mthoms

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by mthoms 5y ago
In the West, Shaw is getting sued by Telus for calling their service "Fiber+" even though the "last mile" is copper. https://mobilesyrup.com/2020/06/12/telus-shaw-lawsuit-mislea...
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by mthoms 5y ago
>no one's ever seen any but apparently everyone knows what it is, anyway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novichok_agent#History_and_dis...
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by mthoms 5y ago
You're reading things that aren't there. Literally no-one has argued Vietnam or its people are rich (or even suggested anything close to it). No one. Recap: The commentator you replied to said it's gotten better in the best
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by mthoms 5y ago
In regards to income inequalities, "socialist" literally means the opposite of what you are implying. See, for example "As Vietnam Gets Wealthier, Economic Inequality Also Gets Worse" - https://saigoneer.com&#
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by mthoms 5y ago
See also: Miami.
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by mthoms 5y ago
I'm really not sure what point you're arguing. That Japan is many times richer than Vietnam? (You don't say!).
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by mthoms 5y ago
Are you trying to convince us that Tokyo has better infrastructure than Saigon? Because I don't think anyone was arguing otherwise. The person you replied to merely said the poverty in Vietnam wasn't as bad as they expected. I&#x2
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by mthoms 5y ago
To be fair, to suggest widespread flooding in SE Asia during monsoon season is proof of anything at all is kind of disingenuous.
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by mthoms 5y ago
Not on my system. I just get the updates. Shrug.
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by mthoms 5y ago
Generally fair I guess, but extending the argument from electronics all the way to something as universally reviled as cigarettes? That's quite a leap! I mean, why stop there? Why not flame throwers and ballistic missiles? :-) This is
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by mthoms 5y ago
I'll second the recommendation for BTT. The UI is a disaster but it's still at the top of my list for installing on new machines. Side note: BTT is not just about the touch bar and trackpad gesture customization, it's also f
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by mthoms 5y ago
You've articulated your argument very well with the "collective bargaining" metaphor. I like it. I still strongly disagree that consoles and smart phones should be treated the same way by society just because the underlying h
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by mthoms 5y ago
Mac user here. I've never given it much thought but you're right. Return is a holdover from typewriters. It means "return the carriage to the left margin". I'm surprised the Mac keyboard doesn't say "Ent
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by mthoms 5y ago
I'm confused. If I click "ask again tomorrow", it asks again tomorrow. But, I still haven't figured out how to delay Windows updates (granted I haven't looked into it seriously yet since I only use it for casual gam
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by mthoms 5y ago
>It still boggles my mind that "non aligned on the grid" is the default though. It's a mess. This infuriates me every time . This should be the default for the desktop ( maybe ) and absolutely no where else.
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by mthoms 5y ago
Granted. But the underlying principle is the same, no? If Apple is offering better discovery, consumer protections, policies and support, then they should have the better store experience. For the record, I think they are offering the bes
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by mthoms 5y ago
That's a perfectly valid argument IMHO. The argument equating smart phones with consoles however, is downright silly. Can I ask, how does letting me have the option of occasionally purchasing songs, books, movies and character skins
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by mthoms 5y ago
Developers won't leave the App Store if Apple are offering good value to them and their customers. If Apple stops offering good value (fair policies, commissions), then Apple should be "punished" by losing business. Offerin
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by mthoms 5y ago
The "what about cigarettes?" argument would be relevant if one of the market participants in this scenario was literally killing people (or otherwise harming society in some way). An honest reader would not interpret my pro-free
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by mthoms 5y ago
Being able to get a refund is quantifiably better. What do you mean? Are you suggesting other vendors would be unable to compete with that for some reason? As an aside: I don't think the same pricing among different vendors is necessar
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by mthoms 5y ago
Please don't make unsubstantial comments on HN. You're not being as clever as you think you are. Edit: The context of my pro-free-market comment is app stores. Of course it's not absolute. You very well know this. Please
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by mthoms 5y ago
Strong disagree. We should regulate based on what's best for consumers and the free market. Consider that different classes of vehicles are regulated differently, even though they all rely on the same underlying technology. The law sho
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by mthoms 5y ago
One holds your saved games. The other connects you to local emergency services, the global economy, your financial assets, your government, your family, your education, and increasingly - your health care provider. To suggest they should be
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by mthoms 5y ago
Let the market decide? If it's so obviously terrible it will fail.
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by mthoms 5y ago
Apple requires developers to offer sign-in with Apple if they use other sign-in systems (like FB). They could have the same requirement with payments. Users should be given the option of using Apple's system if they want to . After al
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by mthoms 5y ago
It's healthy for crypto to have detractors, but as an extremist with a rigid belief system, David is just as bad as the Crypto Maximalists he rails against. He may end up being more right than wrong, and I suppose he balances out the e
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by mthoms 5y ago
That interpretation directly contradicts Mexican authorities: > the National Banking and Securities Commission (Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores – CNBV) which, across more than 20 volumes and some 10,000 pages, established how HSB
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by mthoms 5y ago
HSBC got flack just for transferring money between US and Mexico? I'm willing to bet there's more to it than that... so I think it fair that you should also provide a citation.
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by mthoms 5y ago
Energy per transaction is not a very useful metric since each validated block helps secure previous blocks as well. Put another way - each validated block helps secure every single transaction that came before it. I'm not going to ar
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by mthoms 5y ago
I don't think that users complaints actually had any impact. It seems more likely that avoiding regulatory scrutiny was G's motivation in scrapping AMP.

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