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by strict9 9y ago
More often than not, it's just a bug. A side effect of the react/vuejs SPA world we live in. Fewer pageloads can be a good thing, but if not engineered properly, a much worse user experience than perceived faster loading. Using th
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by strict9 9y ago
citation is in the article: https://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v23/n6/full/nm.4311.html
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by strict9 9y ago
Sounds like we both agree there are important policy/usability problems that are being ignored or backlogged while effort is spent on a new UI.
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by strict9 9y ago
Yes, people will complain every time a UI is significantly changed. But there's something else too. Perception is that significant product development resources were devoted to adding rounded corners. But issues often associated with t
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by strict9 9y ago
There are alternatives, but with more friction and fewer features. My iPhone backups are made to an encrypted disk locally and backed up offsite with Backblaze, also encrypted. Have never used iCloud for the reasons you mention, and haven&#
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by strict9 9y ago
Darn. Hope this isn't a reflection of their business health. Was hoping the trend of individualized and/or unique clothes would swing back in their favor. Can't remember the last time I wore a shirt that had a logo or graphic
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by strict9 9y ago
There is at least one enormous falsehood in the article, and in another, a large political assertion made as though everyone agrees with it. Of course I'm holding the author to a higher standard. Mine is a comment on HN, the other is a
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by strict9 9y ago
>Germany is far ahead of other large countries with regard to mental internationalization. This includes language competencies, international experience from student exchanges, and university studies. Countries such as France, Italy, Jap
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by strict9 9y ago
A "free" product (Chrome plugin). The checks for grammar aren't transient, per the privacy policy: >User Content you transmit will be stored on our servers, which are located in the United States. When you use the Software
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Service Faces Backlash Over a Widespread Practice: Selling User Data(nytimes.com)
22 points by strict9 9y ago|6 comments
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by strict9 10y ago
I don't disagree with the type of local content (crime, politics, sports) you describe. But that's only a small part of what people are interested in. Though the writing is sometimes sensationalist and click-baity, DNAinfo is eati
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by strict9 10y ago
FB has always prioritized content which doesn't lead them to see ads elsewhere (like photos instead of links), but maybe it's something else. I live in Chicago and subscribe to the Sunday edition. I also read the digital edition,
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by strict9 10y ago
"set up once and never deal with again ..." maybe you bought a laptop that stays in the exact same position and location for the foreseeable future. for those who use it in more than one place, it's more than a minor annoyanc
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by strict9 10y ago
the ability to "forget" a place or not have it remember them. I googled some business over a year ago and it _always_ shows up as one of the main points of interest, despite the fact I have no interest in it. my maps is now a coll
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Hedonic treadmill(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by strict9 10y ago|0 comments
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by strict9 10y ago
a few points made in original article, paraphrased: 1. lowering taxes will benefit consumers because corporations will lower prices (and definitely not maximize shareholder value) 2. taxes have loopholes and sweetheart deals, so we should l
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by strict9 10y ago
What a sham. The twitter feed reveals things far beyond using "material given to us." It's a shame the platform brought sunlight on a deep dark secret has become a platform for someone to desperately try and influence an elec
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by strict9 10y ago
>but the truth is that VR has been tried and failed repeatedly over the last two decades. Maybe it's not VR as most think of it, but the problem has existed for even longer when considering 3D movies in the 1950s. Since then the sam
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by strict9 10y ago
DC would also be an excellent choice, but anecdotes seem to imply housing is very expensive--I'll have to look more in depth.
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by strict9 10y ago
Always wanted to live in NY, but knew owning a place would be impossible (also a developer). Chicago is probably as close as NY as I'll get, and that's fine. Can easily afford a large SFH or two-flat (with tenant paying most of my
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by strict9 10y ago
He is trying incredibly hard to affect the election purely for his own (potential) gain. One of the two candidates is much more likely than the other to put wheels in motion to allow his movement away from de facto imprisonment in the embas
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by strict9 10y ago
From the article: > Nasreen Bano Iqbal Balesahib, 59; and her sons Nadeem Iqbal Balasaheb, 30, and Shain Iqbal Balasaheb, 25, were arrested on Wednesday evening as they were listed as the owners of MAC Outsourcing Services Private Limite
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by strict9 10y ago
Unfortunately it's not so much the 'rich' that fall for this, but the elderly. Recently heard this story from my bartender, who had a family member lose some dough in this scam. The "rich American" part is just a we
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by strict9 10y ago
At first thought this was a bogus article on a bogus site. Pixellated logo, tiny text, design that looked about 7-8 years old. Click the main AP logo in top left, and you're taken to a blank page that says "AP has suspended this b
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by strict9 10y ago
I dig it, but the main content area is too narrow. --- Edit: My previous endorsement is now retracted, installing the Chrome extension changes the default new tab behavior. Hijacking default browser behavior is terrible. Bad form on the par
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by strict9 10y ago
How often are you told to smile? How do [would] you react to someone telling you what emotion to feel, much less to outwardly convey, regardless of what's actually going on inside you? It's offensive and inexcusable, regardless of
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by strict9 10y ago
No, they are definitely assholes. Additionally, dismissing engineers as "high functioning autistics" or "ignorant" is cheap stereotyping. Thinking in a less than common way isn't an excuse or reason for doing someth
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by strict9 11y ago
a twitter poll from a company that offers a .NET toolbox and whose customers include Microsoft, asked its twitter followers who watched the MS keynote if they would use Windows 10. Sounds more like asking if existing MS-based developers w
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by strict9 11y ago
Once again, Computerworld hyping the h1b/foreign worker threat, just as they and Wired have done since the 90s. I was once replaced by cheaper software developers in Asia. It was painful but it happens. But I have a hard time sympathiz
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by strict9 11y ago
And perhaps putting extra emphasis on educational background over talent and achievements is running things aground. "Mayer, who habitually asked deputies where they attended college, balked at hiring her as a contributing editor for Y

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