down voted so rapidly. I mean 'everything else after that is bullshit' seems a little opinionated as well. > I thought
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by dejb 16y ago
> How do they sound like a manager? In short Yes. It sounds like - They tell you what to do way more than the reverse. I'm guessing they have more autonomy in their area. - You are a lot more worried about what they think of your perfor
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by dejb 16y ago
Seriously nobody else can see that this blows a gapping whole in his reasoning in the second part of the article? This is the mental model he is using to argue that sharing information leads to a massive increase in power imbalances and is
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by dejb 16y ago
> You can think of your existing power as the exponent in an equation that determines the value, to you, of more information. The more power you have, the more additional power you derive from the new data. so P = (i + I) ^ p where p =
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by dejb 16y ago
I prefer the other sounds that crowds make such as cheering, booing, singing, playing drums, banging the stands in sync, the occasional trumpet. The Vuvuzela totally blocks all of these out, replacing them with a monotone buzz. To me it des
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by dejb 16y ago
Great observation. I'd say this applies to all musicians.
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by dejb 16y ago
Why do they have to introduce a new ball for the world cup anyway? Surely it reduces the quality of the play to have a ball that nobody is familiar with. Not the best advertisement for the game for the casual viewer to see people making mis
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by dejb 16y ago
In the case of HN I don't see a problem with vitriol being rewarded more than politeness. Generally it seems there is already a strong bias towards civility in terms of voting. Just as insults don't add to the discussion neither does apolog
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by dejb 16y ago
I don't think the name 'Pirate Party' will work in Australia. They won't get any support (financial or otherwise) from any credible organisations. From what I've seen people are turning to the Greens as anti-filtering party.
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by dejb 16y ago
Any world view that doesn't account for what you describe is certainly lacking. Edit: Actually I read the whole article and it does seem to get a bit weird and certainly seems somewhat less than a completely scholarly work.
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by dejb 16y ago
Sharing code is probably the most important way that devices can work together. > The whole concept of a multi-platform framework is anti-innovation, anti-diversity Explain to me please how 'shared open standards' are fundamentally diff
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by dejb 16y ago
> Apple only needs two things: (one) An open market of multiple competing platforms with shared open standards and protocols so that devices can work together. Share open standards? They won't even accept any other language for apps oth
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by dejb 16y ago
I have a problem voting for a comment that is entirely in brackets. Feels it could cause a divide by zero problem if the bracketed part doesn't count thus rending the comment to be of infinite value per character.
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by dejb 16y ago
So you thought the central argument was about the weather? Really? It does seem that a lot of people agreed with you. Getting a geographic breakdown by voter/region would be fascinating. Anyway I think we all now know that (for better or wo
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by dejb 16y ago
The timezone is an issue. I'd prefer to see the times in my timezone rather than South Africa.
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by dejb 16y ago
> It's not just for search engines (we try to help with, for example, how/why people retweet, link, share content, "like" on FB, ... and how to get a popular item on news.yc :) I guess it just goes to prove your point that you can can
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by dejb 16y ago
> The civility on HN is unparallelled. Try looking at lesswrong. Scary. I think prefer the odd venomous irrational spew at the moment rather than having to mathematically prove my opinion. Good reading though.
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by dejb 16y ago
I agree that the personal attacks are unfair. But when you look at his role of CEO of a company that wields as much power as Facebook it is unsurprising that a lot of people are going to be interested in his foibles. The more power they hav
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by dejb 16y ago
> how many orders of magnitude is developing for the web safer than developing for Windows? Depends on the primary source of your visitors/customers. If that's Google (as is the case with many web companies) then they could introduce a

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