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Stop Googling. Let’s Talk(nytimes.com)
119 points by notNow 11y ago|109 comments
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by notNow 11y ago
You're actually onto something that's very insightful indeed. Religious zealots fit perfectly the psychological profile of the typical alphabet agency stooge. They're dogmatic, conformists, traditionalists/conventionalis
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by notNow 11y ago
there are rogue nation-states and rogue actors Funny you're saying this in the same sentence about those agencies and you're totally missing how ironic that is.
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by notNow 11y ago
Israel maybe?
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by notNow 11y ago
I've never been so ashamed to be British. The "illustrious" colonial and expansionist history of the British empire wasn't enough to tip the scales for you before?
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by notNow 11y ago
Is there any technical justification for this or it's purely economical/financial?
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by notNow 11y ago
Since we're picking on people for their grammar mistakes, let me throw my hat in the ring: I'm more in favor of this convention (OS') when it comes to possessive apostrophes for word that end in an "S" which is to o
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by notNow 11y ago
[0] by that I'm referring to the clean HTML that still looks semantic and has all the normal separation of views and styles whereas in React et al if one's inspects the code is just looks horrid. Even though I'm a JS-first
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by notNow 11y ago
Apple is definitely one of the worst transgressors in that regards since its business model is based on "bait & switch" strategy where they fleece their suckers they call customers of their money whether initially in overprice
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by notNow 11y ago
Companies are free to engage in 'anti-competitive' practices if they don't have too much power over the market. That's completely untrue. If the shop owner around the corner in your hood colluded with other shop owners
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by notNow 11y ago
It's not about market share or dominance or even monopoly. It's about the question of engaging in anti-competitive practices and Apple is guilty of those despicable practices. However, I must say that I am not totally sold on all
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by notNow 11y ago
Again you're lashing out at JS due to your experience with node or npm which none is part of the language itself. That's like someone after ordering a regular Big Mac meal (burger + fries + soda), he complains that the dessert por
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by notNow 11y ago
So you don't think that the FOSS movement has a left-leaning anarchist/libertarian spirit to it?
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by notNow 11y ago
So you're having issues with a few components of the ecosystem, why are you taking it out on the language itself? npm modules are not an integral part of the language. It's just an optional add-on that you might explore on your ow
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by notNow 11y ago
Can you please enlighten us and name some of those "half-baked" features you frequently encounter in the language?
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by notNow 11y ago
I agree with you. This is not communism at all. Two of the most defining characteristics of Communism are power centralization and common ownership while modern FOSS fortunately don't possess of these qualities. IMO, FOSS is more leani
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by notNow 11y ago
Am I the only one thinks that the user's experience should be more important than everything else? No but you didn't compensate the content creator with anything to demand a superb UX. When you pay them or exchange anything of v
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by notNow 11y ago
An excerpt from the intro on that landing page of that project or intiative "It is a movement to create an ad-free Web" I find this view to be unlikely to materialize. We're in a consumerist-led capitalist economy and adverti
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by notNow 11y ago
A fool and his code are soon parted. Sad but true.
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by notNow 11y ago
Would you cite the text where you decided this? I'm not seeing it but likely read with a different tone. Didn't you read the "we devs are taking over the world" part and the infamous Andreessen's quote? That'
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by notNow 11y ago
You mean offensive not oppressive and as with everything it depends on context and really Bobby doesn't come off as straight as an arrow to me, he's as shady as he claims Billy to be and if he got his way and Billy paid him off, I
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by notNow 11y ago
If you're enjoying your inflated salary, thank Janet Yellen. Toda תודה Madame Yellen Don't you love trickle-down economics, crony capitalism and the Fed/Wall St. cartel? I really like how Americans have no qualms about the
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by notNow 11y ago
What attributes or traits do you ascribe to these people who only care about themselves and want to have things their way at the expense of the team, the organization and everything else?
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by notNow 11y ago
Nothing wrong with putting you and your family or loved ones first and foremost before anything and I don't believe in loyalty for the company either esp. when it's a one way street where the employee is expected to fawn and suck
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by notNow 11y ago
So, his strategy basically boils down to "My way or the highway". Well buddy, not all managers are spineless like the ones you have in that startup and if you tried to pull this trick on them and to strongarm them into submission,
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by notNow 11y ago
4% of the planet. If 4% of America spoke a language, most of us wouldn't be in much of a rush to localize. You're implicitly assuming that the remaining 96% of the population is speaking another language which is untrue in your
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by notNow 11y ago
So you fancy being a ringer for Al-Bashir? I bet the guy knows very well that the Sudanese politics are farce and he was just playing along maybe for the limelight or to play the controlled opposition part so Al-Bashir can claim that he win
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by notNow 11y ago
Hi S4M, - Do you conjugate verbs? Sure you do in English and there are also the irregular verbs problem to crack such as go went gone / read read read (As you know, the past and past participle are pronounced as the word "red&quot
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by notNow 11y ago
I say take the beer and chill man. No need for the -ve vibe. Cheers
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by notNow 11y ago
Well, at face value this could be construed as an act of "Affirmative Action". Some people in non white groups could view it as patronizing or condemn as an act of "white saviorship" or an extension of the "white ma

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