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by mbrutsch 11y ago
> journalists who see adblockers as an existential threat You mean bloggers.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
> But Aphyr never once uses the term "corrupted data", or the word "corrupted". If you're going to quote an article, it's important to be precise. As opposed to "pedantic"? Here's a quote fro
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
They're just responding to whatever's in the wind today.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
"Two things can be true" - me
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
http://www.whoishostingthis.com/blog/2015/05/20/snowdens-glo...
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
> So information you're looking for is out there somewhere in digital form. Were that true, you'd think Google would be able to find it.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
> because digitizing books in that manner is not useful anymore. Most publishers now have ebook versions of most of their books, which are already digitized. Perhaps for kids looking for new books that's wonderful, but those of us t
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?TheKenThompsonHack
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
There's really no financial incentive to do so.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
I used Forth from 1983 to 1987, on the Atari 400. It was an awesome language.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
Self-employed, so my "work" machine is mine. Might as well bite the bullet and get the upgrade done.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
Are you using 10 on a daily basis? My primary work machine is begging me to update, but I keep seeing reports of slowdowns and lockups.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
Lamarck must be thrilled. ;)
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
> I know how permissions work on mobile devices, therefore I know exactly why they need access to all this new stuff Those two things are not even remotely related. Your knowledge of the permissions on a mobile device sheds exactly zero
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
> Well, actually, they want you to be able to set a photo as the cover of a playlist, and there is no difference between "Allow user to upload 1 photo" and "Have access to all of users photo" in terms of mobile permis
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
Seriously? In America today, just releasing balloons into the air is a felony: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/anthony-brasfield-fla-man-charge... That word has lost all weight, right along with "terrorist".
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
This is for the "IT 1%ers", those Bay Area/SV kids that make middle 6 digits 2 years out of college. The rest of the world has to make do.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
> they didn't make it at all clear they were a legitimate Russian government organization. That would require the current admins to actually look at and consider the response. They could have mailed Putin himself as an attachment a
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
Yeah, I thought the scope was far too limited to be of any use outside of a small (but admittedly significant) area.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
>Sometimes very small, very loud groups can be perceived by outsiders to be more influential than they actually are. In my very personal experience, their volume gives them enough influence to cause trouble, regardless of their size. &q
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
I've been with Gandi for years, absolutely love them
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
I found where all the childish redditors went.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
That's just mean.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
Agreed. Even when I was actively looking for a job, LinkedIn was no help. I deleted my account years ago and have never missed it, even a little.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
Same here, never gained anything by having an account, haven't lost anything after closing it.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
No worries, it's just not worth it to post on HN.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
She is my hero.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
> For the record, I strongly believe that bona fide harassers should be chemically castrated, stripped of their property, and hung up by their thumbs in the nearest public square. And the author wonders why things are like they are.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
Then perhaps you should try a different ad blocker.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
DAB vendors and implementors should profit nicely, though.

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