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by rStar 6y ago
i'm torn. I'd like to agree with the sentiment of the OP, but then when I surmise that the 1rst author will use this article as the basis for their job talk, and probably get something somewhere sunny and warm, I have second thoug
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by rStar 6y ago
“ Now, Microsoft says, it will removing individual user names from the productivity score entirely.” - only to be added back in as a “premium” feature.
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by rStar 6y ago
i think there’s a difference between “pushing” and talking about one’s experiences and recommending the experience. additionally, “creepy” is an aspect of a person, not a hallucinogenic. lastly, you are correct - “It's definitely beyon
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by rStar 6y ago
hallucinogenics, for those that have a positive experience, are so foreign and outside the bounds of normal life, while making you feel like you have new insight into your own life, that people just want other people to have that experience
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by rStar 6y ago
i think the gatekeeping involved is more personality type. learning vim/emacs is kind of like learning to play minecraft. you either have to really want to, or on the receiving end of peer pressure. as an emacs user who’s never gotten
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by rStar 6y ago
i only had one good teacher in high school and I consider myself lucky. the students of the writer of this article have at least one good teacher as well. personally i only know vim enough to know that I prefer emacs, but I agree with virtu
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by rStar 6y ago
in my opinion, this seems like Apple, once a computer company that catered to computer users and the expectations of computer users, is now a mobile phone company catering to and responsive to the lower expectations of phone users. to engin
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by rStar 6y ago
If one were to chart government requests against US population over the years, are we looking at exponential growth? If so, is google going to eventually just mirror it’s data for governments around the world? Will anyone care, even then? P
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by rStar 6y ago
At least the doodles are fun though, right?
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by rStar 6y ago
as a raspberry pi enthusiast what * most * excites me about all of this is, all software has to run on arm going forward.
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by rStar 6y ago
I wanted to contribute the comment I did, to illustrate what I believe, and how it differs to the view of the user I was responding to.
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by rStar 6y ago
>From Apple's POV, a completely unlocked system that allows the user can do anything is like selling a car you can drive on all passable roads . It's the default. The Apple ecosystem on the other hand is a artificially
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by rStar 6y ago
nice links! thank you!
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by rStar 6y ago
“There’s a simple consistent principle in operation:” protect our monopoly power over gaming on IOS via the app store by any means necessary.
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by rStar 6y ago
encryption for me but not for thee
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by rStar 6y ago
microsoft has lawyers and can afford to pay them. I find your characterization of “_clearly_” as anything but. As to Microsoft, with Ballmer in charge, this is definitely how they would act, but I guess I was under the mistaken impression t
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by rStar 6y ago
Why There Aren't More Googles? flippant, sarcastic response: because google. actual response: I whole heartedly agree. when a founder/initial investor team turns down even a (mildly though truly) lucrative offer, it’s because they
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by rStar 6y ago
microsoft had a rare chance here to actually stand up for developers in a way that would gain them a lot of mindshare, goodwill and respect. i wish they would’ve taken it.
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by rStar 6y ago
a legalization bill without “grow grow your own” provisions is better than nothing, but is not consumer or citizen freedom respecting. It also harms the us all by enacting into law just another toll bridge for corporations to exploit. I don
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by rStar 6y ago
i believe we’re running into cultural differences here.
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by rStar 6y ago
a personal opinion -> your friend had other problems.
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by rStar 6y ago
cannabis kicked down the door and psilocybes are about to stroll on through. clever fungi.
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by rStar 6y ago
our rent went down, total, a little more than a third. half was a price drop and half was the averaged value of 2 free months, which we will have to pay back if we leave before the lease is up. We had budgeted an increase, so it’s a covid w
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by rStar 6y ago
i blame the engineers
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by rStar 6y ago
I’ve barely been able to keep my dog from going nuts with the quarantine + the California smoke we’ve had to deal with for months now. That and many other reasons. I don’t begrudge anyone their family decisions, but my partner and I definit
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by rStar 6y ago
some emergencies in life call for one to gather up the courage and valor to storm normandy beach, believing death to be very likely imminent. this emergency calls for patience and stoicism. life is a numbers game. I almost died a few hours
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by rStar 6y ago
sars-cov-19 has shattered my expectations for the ability of hn commenters to assess risk and model threats. it makes me wonder if i’m not half a psychopath for only caring about the quality of the information i have access to and the corre
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by rStar 6y ago
the high court of my skull likewise doesn’t classify subway as food.
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by rStar 6y ago
you can work here, but you have no power.
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by rStar 6y ago
> Is it ignorant of me to wonder if the majority of the issues raised in this piece are either portrayed/worded poorly or just not very compelling? I think you’re just missing the overarching point that googles position becomes stro

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