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by kitsune_ 15y ago
Some comments: Dental care is not part of "universal health care" in many first world countries, including the one I'm coming from, Switzerland. Countries with great public transport, such as Japan, should logically have lower car ownership
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by kitsune_ 15y ago
Loos nice, but, I'd rather just talk and meet people when travelling.
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by kitsune_ 15y ago
Just two that I own(ed): Lenovo Thinkpad X220 (Richard Sapper, and well, the build quality certainly beats every MacBook out there) HTC Desire (It fell from 20ft and survived)
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by kitsune_ 15y ago
I actually built a service like this for internal use a couple of years ago. I worked at an agency, we were responsible for the web sites of companies of which many were listed at various exchanges. This included handling the publication of
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by kitsune_ 15y ago
I've been using Natty and am currently on Oneric. The problems are probably overstated. I've used a variety of systems and didn't run into problems with Unity (different laptops and pcs). Reminds me of Vista's launch somehow. I've also test
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by kitsune_ 15y ago
Same story here. I was always the "bright kid" in school (and I got beat up quite often because of this : ) My environment (aunts, grand mothers, parents, teachers, friends, other pupils), always made sure that I knew this in some form or a
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by kitsune_ 15y ago
I agree, I don't understand the hatred for Unity. I've used Linux since Slackware 3.0 or so... My girl friend, who is an Apple user, was pretty impressed by the user interface after I installed 11.10 on my Thinkpad.
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by kitsune_ 15y ago
I actually wanted to register as Tichy on here, only to find the nickname already taken :)
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by kitsune_ 15y ago
I'm impressed by the cleanliness of the code base, very readable. From my experience, this is not the case with many C++ open source projects.
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by kitsune_ 15y ago
Stanislaw Lem is probably my most favorite sci-fi author. He's very popular in Europe, but not so much in the US it seems. His works are hilariously funny, philosophical and have a certain magic to them. When I saw the robot I was almost ce
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by kitsune_ 15y ago
You've just written about it. And so has this Sebastian, in fact, if anything, volume is certainly not the problem when it comes to his writing. I'm similar to you. As in I don't write blogs or do much formal "PR" or online networking with
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by kitsune_ 15y ago
Track record of being right is unmatched in the last several years? Do you care to provide proof for that? I'm not saying that you are wrong, but this is a pretty big claim to make.
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by kitsune_ 15y ago
I think the algorithm does too many "magic" things lately. I've noticed this when I had some search queries for "flask" (python micro web framework) and some programming related input and most of the returned results were about "flash".
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by kitsune_ 15y ago
finally... and thanks.
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by kitsune_ 15y ago
Many things can be a tool. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tool_use_by_animals Now, how is a soft drink a tool? Using the glass bottle to smash someone's head in might constitute the use of a tool. The bottle could be seen as a tool, it
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by kitsune_ 15y ago
I don't agree, this is a gross over-simplification and the comparison with Coke and Pepsi doesn't work. Drinking a soft drink gives you an immediate, hard-wired response. Tasting something is, well, relying on your taste buds for one. How d
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by kitsune_ 15y ago
This is not a new idea, I remember having this discussion back in high school with my friends, in 1996, during the dot-com boom.
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by kitsune_ 15y ago
Thunderbolt doesn't "obviate" the need for slots. Do you have 10k plus invested in pro audio or video gear that requires pci-e? All those guys are going to switch to Windows...
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by kitsune_ 15y ago
It's a web font, PT Sans, it ends up being smaller than Arial or Helvetica because of the awkward smoothing.
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by kitsune_ 15y ago
I think the problem with such essays is that the authors extrapolate their own experience and think it can be used as a template for everyone. We are told how to get rich, become successful, date a beautiful women, write the best programs,
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by kitsune_ 15y ago
At the time, IE6's chief competitor was a bloated, slow, crashing version of Netscape. My first job after high school and before college was that of a web developer. If I recall correctly, we damned Netscape just as much for being so bad, a
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by kitsune_ 15y ago
He actually founded Cockos. Reaper is great.
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by kitsune_ 15y ago
I don't buy into this. I've been producing music for over 10 years now. The "snippet" and fire and forget approach doesn't work. I'm sitting on thousands of different loops, demos, half-finished songs, and so on. Over the course of of a ses
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by kitsune_ 15y ago
I think this just shows how ridiculous the idea of a trade mark is when it comes to words in the dictionary.
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by kitsune_ 15y ago
The question is, has Apple "solved" UI? Some might argue that they have succeeded on mobile devices. But what about the Desktop? In my opinion, the desktop is still a ghetto. Be it Windows, Ubuntu or OS X. Open a couple of applications and
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by kitsune_ 15y ago
Cool idea! Some inputs: I don't want to spoil your party, but on Windows 7 this site is barely readable because of the used web font. This is happening in Chrome and IE9. In Firefox it looks a bit better. By the way, personally I think some
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by kitsune_ 15y ago
Also, if you've already invested 10'000 USD into a solution like UAD (let's say, 2 UAD-2 cards and a ton of overpriced plugins) or bought a ProTools HD card, your next computer will be a PC, and not an iMac if Apple decides to discontinue t
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by kitsune_ 15y ago
It's irritating, that as a Swiss citizen, I first heard about this here on yc :) Well, I heard about some plans for a new and alternative newspaper when a notorious right-wing investor (pals with our right-wing demagogue-in-chief, ex-minist
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by kitsune_ 15y ago
I don't know, while this might sense from a business perspective, this seems like a flawed enterprise to me. Many creative professionals need the extend-ability of the Mac Pro. For instance for graphics (QuadroFX) or audio work (UAD DSP car
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by kitsune_ 15y ago
I think this quote is hogwash, because having two opposed ideas in one's mind is a core functionality of the human mind. Everybody does it. Take this vulgar example: Idea 1: "I really want to have sex with that waitress" - "She is so hot"

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