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by jxi 14y ago
What redirect? And, did you even read the comment that you're replying to? 1. There isn't a redirect from that huge link. 2. The post replying to just explained a theory that doesn't involve tracking: the URL needs to be that long to be uni
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by jxi 14y ago
Just because you made yourself vulnerable doesn't mean it's OK to state incorrect/wrong things. The response to OP's posts are more valid and his tone is appropriate in expressing how wrong some of the original points were (IMHO).
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by jxi 14y ago
Is reddit censoring posts or something? I don't understand why I don't see a single post about Aaron on my front page.
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by jxi 14y ago
As a stranger who's never known Aaron and who's only just read about what he's done in this world, I can say I'm somewhat devastated as well. You're blaming Aaron for taking the supposedly cowardly approach and hurting his friends and famil
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by jxi 14y ago
Is a slippery slope the concern here, or is it just a matter of principle that nobody should be allowed to mess with your machine unless you give them permission to? In this specific case, I don't have a problem with this security fix/decis
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by jxi 14y ago
They were top 10 before. They were #1 at some point too with the best phone back in the day: N95.
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by jxi 14y ago
You've never had anything in the same Linux distro break after years of use? Seriously? Somehow I find that hard to believe. Even the most skilled Linux users have had things break on them. Just to name a few, PulseAudio used to (maybe stil
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by jxi 14y ago
Yes, I think Unity is slightly better, but another problem with most Linux distros is that when things break, it's way harder to fix that on Windows, and in my experience they seem to break all that time after even just a month of use. Yea,
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by jxi 14y ago
It's probably been said over and over again, but the problem is that Linux (or I guess Ubuntu) isn't really easy to use for the non-tech type. It's an OS that gives you an interface to your computer, not an OS that will get out of the way a
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by jxi 14y ago
Wow, who would buy this? This just doesn't make any sense to me. It's not really portable and it has terrible battery life. I would take a Mac Mini + a nice Dell screen over this any day.
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by jxi 14y ago
A few days of blocking an unsupported device and the damage is done? Wow, doesn't take much to do damage these days, also considering they are working on fixing it already (on a weekend). I don't see Microsoft being harmed much by all the b
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by jxi 14y ago
I would hardly call blocking an unsupported mobile OS from loading a website monopolistic. It's like blocking OSX apps from running on Windows even though it might kind of "work". It would tarnish Google's reputation if people tried to use
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by jxi 14y ago
Yes, some extensions use identity API's.
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by jxi 14y ago
I've always been interested in having a cheap, replaceable and portable laptop like this as a dev machine, but the more I think about it the more I realize this is more like an iPad (i.e. for media consumption) than a dev machine. That is u
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by jxi 14y ago
This isn't really related to this post. Also, this is just childish whining that your precious ad sense revenue account gets banned. Well, shit happens. 100$? That sounds like your first ad sense paycheck, so call me skeptical but you proba
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by jxi 14y ago
Better safe than sorry? Why is that disappointing that they "fixed" it quickly? Heck, just look at the comments in this post and people are already pulling out that tired "Don't be evil" quote again and trying to blame Google for this or so
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by jxi 14y ago
I wouldn't call automatic memory management a "huge leap forward" at all. Sure it makes code a bit more concise and eliminates leaks (more or less), but it makes your code less performant and just shifts the problem away from the programmer
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by jxi 14y ago
Are you saying: who's worse, the criminals pick pocketing people or the policeman that fails to catch the criminal?
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by jxi 14y ago
It's different if the main country you're operating in has warrants to access your data. As a counter example, Google left China and instead operates out of HK now because they weren't willing to let the government eavesdrop on your search
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by jxi 14y ago
Citation that they addressed this?
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by jxi 14y ago
I understand you're upset, but that's probably a really naive view. Maybe it seems to you that there is no DIRECT upside for you personally, but there's always an upside, just like there's always a downside for every good thing that happens
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by jxi 14y ago
This deserves merit? This is discussion? For me, this page is just childish kinderganden-level "name-calling". Yes, there is 1 bit of information that is useful, but why not write an article and put it on the Bing frontpage. Did they really
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by jxi 14y ago
Inferiority complex? Seems like a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation. If they didn't, would you claim they didn't release numbers because they feel they have fewer users? I don't think they're trying to imply anything. What's
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by jxi 14y ago
So, the argument is that C++ is too hard to learn for the average programmer, and that's why it's not "back"? I don't get it, isn't that win-win is many situations. I'd rather have a solid developer who can master C++ or at least understand
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by jxi 14y ago
I think it's 90 days for hotmail/outlook, which is pretty short compared to gmail, which I think is a year. But, that would also explain why it's a lot easier to get the email name you want on hotmail/outlook.
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by jxi 14y ago
Yea, the native clients suck, but then again Google was never known for making solid desktop apps (it's not really in their DNA after all). I have similar experiences as you, so I use it purely from my web browser now. The website has gotte
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by jxi 14y ago
Well, they've certainly cleaned up their act, but I definitely wouldn't say that they're known to be among the best in the industry.. I remember just a few year ago, you could get to ring0 in Windows and install a rootkit just via the regis
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by jxi 14y ago
Uh.. they didn't 'cut out' anything. If anything, it's the carriers that are stupid for not adopting the same standard of using sim cards (Verizon and Sprint don't use sim cards..). I think they wanted to lock people in to their service.
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by jxi 14y ago
My gut feel is the opposite. This is a ridiculous phone, for a ridiculous price. I personally wanted it and couldn't get it Today yet, and I know of at least 5 other people (outside the US) who've been pinging me to see if it's going to be
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by jxi 14y ago
Use Google cloudprint. If you sign-in, it should list all the printers that are connected to any of your other computers where you're signed into Chrome (i.e. through Chrome settings, not just signed into gmail).

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