sosborn

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by sosborn 11y ago
I don't totally disagree with much of what you say, but in the case of anime, it is important to remember that the works that are highly successful in Japan are produced solely on the premise they will rake in cash for the IP owner. Th
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by sosborn 11y ago
> Success as an artist is not an entitlement. Neither is unlimited access to a person's artistic creation.
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by sosborn 11y ago
> Yet, programmers write open source software Which is great, because they had the choice to do that. Whomever is doing the creating should be the one to make the choice.
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by sosborn 11y ago
> * You've almost certainly not found a bug in the compiler or libraries or language runtime (somewhat more possible if you're using alpha, beta, or dev versions of something). This should be in bold type on every page of Stack
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by sosborn 11y ago
> Hawaii's High-Tech industry collapses. That would require that we actually have a functioning high-tech industry to begin with. >if a company can choose which state to operate in, Hawaii is going to lose out to all the others t
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by sosborn 11y ago
>Is there something fundamentally broken in how we develop and produce software as an industry? I would argue that this is indeed the case. The need to continue upping that version number results in the inevitable bloat and cruft. Nobody
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by sosborn 11y ago
> Adobe Photoshop crashed every time I switch the color palate to 2 color. You can probably blame Adobe for that. In their infinite wisdom they implemented their own window management system for their products on OS X.
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by sosborn 11y ago
> early OSX was FAR, far worse. Not all of them though.
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by sosborn 11y ago
> There's a niche in the market for somethig that tastes nice, is cold, isn't full of sugar and is not caffeinated. Ice water? (and I'm saying this as a cola enthusiast)
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by sosborn 11y ago
> If you and people like you hadn't patented these things, they would've been able to use their work. Someone else would have done it and you would be in the same position you are now.
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by sosborn 11y ago
I guess I disagree with the idea that patents are inherently bad. Like hammers they can be used to build or to destroy.
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by sosborn 11y ago
> Korean government are too much of a pussy to aggravate North Perhaps they are more concerned with the well being of their citizens in Seoul than with being the big tough guy.
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by sosborn 11y ago
Why choose the word landmine? What's wrong with, say, a hammer?
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by sosborn 11y ago
> I continually hear tragic stories of them. Just remember that you don't hear the mundane pool stories where nobody gets hurt. And those exist in MUCH larger numbers. In my opinion, banning is often the wrong reaction. Yes, swimmin
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by sosborn 11y ago
You heard that one soundbite and didn't even look at the context. From this article ( http://www.cnbc.com/2015/03/24/nestle-chairman-time-to-turn-... ): --- "Water is a human right. I fully agree wit
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by sosborn 11y ago
Acquired by Sony in 2012.
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by sosborn 11y ago
> Apple knows that they can't compete in the market Have you been paying attention at all the past 10+ years? Please explain they success they have had and how it came from their courtroom escapades.
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by sosborn 11y ago
> To another species/race it might actually seem frightening Not sure about that. Many species do something similar for a longer period of time.
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by sosborn 11y ago
>Sure, and if you live in the suburbs there is plenty of parking but nothing to do. It all depends on the person. When I was younger I enjoyed city life, but now that I am older and have kids I prefer hanging out with them at the park ne
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> it didn't need new features or major work That was my favorite part about it. It just worked.
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by sosborn 11y ago
No matter what laws are in place there will be those who exploit others for financial gain.
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by sosborn 11y ago
>The problem with 80-90% accurate results is that I'm never sure whether the results I'm seeing right now would have been better if I had opened Google for it One could easily replace the word "Google" with "Duck
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by sosborn 11y ago
> 50 year old lady with limited tech experience also saw through that flaw. It has been my experience that these are the people most likely to snuff out UI flaws whether they know it or not.
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by sosborn 11y ago
> My bank wouldn't take longer than 8 characters Ugh, that is seriously infuriating. Of all the websites I have accounts with, that's the top of my "Shit I care about" list.
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by sosborn 11y ago
> How many emails do you have to write a day?! Way too fucking many :(
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by sosborn 11y ago
> without the annoying app/game requests and a better interface Maybe I'm too cynical, but I'm willing to bet that would have changed if they reached the level of engagement that Facebook did.
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vast majority of commenters != majority of readers
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The first Uncharted (2007) had the wet clothes effect.
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The words they chose are OK, but the pronunciation and delivery are awful.
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by sosborn 11y ago
>Characters who speak other languages The sections where they spoke Japanese really took me out of the world they created. It was so poorly executed. Having said that, I LOVED the series as a whole. Very well done.

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