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by seacond 14y ago
Well said. Except I'd make the following corrections: s/[(]yes.*exam.//; s/.flawed.//; $d I'd add that sometimes the "end" may be pointless, though you might not see it as such while working toward it; years later, in hindsight
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by seacond 14y ago
Maybe they fixate on maximums because those are what are used plea bargaining? Would you leave the possibility of 20 years in a federal prison (no matter how remote) to chance?
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by seacond 14y ago
I think there's two villains. It's impossible for both of them to lose, but you can't blame people for being opposed to someone "winning" by being a villain. Why was Zuckerberg going to Craigslist looking for work? Why did Zuckerberg want
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by seacond 14y ago
This sounds like interesting work. Indeed I think those submitting requests need to thnk carefully about how to make compelling arguments. I'm thankful for the work you and your team are doing. saurik: As I asked "Am I missing something
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by seacond 14y ago
"Investors tend to have a herd mentality."
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by seacond 14y ago
When I was typing out 1. I was thinking of the response that SOPA got. It seemed like it mobilised people to make phone calls and send emails. I think that had an impact. I'm just guessing here. In any case, it would be very interesting
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by seacond 14y ago
I thought the exception for DVD ripping was interesting. There are many references to "video quality" as a persuasive factor. This point might be useful in further requests for exceptions sent the Register.^1 Strategy: Complain about low
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by seacond 14y ago
"... it sells premium products at premium prices, and it never discounts." Yeah, but the prices of those "products" (=Asian factory-made electronics, smaller form factor and reduced functionality) keep dropping. That is the nature of the c
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by seacond 14y ago
The point was they are tracking you, whether you want to be tracked or not. He seemed to think that's OK as long as the tracking wasn't "across the web". In any event slacross the weblunti\l you do something \like od -An -tx1 /dev/uran
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by seacond 14y ago
And the way to game it is by posting "middlebrow dismissals". As a poster I am often surprised by what gets upvoted. Everyone surely can see this: negativity is rewarded. It only reinforces in my mind that "karma" means little anymore. Yo
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by seacond 14y ago
"...with his sons Random and Xtra..."
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by seacond 14y ago
Many of the things he says I agree with, others I don't. I think that's the thing with computing. Everyone's tastes are at least slightly different. We don't all want exactly the same things. I think the big failure is programmers' inabi
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by seacond 14y ago
It's funny how the KISSMetrics guy thinks (thought?) he was doing absolutely nothing wrong. Let's go out to the internet-using public and ask random people, "Do you mind of KISSMetrics tracks you across the web, even if you have cookies tu
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by seacond 14y ago
What the blog author implies is that _being scrappy_ is a founder's greatest asset. Assuming we agree with this, then does being broke always lead to being scrappy? If yes, then I guess we could say being broke is, indirectly, a founder's
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by seacond 14y ago
Is there no value to a computer beyond graphics and 3D? It's fascinating to see people who would seem to be aligned with the RPi's goals getting hostile toward the RPi Foundation. Why is this? My (probably wrong) guess on the psychology a
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by seacond 14y ago
Solution: Get rid of voting. Order the comments randomly. I've never understood the point behind anonymous voting.^1 What value does it add? 1. But some people, think of them what you will, have tried to use voting as a way to be more con
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by seacond 14y ago
Seems to be some conflation in this thread. Are DKIM and authentication (PGP) really comparable in practice? Here's my take: DKIM is an attempt by _third parties_ (i.e. "email providers", not the author or the recipient of the message) to
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by seacond 14y ago
"a _few_ other places" I think you are being very diplomatic. :) But seriously, this cleverness attribution error might be a big problem with large players like Google. Forum posters, blogs and the digital versions of mainstream media all