derrickdirge

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by derrickdirge 10y ago
On mobile safari it completely fills the back button history, making it impossible to actually go back. Pretty egregious UX.
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by derrickdirge 10y ago
It's still helpful if your representatives can say 'I've received n calls from outraged constituents!' There's little reason you couldn't raise money and make a phone call.
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by derrickdirge 10y ago
I feel like in this case you should be able to give them the benefit of the doubt. Do you really believe that they were advocating for violent protests in a list of legitimate, peaceful political activities?
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by derrickdirge 10y ago
You make it sound as though no one has a choice in their job. Like jackbooted thugs from Fox show up on your doorstep and say "we heard you write comedy; you're coming with us." There's no shortage of talented creative p
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by derrickdirge 10y ago
Yes, but it's a fictional universe, so you're free to disregard any elements of it that fall outside of your favorite entries into the canon. If you think that some new works expand the universe in a stupid direction, there's
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by derrickdirge 10y ago
I don't know that making a new season of a tv show is anything like building on top of the Great Pyramids of Giza. It's like building another pyramid. I certainly don't think that the Luxor hotel and casino in Las Vegas dimin
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by derrickdirge 10y ago
Isn't it interesting how only the elderly participate actively in politics in the US, and somehow the US political landscape is completely controlled by the elderly? What a weird coincidence. Someone should tell them that political act
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by derrickdirge 10y ago
If the visuals don't contribute to the storytelling, then why watch movies at all? Why not just listen to radio plays?
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by derrickdirge 10y ago
I would think the greatest value in that scenario would be in sharing in a new experience with friends. But I don't know your friends.
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by derrickdirge 10y ago
>This "stop doing something because I personally don't like it!" mentality is what should be done away with. Couldn't agree more. It's the same mentality that makes people declare that "[arbitrary tv show] s
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by derrickdirge 10y ago
How is the 3D fad keeping you from seeing 2D movies at the theater?
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by derrickdirge 10y ago
The same way a slender minority forced just about the worst possible President on the American people.
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by derrickdirge 10y ago
Hopefully this time everyone will remember how difficult bad things are.
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by derrickdirge 10y ago
> the american state, which distributes the federal taxes somewhat more "evently", and there's no "Us vs Them" mentality. The level of naïveté displayed in this comment is shocking.
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by derrickdirge 10y ago
> global destiny Does this mean what it sounds like it means?
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by derrickdirge 10y ago
I've spent years not being able to find a functional organization strategy due to this very trap.
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by derrickdirge 10y ago
I'd be interested to know how a starving individual being kept in solitary confinement in a cold cell in standing water, regularly subjected to treatment intended to apply physical and psychological pressure, could be framed as anythin
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by derrickdirge 10y ago
"While in custody, you will be subjected to whatever torture is necessary to protect you from yourself. "
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by derrickdirge 10y ago
Why do any rule variants have to be a part of the lichess platform?
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by derrickdirge 10y ago
It doesn't seem like it was that long ago that Apple was marketing Safari as the least power-hungry browser.
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by derrickdirge 10y ago
Exactly. With obscenity laws and laws outlawing certain drawings and such, porn is just the low hanging fruit.
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by derrickdirge 10y ago
But where is there to go?
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by derrickdirge 10y ago
The upside for the mentor is that their methods are carried through to the next generation of developers.
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by derrickdirge 10y ago
Maybe the wisdom should be "the compiler is saner than you."
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by derrickdirge 10y ago
"Oh, did we say 'your data'? Because we meant 'our asses.'"
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by derrickdirge 10y ago
Do you think the low quality of the content has anything to do with the fact that advertisers pay for ratings? Conventional wisdom dictates that the best way to boost ratings is to appeal to the lowest common denominator.
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by derrickdirge 10y ago
But if the public doesn't like how the government is running a public institution, they can elect different public officials. To have anything resembling a similar amount of say about how a privately funded media company operates, I ha
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by derrickdirge 10y ago
By that reasoning they are currently much less likely to bite the hands of all of their corporate advertisers. Is a broadcasting company that's accountable to private corporations really preferable to one that's accountable to the
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by derrickdirge 10y ago
Well, the BBC does receive three times the public funding, so it's really not a fair comparison.
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by derrickdirge 10y ago
You're already paying $36/year and dealing with ads. Going ad-free and getting sixteen extra minutes per hour of additional television content isn't worth an extra $9 every year ?

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