neumann_alfred

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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Different message, same result: "Unfortunately, this video is not available in Germany because it may contain music for which GEMA has not granted the respective music rights."
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
I don't know about things like radio buttons that look like physical switches, that's often going to far for my taste (unless it's for atmosphere in a game), but when it comes to the bevels etc around which much of this discussion seems to
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Well, I seem to have at least 5 peeps who silently agree -- two who vocally disagree. And you didn't mention anything in the movie, you know, pointing out a flaw in what I said; and you won't even watch it yourself - so what exactly are you
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Hahaha, you wish! My problem isn't lack of demand, if anything it's women pouting because I ignore them, and dudes being aggro because said women are pouting. so thanks for playing. Maybe you should simply speak for yourself and otherwise g
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
You might have made the mistake I don't include certain ladies in "dumb fucking sexists" ^^ And on what planet are downmoderations brownie points?
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
I've seen LOTR, and I read the book (at an appropriate age too haha). I "know" The Hobbit is no less pompous and derpificated a conversion. Just looking at still images of it is enough for me. The good guys are good looking, the bad guys
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
The former are quite flawed but they're still people. Which is kind of the reason for making a principled stand: They are human, they aren't going to go away anytime soon, they want to be respected or even loved, and extreme shallowness m
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Who with a shred of intelligence, and the same apprecation of females as human beings and persons as they have for males, would think otherwise? Why should a "hot chick" or a "big earner" increase your "social status" with anyone but comple
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
What's the more brainless, the person who watches a movie and contemplates it, or one who dismisses it without a thought? Without a thought, and without paying attention to any indicators.. or merely without watching the full-length movie
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
My facebook girlfriend is "Sweetba Bytruth" ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPKhLJeLHC4 ) or something, but I don't think anyone is falling for it ^^
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
That still only impresses the kind of people who would be impressed by a sports car; the solution obviously is to hang out with more shallow people. Make 'em dumb fucking sexists for bonus points.
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
The Hobbit is a story for kids; and by the point grown men make million-dollar budget movies out of it, there isn't much of the original life left, anyway. The original contract is super short; the movie contract is extremely bloated... may
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
> The design portion was "how can we make a case that has the least amount of plastic, is easy to clean and access for service". That's as far as it went. Are you sure? http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2012/technology/1202/gallery....
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
That's what filters are for. For that of course users would need first meaningful (!) tools to curate their own content; instead of just throwing everything onto their profile in chronological order. Maybe some helpful default suggestions t
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Imagine a Facebook that actually revolved around letting users create, organize and find "personal content" -- with none of the arbitrary filtering of the "stream", and paying for increased video/photo storage and turning ads off. There,
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
"Can someone explain why creating a legitimate, privacy-respecting ad platform which allows desktop developers to monetize their applications in a manner that's almost exactly the same as ad supported web and mobile apps is that awful?" T
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Frederick Cuny, Reliever(world.std.com)
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Thanks for not taking my anger at this personally, I was being out of line. But to think that just one gullible person might fall into the clutches of Scientology because of this, really does bother me. I know they might follow up on all th
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Were you hoping for a refund of your $0? How about an apology? Even just "we are sorry for any confusion we may have caused", anything to indicate they are remotely aware of the gravity of wtf they just did? It was online for all of th
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
pulling the advertorial shows that the editors are still in charge What kind of editing is it that would allow this crap to appear for a few hours? This shows that they didn't expect and couldn't handle the backlash, but nothing more. Wel
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
4 words: too little, too late.
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
how does that bode for websites using Disqus? That was never a good idea IMHO... If you care about your readers, don't outsource comments. I cannot take websites seriously that are using Disqus (or Facebook, or other such shady, inaccount
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
It's basically just an advertisement that has been allowed to parade itself as an article Yeah, and since the advertisement is for Scientology, punishment needs to be swift, precise und merciless. You can call a lot of things "just an ad"
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Yup. CREEPY.
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
If you have people adding "spurious" stuff to your code, you have a bigger problem than coding style. Why would you need locks on your door if you live on a planet with only friends on it? If you don't; why don't you?
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
It depends on what you are trying to do. Which you can't know in advance, which is the point. Since you don't know what you might want to do with stuff down the road, you end up writing code in a style that is less concise but more "putty
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
it is socially unacceptable to say such things about thugs in other religions It is? I didn't get that memo. To me it's socially unacceptable not to. People just ought to realize that being free-thinking, and in parts actually intelligent
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
The true story of scientology has already been told. A mediocre sci-fi author realized he could make a lot of money by inventing a bullshit story [1] and then proceeded to recruit a bunch of brownshirts [2]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wik
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Not to mention it was the top comment You say this as if it was the fault of the poster. Why did HN in general not upvote another, more positive comment? WTF kind of witch hunt is this even? I don't like the comment either, but cut it out
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
I don't think this is fair. You cannot read a comment, or a bunch of comments, from over 100 days ago in light of the recent suicide. If people make their actions dependant on someone's post on HN, that is the problem, and making the right

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