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by scholia 10y ago
Discrediting honest reporting has been the foundation of the whole alt-right approach to the media, and getting acceptance for the lies broadcast by sources such as Breitbart News and Drudge Report. In fact, it's essential to discredit
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by scholia 10y ago
The Trump campaign exposed some serious problems with traditional newspaper reporting, which tries to be even-handed. This is based on the assumption that presidential candidates will generally be honest, and will generally base their argum
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by scholia 10y ago
Politifact is biased in favor of truth and honest reporting. For which reason it has won a Pulitzer Prize and many other awards for outstanding journalism. Of course, people who don't want to hear the truth -- most Trump supporters, in
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by scholia 10y ago
Many thanks. Some good pointers there....
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by scholia 10y ago
Would it be feasible to have an "enhancement pack" website where less talented people (ie me) could get fixes like this. I remember doing stuff like this with Proxomitron in the good old days....
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by scholia 10y ago
None the less, my comment is true, and as a matter of fact, most PCs run Windows....
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by scholia 10y ago
Oddly enough, I don't own that. I must have about 30 Jarrett CDs, and quite a lot of Shostakovich (all the symphonies and string quartets), so there's really no excuse ;-)
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by scholia 10y ago
Problem is that when it dies, you won't be able to get a laptop with such a good keyboard....
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by scholia 10y ago
Actually, they may well be separate manufacturers. See may comment above https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12845499
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by scholia 10y ago
It doesn't work like that. Most PC "manufacturers" (including Apple) don't make PCs, and they all use the same Taiwanese OEMs/ODMs and Chinese factories. The main ones are Quanta, Compal, Pegatron (spun out of Asus)
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by scholia 10y ago
I sort of do this, but I pick one CD. Usually it's Keith Jarrett but Bach works as well. Especially the harpsichord concertos.
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by scholia 10y ago
Of course, Lightroom and MS Office are available on Windows, and may include more programs ;-)
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by scholia 10y ago
It changed the up-front effort in FILING for a greater but later effort in FINDING (assuming keyword search). To compensate, of course, users can invest a greater upfront effort in NAMING and TAGGING. Several decades ago, I made filing most
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by scholia 10y ago
Looks interesting. Is there a plain text version anywhere? If so, I'll read it....
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by scholia 10y ago
Trump is a racist and a misogynist, a serial adulterer and a sexual predator, a pathological liar and a con-man. He is totally unfit to stand let alone serve. His supporters are mostly either alt-right racists or Republicans who don't
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by scholia 10y ago
> This would probably get them fired in certain companies with responsible information policies. Sure, but if people followed the rules, almost no work would get done. (In the UK, "working to rule" is a form of industrial act
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by scholia 10y ago
If you work for a big company then you may already be a member of a Facebook "network" of company employees based on email addresses. (I was joined to one.) Seems to work in much the same way as college addresses. I've also s
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by scholia 10y ago
> You're quoting somebody else there, friend. Sorry. My apologies! > I jumped on this particular subthread because I wanted to point out that your list of innovations boils down to "Microsoft improved the user interface f
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by scholia 10y ago
Plus, the time to transition off it is far longer than the next quarterly results. It may well be longer than the expected tenure of the CEO....
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by scholia 10y ago
You said Linux was "a real threat, especially with MS failing to innovate." This was an unrestricted claim that ignored a massive amount of Microsoft innovation. I pointed out that you were wrong and now you're quibbling abou
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by scholia 10y ago
It would still be useful to distinguish between innovations that hundreds of millions of people use -- including me -- and your personal requirements. Sadly, the whole IT world does not actually revolve around those ;-)
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by scholia 10y ago
Initially, the IBM PC wasn't really a home computer either...
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by scholia 10y ago
Google wants to own the whole IT stack from servers and software services to devices. It supported the entrenched alternatives (Windows and Macs) when it had no alternative, but now it won't, unless it really has to. In Google's t
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by scholia 10y ago
Well, the IBM PC followed a generation of 8-bit CP/M microcomputers that were pretty much open.... though they were mainly used by businesses rather than home users.
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by scholia 10y ago
True. And Microsoft responded with a ULCPC (Ultra Low Cost PC) version of XP that cost them $11-$16 or so -- which they could easily get back by installing crapware. This left Linux with no cost advantage on parts, or a negative cost advant
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by scholia 10y ago
This failure to innovate presumably includes touch screens, Windows Hello biometric sign-in, running sandboxed apps from a Windows Store, integrated Cortana AI, Notification Center, cloud integration via OneDrive, Continuum mode, Device Gua
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by scholia 10y ago
Anybody who buys or upgrades to a Pro version of Windows automatically gets downgrade rights. Some organizations (including, I think, London police) are still rolling out Windows 8.1 with full Microsoft support. Windows 7/8/8.1 ar
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by scholia 10y ago
Being able to cook -- or being willing to learn -- is a big advantage. People who eat fast food all the time are usually going to end up in a bad way. Dieting is usually bad because people have a goal (they want to weigh X pounds). The key
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by scholia 10y ago
Ditto. I think we're a class of people known as "normal". EDIT: Downvoted by abnormals ;-)
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by scholia 10y ago
Really? Perhaps you have an odd set-up. I find Firefox feels as fast or faster, especially since I often have 100-600 tabs. Benchmarks suggest there isn't much in it.... http://hothardware.com/reviews/web-browser-p

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