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by sbuk 4y ago
I thought that people on HN didn't resort to ad hominem when they're being so visibly sanctimonious. I know that, in theory at least, people vote for the party, not the leader. The Blair-Brown transition wasn't unprecedented,
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by sbuk 4y ago
The country needs a general election or a general strike until we get a general election.
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by sbuk 4y ago
Somehow, I think he would have been worse!
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by sbuk 4y ago
There wasn't 3 separate leaders after Brown though. He lost a GE to a coalition that he wasn't prepared to form.
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by sbuk 4y ago
Low sales, possibly because the screens were too small...
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by sbuk 4y ago
It's the version of Office 365 that has Microsoft Defender included.
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by sbuk 4y ago
Truth? Inadequate spam control, even on E5 and most people are gullible and click-happy. It's equally astounding and frightening just how many compromised mail accounts are out there. Training is inadequate, with most security and IT o
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by sbuk 4y ago
" used to sell" being the key phrase there.
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by sbuk 4y ago
The product that Chiat/Day wrote the copy and put the images together for wasn't though. That is what I took the GP to mean.
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by sbuk 4y ago
*Only in the US. It has some adoption outside the US.
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by sbuk 4y ago
> RCS is an open source protocol No, no it isn't.
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by sbuk 4y ago
Love that you angryly included the source, like the internet is a debate club. You and all the other pitchfork handlers are assuming Apple actually needs to be fixed for this entirely-made-up and self-imposed issue. They don't. It real
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by sbuk 4y ago
> So, maybe instead of focusing on bullying we can just focus on punishing companies that profit from bullying. This is an extreme take. Yes bullying is is a consequence of society. Don’t be lazy and blame someone else for your societi
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by sbuk 4y ago
Erm. Every iPhone comes with a lightning cable in the box. You can also buy lightning cables from other manufacturers for considerably less than $19. Get your facts right.
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by sbuk 4y ago
Here’s a crazy idea. Why not fix the problem at the source? Address the entitled behaviour of teenagers.
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by sbuk 4y ago
Beauty is very much in the eye of the beholder.
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by sbuk 4y ago
Mine came with the 1440p matte IPS, which I can concur is utter garbage! Previously, I had an x280. The USB-C, battery and touchpad all had issues, but it was a considerably better machine. "Business" laptops seem to be a crap-sho
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by sbuk 4y ago
I have the same laptop. Keyboard squeaks, USB-C port doesn't hold the adapter in place - falls out all the time. Battery life is appalling for a 2022 model laptop. It runs hot all the time, like burn my legs hot - I cannot work with it
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by sbuk 4y ago
Had 2 Thinkpads through work from new - x280 and P14s. Both, within a month, had issues with the cable falling out of the socket. Tried several different cables, all fell out. The build quality is shitty by-and-large; I currently have keybo
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by sbuk 4y ago
Elop was the last nail. The reviews for the N9 were good, but it was too little, too late. Mind-share was already taken by Android and iOS, and Samsung were already eating into Nokia's dumb phone dominance. Nokia were dead in the water
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by sbuk 4y ago
Certainly if the quality of USB-C ports on Thinkpads in anything to go by.
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by sbuk 4y ago
I imagine that the caterwauling around the change from 32-pin to Lightning somewhat plays into their decision not to move to USB-C. Obviously the overtly cynical will put it down to purely profiteering...
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by sbuk 4y ago
I hate having to pull the 'appeal to authority' card, but after over 20 years in design and architecture, where writing contracts dealing with copyright is very much part of the job, I feel somewhat qualified to pass comment. The
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by sbuk 4y ago
> "The source photo for the work was just another photo of Prince." Sounds pretty dismissive of the original photo's value to me...
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by sbuk 4y ago
That doesn't mean that there is no value in the original work. It just shows that you are ignorant of the photographers work. That's not meant to be derogatory, just a simple fact. Doesn't change that Warhol should have sough
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by sbuk 4y ago
That I can agree with. I posted this to highlight the absurdity of the original posting of another definition. I perhaps could have been more explicit, but I thought that my tongue being in my cheek was established by making the point that
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by sbuk 4y ago
I should retract the part about profiting, but it's there because, undoubtedly, given Prince's iconic status even at the time, and Warhol's reputation, it has a bearing on the outcome. Ultimately the moral thing to do, arti
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by sbuk 4y ago
Ironically, the image you linked completely disproves your point. The derivative work is identical to the point that it is an obvious copy . Warhol should absolutely have sought permission, especially since he and his estate have profite
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by sbuk 4y ago
It's not that simple. If, like this image, the framing (or in this case, pose), disembodied or not, were identical, the answer is 'yes' the photographer was 'ripped-off'. To counter your thought experiment and your
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by sbuk 4y ago
The problem here is that the likeness is not what is in dispute, and the copyright of a photograph belongs to the photographer. The ruling, like it or not, is entirely correct. It is plain that the Warhol piece is derivative of the photogra

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