tvon

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The kind of comments that will get ignored on Django's Trac(lukeplant.me.uk)
1 points by tvon 16y ago|0 comments
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by tvon 16y ago
A product is more than the sum of it's feature-grid checkboxes.
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by tvon 16y ago
Now you're just trolling.
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by tvon 16y ago
Sorry, I decided my comment wasn't especially useful and deleted it, but I didn't see it had a response. For the record, it was: ========= > I mean, I read the supposed reasons for why this would happen, oh, if we allowed cross-platfo
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by tvon 16y ago
> Now, where are the people complaining that they can't install MacOSX properly on their cheapo laptop? Why would anyone complain about something they are very clearly not supposed to be able to do? It's well understood that OSX only
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by tvon 16y ago
I'm not convinced this was such a great thing for Linksys, and I always thought it served as a warning to other companies that using GPL'd code can be a bit of a trap.
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by tvon 16y ago
I haven't used it myself, but I hear DoubleTwist is a great Android app for music, and the desktop app seems pretty good. Also keep in mind that a lot of people loath iTunes (I think it's great on OSX, but I probably wouldn't want to use it
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by tvon 16y ago
I wonder how much of a dent the iPod Touch would put into the numbers if it were counted. On a related note, it seems an iPod Touch sized clone for Android would be a worthwhile device for a company to make (especially if it fit in all thos
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by tvon 16y ago
Very good point. Apple uses OSS for the sake of creating better software, not because they believe in any FSF ideals.
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by tvon 16y ago
> If this is an analogy to sport and say the sport is baby killing. Then I can hate the game and the player. You have a choice to get involved in the game. My point is that Apple is merely playing by the same rules as everyone else.
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by tvon 16y ago
Don't hate the player, hate the game.
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by tvon 16y ago
> Maybe GNU will finally see a rebranding. I'd be happy if they just dropped the hard 'g' pronunciation.
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by tvon 16y ago
Apple is pretty active in OSS for someone you'd call the polar opposite of RMS.
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by tvon 16y ago
> So, Google has a responsibility to check each and every app for malicious intent by the uploader? (...) > The ultimate responsibility of what you run on your computers lies with you, (...) This touches on something that has be
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by tvon 16y ago
It wouldn't need it, but it could be used to find wallpapers relevant to your location (photos).
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by tvon 16y ago
> How does a flat-out falsehood like that get to 9 points? Well, my comment was more than three words, and those three words you picked were not meant to be taken completely literally. > The fact is, a smartphone of any stripe is
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by tvon 16y ago
Good point on the fashion bit. > I feel a bit pretentious when I have my phone out on a table/bar, (...) But why ? People have been pecking away at their blackberries for years, who gives a damn if you have a modern smartphone on th
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by tvon 16y ago
> I've also noticed that 9/10 people who keep their phone out and visible are basically wearing their iPhone as a fashion item rather than a functional device. I really don't understand this perception of the iPhone as a fashion devic
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by tvon 16y ago
Package managers aside, you can run: sudo easy_install bpython
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by tvon 16y ago
Well, that's pretty much the a basic OSS argument that's been around since day 1, just applied to a specific device.
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Thoughts on the iPhone 4 Press Conference(appleoutsider.com)
1 points by tvon 16y ago|1 comments
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by tvon 16y ago
This is why I have a love/hate relationship with marketing. It's somewhat fascinating, but dirty as hell.
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by tvon 16y ago
That means they knew something , but not necessarily about the "bridging the gap" problem.
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by tvon 16y ago
In Q&A they seem to be glossing over or ignoring the whole "if you bridge the gap the signal drops" issue (demonstrated here with a paperclip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgouzUMlQpY but as I understand it your finger will do the sa
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by tvon 16y ago
Well, it's not as if the disaster is over.
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by tvon 16y ago
I read "EDIT: Wow, Ok I get it. It's a real problem." as clarification, not backpedaling.
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by tvon 16y ago
First comment: > The iPhone 4 antenna attenuation issue will be remembered as one of the biggest avoidable but unforeseen design errors of all time, I think. The comment you're linking is a response to the above: > iPhone 4 owner as
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by tvon 16y ago
[edited to be less dickish] First comment: > The iPhone 4 antenna attenuation issue will be remembered as one of the biggest avoidable but unforeseen design errors of all time, I think. The response: > iPhone 4 owner as of day 1
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by tvon 16y ago
> (...) a legion of Apple fanatics yells them down with "Doesn't happen on my phone/This is so overblown." Anyone who doesn't have this problem or thinks it is overblown is an Apple fanatic, obviously, and of course they're all yellin
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by tvon 16y ago
So you're saying that Consumer Reports is incapable of over-reacting and accusing them of such is to imply that they have an anti-Apple agenda?

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