mkaltenecker

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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
Being immune to PC viruses used to be a great advantage. You can talk about theoretical possibilities all day long, in practical terms the difference used to huge. Apple’s marketing exploited that – and why shouldn’t they? Microsoft, howeve
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
You can’t set a bar for Apple because they just say nothing at all. Interpreting Apple is akin to reading tea leaves. It’s not a low bar, it’s just that Apple never says anything.
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
That’s the legal structure, sure, but put simply, Notch invested some of the money he made with Minecraft into Scrolls. He did that by founding a company together with his friend who had the idea for Scrolls (and that company is also suppos
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
It’s not Notch’s game. He doesn’t work on it, he just liked the idea and brought his friend on board to his newly founded company. He provides the capital, he is basically the publisher in some sense (though he is not CEO of the company he
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
I think it’s pretty clear from the context that developers who would like to use a MBA were meant.
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
Sure, be the topic of the discussion were developers who do.
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
Are there ultrabooks with dual monitor support? It seems to me that the graphics hardware is the limit (and all ultrabooks use the same one).
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
Language is very much not a choice. I would love to be able to speak English without making it obvious that English is not my native language – but I can’t. It’s very, very hard to be able to do that. People will always know that I didn’t g
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
It is at least very similar. Also, from the point of view of those who are opposed to it, racial profiling would still be wrong if it were effective (i.e. if race could actually provide evidence).
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
Racial profiling is wrong even if it is effective. That is the opinion of many who are opposed to it. Just because something is effective doesn’t mean it should be done (e.g. killing every criminal is extremely effective in pushing the rela
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
Modern solar cells produce the energy that was needed to make them in about three to five years, that’s well below their lifetime.