oldcynic

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by oldcynic 9y ago
As a Brit using the NHS I can only add that I trust, and expect, every government to make the NHS worse whilst they talk of how marvellous it is. I would really like it given to an independent cross-party body, or the civil service, to try
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by oldcynic 9y ago
Cannot argue that f2p where it is cosmetics and trivia is reasonable enough, although that seems to be very much the minority these days. F2P where it's pay2win, or worse pay to progress, and endless loot boxes is gambling for kids, an
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by oldcynic 9y ago
Now we have web assembly and EME for closed and proprietary blobs, and JS for hogging resource. Flash was a mess, but the sunlit uplands after Flash aren't looking especially sunny!
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by oldcynic 9y ago
That they have such a weak patent is a problem with the system that permits it. Copyright should be enough for software. The morality doesn't seem that disparate either - they are both exploitative. I do stand corrected on this company
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by oldcynic 9y ago
That was surprisingly refreshing to read. Not common to see an honest take on what's wrong with f2p gaming from a game company.
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by oldcynic 9y ago
Not true. Plenty of non-technical people had a web page up like this one. Nearly all ISPs included some webspace, and enough instructions to get going. Lots of people put up something on user.demon.co.uk or geocities about themselves, the
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by oldcynic 9y ago
Hard to decide how I feel here. I hate software patents and patent trolls, but I also hate what f2p and premium currencies have done to gaming. Which is the lesser of these evils?
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by oldcynic 9y ago
I used to say, and believe, such things. After over 30 years of work, and business, I have become vastly more tolerant and understanding of those who were diligently "out there swinging" until it broke them, and sometimes their fa
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by oldcynic 9y ago
The earliest Lego was cellulose, which is biodegradable. They'd do better simply going back to that. Though I'm not sure how cellulose is for longevity.
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by oldcynic 9y ago
Additives and anti-oxidants have got better I think. Pretty much all plastic from the 60s - 80s is prone to hardening and yellowing. In the worst cases the surface can start crumbling. See old computer cases for instance.
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by oldcynic 9y ago
Of course after someone has achieved success they put it down entirely to innate worth, effort, skill and so forth. Likewise plenty who have deserved success have been wiped out by unlucky timing of the dot com bust, credit crunch, fraud. Y
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Bitcoin faces regulatory crackdown, Bank of England warns(theguardian.com)
60 points by oldcynic 9y ago|61 comments
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by oldcynic 9y ago
> Ask any politician They will tell you they favour fairness and freedom from bias. It's the other side that are biased.
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by oldcynic 9y ago
Why is it a long-form post more suited to Livejournal or blog post and in no way written to work on Twitter? That in itself is indicative of the problem.
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by oldcynic 9y ago
It's hurting their brand, even if they haven't realised. I don't want 3 attempts and returns to buy a battery, or charger, or any of the dozens of categories this affects. I don't want to be buying co-mingled inventory o
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by oldcynic 9y ago
This is ruling out Amazon for so many categories of product and has been going on for years. Yet they don't seem to be bothered. So now I look on Amazon, then see if I can buy direct or from a different retailer.
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by oldcynic 9y ago
> There was something sort of relaxing about watching it work I came here to post exactly this. Not forgetting the almost musical accompaniment of the stepper motors. Just as well really, as they weren't exactly fast.
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by oldcynic 9y ago
Do you apply the same logic to cash? Should that be phased out? The biggest appeals of phasing out cash are the possibility of negative interest rates along with the erosion of privacy. But those are appealing to governments not citizens.
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by oldcynic 9y ago
Wow. Talk about solving the wrong problem.
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by oldcynic 9y ago
> "The main feature of crypto-currencies is their anonymity. I don't think this is a good thing" So I suppose cash causes death in Bill's world view then?
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by oldcynic 9y ago
They've already started the process to rewrite, by 2020 I believe.
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by oldcynic 9y ago
I would have thought they needed to rewrite their constitution before building these, not a few years after!
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Total ban on bee-harming pesticides likely after major new EU analysis(theguardian.com)
2 points by oldcynic 9y ago|0 comments
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by oldcynic 9y ago
Didn't own one but a friend had an N900. It seemed like a few things still needed polish, but it didn't seem slow to me - quite the opposite. He hung on to it for a good while too. My plan was to buy the next one at next contract
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by oldcynic 9y ago
I never did figure out what was supposed to be wrong with MeeGo/Maemo. Always thought it had a lot of potential and some great UX ideas that were nowhere else.
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by oldcynic 9y ago
Yet the most atmospheric professional photos are often monochrome.
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by oldcynic 9y ago
...and 3-6 before they release a new Hangout Business Chat or some such that's better because.
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by oldcynic 9y ago
So why can't someone innovate on form factor a little? Ever thinner candy bars cannot be the ultimate destination in ergonomics. Someone offer me a thicker smart phone with a great camera, xenon flash (like Sony Ericsson once did with
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by oldcynic 9y ago
It seems to boil down to opinion. To an extent it has to. Though even when there's dozens of citations possible or articles on paper, and verifiable, entries can go because of an admin opinion. (I've no doubt this isn't the
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by oldcynic 9y ago
Every mention of rewilding Scotland I've come across has been talking of reintroducing extinct native species such as Lynx and Wolf. That's along with smaller animals and reducing deer numbers.

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