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by nmfisher 6y ago
Yeah, I'm not blaming journalists, it just reflects the reality of media consumption habits.
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by nmfisher 6y ago
If anything, it's a good way to get PR. "Journalists" entertain the most banal stories as long as they're attached to name brands.
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by nmfisher 6y ago
I never miss an opportunity to publicly restate just how god-awful XCode is. I think it is literally the worst developer tool I have ever come across. I don’t think I have ever heard one good thing said about it. Coming mostly from a Window
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by nmfisher 6y ago
Separate point, but I absolutely loathe on-screen keyboards. They reduce my phone typing speed to literally 5% of what it used to be on my old Nokia or Blackberry. Case in point - this comment would have taken me no more than 20 seconds t
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by nmfisher 6y ago
Were you a beta user, or is this now open for public access?
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by nmfisher 6y ago
Except smokers actually aren't actually a net cost to the healthcare system, because they die earlier. "complete smoking cessation would produce a net increase in health care costs" https://www.nejm.org/doi&#x
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by nmfisher 6y ago
Out of curiosity, what's the justification for opposing a preferential voting system in the USA? Is it simply a case of "it would hurt my guy's chance of winning"? Or is there more principled reasoning at play? As an Aus
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by nmfisher 6y ago
Just because you have technical chops, doesn't mean you're magically imbued with the ability to conjure up demand for sci-fi-tier products. Commercialization isn't about how smart you are or how elegant your product is. It&#x
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by nmfisher 6y ago
I don't think it's about calories, there's some speculation that artificial sweeteners still spike your insulin, messing with people's ability to lose weight. Jury's still out AFAIK though.
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by nmfisher 6y ago
Because certain businesses bleed oceans of cash before they turn a profit. That can be a sound investment because when they do turn a profit, it's torrential. Take Facebook. How could anyone possibly bootstrap a social network circa-20
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by nmfisher 6y ago
Counterpoint - I have an iPhone 6 that has exactly this problem. The cable doesn't get seated properly, so occasionally it stops charging or disconnects when attached to a computer.
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by nmfisher 6y ago
Thanks - either I'm going blind or I scrolled straight past that section on my phone (twice!).
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by nmfisher 6y ago
Do you mean this Arcdigital article posted to HN? If so, I can’t see any mention of it.
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by nmfisher 6y ago
That may be true, but every musician/smaller label I come across is saying that Spotify is killing independent music. The economics of streaming mean that the long-tail just isn't commercially viable. People no longer buy music ou
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by nmfisher 6y ago
> Putting people out on their own recognizance works in most cases. Has this been studied?
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by nmfisher 6y ago
> The chinese internet is closed, not their entire market. Even if the internet was open, imho it would be a hard market to dominate as there is a cultural gap that is not easy to fill For some things, maybe. But I had the good fortune o
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by nmfisher 6y ago
Of course they're going to attack the 30% as too high. Obviously, their best outcome is reducing that percentage to zero. But to get there, their argument obviously can't be "Apple is a monopoly allows it to extract 30%, whic
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by nmfisher 6y ago
1) Epic is gobsmackingly cashed up. Fortnite brought in almost $2 billion in revenue last year, and they raised almost $2 billion in equity this year. If anyone is positioned to have a drawn-out legal fight with Apple, it's Epic. 2) Ep
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by nmfisher 6y ago
The real trial hasn't started yet (scheduled for July next year, last time I looked), so there's no winning or losing. Epic vs Google was covered in The Economist this week. It's a very big deal.
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by nmfisher 6y ago
While I broadly agree with your sentiments, Epic's issue here isn't the percentage commission per se. It's the fact that both Stores do not allow apps that circumvent Apple/Google's payment systems for in-app purcha
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by nmfisher 6y ago
I don't think the two are mutually exclusive. There's nothing preventing a universal healthcare system, partially funded by higher taxes on "unhealthier" behaviours that cause a disproportionate burden on the system. Obv
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by nmfisher 6y ago
Elaborate? I'm not sure what your point is.
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by nmfisher 6y ago
Yeah, I think it's time we recognize that many (most?) humans simply lack the willpower to resist overconsumption, particularly when it comes to sweet/fried foods. I would struggle to find a single country where rising wealth&#x2F
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by nmfisher 6y ago
> I hope the athletes whose pro careers are now in jeopardy are able to hold the college administration and other officials pushing for the return of football accountable for the damage they've caused. On the flipside, a year out of
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by nmfisher 6y ago
For what it's worth, the USA is very commonly perceived overseas as an incredibly violent society.
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by nmfisher 6y ago
A better way of framing the question would be "how is Mexico not the inevitable consequence of anarcho-capitalist systems?"
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by nmfisher 6y ago
> I'd wager that you're speaking from the privilege of living in a community where you don't have to worry about your kid being knived, shot or raped at school, otherwise you might have a different opinion. Not that it mak
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by nmfisher 6y ago
'injuncted' is the preferred term in Australia. Source: http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinosrch.cgi?method=auto&q... I assume "enjoined" is preferred in the USA (and in all fairness, I guess
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by nmfisher 6y ago
> Shouldn't a judge look at what is allowed by the law, instead of being the devil's advocate and say "those guys have done it for years, so it's fine"? I haven't been able to find the actual details yet, bu
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by nmfisher 6y ago
Interesting use case for IPFS, which has often felt like an (admittedly cool) solution in search of a problem. Can someone enlighten me as to real-world examples where actually reproducible builds are critical?

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