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   by sabj 16y ago

   Here's my question. This really feels like a platform wars flashback to Mac v. PC, and the coming numerical advantages to Android combined with the fact that it's arguably on or close to the same level of iPhone for performance, usability,
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   by sabj 16y ago

   Wow, that blog post is so heartwarming and fun that it makes me like Woot a lot more than I ever did before! (I didn't dislike it, but had no particular feelings). Respect.
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   by sabj 16y ago

   Of course - and we all knew this. But that didn't make calling the russian math school a mob hideout any less fun.
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   by sabj 16y ago

   "terrible" is, fairly, an exaggeration. I just meant to emphasize that, in comparison with the great features it offers as a technology device, it has rarely been considered superlative for its voice telephony featureset in any particular r
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   by sabj 16y ago

   I think they assumed very correctly. http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/06/28iphone.html . What gets me the most of this situation is not the "lovely smartphone, terrible at making calls" dichotomy, because that's not really new to me...
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   by sabj 16y ago

   Or how well the sleeper cells have had the programming subsumed into their consciousness... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spies_Reminiscent_of_Us#Plot
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   by sabj 16y ago

   Right, but what I mean is, something that has less volatility / risk than equity, but similar 'social good' profile. Like, some vehicle that was responsible, environmentally sound fixed-income or suchlike. I wish there were a way to park mo
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   by sabj 16y ago

   You know, there _is_ penis-detection technology.
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   by sabj 16y ago

   I find the hardware to be very delightful, in most respects, and I appreciate the thought and efforts that Apple puts into creating a unified software/hardware 'product solution' even if I disagree violently with some of the philosophical a
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    by sabj 16y ago

    Growing up in Boston, all my russian friends would joke of such things as this, or other connections. And here I was thinking it was but schoolyard bluster!
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    by sabj 16y ago

    I am conflicted in regards to situations like this one. For one, I am interested in invested in vehicles like this not just for the profit potential, but for what I feel is a genuine social / environmental good; at the same time, I hate the