phillmv

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by phillmv 15y ago
Taxes are the price of civilization. Suck it up. I would spend more time being annoyed by all the people charging me rents http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_rent
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by phillmv 15y ago
I would think that that is the whole point of a democracy. Edit: I am sincerely curious about why I'm being downvoted. If you think your government is broken, work to fix it.
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by phillmv 15y ago
I don't understand why anything you just said invalidates anything I just said – but I would be glad if you took another stab at explaining it to me.
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by phillmv 15y ago
What the fuck? Are these the same scientists who don't believe in global warming?
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by phillmv 15y ago
Hrm. Touché.
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by phillmv 15y ago
I think a reasonable argument to make against domain squatting is that those who do it as a business… are just charging you a fee solely because they thought of it first. It feels very much like a pure wealth transfer from me to a more entr
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by phillmv 15y ago
>First, it's a logotype. Some of the world's most recognizable logos are, like this, logotypes. I'm willing to accept this. Point to your favour. >Third, why would you want the font used for this particular logo? Because I might wan
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by phillmv 15y ago
Most of these logos are poor, which means you're going to throw them out. That's all the service includes. [This one]( http://stylate.com/portfolio/sporous-com/ ) is just the domain name in a particular font. They don't even include rights
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by phillmv 15y ago
The most interesting thing about this story is just how poor that Powerpoint presentation is. It's professionally put together, but if I someone tried to use these as slides during a presentation I'd want to tear my eyes out.
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by phillmv 15y ago
For one, Notch vs Bethesda operated at several fewer orders of magnitude. Secondly, Notch is playfully avoiding a lawsuit. Oracle is settling a score.
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by phillmv 15y ago
<I also really needed a keyboard, but that's not even the main issue Well, considering the iPad lacks a keyboard, I'd say that's a pretty big issue at least. >for my parents. PERSONALLY, I would happily pay the premium if it means
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by phillmv 15y ago
I think they're still the consumer electronics premium brand par excellence, but they've dominated their supply chains so thoroughly that they've found savings other companies just can't compete with. You can still buy a laptop for a lot le
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by phillmv 15y ago
It's not so much a real laptop replacement as it is a "computing device while on the go". Whereas four years ago you'd get a netbook, now… you kind of need a good reason not to get an iPad/Fire. It's a subset of computing. I have my main wo
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by phillmv 15y ago
Marketing, screen size and apps. Amazon for now, as far as I can tell, is positioning it as a "Amazon content consumption device" instead of a "lifestyle companion". Mind you, I don't disagree. I think you'd have to be a little ridiculous t
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by phillmv 15y ago
>Part of actually owning up to your mistakes is accepting the consequences gracefully. The consequence is going bankrupt or not going bankrupt. >His fuckup, he's the one that has to deal with the consequences. I honestly don't under
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by phillmv 15y ago
1) It's just been my experience, when designing and discussing user interfaces, to include "how discoverable" an application is as a factor to how "usable" they are. A LOT OF FEATURES that experts can use does not necessarily make something
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by phillmv 15y ago
You're probably not going to sue someone for under $30,000 and yet I wouldn't call that a trivial size of business.
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by phillmv 15y ago
Shit happens, man. I can't predict the future, can you? Sometimes you fuck up. If you own up to your mistakes, and they were reasonable mistakes, why shouldn't you be forgiven?
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by phillmv 15y ago
>I'll report you to the BBB, file a law suit against you and pre up a class action law suit to rape you into bankruptcy and make sure no one will ever do business with you again. No, you won't, because unless you're a lawyer even thinki
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by phillmv 15y ago
Listen. I bought my macbook when I was a student and it was considerably more than my current income level. I understand all of this. You still don't need to use Textmate. I've never used textmate; I'm a professional developer. >How i
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by phillmv 15y ago
>1) "discover new functionality" is a "learn", not a "use". I'm talking about application usability. When I say something is hard to "use" I roughly mean "how easy it is to pick up" and "how easy it is to use everyday". It's a sign of p
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by phillmv 15y ago
You could presumably write a "Limited Brainfuck" compiler and then write an interpreter for any language you want into that :P. If it's complete, it's turtles all the way down.
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by phillmv 15y ago
>You man up and you apologize properly, saying it ain't going to be free and that wasn't planned, but it has to be. Oh I agree. But this would be very easy to do tactfully, and so I consider it semi trivial. All you have to do is be hum
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by phillmv 15y ago
People break contracts all the time. In fact, if you are losing money on a deal it's your duty as a rational actor to break your contract. Underwater on your mortgage? Foreclose it.
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by phillmv 15y ago
>It's not technically mine, either. It belongs to the company I work for. Well, then you're probably not paying for your own licenses either. Ask your company dept to put in for a license. >The macbook I use cost about the same as m
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by phillmv 15y ago
Nope! Harder to use . It's basically impossible to discover new functionality in vim without reading technical documentation for it, whereas in Textmate I assume (having never used it) that feature is accessible using a mouse. TM is more
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by phillmv 15y ago
Two days just to get used to it. On and off experimentation for the right set of plugins, eventually getting a good vimrc. A very long time before you get proficient. A hyperbole, no doubt, but vim is way harder to use than TM.
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by phillmv 15y ago
I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a reply.
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by phillmv 15y ago
If you don't mind me asking, why on earth would you do that? 1. Your existing copy of TextMate will continue to work just fine 2. Have you used MacVim recently? Assuming TM2 has a totally painless upgrade path from TM1, you will be spending
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by phillmv 15y ago
Bro, c'mon now. I hate using this argument, but if you can afford a macbook you can definitely pony up $60 for your main development tool . Dude's running a business, not a charity. Shit, I use vim. If you're so screwed for cash there are

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