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901.
by hackuser 10y ago
Gmail needs to adjust to reality, not vice versa.
902.
by hackuser 10y ago
> Your post is valid from a technical and idealistic standpoint You seem to have direct experience in that particular industry, but I disagree that I'm being "idealistic" (often used as a condescending pejorative by people
903.
by hackuser 10y ago
I hope someone downloads the contents quickly, before another administration takes it offline or 'reclassifies' the information.
904.
by hackuser 10y ago
You may mean to be helpful, but think about what that can sound like like to the other person (I can't speak for the GP): * You are so dumb that the problem ruining your life is one I can solve in five words. * It's as easy as fiv
905.
by hackuser 10y ago
> No, the DNC led the Democrats ... The President is the head of the party; the DNC traditionally is run by his people AFAIK.
906.
by hackuser 10y ago
> The script doing the backup did not catch the error. That may seems sloppy, but this sort of thing happens in the Real World all the time. I disagree. I mean, I agree those things happen, but the system administrator's job is to a
907.
by hackuser 10y ago
To be clear, Bush both pardoned and 'unpardoned' Toussie. He wasn't undoing a prior President's action.
908.
by hackuser 10y ago
> the Democrats has a supermajority across all three houses In 2008 they did not have a 'supermajority', usually interpreted to mean a veto-proof or filibuster-proof majority, in any house of Congress. Also, today Republicans c
909.
by hackuser 10y ago
> But there is more than just reporting single facts ... And facts are tricky things. They can be easily manipulated, either by the people in the 'photo' or by the person who took it.
910.
by hackuser 10y ago
Has anyone found a way to finance serious news that is both sustainable and open. I fear the subscription model limits the best, 'real' news to the few who can and will pay for it, and keeps that news out of the online conversatio
911.
by hackuser 10y ago
> The New York Times has deftly adapted to the demands of digital journalism EDIT: And from the report itself: [0] > The Times employs the finest staff of journalists in the world > [Elsewhere in the report, in case you forgot:] Ou
912.
by hackuser 10y ago
> not to toot my own horn here, but I work for a mid-sized library (metro of about 200,000) and we subscribe to every regional newspaper. If someone wants to be better informed, the resources exist. Since you decided to toot, you open yo
913.
by hackuser 10y ago
> Would poorer people have access to non-fake news? Or would they be force to read/consume fake-but-free news? A critical problem. The focus needs to be on providing 'real' news more than dealing with the fake stuff. Also
914.
by hackuser 10y ago
> Many people on HN are probably familiar with a similar design pattern: hiring consultants ... The two major reviews I'm aware of, including this one, were conducted internally.
915.
by hackuser 10y ago
> Obama is trying to leave a positive view of the Democratic legacy with this lasting memory. It helps people forget How do you know what Obama's motive is? Were you at the meetings? Did you read the memos? Do you have a brain-to-br
916.
by hackuser 10y ago
> The reason is that the Democrats don't have a good "bench." Obama led the Democrats to political disaster; I wonder if any party since WWII has been in as bad a political position. Why would they want his continued lead
917.
by hackuser 10y ago
> Subsequent presidents can "un-pardon" people pardoned by previous presidents I've never heard that, never heard of it happening, and don't believe it's true. However, I've never researched it. Can you cite
918.
by hackuser 10y ago
My understanding is that Play Services sends information about the user to Google periodically.
919.
by hackuser 10y ago
These would be my concerns about potential differences between Signal and an 'Easy XMPP' client; would someone who knows Signal say whether these are accurate?: * Signal users are not anonymous; Signal requires users' phone n
920.
by hackuser 10y ago
Another way to perform similar operations: Firefox's bookmarks support very similar keywords (or maybe the same ones). For example, to use a bookmark keyword to HN: 1) Create a bookmark to Hacker News 2) In the bookmark's pr
921.
by hackuser 10y ago
> about six months ago, Firefox banned unsigned addons If you use other Firefox editions besides the standard one then you still can use unsigned addons, based on what I've read. [0] The other editions include ESR, nightlies, Develo
922.
by hackuser 10y ago
> We know Musk I know this isn't your point, but we don't know Musk; we know his (intentionally, carefully curated) public image
923.
by hackuser 10y ago
> We’re mostly intrigued with 1:1 locomotion and agility That doesn't sound appealing in many cases. As a game critic once wrote about the limits of realism: I am not a ninja.
924.
by hackuser 10y ago
Open source software can be verified.
925.
by hackuser 10y ago
I don't know what happened here, but ... Let's avoid our own bias of automatically believing the engineers are in the right; they are fallible people, no more or less honest or prone to error than journalists. Every news story tha
926.
by hackuser 10y ago
If you don't mind answering: How usable is Tomoyo for you overall? How much extra time does it consume? Are there things that just don't run? Are there many bugs in applications that do run? (Also, which distro are you using?) Tha
927.
by hackuser 10y ago
The trials were completed. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13347086
928.
by hackuser 10y ago
> Some people don't need to and shouldn't go to college. Who are these people? Who decides? Have you asked them? What if they want to go to college? Is college only valuable for work skills? What about understanding the world?
929.
by hackuser 10y ago
> not everyone takes $100ks of loans To clarify, I'm saying that college should be available to all either for free or at an affordable price. More generally, I don't agree with the premises that some people deserve a better ed
930.
by hackuser 10y ago
The idea that necessary education is 12 years goes back a century, AFAIK. Perhaps it's time that we extend that to 16 years (I'm not the first to say it) and stop making it an issue of ability to pay. Certainly the job market valu

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