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541.
by ugh 15y ago
Have you considered the alternative, namely that people really don’t care about owning (as you define it) their phone?
542.
by ugh 15y ago
I’m very happy with not owning† it. I don’t know why I should own it. — † Using your definition of “owning”. I won’t complain about your definition but don’t be surprised when others do.
543.
by ugh 15y ago
I'm fairly certain that devices in twenty or fifty years will still be able to play MP3. It's too pervasive and supporting it is too easy for it to disappear just like that. It might not be supported in hardware (like it is today in many de
544.
by ugh 15y ago
Sure it might happen, but it would also confuse consumers. That’s a huge negative point to me. I also don’t see the connection to this.
545.
by ugh 15y ago
MP3 was great for its time. It’s not a crap format, there are merely better formats available today. They weren’t when MP3 came to the market. (Specifically AAC was developed as a successor to MP3.) I’m also not sure whether this tells you
546.
by ugh 15y ago
I found no combination of people with quite my taste on Twitter. There are always bits and pieces that get left out. My RSS reader gives me a more comprehensive overview and allows me to be more effective. A better Twitter client won’t help
547.
by ugh 15y ago
You are right. Casual threats of violence get me about as riled up as casual sexism so this was both a perfect storm and an overreaction on my part. I should have silently grumbled and ignored it.
548.
by ugh 15y ago
While better than actual violence I also don’t want to live in a society where threats of violence are common. That seems like an irrational and barbaric way of solving problems. Violence is a tiny bit too serious for to just discount the t
549.
by ugh 15y ago
I don’t want to live in a society where unnecessary perilous violence is the norm. Is that a good enough reason for you?
550.
by ugh 15y ago
Examples? It’s rough on the internet, sure, but were I a woman I would think long and hard about revealing my gender. Women are quite visibly treated differently and everyone being oblivious to this sexism (or even belittling it) doesn’t re
551.
by ugh 15y ago
“Should he be beaten with in an inch of his life? Yes.” No. No. Definitly not. Are you crazy?
552.
by ugh 15y ago
My parents bought the car from an official German MB dealer and it was an option.
553.
by ugh 15y ago
I think you should have read the whole comment you were responding to. Dead squids don’t have brains. rms does.
554.
by ugh 15y ago
His decision to go with the lettering on the car (“SL 55 AMG”) seems much stranger to me. At least if you buy the (much cheaper) C-Class you can actually decide whether you want lettering or not. (I don’t have a car and don’t want one but m
555.
by ugh 15y ago
Sigh. Well, then. I guess you just don’t get it.
556.
by ugh 15y ago
That’s a sucky way of transferring stuff. I’m not sure why anyone would want to do that to themselves.
557.
by ugh 15y ago
Meh. Just because some geeky stuff is missing doesn’t make WP7 not a great OS. As if anyone cares about Linux.
558.
by ugh 15y ago
Manually? What century is this? Isn’t there a way to sync? That would be strictly preferable to a mass storage device.
559.
by ugh 15y ago
Why do you want it to be a mass storage device? I don’t get it.
560.
by ugh 15y ago
It’s not the same everywhere, though. In Germany the fees for using another bank’s ATM are quite high. I think the average is something like 5€ or so.
561.
by ugh 15y ago
Retina iPhone.
562.
by ugh 15y ago
I think he is serious about what he says. Which seems even worse to me. Ignore and downvote.
563.
by ugh 15y ago
Yeah, so you are agreeing with me and disagreeing with the author. His analogy sucks. GUIs and CLIs are for expression.
564.
by ugh 15y ago
I don’t see your point. I think we have to go back to basics. GUIs can be and are widely used for expression. I already listed many examples that touch on wide array of human creativity and creation. I’m not trying to bring down CLIs. I tak
565.
by ugh 15y ago
I’m quite confused. Everyone seems to disagree with me by vehemently agreeing with me. As you yourself say: Expression is not reserved for CLIs. GUIs can allow for it, too. I’m not trying to bring down CLIs here. What I don’t like, though,
566.
by ugh 15y ago
Oh please. Don’t compare Latex to Word, compare it to InDesign. Word is word processor with some typesetting functionality crammed into it, certainly not the ideal tool for creating beautifully typeset documents. Latex is awesome if you sti
567.
by ugh 15y ago
Wow. Just wow. What a completely absurd redefinition of what is a CLI and what is a GUI. No true Scotsman, anyone? It is just not an apt analogy if it requires you to claim that Photoshop is more CLI than GUI. That’s so freaking absurd. Wel
568.
by ugh 15y ago
Why should you be able to edit a text document with MS Paint? I don’t understand the point you are making.
569.
by ugh 15y ago
People create in their jobs. They write texts, edit images, layout and so on. Do they need a CLI?
570.
by ugh 15y ago
Alright then. Is it possible to be somewhat systematic about this? Things that humans create with software: – Text – Images – Sound – Video – Algorithms† All those elements can be glued together in different ways. Images and text, for examp

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