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by hcack 15y ago
I'd be more interested to see national budgets compared to other national budgets than to family budgets. Nobody expects a family to pay for military R&D, and many expect their government to. We abide the state precisely because it take
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by hcack 15y ago
As a metadata fascist, this drives me nuts. However, in earlier versions of iTunes (pre-Lion ?), the shortcut was disabled and did neither. I assume they use non-standard text-input. So it's not exactly the same issue as the Chrome thing: t
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by hcack 15y ago
I've decided against supporting the movement. I like what they ostensibly stand for. Corporate influence in politics is a tricky thing. There is palpable dissonance between deregulation in good times and bailouts in bad. Protesting that is
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by hcack 15y ago
The article seems to equivocate the web with the internet. If CNN doesn't realize the difference matters, how useful is the rest of their analysis?
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by hcack 15y ago
From a bloomberg (business more than tech) point of view, Apple may be just another "global brand." Apple created the first successful personal computer, and personal computing has since come to define the the we live in. That's slightly ha
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by hcack 15y ago
Who has counted the remaining 86%?
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by hcack 15y ago
That "Normal user" is only normal in the context of Facebook, which itself attracts uniquely many users (reaching people who don't know what a browser is.) Eventually Google+ will have to compete with Facebook to win the users who don't kno
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by hcack 15y ago
“At first, like almost everybody, I thought, ‘Yes, but I really am above average!’ Then I realized I was doing it again.” What if I quantify that I am above average? Should I assume that, despite my 2400 SATs and 4.0 GPA, that I'm somehow b
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by hcack 16y ago
I peck with eight and keep my thumbs on the trackpad. I end up having to move my hands less.
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by hcack 16y ago
While it's representative, moot doesn't have $50bn to lose. His principles are less likely to be marketing than Zuck's.
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by hcack 16y ago
Akin to accusing a handful of participants for massive political demonstrations.
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by hcack 16y ago
>I maintain: down-voting, should only be used for spammers, or for clearly defined things (like profanity being used etc.) If you’re going for the sympathy vote you should go easy on the entitlement.
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by hcack 16y ago
Perhaps those who downvoted you disapprove of your writing style and not your (allegedly good) intentions. The downvoted comment has an unrehearsed, rambling air to it. Frequent comma splices and mis- and overuse of ellipsis (…) don’t help.
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by hcack 16y ago
My resolution for 2010 was 1280x800, so for 2011 I go for the full 1920x1080.
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by hcack 16y ago
It's great to remember how lucky we are. However, don’t let this distract from our shortcomings (as a society). And be especially careful when things are moving in the wrong direction. When things get worse, do not settle for less. That's n