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by ramy_d 10y ago
I tend to agree with the original assertion and I think there must be some truth to it when you look at how many people get up from their desks and eat exactly at lunch when they can take their lunch whenever they want.
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by ramy_d 10y ago
You argument is that its cheap to review. Sure, but why should all review sites duplicate the work? Why can't valve do the review, stop the crap at the source. Stop apologizing for shitty content making it to the store shelves.
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by ramy_d 10y ago
Asking review sites to sift through the dredges in the spirit of "more business is better!" is naive. Jimquisition comments regularly on this and it has turned into a longstanding and ever constant critique of Valve and its "
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by ramy_d 10y ago
Hah, when I was at a big company i took your opposite view in that a salary increase represented recognition for good work done consistently and the expectation of a new normal. It's funny how we interpret the (generally) same system
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by ramy_d 10y ago
wow, is emulation not an option at that stage?
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by ramy_d 10y ago
I never said OP wasn't correct
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by ramy_d 10y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4PWP8uL-1o
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by ramy_d 10y ago
Through negligence?
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by ramy_d 10y ago
ah ok, thanks for the information.
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by ramy_d 10y ago
so when the AMD patch was refused, it was refused for this LTS version of the kernel? that's gotta be a huge blow against AMD, no?
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by ramy_d 10y ago
> Almost all entertainment in Canada for example, is done nearly tax free. Categorically untrue.
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by ramy_d 10y ago
I wouldn't dismiss it as uninformed. chirau was speaking directly to consequences that affected them, impressions personal to them.
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by ramy_d 10y ago
http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2011/10/27/141766341/the-p... I assumed he used california prices. I live in canada and electricity is half the price as it is in cali based on that website (b
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by ramy_d 10y ago
I don't know anything about car ownership, but if it's more expensive to buy, but cheaper to operate, how does that conclude to being impractical for the general public? shouldn't things like interior space, handling, durabil
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by ramy_d 10y ago
on the topic of a nice GUI git client, what do people have to say about git kraken https://www.gitkraken.com/ ? It is cross platform for win/mac/linux
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by ramy_d 10y ago
the wiki article does not reflect that exactly
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by ramy_d 10y ago
Laptop batteries catching fire are such a rare and dramatic occurrence. A simple battery is much more likely in which case you should have come prepared with your charging cable, a very reasonable mitigation scenario. The difference here is
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by ramy_d 10y ago
What if the update goes badly and locks the machine two hours before your presentation? Your post is probably the worst excuse for this behaviour I have yet to read and its frustrating, on so many levels, to see it being excused.
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by ramy_d 10y ago
you're kidding, right?
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by ramy_d 10y ago
I understand, and at times share, the sentiment. But it's important for us not to confuse policy and enthusiasm.
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by ramy_d 10y ago
> What exactly Yahoo is, can someone explain LIM5. and who their target customers are consumer or corporate??? Not commenting on the general sentiment of what you wrote but I think that's a tough question even in the context of a su
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by ramy_d 10y ago
interesting!
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by ramy_d 10y ago
Wow, I never considered the combination of a large broadcasting company that produces original content using sampled material from the internet and then automatically sending ContentID takedowns for said sampled content. It's like a ta
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by ramy_d 10y ago
I did a cursory search out of curiosity: TV has a 7 second delay they add themselves to filter content. The broadcast itself is pretty much instant. It's impressive.
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by ramy_d 10y ago
I believe bandcamp has been flash free for quite some time
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by ramy_d 10y ago
I think its a great idea to consider, a fresh perspective, especially when you consider how slow some sites can become for mobile users. Offloading trivial JS to the server and leveraging CSS/HTML, which would be better optimized on th
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by ramy_d 11y ago
Indeed. Makes sense to front load that risk when you're young.
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by ramy_d 11y ago
vim?
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by ramy_d 11y ago
I think there's a distinction between liking to play games and liking to make games. If you really enjoy making games, then see how far it takes you.
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by ramy_d 11y ago
I thought HN would be the last place to see advice that would derail people from diving into their independent endeavours. The reason no one heads your advice is because driven people don't stop to "play it safe". My 2-person

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