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by emsy 5y ago
Nobody said the Remarkable shouldn't exist. The question was whether the lack of a feature that can be disabled is a feature, which it isn't. You know what else doesn't send notifications and doesn't even need a battery?
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by emsy 5y ago
Thanks for putting it so well. There are certainly some concepts that haven't been talked about in the public discourse and are true, the most important probably being the Russel-conjugation. And he's always been a bit whacky, but
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by emsy 5y ago
Your emotional comment is inappropriate. You seem to think that calling a team incompetent is the same as calling individuals incompetent, which it isn't.
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by emsy 5y ago
Incompetent is defined by Merriam-Webster as „lacking the qualities needed for effective action“ and „unable to function properly“. Incompetent is the correct word, all things considered. Protecting the feelings of the people involved by mi
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by emsy 5y ago
Some children hit a certain age and then just don’t give a shit. Can happen to the best parents. Honestly, the only thing toxic about it is that it sounds like the the child didn’t know it had been done to him. Let them know they have bound
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by emsy 5y ago
Do you prefer bad research because the researcher is liked? Because this is what it ultimately boils down to. Ideally, meritocracy would be the most important factor. I’m sure you wouldn’t want to be treated by the least competent but most
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by emsy 5y ago
>angry soap box lectures Have you ever considered that you are the one that’s wrong and emotional about it? No one wants to take the App Store away. In fact, I can think of many things the App Store could do to improve my experience. May
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by emsy 5y ago
Thank you. You don’t have to like blockchain stuff, but the level of discourse this topic invokes reminds me of TDS.
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by emsy 5y ago
5 people on earth would dominate humanity with handwritten APL.
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by emsy 5y ago
>I agree with apple. One of the reason iPads are so damn good is that they put some constraints on them to stop people doing horrible things. Virtualisation is one of those horrible things. The iPhone was originally planned not to have a
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by emsy 5y ago
That's why I wrote "virtually". Others suggested virtualization, which I think would be a good tradeoff that doesn't require usability changes to the underlying OS (and would finally put the processor to good use). Other
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by emsy 5y ago
Of course you're going to get a different experience than on a desktop OS, and you're not going to satisfy every programming environment. But between "virtually none" and "every" there is a huge space that iOS
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by emsy 5y ago
That’s a circular explanation. The iPad isn’t suitable for programming because it isn’t suitable for programming. The limitation is completely arbitrary because Apple thinks they can tell users what they should use their devices for. It’s “
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by emsy 5y ago
Ever heard of Snowden, Manning and Assange (who isn’t even a US citizen!)? While I agree that the US isn’t China or Russia, it’s closer to those than other western countries. If you told someone in Europe about asset forfeitures, they would
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by emsy 5y ago
Fax them a complaint.
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by emsy 5y ago
What, you mean it’s not spelled “silicone valley”?
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by emsy 5y ago
I have aphantasia and I think of a very generic cup, akin to a stock image. It’s only a faint image, what’s more prominent is the concept of a cup.
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by emsy 5y ago
Google is so good at shutting things down they offer it as a service for other companies.
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by emsy 5y ago
What happened to the idea that you should make up your own mind? And if you’re not allowed to do that, who vets the information? And who vets the vetters?
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by emsy 5y ago
I wouldn’t know, because they’re deleted.
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by emsy 5y ago
Yes, there are occasional episodes with quacks. But using those to dismiss the whole show is blatantly ignorant.
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by emsy 5y ago
This is actually an argument for allowing multiple stores, because I already receive spam (just today as a matter of fact!). So this might be an incentive for Apple to actually enforce their guidelines to keep users on their store.
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by emsy 5y ago
Don't. Install. If you think Apple's vetting process is adequate protection, exclusively use their App Store. Websites can also siphon your data, yet Safari let's me browse the websites unfiltered.
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by emsy 5y ago
I have yet to see a downside of this bill that isn’t solved by deleting or not installing offending apps.
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by emsy 5y ago
Oh oh, they're coming for the shape rotators!
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by emsy 5y ago
The first part of your reply doesn't line up with the second. In what way are 3D TVs a healthy niche? They are mostly dead. I also can't remember anyone actually using their 3D TV or buying a TV because of its 3D capabilities (mos
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by emsy 5y ago
why do you regret having married? What is your long term goal in life?
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by emsy 5y ago
It’s much easier to use for laypeople, works without special network settings and is cross platform. But since I work in tech this is usually not a problem (although there are exceptions).
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by emsy 5y ago
I had to use TV professionally for a 1-day gig and they cancelled my connection because of commercial use. Sure, I thought I earn money with it it’s only fair if I paid. The cheapest plan available was for a year long license. I called the
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