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by jpttsn 9y ago
If what you want to display is a subset of what web tech can display, it's lazy to embed a big web engine. To me it's like sending a word doc attachment because you want to use bold type in a mail, and you already know how to use
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by jpttsn 9y ago
Most? That sounds wrong to me, but I don't even know how you're counting. Most by number of apps? Consider all little enterprise things built in Java or whatever. Most by time spent? Browsers, AAA games and file managers aren&#x27
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by jpttsn 9y ago
In part it's age. In part, Apple get away with it because they forewarned developers. Swift explicitly intended a "move fast and break things" approach to syntax, naming etc.
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by jpttsn 9y ago
Pretty sure we're talking past one another here. Thought experiment: if I describe a topic in the forest, and nobody is there to hear it, am I still being divisive?
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by jpttsn 9y ago
How? Does nationwide political sentiment turn on HN comments?
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by jpttsn 9y ago
If the difference between "best case" and "worst case" ranges from 5--15, then that's the average best-worst difference. So the range is (x-2.5, x+2.5) to (x-7.5, x+7.5). Given it's a "lottery," the
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by jpttsn 9y ago
That math seems off. The gain should average 2.5-7.5 points surely?
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by jpttsn 9y ago
The same business model and profitability that made Apple develop them in the first place.
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by jpttsn 9y ago
Well, Steve said "nobody wants video on an iPod" when it wasn't ready yet. I'm not convinced that link shows me his true emotions.
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by jpttsn 9y ago
If you're referring to the pre-App Store iPhone OS, have you considered the possibility that they were just late with the SDK?
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by jpttsn 9y ago
OP builds part of this argument based on "Apple isn't responsive to my complaints about web apps." Apple isn't responsive to complaints in general. Are they less responsive to web app complaints than other complaints? Ot
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by jpttsn 9y ago
I really can't tell what you want me to explain or what your point is, but I'd love to help.
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by jpttsn 9y ago
It's clear to me that/why people want punishment to be more severe, and proportional to the seriousness. Perhaps I'm being too literal and the call for "same sentence" is just for effect.
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by jpttsn 9y ago
I hope that's not how the judge explains it to the jurors.
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by jpttsn 9y ago
Sounds like eye-for-an-eye logic. Why the same? Also, just for rape, or for any crime? If I falsely accuse the President of treason, and he is found innocent, should I be convicted of treason?
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by jpttsn 9y ago
Maybe by replicating this scheme, investing in multiple domains, hoping one of them will succeed enough to make up for the added cost.
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by jpttsn 9y ago
I suspect you inadvertently described all of life, not just Monopoly.
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by jpttsn 9y ago
Maybe we can let the prior assumption, that there are more geological features than cities on the seabed, do some work?
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by jpttsn 9y ago
Those two wars were different from one another, in respects that are/should be central to your argument, like the UN's role.
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by jpttsn 9y ago
I don't believe society is based on bullshit alone; there's just a lot of bullshit in the mix. I suspect a society without bullshit is not as simple as it sounds. Seems we would have to somehow get by without a lot of things rangi
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by jpttsn 9y ago
> It's not incomprehensible, it's just phrased a different way from what you're used to. What would be incomprehensible?
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by jpttsn 9y ago
I think that's a bridge too far. "Rich text" editing is not something to be standardized. Consider <input type="imagepickerwithfilters"> or <input type="spreadsheet">. Useful sometimes, but imp
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by jpttsn 9y ago
Caveat: I'm not 100% sure on my stance, personally. Most arguments (for or against) net neutrality appear based on assumptions I don't agree with. The priority internet argument seems simple: It's the ISP's cables, and t
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by jpttsn 9y ago
I don't think so; you're rebutting a popular opinion with the absence of law as your argument. Like arguing that "there's no law that says the main character in a movie should be relatable." Technically, of course
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by jpttsn 9y ago
If I say the responsibility of a corporation is to replant the rainforest, or to expand human wisdom, or to entertain the public with a compelling narrative of underdogs beating titans, then I'm clearly just expressing my opinion. The
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by jpttsn 9y ago
So what if there isn't? I see this trope thrown around a lot. I find it suspiciously vacuous: it seems like an attempt to dress up political opinions as "research." It's as trite as saying "there is no historical ba
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by jpttsn 9y ago
I think that ship has sailed. Society as we know it is built on bullshit. Evaluating its health by comparing against an imagined non-bullshit-based society seems unproductive. Why presuppose that this alternative society is feasible/po
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by jpttsn 9y ago
A six-year old could tell the five-year old they're being naive, and that adults using buzzwords like "sharing economy" aren't worried about accuracy.
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by jpttsn 9y ago
Are the original inhabitants of these islands still alive?
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by jpttsn 9y ago
Or with your expectations. Or both.

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