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by dmortin 8y ago
> total wanker. ads do not benefit users So would you be prepared to pay for every site you visit? I visit dozens of sites a day (e.g. by following links to new articles). If you had to pay for all of them it would quickly come up to a h
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by dmortin 8y ago
Unlike Turkey, Hungary is a small country surrounded by EU countries, dependent on EU economic relations, so there are limits how far Orban can go. But he and his cronies have pocketed a lot of EU money, that's for sure.
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by dmortin 8y ago
Which also means users can't use them either. Sometimes I want to use a different mailinator domain, but loading the homepage usually only shows the known domains.
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There is a difference between learning a system and getting stuck on some configuration detail. It's very frustrating when you want to understand a system and you're stuck with some error which is not your fault, but it's som
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by dmortin 8y ago
What about browser fingerprinting? If you use the same browser then they know it's you from the same fingerprint, so they can still track you if they want.
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The question is if I want to learn one or the other which should I learn? Is React the better choice if I want to learn something which may also potenitally be useful when applying for new jobs?
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Maybe they can't do all jobs, but it can be still a problem if they take other jobs. E.g. if self driving cars can be perfected then you'll need much less cab drivers and truckers. Or if they invent cleaning robots which can clean
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But what is that standard? If today someboday has a big house and two cars, and robots take his job in the future then can he expect his UBI will be enough to maintain the big house and 2 cars, because that is his current standard of living
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If it will be like minimum wage then many people are mistaken thinking that they will be able live on UBI in the future and maintain their current lifestyles (big house, two cars, etc.).
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The question is what kind of standard of living can be provided for people who can't get a job in this future? If they can live at an acceptable level (which can have differing interpretations!), then it's the better case. But if
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Of course, people have different needs. My point was it's possible one wouldn't be able to maintain one's current standard of living if out of job and living on this future UBI. Then people would want to work to regain at lea
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The problem is if UBI is implemented then it may turn out like some kind of basic standard of living (small flat, free public transportation, etc.) And if you want more then you'll have to work in some high skilled job to earn extra mo
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by dmortin 8y ago
Automation won't mean the end of work, but if robots take over the simpler jobs then lots of people will be out of work who won't be able to find new work. There will still be jobs requiring higher education, but not as many as ma
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by dmortin 8y ago
Why did it take VIM so long to get this? Emacs has this feature for 30 years or so.
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Per website or per developer account, that is the question, because one developer can have several sites using maps.
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by dmortin 8y ago
I don't know about Apple maps, but Mapbox's address geocoding is pretty useless for smaller countries, e.g. in Eastern Europe, while Google can provide excellent geocoding for addresses there too. It's a shame they will switc
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by dmortin 8y ago
Do you need a paid Apple developer account for this too? I don't like to give my credit card details just to use the free limits.
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by dmortin 8y ago
I hope it will affect Google's pricing, so I don't have to rewrite everything.
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If it's a one time task then there is no need for a script, but if you have to do it again and again then it's very much worth it to write a script.
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Emacs usually doesn't choke on large files, but it chokes on very long lines. E.g. SQL dumps and such.
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Their review is only hidden for a while to make sure it's real. The current situation is dismal, it has to be fixed somehow. There is no perfect solution, because the completely open approach is abused by spammers. It may not be the be
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by dmortin 8y ago
The user would see his own review like today. The user wouldn't notice anything unusual. What would be the unpleasent experience? Surely, you don't think that average users check their reviews from private browsing tabs to make su
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by dmortin 8y ago
Then allow them to write reviews like normal, but the review would actually be visible only for them in their trial period. The user would see the review, others wouldn't, and after 1 or 2 weeks when the user activity confirms the user
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by dmortin 8y ago
Allowing reviews only from active accounts could at least alleviate the problem and in case of Google it can even check the account's activity via its various services. A google account cannot really be low activity if its owner browse
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by dmortin 8y ago
Since the problem of fake reviews is pretty serious I think it would be an acceptable compromise if fresh accounts could not write reviews. The account would need a bit of history, e.g. one or two weeks, before allowing it to write reviews.
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by dmortin 8y ago
> at the end of the day sometimes you literally have no practical way of knowing if a review is fake or not Can't you check the account itself? If the account's behavior over time shows signs it's an actual human user ins
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by dmortin 8y ago
Would you buy a car which can drive itself in good weather? Many people would, because depending on the weather the car would just drive itself most of the time and you could just chill out. If the weather is good it drives itself. If the r
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Even if they can work only in good weather it can have a big impact. If, say, 50% of driving time can be automated that will bring big changes.
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Truck drivers will still be needed off the highway, but their salaries will also be reduced if they have to drive, e.g., for only 10-20 percent of the way. They will only be helpers for the self driving truck, not the main drivers like toda
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by dmortin 8y ago
Emacs and other editors are like cars. Some like small cars, some others like fast cars or foreign cars, etc. Use what you like the best. I use Emacs for some tasks, but for example, for Android development I use Android Studio, because tha

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