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mjolk
13y ago
Thanks for your insight.
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mjolk
13y ago
Why would we riot? Encroachments on our perceived inalienable right to privacy and fair taxation are subtle things that do not affect our ability to eat or live.
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mjolk
13y ago
That's your phone's fault, not the website's.
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mjolk
13y ago
That's a minor thing. Computers exist to do work; what matters is the result and information.
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mjolk
13y ago
Yes, the crushing of "send money via internet" creativity. Without being hyperbolic, the government or creditors are literally stifling this century's Da Vincis.
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mjolk
13y ago
Too small to read is a pretty safe bet for the "not good" category. In fact, there's entire standards around what should guide your design process[1]. [1] http://www.w3.org/standards/webdesign/acces
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mjolk
13y ago
Don't fall back on "well, the browser should prevent bad choices from authors/designers."
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mjolk
13y ago
Why? Why are you envious of him? You can choose to only sometimes carry a phone or turn it on.
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mjolk
13y ago
In what way do you beg to differ? You're just linking me to an article about AWS profits.
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13y ago
I hope others don't take too much away from an article that contains the gem: "So how come my local mall does more business in an afternoon than the entire Internet handles in a month?" Human contact is nice and can't be
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mjolk
13y ago
I cut my finger on this edge.
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mjolk
13y ago
This gives me an idea for online betting system.
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mjolk
13y ago
That's my thinking as well, but I'm not a hearing specialist. It's my understanding that sound pressure is the damaging element we're concerned with, however, does blocking the ear canal with a headphone increase the pre
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13y ago
>It also really does not work for people with ear problems Have you ever worn over-the-ear headphones for 10 hours? It's uncomfortable. And that's not even the worst part. Drowning out coworker nonsense with loud music is per
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13y ago
>but what about the people that you've been directing your questions to? That was actually going to be my response. Speaking as the person typically on the other end of the "hey, quick question" it's crazy-distractin
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13y ago
>This is a bit bad, but I just wear PPE Ear Defenders all day, on top of in ear headphones. With both of these, I can't hear a thing. Good lord, this is not an elegant solution.
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mjolk
13y ago
Not everything article has to talk about the United States. Stop being so xenocentric.
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mjolk
13y ago
Why does Wikileaks get to skip your filter? And who is talking about submission to corruption?
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mjolk
13y ago
Yes, that's sage advice. Let me call all my non-internet-obsessed friends and family and tell them to only get their news from a single website.
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mjolk
13y ago
Paypal is a terrible company. I wish I could recommend a competitor, but all the fee structures are the same generally 3% + .30: wepay https://www.wepay.com/fees google https://checkout.google.com/seller&#x
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13y ago
I feel like you're trolling by mentioning "haxx0r" and bitcoin, but here goes anyway. The fact that Renault is trying to sell a tangible, vendor-locked, remote-privileged/DRM-reliant device is more interesting than the &
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mjolk
13y ago
No one is ignoring the "obvious elephant;" it's just not the most important discussion point.
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mjolk
13y ago
No, not at all like that.
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13y ago
>So exactly like when you purchase an ebook from Amazon, a game from Steam, No, not like that. And definitely not "exactly like" that. Bridging the tangibility gap makes this into a different manner.
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13y ago
It wouldn't surprise me. Microsoft wanted to ship their new game console with audio/video sensors that constantly record. I wouldn't be shocked if they decide to ignore the consumer backlash and send back "some" d
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mjolk
13y ago
I more or less cover it in this reply: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6732192 The world needs to stop giving in to corporate control schemes.
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13y ago
Browser versions are important. Do you mind pasting a profile from your debugging tool of choice?
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13y ago
I don't think it's harsh enough. Renault wants to 'sell' a product to a consumer that he will never truly own. >And can drivers be incentivized to share their driving data - maybe lower insurance or insurance per mil
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13y ago
The fact that they were able to hock 10k makes me sad for the state of the global society.
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13y ago
How "oldish" is your Macbook? I'm using a core2duo and didn't have any problems. In fact, retrieving an image from Placekitten took the longest on the network, followed by the overhead of loading a Google font. The only
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