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by jpttsn 12y ago
Lets them make new features that go with their new devices. In the device space they compete with firms that make new phones three times per year.
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by jpttsn 12y ago
System preferences doesn't do this for security reasons.
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by jpttsn 12y ago
The OP is sort of hiding that this was related to a DRM issue.
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by jpttsn 12y ago
You're assuming that when two companies have a fight, one of them is a good and the other is a bad guy? They can't both be bad?
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by jpttsn 12y ago
You're right that that's probably not a genuine reason. Apple likely tried to get an advantage over their competition. However I'd argue it's a fair advantage. Apple are not obliged to make competitors' DRM work wit
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by jpttsn 12y ago
Something makes people stand up against what they think are unfair accusations. Otherwise trial by jury etc. wouldn't work.
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by jpttsn 12y ago
Furthermore, you don't technically need the certificate. The deafest are protective but the system will happily launch unsigned apps if you right click them.
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by jpttsn 12y ago
People who meditate can certainly reject it. I don't think it's categorically unpleasant. Confinement is unpleasant because of the high opportunity cost.
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by jpttsn 12y ago
What if there was no novelty factor? Electric shocks aren't so common; I'd play with a machine that let's me have a new sensation. I might prefer it to time alone with thoughts because I believe I'll have the latter avai
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by jpttsn 12y ago
I don't understand this. How does my credit card data tell hospitals what I buy? Personally, I can't get anything beyond a date (dubious accuracy) and the amount spent.
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by jpttsn 13y ago
> man ascii Just sayin'
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by jpttsn 13y ago
Grandparent has a valid point about the article's tone, and attacking tone can be constructive.
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by jpttsn 13y ago
Management consultants have a culture of overtime that probably beats that of programmers. Investment bankers are on an even higher level. In their culture, overwork is also much more explicitly a badge of honor.
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by jpttsn 13y ago
> Besides, threatening with an act of terrorism is never funny, and always a bad idea. That's a little narrow-minded. I can easily imagine scenarios where it's funny and/or a fairly good idea.
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by jpttsn 13y ago
I thought the scientific phrasing made parent's post seem like it was true regardless of one's moral values. I don't know if morality has credibility or not. What would that mean?
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by jpttsn 13y ago
> inextricably entangled with certain positive phenomena, which should be explicated Let me attempt to disentangle them: You assume collectives (not only individuals) have rights. > approximately 0.1% of the US population has been sys
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by jpttsn 13y ago
Capturing the positive aspects in game theoretic terms might have advantages; I recognised rigour as one. However, I don't think these advantages warrant capturing all the positive aspects in game theoretic terms. It makes the reading
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by jpttsn 13y ago
Again with this custom vocabulary. Why is it so important that you appear value-neutral?
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by jpttsn 13y ago
So that article is just phrasing the normative in positive terms? Besides rigour, what's the point? This confuses more than it clarifies. Economic injustice is a question of moral values; phrasing it as a scientific truth lends it a
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by jpttsn 13y ago
This seems more like a matter of opinion. What's hypocritical? > Refusing to consider the fundamental imbalance of labor relationships is disingenuous at best What makes it disingenuous? Isn't grandparent just disagreeing with
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by jpttsn 13y ago
Sure. The basic macroeconomics of IP: If ideas are not rivalrous or excludable, any company who tries to recoup upfront development costs will be out competed: someone who didn't pay upfront costs can afford to sell the innovation at a
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by jpttsn 13y ago
No merchant would, by that standard, be able to charge any premium once their survival is ensured. Is that what you're suggesting?
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by jpttsn 13y ago
Direct statements indeed. The honesty is refreshing, even if it will naturally be countered for weeks by PR. It's interesting to gain some insight into how this sort of person views the world.
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by jpttsn 13y ago
I agree that recoupment of investment is not a right, and as such laws are not here to help with that. I think there's a key difference between the threat of death from a disease vs. say the threat of death at a robber's hand. Do
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by jpttsn 13y ago
I'm personally against IP and I don't think he has a right to the temporary monopoly. If the government shut down all patents, I don't think he'd be right to call it theft. Still, perhaps he has some sort of point. The w
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by jpttsn 13y ago
I think it's funny in a way that's symptomatic of us nerds' future predictions: much more focus on what's possible than on what's useful/enjoyable. We focus on extrapolating technological advances, at the expen
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by jpttsn 13y ago
That's interesting. Is your issue with the for-profit criminal justice system that it's for-profit, or is it with the laws it upholds to bring the profits? In other words, would this still be a problem if all laws upheld were, to
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by jpttsn 13y ago
Right. Managers would have to be not just more observant across the board, but especially good at noticing those who don't promote themselves, to compensate for those who do. This becomes a high bar for managers. They must effectively
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by jpttsn 13y ago
It's nice to distinguish flaws in the national character, but it's very hard to change one thing (and that one thing only) about any system. Have you considered the reasons behind self-promotion? What purpose does it serve? What c
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by jpttsn 13y ago
So if The Economist is against Scottish independence, this is evidence that they're not objective? There's something missing from your argument.

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