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by nsmartt 14y ago
This is wrong. It goes beyond this. There are various clear examples of Apple exercising far too much authority. It's not a question of whether you should use certain products. It becomes a question of whether you should trust Apple at all.
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This is my main issue with ST2. It's missing various features that I consider to be almost key for my workflow. I'm stuck running code from the terminal because of the limitations of build systems in ST2. There's a nasty and supposedly un-f
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by nsmartt 14y ago
It's interesting that this is the same mindset as non-technical consumers. They don't want anything to change, ever, because it breaks their workflow. I suppose there's a tendency for some to be on the bleeding edge. I suspect everyone has
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by nsmartt 14y ago
$ man su NAME su - change user ID or become superuser It's not quite so simple. The meaning has changed over time.
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> Right now, having unique passwords for each account allows me to compartmentalize access to my accounts. Is this really true? Typically, sites allow you to reset your password with only your email address. What makes this any differe
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by nsmartt 14y ago
I fought with Python for weeks before I picked up Ruby. It clicked perfectly and I've never had to fight with it. I don't see how Python can be objectively better than Ruby. I don't know enough about Lua to comment.
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by nsmartt 14y ago
I'd amend that he was thinking of the good of the people for which he was responsible. edit: wording
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It was for a couple of minutes, but it came back quickly.
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by nsmartt 14y ago
Enjoying a feeling is fine. I don't think anyone reasonable will take issue with that. I do, however, take issue with calling it curiosity. Curiosity is defined as a desire to learn something or know something. Even if you do want to know,
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by nsmartt 14y ago
This premise is flawed. There are certain ingredients that one just doesn't enjoy. If a dish is cooked with those ingredients, you won't like it regardless of the quality. That's pretty much where my analogy falls apart, so I'm ditching it.
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by nsmartt 14y ago
You don't need to be an expert in the culinary arts to determine the tastiness of a dish.
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Not everyone has time to contribute to every project that may be useful in some way. If something else works the way one wants, there's no call to put time and energy into a competing project.
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by nsmartt 14y ago
I really love the comparison to photography. It's good to remember that no one tool is perfect for every job and that new doesn't mean better. That said, it's also good to remember that there's nothing wrong with loving your languages as lo
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by nsmartt 14y ago
On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. http://ycombinat
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The phones could reasonably neglect data in favor of wifi. I don't know if they do, but it's plausible.
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The OS is meant to be on phones targeted at consumers outside the typical smartphone market. It's supposed to be a high quality low-end alternative to iOS/Android, unless I'm forgetting something.
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My issue is fundamentally similar to my issue with Google or Facebook. Information and money are power. Apple is the richest company on the planet. I'm uncomfortable with Apple gaining more money and, therefore, more power. Their actions ha
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Why wouldn't you do both?
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by nsmartt 14y ago
It's difficult to reply to this because there are lots of moving, intertwining parts. I'll label them, I guess 1) I didn't assume political apathy, but I did assume apathy about this particular case. 2) His responses suggested that he
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by nsmartt 14y ago
I don't have an issue with most of these. In fact, to me, "ruby allows you to do X, and it shouldn't" is an annoying line of thought. If I want to make my language dance, I don't want it to cry-- I want it to sing along. There's one that I'
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by nsmartt 14y ago
These politics fit the criteria for HN, so I draw conclusions about your political opinions, yes.
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by nsmartt 14y ago
Debate raises awareness and challenges opinions. It's not related to the criteria, but it is related to why you would be inclined to discuss this on HN if you were inclined to discuss it outside of HN. I don't need to know anything about yo
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by nsmartt 14y ago
Thanks. I noticed it should work for iPhone 4S, so I thought I'd ask. Side note: I'm impressed that this is what you did after your surgery. I only managed a couple of small ruby scripts.
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by nsmartt 14y ago
This isn't compatible with my iPod Touch from July-- I haven't updated to iOS 6 and I don't have intentions of updating. Any chance it will be compatible later?
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by nsmartt 14y ago
Saying, " I don't want to see this on HN " when it clearly fits the criteria for submission and aids in making the audience of HN more aware[1] does suggest that you are ignoring these sorts of issues elsewhere in your life. [1] Though this
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by nsmartt 14y ago
I like this idea, but there's a problem with it. His MAC address, which is meant to be specific to a machine, was banned. The intent is clear-- "your machine is no longer welcome on our network."
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There are very real problems with our laws. That Aaron was facing 35 years in prison for what he did is very clear evidence of that, and this is far from the only broken law. While hating on the system can be done in stupid ways, ignoring t
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by nsmartt 14y ago
As I understand it, the problem was that he continued to connect to the network after being kicked off. It's unauthorized access. I don't really know how to explain how I feel about it, but that's my understanding.
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> jQuery 2.0 will not run on oldIE. As a result of removing several layers of barnacle-encrusted code, it will be both faster and smaller than jQuery 1.9. My take here is that various bits of logic have been removed which will also imp
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by nsmartt 14y ago
Given that jQuery 2.0 is supposed to be significantly faster, parent's approach offers increased speed to users who are not on sub-IE9 browsers.

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