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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
They sound like a good strawman, if I ever saw one.
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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
So, the problem is that you cannot reliably obtain genuine spare parts, not that alternatives exist, right? Also, there are more people taking their devices to "non-legit" stores than people attempting DIY screen repairs. Also, ho
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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
There certainly is a way out of this: don't buy shitty replacements. You could still get your display replaced by a legit service before Apple introduced verifications. You might prefer that someone else takes care of your broken phone
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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
Trying (and failing miserably) to kill Control Panel blows my mind every time. There's not a single thing that Settings improves upon. Even its "touch-friendliness" is a direct result of omitting important features.
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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
I believe Python won because of its popularity in academia.
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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
I'd call this a stupid idea, except Roko's suggestion is exactly what the "communists" did in my country when they came to power.
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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
> I’m not sure. But I’m open to the possibility and I think the parent makes a strong case from their description of their own experience with Iran. Of course! I'm just observing how tech is being applied in my part of the world and
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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
Both of these would only serve to amplify the power of Iranian government many fold. And there is no "maybe" and no "time to time". We're talking the de-facto tools of surveillance capitalism here. When their intere
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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
Thanks for pointing that out! Interactions like these were why I started using HN back in the day.
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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
> So my question after this story is, do you think Google leaving Russia will end up helping Russians get more educated, more wealthy, more connected to the free world? Maybe, if the alternative is them cooperating with the dictator gove
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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
Both of my parents (a doctor and a teacher, because what else would Bulgarian parents be) had computers and "Computer for You" magazines, so yeah, it was quite a thing.
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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
Additionally, most animals won't say no to milk if you offer it to them. So yeah, I guess we're the only ones who figured out how to get the milk without getting the horns :)
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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
> Did you know it is socially awkward to respond to someone who isn't talking to you? No, that's how online message boards work.
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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
Many normies use Amazon store, or Samsung store, or whatever, without even realising it's a different thing.
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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
It's good to get some exposure to content outside of your bubble. But not to a never-ending stream of crap that is trying to hack your brain.
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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
Also XNA isn't an engine.
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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
> since e-mail is known to amplify feelings You wait until I tell this person about Twitter!
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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
I used to read a lot of programming books in my early 20s, but experience taught me that everything I don't use on a daily (or at least weekly) basis will end up forgotten in no time. So now I'm just trying to work diligently and
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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
Ditto. Games certainly helped develop my problem-solving skills, but I reckon I'd have gotten 90% of the benefit in 10% of the time, and the remaining 35 hours a week would have been better spent elsewhere.
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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
My theory is that you generate too much heat by typing that fast :) No, seriously, what’s the secret?
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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
> So yes, masculinity is toxic If all you can make of it is toxicity, then perhaps you should start looking for the problem inwards. > Michael Jordan was a hypercompetitive alpha male asshole who viciously humiliated not just his oppo
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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
That means you’ve never ran a phone with a bad enough battery so that it would’ve started throttling if it were an iPhone. It’s simple physics, nothing to do with being an iPhone or Android.
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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
1. Sure, it's a figure of speech. And the number is way greater than two, if we're going to be nitpicky. 2. My point is that there's way more people entering, leaving, and going from A to B for whatever reason. Not trying to
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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
Britain is so close to continental Europe that being an island is irrelevant. Also, it has a population of 66 million compared to NZ’s 5 on just as small an island.
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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
> A child tried to kick out a window. A 13-year-old boy. If he was 3, that'd be an acceptable excuse. At 13.. not so much. Even if he had no clue what might happen, he surely knew that vandalism is bad. > I fully expect airplane
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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
Guess Fujitsu Lifebook U9311 would be an alternative? Haven't bought any of these yet though, so I can't share personal impressions.
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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
I've been buying Fujitsu laptop for all of my friends, relatives, and family for the last 10 years, and all the issues I've had is one dead fan and one shitty touchpad. Tough, reliable, no bloatware, "Made in Japan" stic
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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
And who exactly will the market share go to? Do you thing the privacy-conscious folks will go to Google? Or a dumbphone? Or Purism maybe? I mean, no need to fret over my photos if I can't take photos, right?
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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
Haha, exactly! You'll have to untangle a mess no matter what you choose. It's in the name -- SOFTware! Soft, because it can and will change.
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by tdsamardzhiev 5y ago
It certainly does matter, but it might not be the angle you want to approach the problem from. If you set a goal and/or find a mentor, the choices suddenly become easier, and the chance to get yourself lost in ideology -- slimmer.

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