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by drcube 14y ago
The problem isn't entitlement, but ignorance. Everyone should know by now that when you post content on a web service, you're saying "Take this, it's yours. No really, take it, do what you want with it. If you want to delete it without expl
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by drcube 14y ago
You have a blog, post your videos there. Stay off of Youtube, because it has shitty policies like this. Easy peasy. Don't complain when people or companies abuse the control you voluntarily gave them over your content and creations. Take th
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by drcube 14y ago
This is similar to the problem Windows had in the 90s. Except back then the only user account they had was Administrator. So this "tablet problem" is more secure in a malware sense if not privacy. Still, multiple users has been a solved pro
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by drcube 14y ago
Every couple of weeks since I started using Android, I've checked the Play store to see if Emacs was there. So even though I don't know what I'll do with it yet, I'm excited to download the GNU Emacs app. Anybody have any ideas for what to
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by drcube 14y ago
All the people I want to email are on hotmail. I'd like them to switch to gmail but they haven't budged. Well, I guess I have to stick with the email my friends use. Does this sound ridiculous? It should. It is equally ridiculous that users
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by drcube 14y ago
This shouldn't be necessary. The default behavior of web services should be no tracking, whatsoever, unless specifically agreed to in writing by the user. This should be enforced by laws, not a toothless organization like W3C, and there sho
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by drcube 14y ago
What formula? It is concrete reinforced with rebar. My guess is the OP just misremembered the specific thing the patron invented. It's a great story either way.
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by drcube 14y ago
You're right that the current Linux market is quite different from the market as a whole. But a great killer app like Steam could bring a lot of "normals" over from other platforms and change that. It's basically a chicken and egg problem t
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by drcube 14y ago
>Several OEM's do just that, but nobody is buying. Who? Dell has one 11" Ubuntu laptop on their website, and you have to try really hard to find it. System 76 has no marketing budget whatsoever. Anybody else? Have you ever seen a Linux
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by drcube 14y ago
One of these companies needs to put their weight into getting OEMs to pre-install Linux. Imagine if you had to install the OS onto a Playstation or Xbox before you could play a game? No wonder nobody makes money on Linux. Notice that nobody
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by drcube 14y ago
I honestly don't understand how this can be legal. There's precedent, at least in the US. The Bell system was forced to allow non-AT&T hardware on their network. Automobile manufacturers were required to allow third parties to service v
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by drcube 14y ago
Outside of transfering money, I think you should structure your site so that logins are not necessary. For example, if I wasn't the only "drcube" on Hacker News, I wouldn't be upset. Names in meat space aren't unique, why should we expect t
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by drcube 14y ago
Phone numbers aren't useful or readable, so the machines that talk to each other use those and I just click "Mary" in my contacts list. I don't think such a system would be difficult to put in place on the web right now. Linking is done wit
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by drcube 14y ago
It applies to the period in algebra instruction devoted specifically to quadratic equations. It's a first step towards the concept of "multiply all combinations and combine like terms", taught at a time when solving and factoring quadratic
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by drcube 14y ago
Dude, they aren't "giving" away jobs. This isn't a charity. You don't hire people unless you need them to make money, and then you do whatever it takes to help them make you money. If it wasn't in the best financial interests of the employe
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by drcube 14y ago
I should mention that I looked it up, and Australian dollars are almost 1:1 with US dollars. So, yeah, those numbers are high. Good for your nephew.
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by drcube 14y ago
My point is that apprentice technicians and tradesmen offset the cost of their training by working for the company that trains them. Maybe not entirely, but if not, they make it up by being more productive after training than someone who
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by drcube 14y ago
1) Are you from Australia? I'm not, so those numbers looked high to me, until I remembered that Aussie dollars are worth about half of American dollars. 2) People, in general, don't spend their money wisely. 3) Unlike a college grad, trades
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by drcube 14y ago
I'm pretty sure it's been the main conduit for viruses for a while now.
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by drcube 14y ago
"Our view is that content knowledge alone is inadequate for quality instruction." I cannot disagree more. The best teachers I had were college professors who were all experts in their field and never took a class on pedagogy or education. B
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by drcube 14y ago
Yeah, I wouldn't consider $300 up front "free". It's an amortized price, similar to XM Radio's $400 lifetime subscription fee. Frankly, I'd like to see more amortized pricing like this.
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by drcube 14y ago
I put pepper on pizza. If you have meat or cheese on your pizza, adding salt is just too much (for me).
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by drcube 14y ago
This is bullshit, in a lot of ways. 1) This isn't a file system. It's a file structure. 2) Presumably I can still make directories inside of other directories if I want to, right? Given that this isn't an actual "new file system", they can'
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by drcube 14y ago
Yes. This isn't about piracy, this is about personal property rights. The OP essentially decried the existence of my personal property because it hampers his ability to make money. I expect to be able to load software of my choosing on ha
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by drcube 14y ago
Congrats, you've summed up every debate ever. I guess we can shut down this website, huh? How about, "People who want to violate my property rights by crippling the digital devices I own (and/or refusing to let me own such open devices in t
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by drcube 14y ago
I would think it is obvious, all other things being equal, that fewer letters are more memorable, easier to type, etc. Of course, if it is 5-letter gibberish versus 6- or 7-letter "real" words, the real words would probably win. But now, we
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by drcube 14y ago
If the FDA has "confidential agency information", they are doing it wrong.
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by drcube 14y ago
So, your argument is that no one should open bars ever? Unless the neighbors get to vote and agree on it? Who counts as a neighbor? (I understand "the city" represents the neighbors and passes zoning laws, etc. That this is currently the ca
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by drcube 14y ago
I really like Octopart and this feature is great. But was I the only one expecting to find out how much a 6502 cost in 1975? Or how much the original x86 chips cost on launch? Was the 80386 cheaper than the 8086 when they were introduced?
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by drcube 14y ago
Like the 20th century, with IBM and Ma Bell. Or else every industry will be just like the current monopoly and duopoly dominated electric utility, POTS phone service, and ISP industries. Once a company has staked a place in a new industry,

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