smokinjoe

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by smokinjoe 13y ago
This article gives way too much weight to App Reviews. There are so many 1-star "haters gon' hate" ratings that probably should be [completely] ignored.
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by smokinjoe 13y ago
Wouldn't the 'share' button be more analogous to spreading the word? At least with sharing, you have the ability to add some of your own personal language.
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by smokinjoe 14y ago
I absolutely agree there are reasons, however this situation has someone acting more belligerent than rational. I personally find hiding anonymously when making such aggressive comments cowardly. There was a perfectly fine point buried in
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by smokinjoe 14y ago
I understand that concept, except that the tone that was taken in his post and subsequent response to mine was just made to be snide. Instead of making an opinion and standing by it (which I would gladly upvote even if gray and it disagree
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by smokinjoe 14y ago
It's not being brave, it's being responsible for your own actions. If you didn't use a throwaway, I'm sure you'd also do a much better job at making your comment a little more eloquent instead of just aggressive and angry. Posting with a th
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by smokinjoe 14y ago
> Also, throwaway so I don't get called a fascist nazi or whatever. Don't worry, I just consider you a coward for that. If you seriously want to call someone out, do it from your account and stand by your words.
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by smokinjoe 14y ago
I see your point. I guess I failed to go into the fact my various purchasing practices were just how I was raised. My father, mother and grandmother would do the same thing as I would. Of course, you're still right in a larger sense: that
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by smokinjoe 14y ago
> "Informed consumers" make up (at a guess) less than 5% of the overall smartphone market, for some value of being informed about online privacy. This 'Online Privacy' I've seen thrown around is such a general term that encapsulates bot
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by smokinjoe 14y ago
Many of those are only known by Facebook if you explicitly fill out the information - and while I hate to be cynical, if folks who use Facebook at this point in time don't realize that this data is collected then shame on them. Facebook is
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by smokinjoe 14y ago
I don't see how an informed consumer can't avoid this. I really started to dislike OEM's and decided to go Nexus. The number of bundled apps that went dead (Blockbuster went bankrupt and yet I was stuck with that app) or unsupported just
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by smokinjoe 14y ago
I used Google Notebook extensively and wasn't surprised. It was laden with layout issues and paste with styles bugs. It was great while it lasted, but I personally didn't find it that shocking when it was closed. There were plenty of othe
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by smokinjoe 14y ago
The product wasn't great. I used it quite extensively (I didn't know of any other services) and it was filled with problems with layouts and pasting with styles. While I wasn't thrilled to see it go, it shouldn't have been that huge of a s
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by smokinjoe 14y ago
I would hope that early adopters know the risks of early adoption.
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by smokinjoe 14y ago
Google Notebook was filled with flaws. I used it quite a bit for a large number of subjects, but once the news came out it was getting the axe, I migrated over to another platform (there were plenty available and easily located) and that w
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by smokinjoe 14y ago
> It's not surprising, google has been on the road to becoming the next Microsoft for a while. I've heard this a lot. Are there any specific anecdotes that really show a strong analogy between the two? Do I have to assume that today's
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by smokinjoe 14y ago
Hey, that's your opinion and I can't call it wrong! Although I strongly feel like Google Reader was by far the most used service they are going to axe. I was pretty upset when Google Notebook was axed, but I just moved my data elsewhere. I
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by smokinjoe 14y ago
> And before the Google army comes in, let me say one thing. I used to love Google. Used all of their services. Built stuff with their services. Each computer I touched got Chrome installed. I was a fan boy. But then they started changi
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by smokinjoe 14y ago
> This of course also assumes people aren't faking out the "real name" restriction to begin with... I'm not talking about a service that half-asses the feature. I'm talking about a legitimate link between my online persona and my actua
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by smokinjoe 14y ago
> Who says a "Real Names" policy any significant impact on a harasser? Because if this service was worth any merit, the real name attached to the hateful speech will have the same reputation-destroying effect as it being printed in any
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by smokinjoe 14y ago
I just don't find that reason enough to completely eradicate the progression towards holding people accountable for their actions online.
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by smokinjoe 14y ago
> And it isn't just blog comments; it's everything. If people here were using their real names and weren't allowed to create sockpuppets for one-off posts, we wouldn't see nearly the honesty and humiliation we do. But this isn't about m
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by smokinjoe 14y ago
Well, you can ban the person - and I would believe that some people's vitriol would substantially decrease if they had their names tagged on a particularly hateful statement. And if these Real Names were consistently kept accurate, wouldn'
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by smokinjoe 14y ago
Wouldn't the people who perform much of this harassment also fall under this "Real Names" policy? While I'm not saying that the issues would be completely eliminated, could this perhaps be progress towards reducing such cases?
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by smokinjoe 14y ago
> He gave us access to information that we have a right to I've heard this said quite a bit but am way too ignorant about it to form a logical opinion or know where to find more information. Basically, what information from the Gov't d
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by smokinjoe 14y ago
Sure! I tried sub-contracting in Massachusetts for a guy who did Computer Repair. A lot of people/businesses used him and after some time started asking whether he could put together websites for them (you know, because all computer work
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by smokinjoe 14y ago
I tried sub-contracting and I didn't know what I didn't know. It was a disaster. I didn't even have to worry about getting clients and I still didn't succeed or really take much away from the whole experience other than piles of stress.
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by smokinjoe 14y ago
I'm making that assumption based on the personal opinion that there will be plenty of smaller cases that the copyright holder won't want to take to court due to the trivial nature/context/amount of sharing. I recall a lot of lawsuits that l
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by smokinjoe 14y ago
Unless I've missed something important, please help me out in making the connection between the strategy of monitoring torrents to "Government became a listening party to every data transmission." I've been doing what I can, but so far I've
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by smokinjoe 14y ago
My impression was that this program will actually reduce the number of lawsuits due to copyright violations because it gives the Content Owners another avenue to enforce their claims.
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by smokinjoe 14y ago
Maybe I've lived a sheltered life, but I've been watching that video over and over again.. It's like nothing I've ever seen before and I'm having a hard time believing it is real. Just amazing. I love the technology we live with.

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