doctorRetro

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by doctorRetro 8y ago
Agreed. I made a comment about this about another article a few weeks back that went too heavy on the visual story telling. Yes, it's cool that it looks like a magazine and all, but very difficult to focus on and hold the narrative. Se
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by doctorRetro 8y ago
The argument for switching to Firefox seems weak. I don't doubt there are very solid reasons to do so, however the author's argument comes down to "I, personally, just trust this one more, and I'm lazy and don't wan
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by doctorRetro 8y ago
Perhaps, but the comment is written from the consumer's perspective. Thank you for the insight, though.
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by doctorRetro 8y ago
Clarification. What is the steam tax you speak of? I understand when people use the term 'Apple tax' (for example), they're referring to a premium price on a premium product and the follow up premier prices that come with it.
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by doctorRetro 8y ago
And thanks to the outline link, I was able to read the article to conclusion. Very powerful and very interesting.
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by doctorRetro 8y ago
I don't feel like it makes reading interactive, so much as it makes reading laborious. Regardless of the quality, context, or merit of the picture, it's still a large, obtrusive break in the narrative. Paragraph, paragraph, paragr
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by doctorRetro 8y ago
Even on desktop I find this style of presentation distracting. It looks cool, I get it, but it doesn't feel conducive to story telling to break up the text with a screen filling image every N paragraphs.
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by doctorRetro 8y ago
> I have been toying with the idea that travel is the ultimate expression of selfishness and narcissism. Really? Because although I may not have travelled much, I can't say it's ever been "about me". Quite the opposit
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by doctorRetro 8y ago
As an aside, this very proposed scenario makes me wonder how many users with more casual image editing requirements PaintDotNet has taken from Photoshop.
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by doctorRetro 8y ago
> open source the famous and non interesting parts of its products. I appreciate you're probably referring to things such as the Windows kernel (just for an example), but this reads like an oxymoron. :)
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by doctorRetro 8y ago
While I, as a rule, try not to stand against good storytelling, I clicked far too many times while thinking "get to the point" before I just closed the tab.
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by doctorRetro 8y ago
I'll happily come to C#'s defense. I enjoyed working in C#. I miss working in C#. But I don't see much of this purported bashing and I don't see that it needs defending, really.
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by doctorRetro 8y ago
Exactly! It'd be different if the heading said "A Camera Lens Made from a Part of an Iceberg". But as it stands, I went in hopeful that an entire 'berg would be used in some creative or ingenious way.
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by doctorRetro 8y ago
Yeah, the title is a bit click-baity. I too was expecting some interesting experimental imagery where an entire iceberg was used as a lens, either literally or metaphorically.
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by doctorRetro 8y ago
Yep. When the atmosphere is being pushed hard as an asset, that tells me they're padding to make up for other deficiencies. Like everyone's first resume.
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by doctorRetro 8y ago
> New York is the most important city in the history of world civilization Uh huh. You and New York just keep telling yourselves that.
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by doctorRetro 8y ago
That's cool. Know what else would be cool and probably get more use? Fixing bugs, improving performance on large documents, and bringing the feature set more up to date.
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by doctorRetro 8y ago
I stopped reading at "as planet-X passes earth's orbit".
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by doctorRetro 8y ago
So basically, you're suggesting a union Kickstarter. Makes sense.
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by doctorRetro 8y ago
Upvoted. And I just want to say I agree completely. Your comments re: "not knowing the new hotness" and "led by academics who think the concerns of working programmers like me are beneath them" really strikes a chord wit
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by doctorRetro 8y ago
Yep. A few years back I tried out a handful of new apps, or at least new at the time. Two have folded, the third merged with another service and offers very basic backward compatibility. While I'm not a huge fan of Office, and I think
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by doctorRetro 8y ago
Yeah, this sounds like a way, way more complicated solution to a relatively simple problem than it needs to be. Someone decided to take the path of most resistance.
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Ask HN: Legacy Documentation Cleanup/Audit Procedures
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by doctorRetro 8y ago
"One day I decided to interrupt seasoning myself in the bat-cave and direct to my hometown to get some sunlight..." What?
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by doctorRetro 8y ago
If you're going to hop a fence to take a shortcut to your friend's house to play Mario Party after your last winter exam, check how deep the snow on the other side is first.
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by doctorRetro 8y ago
I would have severe reservations about working for an employer that resorted to his sort of dishonest tactic at an interview.
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by doctorRetro 8y ago
I really hate the tradition that Tales-From-Tech, etc. need to be overtly smug and condescending. Cut the attitude, tell a story, impart a lesson.
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by doctorRetro 8y ago
Agreed, agreed, agreed. Given that cloning an animal doesn't recreate the personality - same goes for Humans, of course - if you miss your beloved Rex, there's zero guarantee you'll get another Rex if you clone him, which sor
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by doctorRetro 8y ago
Gotcha. Thanks for the replies. Those are, sadly, about what I figured.
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by doctorRetro 8y ago
I had a previous job in the trucking industry, and while I wasn't involved in maintenance, I swear we had scenarios occur that match your observations eerily well. As an aside, this may be a dumb question, but why does a Sheriff in a &

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