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by edko 10y ago
I do not see how stopping the sale of iPhones in Nebraska would help Apple solve the potential loss of revenue from the new competition in the repairs market. The main thing it would do is reduce sales revenue. I think every shareholder (ba
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by edko 10y ago
There is this guy in Omaha, the one whose company owns over 57 million Apple shares, who might care.
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by edko 10y ago
To save Nebraska, maybe Apple should campaign for similar laws to be passed in all states; then, there will no incentive for the hackers to move there.
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by edko 10y ago
Rather than cut prices (I think $5 is low enough), I would prefer if they would beef up their specs. For $5, DO gives you only 512MB vs 1GB from Linode.
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by edko 10y ago
It compares pretty well. It is possible to define Scala bindings to JS libraries, so you can use them more or less seamlessly. Bindings to the most popular ones (jQuery, React, etc.) are already defined, and actively maintained. It is relat
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by edko 10y ago
That's an old stereotype. I go there often, and, in my experience, it doesn't hold anymore.
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by edko 10y ago
I don't know Haskell either, but the book starts from scratch. It can be followed with no problem.
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by edko 10y ago
Type-driven development with Idris ( https://www.manning.com/books/type-driven-development-with-i... ). It was a real eye-opener of what types can do.
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by edko 10y ago
I think a closer McDonald's analogy would be if it did not allow Coca-Cola to sell its drinks elsewhere.
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by edko 10y ago
Yes, but they do that as a buyer: you have to sell to them at the most favorable price. Then they will sell it at whatever price they see fit. If they want to bundle it for free with a toaster, they do not force you to do the same. Apple, o
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by edko 10y ago
I think there is a difference, though: I'd imagine Walmart would buy a certain amount of copies of your game, and they would negotiate their purchase price, squeezing you as much as they can. Then they would mark it up and sell it on t
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by edko 10y ago
There used to be a rule for the Mac App Store (I don't know if it is there anymore) that forbade developers from selling the same app at a lower price somewhere else. Wouldn't this be a case of anti-competitive price-fixing?
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by edko 10y ago
Maybe, in the not so distant future, the use of VR in real estate will be to give everybody a seaview mansion when, in reality, they live within four boring walls.
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by edko 10y ago
I sometimes get the impression that all the secrecy, and leaks, and rumors, etc. are a game they play to generate anticipation and excitement about their products. There is no surprise when they announce, but we are all awaiting the big eve
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by edko 10y ago
Some years ago, I bought a perpetual license for FlashBuilder 4.7. Recently, it failed to build an Air package because the product, which hasn't been updated for years, connects to an obsolete time server. To fix the problem, I followe
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by edko 10y ago
Even Cuba and North Korea hold elections.
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by edko 10y ago
I am not sure I understand this: if I develop an application and distribute it using the installer that embeds the JVM, then I owe Oracle??
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by edko 10y ago
The JVM: it is not only Java than runs on it, but Scala, Clojure, Ceylon, etc. Although many of these languages support other compilation targets (JavaScript, for example), the JVM is always their main and most powerful platform.
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by edko 10y ago
I switched from a MacBook Pro to a Dell XPS 13 (Kaby Lake i7). From a hardware point of view, it is an excellent machine, and I do not miss Apple at all. What I do miss terribly is macOS.
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by edko 10y ago
I am reluctantly thinking of jumping ship too. What is keeping me back is that, I remember, a little while after Windows 10 was released, there was a scandal because it sent users' data back to Microsoft, disregarding privacy settings.
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by edko 10y ago
Just wondering: if I ran two instances of your application, would I have "guríes" or "gurises"? :-)
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by edko 10y ago
Just nitpicking: you use the Spanish flag to switch languages, but the grammatical person and verb conjugation you use are generally not currently used in Spain.
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by edko 10y ago
I would be willing to pay for a macOS license that would allow it to run in any machine I like. This will probably never happen but, who knows, if Microsoft has become a Platinum member of the Linux Foundation, anything can happen.
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by edko 10y ago
"Even Dr. Steven Novella, host of the Skeptics Guide to the Universe podcast, has said on the air that the digits of pi are random. They are not. First of all, they are 100% predictable by calculating pi." Does this mean that rand
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by edko 10y ago
I was not familiar with it. I will check it out. Thanks for the suggestion.
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by edko 10y ago
I agree that maybe those presidents would not have been necessarily bad. Maybe, if Dole would have won, G.W. Bush would have never been elected, and the world would now be a very different (and better) place. I think malleable politicians a
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by edko 10y ago
I think you are right, and I apologize to @mattnewton for accusing him of downvoting me, without factual proof. I will not erase my comment because I think his response and yours are valuable.
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by edko 10y ago
It is very ironic you mention class struggle. You belong to the class of HN users who have the right to down-vote comments. I do not. You use your class' prerogative to down-vote my comments, in an attempt to censor my thoughts. Not be
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by edko 10y ago
No. I am saying moral principles change with the times, and politics is a process that reflects and adapts to the times. Remember 2008's Obama: where was he on gay marriage? Was he such an open advocate? What about all previous preside
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by edko 10y ago
"Equal rights for people regardless of race, creed or gender identity" is not a Bernie exclusive. You do not win elections by being right (if you need proof, look at current events). Sometimes, being too absolutely right, and not

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