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by lapcat 9mo ago
> They are saying “people do it anyway, therefore we shouldn’t have the law. They, more precisely I, was not making such an argument, as I already explained in another comment.
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by lapcat 9mo ago
> Preventing children from smoking has entirely to do with the very well established and understood health impacts on children as they develop, same as alcohol. There are very well established and understood health impacts on adults too,
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by lapcat 9mo ago
> We shouldn’t ban drinking and driving. It doesn’t even help, because people do it anyway. > Do you see the trouble with the logic here? I think you misunderstood my comment. The second sentence was not intended to be an argument or
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by lapcat 9mo ago
> not socially acceptable I think you misspelled "cool".
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by lapcat 9mo ago
We shouldn't ban children from drinking. It doesn't even help, because kids drink anyway, just illegally and largely unsupervised by adults. I certainly drank like a fish when I was underage.
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by lapcat 9mo ago
> There’s quite a difference between a one time $5 fee and an annual $99 fee for the economics of publishing a free browser extension. Yes? I didn't deny that. I said your initial comment didn't mention cost. > Given almost
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by lapcat 9mo ago
Yes, but your initial comment was kind of a strange way to phrase a cost complaint. After all, Google insists that extensions be published in the Chrome Web Store, and that requires Google's approval, a process that can often take much
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by lapcat 9mo ago
> Apple’s insistence on publishing them on the App Store means availability is still restricted. This is not true. You can distribute Safari extensions outside the Mac App Store. While it's true that you can't distribute Safari
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by lapcat 9mo ago
The Substack was launched 3 hours ago. If they weren't involved, they might not even be aware of it.
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by lapcat 9mo ago
> they require you to do a very oddly specific number of reviews in an hour (29, IIRC) You mean during the interview process? In any case, 29 per hour sounds... extreme.
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by lapcat 9mo ago
> To understand further investments you'd have to know R&D or at least Opex broken out for Apple Services (which AFAIK they do not share). Total R&D for the entire corporation was $9 billion compared to $29 billion just in S
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by lapcat 9mo ago
> At least a human spends 10 Minutes with the app Less than 10 minutes > less with updates How do you know?
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by lapcat 9mo ago
Neither can you. ;-) The page does say, "100% of apps are automatically screened for known malware," but that's also true of Mac app notarization, which costs the developer only the $99 per year developer program fee.
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by lapcat 9mo ago
Samsung phones also have the Google Play Store. The Samsung Galaxy Store has a smaller selection and is locked to Samsung devices only, so it seems like a poor choice in comparison.
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by lapcat 9mo ago
How is Samsung relevant? Android devices use the Google Play Store.
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by lapcat 9mo ago
> Apple invests every day to ensure the App Store remains a safe and trusted place for users to find great apps. Last quarter, gross margins on "Services" revenue were 75%. The App Store is almost pure profit, with relatively l
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by lapcat 9mo ago
How is this reply relevant to my comment? What you care about is irrelevant to whether the HN submission title is accurate. I'm not employed by Logitech, so I'm not here to handle your customer service complaints. In any case, Log
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by lapcat 9mo ago
1) The submission title has been editorialized, contrary to the HN guidelines. The actual title of the Reddit post is "Logi+ Options is down!!" 2) The submission title is false. It was not a server issue but rather a native softwa
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by lapcat 9mo ago
Do you? Does anyone? I see that the flag exists, but I've never seen anyone use it. That would seem a bit insane.
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by lapcat 9mo ago
This is a gross mischaracterization of the thread. I replied to spondyl, not to you. Then you replied to me, so if anyone was "trying to pick a fight" involving me, it was you. The crucial point is this: there are no builds that
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by lapcat 9mo ago
> not true in the general sense. What does that even mean? What exactly are you saying is not true? It's not at all helpful or informative to keep saying "does not apply," as if that meant anything by itself.
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by lapcat 10mo ago
Yes of course apps will continue to operate after the signing cert expires, and this is documented by Apple in several places. It would be absolutely insane if apps stopped working, because all Developer ID signing certs expire after 5 year
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by lapcat 10mo ago
You can never correct the willfully ignorant.
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by lapcat 10mo ago
Keep in mind that some Americans still proudly fly the Confederate flag.
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by lapcat 10mo ago
The only changes in 2025 were a few minor typos fixed. Nothing substantial.
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by lapcat 10mo ago
I just did a diff with the Wayback Machine. Have you? The only changes were a few minor typos fixed. I would strongly urge you to read and respect the HN guidelines and FAQ. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by lapcat 10mo ago
Now measure the performance of Hacker News posts about Hacker News posts.
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by lapcat 10mo ago
This submission title has been editorialized, contrary to the HN guidelines. The article title is actually "Why Is SQLite Coded In C". Also, the article appears to be quite old, so the submission should have a year appended. See a
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by lapcat 10mo ago
Good point. I'm so out of the loop that I failed to guess the obvious.
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by lapcat 10mo ago
My blog fell from #37 in 2024 to #357 in 2025. Dang, what happened???

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