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by kahawe 14y ago
Can you help me understand why NFC matters? It is not like using my credit-cards or ATM-cards or just plain-old-cash didn't work just fine and comfortable and reliable enough...? I honestly don't understand it, especially from the "payment
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by kahawe 14y ago
Apple created the modern smartphone; they did definitely not invent all the necessary technologies but they were absolutely the first ones to come up with a package that people actually loved and bought. Before that, such a package did defi
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by kahawe 14y ago
Neither credit card nor ATM-cards managed to get rid of cash. Honest question: why should NFC-paying and what does it have to offer more when compared to just using your CC or ATM card?
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by kahawe 14y ago
Sure when you look at the mm and g it seems ridiculous but 20% lighter, 33% slimmer and stronger hardware and battery? I don't think this is SO insignificant in terms of miniaturization. They are already extremely thin and light, then manag
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by kahawe 14y ago
> Where's the innovation? Where was the innovation in the S2, S3 or the Nokia 920? And no, nfc nor wireless-charging don't really floor me. These are pretty small.
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by kahawe 14y ago
But Samsung didn't deliver any magic in the S3 - and what could Apple have delivered as a super-duper-WOW feature? I cannot think of any technologies out there that they haven't squeezed in there yet and I don't think "wireless charging" is
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by kahawe 14y ago
> Name for me one brand new feature I don't understand all the negative reactions - name one brand new and truly "wowing" feature the new Galaxy brought to the table? Pretty much all modern smartphones are at the technological cutting-e
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by kahawe 14y ago
Not sure if relevant but have you tried "EMDR"? (Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) From own experience, I can say this is nothing short of magic and voodoo but it does work.
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by kahawe 14y ago
The example was very simple but basically it was correct. The difference is, in CBT it is a lot deeper, there is more going on. You will work on discovering where certain thought patterns come from, what triggers them and that alone can be
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by kahawe 14y ago
You do not need to be depressed to be suicidal. Seriously consider taking therapy, better today than tomorrow. There has got to be something going on, subconsciously, that causes these thoughts. Therapy will certainly slowly help you discov
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by kahawe 14y ago
I do think it is great you take the time to help them like that; I also think this isn't something you should be doing, basically taking them through a "mini therapy". Now, granted, the line between "I just wanted to cheer them up" and "I s
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by kahawe 14y ago
At least here in Europe, PayPal is registered and acts as a bank. How much would you enjoy your bank denying you access to your last paycheck just because "who knows what might get billed to your account"...?
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by kahawe 14y ago
Even for something simple like plugging or patching a tire you need knowledge and expertise to really do it WELL and to know when NOT to do it - and most DIY kind of guys just got some "lore" (often wrong) passed down and follow it blindly.
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by kahawe 14y ago
Why is this sad? It shows we are living in a very service-oriented society where a lot of people will happily let "experts" do all sorts of tasks for them that maybe 50 years ago nobody would have imagined spending money on. Also, I think m
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by kahawe 14y ago
> In line with these stories, my parents always taught me that good manners are about making your guests (or host) feel comfortable. The rules are not the important bit of manners. This is so funny you should say this because in Germa
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by kahawe 14y ago
Out of personal curiosity: compared to the trolling before, how does your karma do? (especially given that most 6-figure karma "stars" mostly post half-funny, hivemind-compliant one-liners.. cheap laughs without substance.)
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by kahawe 14y ago
I have to say, I miss the internet of the 90s and early 2000, just before it got all "too" popular and "regular people" started widely using it. Them using it is not a bad thing at all, maybe it is just nostalgia on my part but there was so
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by kahawe 14y ago
Facebook and "mature business"? But more seriously, I think this is an all-too-human trait - once you are successful you start to greatly approve of yourself and look for reasons in your very DNA why you are where you are and then you start
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by kahawe 14y ago
Absolutely true. See also other people with 4 to 5 digit karma who confirmed it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Schmitz#Early_career http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Schmitz#Insider_trading_and... One of the archives of his harassment
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by kahawe 14y ago
Also known as "low ping bastard" back then :)
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by kahawe 14y ago
Well, to be fair there are different concepts at work here and I agree, if nobody introduced you to what is going on there with OOP then this might look very arbitrary and bloated but the typical "Hello World" is probably not the best examp
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by kahawe 14y ago
He has been doing the exact same thing for almost 2 decades now. He started out on BBS and distributed "warez" over a bbs he ran and then famously turned everyone in the scene in to the police when they caught him and cut him a deal. He did
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by kahawe 14y ago
Probably less "sense of humor" than psychological warfare by constantly demonstrating superiority and presence - plus depending on the volume and proximity, this could interfere with enemies communicating and could even keep them from sleep
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by kahawe 14y ago
Szasz is a psychiatrist, not a psychologist and if I understand it correctly, he said that a "mental illness" is not a real disease because it is not physical - he did not say these "problems" do not exist.
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by kahawe 14y ago
I am very interested in this and you seem to know more about Freudian therapy and behavior therapy - the usual counter argument from the Freudian side is that behavior therapy might help but ultimately the underlying issues can/will re-surf
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by kahawe 14y ago
As someone who is suffering from depression and tried therapy, I think this is too vast a topic to sum it up in one poignant description like that and there are definitely different "complicated minds" and each one of them can experience it
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by kahawe 14y ago
For me this comes down to the HR dilemma and why I feel sympathy for the dreaded HR drones and in this case for him having to make HR decisions: They are people responsible for making decisions about applicants they practically know nothing
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by kahawe 14y ago
The 90s are unfortunately long gone but the one good thing about this is that we could finally just NOT give ESR and his populism any more attention...
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by kahawe 14y ago
> We start it, early adopters. The mass picks up on it after a few years, only if it gets started in the first place. Which, coincidentally, is a LOT of what you can see happening these days with "social networking" and "cloud computi
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by kahawe 14y ago
> blatant manipulation of the mob I am sorry but a LOT of the big, influential NGOs are very guilty of that and of abusing polemic and demagogy. They seem to think their generally just causes/ideals justify almost all means. Sometimes

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