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by jopt 14y ago
Okay, so how much less likely? I enjoy narrow genres myself, but I haven't actually done the math to see how this would affect artists etc. Have you?
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by jopt 14y ago
> less likely to like their stuff Quantified this? Or is this something you hope is the case, without really knowing?
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by jopt 14y ago
It's debatable whether that's unacceptable. Is it unacceptable to remember something you've read? To tell a friend? To write down and sell it? If you turn a profit? If you don't? If you write by hand, 1 character per second? If you use a ma
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by jopt 14y ago
>like we have to do with every other product? That's not a very progressive spirit. It might seem unfair, but technology has changed the rules of the game. The consumption of many goods has become non-rivalrous. Whereas taking goods off
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by jopt 14y ago
Meanwhile, the people who sell you the lottery ticket act completely rationally. Funny---it's still lottery tickets, but when the odds are in your favour the hope is no longer needed.
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by jopt 14y ago
With insurance, you're already subject to the risk. With lottery you choose it.
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by jopt 14y ago
That's just crazy. Whether or not cheaters should be exposed, I hope that mistakes bit is not your general policy for anything.
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by jopt 14y ago
Late reply, sorry. There's some among the data provided to the court. IIRC Apple submitted an internal report done by Samsung, which indicated Galaxy Tabs are often returned because users thought they were buying iPads.
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by jopt 14y ago
> countries like Africa Hopefully a typo. For reference Africa comprises ≈54 countries depending on who's counting and who counts. But yes, infrastructure will pose a problem. Will it be specifically so for facebook though? The argument
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by jopt 14y ago
502, or is that just me?
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by jopt 14y ago
So if he cries, it's because he's a witch trying to trick us?
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by jopt 14y ago
Let's not pretend there's reason or justice in how the US treats those people. That's part of a larger conflict, and has little value as an example of individual responsibility.
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by jopt 14y ago
It's a ripoff, and strange that Apple didn't license the design, assuming they did their homework and find the IP belonged to someone. It's not going to confuse anyone. Zero iPads will be returned because the customers thought this was the
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by jopt 14y ago
False negative. Has since been fixed.
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by jopt 14y ago
And you think that principle applies well to... keyboard layouts?
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by jopt 14y ago
Great insight; nice to see something that's not just Gruber-bashing. I think we can expect Apple to do unsafe things in the future, but outside the realm of iPhone. The iPod (classic) was in a fairly safe place when Apple started disruptin
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by jopt 14y ago
The latest iCal stepped back the ugly. I think they have an okay idea what they're doing.
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by jopt 14y ago
I get this a lot with my since discontinued MBP 17". Placing my iPhone on the empty space beside the trackpad will black the laptop out. Never knew it was to do with magnets.
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by jopt 14y ago
> I don't see anything similar except standard design choices How do you classify design choices as standard?
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by jopt 14y ago
What. Slight? What could be more inaccurate?
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by jopt 14y ago
Right. Just because you can doesn't mean you have to, but it does mean you can. This is little more than a new round of the CSR debate. I find it hard to fault Apple for cashing in on the ridiculous legal system.
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by jopt 14y ago
Again with this. There's no reason everyone has to compete with Facebook. Should pg even keep running hacker news? I mean, it's great for nerds but the vast majority of people won't ever use it. I hate this attitude. "If my grandma isn't on
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by jopt 14y ago
I think you're taking a huge leap in your reasoning. Sure, I want lots of people I know on the network. But beyond the roughly 200 of those, I don't care if the network has a hundred thousand users or a hundred million. Before facebook, soc
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by jopt 14y ago
Of course that's they way the platform pushers market it, and you're right to be skeptical. But I wouldn't call it a lottery just because very few people win. It's a marketplace; why would anyone expect the profits to be shared among the ve
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by jopt 14y ago
I never experienced that. Seems a little far fetched.
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by jopt 14y ago
Is that really all there is to it? Are all apps equal provided they have CRUD?
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by jopt 14y ago
I don't follow this reasoning. Social networks do tend to rely on network effects, but must they? It sounds cyclic. Social networks need lots of users because they can't charge their users directly, and they can't charge their users directl
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by jopt 14y ago
Betteridge's, anyone?
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by jopt 14y ago
Backing your opinions up with studies is great. There sure are plenty of reasons (other than quality, which is the elephant in the room IMHO) that Gruber might sometimes find himself on HN. But your analysis is more about why any article
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by jopt 14y ago
That's fair I suppose.

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