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901.
by gress 12y ago
This is because 'X is killing Y' is almost always a meaningless analogy designed to generate controversy rather than understanding.
902.
by gress 12y ago
The publishers had the federal government on their back because of lobbying from Amazon.
903.
by gress 12y ago
Not at all. If you're just talking about what a bunch of other companies do, it's reasonable to say why doesn't apple do X? One you start calling it an 'industry standard' you give false authority to what is basica
904.
by gress 12y ago
Shame on you for your appeal to authority. The question is do the statistics support Piketty's interpretation or not. Not who generated them.
905.
by gress 12y ago
You didn't read the article.
906.
by gress 12y ago
Those aren't industry standards. However with the exception of posting updates, I totally agree that Apple should do this with every service they operate, whether customer or developer facing.
907.
by gress 12y ago
Matt isn't saying anything to contradict Jacques, other than the pedantic 'it does do something '. But Jacques point that it doesn't do anything to protect your privacy from Google still stands.
908.
by gress 12y ago
I don't deny that it feels bad. I have filed radars and had them trivially closed or marked as duplicates. However, you are flat out wrong to say it's "Lazy", because that implies that they have the time and resources t
909.
by gress 12y ago
Which industry standards are you referring to?
910.
by gress 12y ago
Probably a lot worse in terms of personal interaction, but then Microsoft scaled up as a platform decades ago and so have had much more time to build out this part of their operation. That is kind of my point.
911.
by gress 12y ago
Concluding that Apple doesn't care about developers has become a vogue statement to make partly because Marco has taken to saying it routinely. It's not totally unreasonable to needle at Apple because there are lots of things they
912.
by gress 12y ago
Do you know anything about current icloud stability for document syncing? I agree that scenario 1 is not hypothetical, and that iCloud was too unusable unstable for the first two years. I personally avoided including it in my apps for th
913.
by gress 12y ago
This isn't about trying to defend iCloud's teething problems, so these links are irrelevant. Yes, there are risks associated with using a 3rd party service. However if you don't use one, you are claiming that you can do bett
914.
by gress 12y ago
You have this the wrong way around. If you roll your own sync service, then you become the weak link in the user's system. Given how much effort it takes to get this stuff right and to maintain the service, it is irresponsible to do
915.
by gress 12y ago
Thanks - that looks like it was an autocorrect typo and the edit window has closed.
916.
by gress 12y ago
Your argument seems to be twofold: 1. Because there is already a lot of monitoring, there is no need to be concerned about adding more, even of people who have no power to opt out of it. 2. Effectiveness at achieving the stated goals is e
917.
by gress 12y ago
> That's capitalism; don't hate the player, hate the game. Try some other words in there and see how you feel: "That's fascism; don't hate the player, hate the game." At least it's clear that you wish t
918.
by gress 12y ago
This. Trust is a critical resource for a healthy human mind, but it figures nowhere on the evaluation of what effective teaching is.
919.
by gress 12y ago
With all due respect, students are not the ones gaming the system. If you make the system into something that functions like a game, then it will be played.
920.
by gress 12y ago
"Like any complex, real-world system, the reach sometimes exceeds the grasp; some parts of Genera do not fully implement the vision as we have expressed it. Genera contains some artifacts of its development history that are not exempl
921.
by gress 12y ago
You can't aggressively negotiate anything if you have little power. Your student loan makes it harder for you to walk away from your job, and so it puts you at a disadvantage when negotiating.
922.
by gress 12y ago
That implies that the lack of ipv6 support on their website has nothing at all to do with their technology.
923.
by gress 12y ago
Do you know who hosts their website?
924.
by gress 12y ago
You've had a seizure induced by an animated gif? That is nasty.
925.
by gress 12y ago
I find it suspicious that every time a post that isn't supportive of Google is submitted, someone attempts to undermine it with innuendo.
926.
by gress 12y ago
It's also dishonest to imply that Google is not itself a marketing company.
927.
by gress 12y ago
This is true, but in a male dominated environment, there are usually men who have more power than women and if they don't use at least some of their power to support the cause of equality, they are supporting the status quo.
928.
by gress 12y ago
You're confused about what equality means. When a group has less power, they have more to risk. You are staunchly defending the status quo, and insisting that all change is the responsibility of women.
929.
by gress 12y ago
Because there is a power imbalance.
930.
by gress 12y ago
So you don't care about injustice you witness and you don't want others to either? Women already have less power because they are in a minority. It seems as though you want them to take responsibility for all cultural change. It

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