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by ugh 15y ago
You have to change perspective: Why don’t have I a right to keep my source code secret? When I open an ice cream parlor you don’t have a right to know my recipe†. Why does that change with software? Your argumentative work has to start ther
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by ugh 15y ago
But can you not at least understand that many people don't understand why those four Freedoms have to be assumed as given? The disagreement is not about how to best make sure the four Freedoms are respected, it's not about implementation. I
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by ugh 15y ago
Christians run into problems because of that guy. You know, that guy who wants to execute gays and believes in Creationism. Oh well, not really. Christians are privileged as hell in every respect.
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by ugh 15y ago
If you assume good faith that statement can't be incorrect. All the author claims is that there are atheists living in secrecy and isolation all over the country. He does not claim that all atheists do that.
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by ugh 15y ago
Ohmigod makes pretty clear that it’s about expressing surprise and astonishment, not any actual call to a deity. Even Oh my god is usually not understood as an actual call to a god. There are certainly people who do not believe in god b
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by ugh 15y ago
Looks like it: https://minefold.com/help That’s $17 per month for a 4 people server (with the $25 plan, $15 per month with the $45 plan). I don’t think that’s a competitive price (but don’t quote me on that, I have zero experience setting
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by ugh 15y ago
Apple’s is a bit long and overly specific (Seriously, iWork? The software you last gave a serious update more than three years ago?) but that’s more a sign of an identity statement that has grown organically over the years instead of being
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by ugh 15y ago
Then Firefox also copied poorly (wouldn’t surprise me). It’s a bug in Firefox and Chrome, nothing else.
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by ugh 15y ago
I can’t imagine that being a good idea. I’m not an US citizen and I wouldn’t ever want to speak up against any US border guard in any way. That doesn’t seem like a wise idea to me. They don’t have to leave me in. I don’t have any rights, ri
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by ugh 15y ago
It isn’t. Copyright is automatic.
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by ugh 15y ago
Facebook comments are incredibly boring and meaningless. There is little trolling or flame wars but there is equally little meaningful content. I’m not sure why everyone is obsessed with somehow finding a way to enable comments. Many websit
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by ugh 15y ago
Pressuring Apple to do something about working conditions seems like a good strategy to me that is already working. Apple is a big, juicy and rich target and their Supplier Reports show great promise. It might not be fair on some absurd abs
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by ugh 15y ago
Supplier Report 2010, page 20 (PDF): http://images.apple.com/supplierresponsibility/pdf/Apple_SR_...
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by ugh 15y ago
Why? It's not great, it's decent, but it's certainly not awful.
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by ugh 15y ago
This is getting more idiotic every time. Are you for real? First, I was explicitly talking about music. Second, DRM is no more. That’s it. The music store was a walled garden. It is no more. To call it a walled garden is stupid.
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by ugh 15y ago
Are you serious?! Really?! That’s not what a walled garden is. You can walk out at any time and keep everything you bought. There is nothing forcing you to stay there. Getting in is a bit harder than opening a web browser – but that’s getti
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by ugh 15y ago
Really? That’s your argument?! What?!
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by ugh 15y ago
Apple’s music business is in no way a walled garden.
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by ugh 15y ago
Hm, but then even Google’s stock apps get it wrong. I was using a factory fresh Galaxy Nexus. Maybe we are talking about something different? What I mean is that sometimes, the back button does something different than taking you back to th
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by ugh 15y ago
In the appropriate and logical places. The menu button was a massive mess, idiotic from the beginning.
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by ugh 15y ago
It’s a legacy feature. It will go away.
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by ugh 15y ago
But the back button is horrible now that it doubles as an up button. It confused me and that kind of behavior makes it utterly useless. It’s a waste of space.
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by ugh 15y ago
Yeah, that’s because it’s deprecated. It’s supposed to go away. Good riddance.
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by ugh 15y ago
Wow, that's an horrific translation. Google Translate usually does much better. I guess it has still problems with more informal blogposts but does a decent job with journalistic texts.
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by ugh 15y ago
What’s great about OS X’s approach is that it’s always there, in every app. (Some apps disable it which is a good way to make me angry.) Especially when you open up a brand new app or one you are not using frequently it can be frustrating t
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by ugh 15y ago
In Macs it’s directly wired to the camera. If the camera receives power the LED also receives power.
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by ugh 15y ago
I think that’s a very important point. The default is h.264 because Flash supports it and that used to be the only way to get video to the people. Now there are other ways, but they are not yet widespread enough, h.264 is consequently still
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by ugh 15y ago
The scales involved make that problematic. Apple fanbois don’t make or break Apple’s holiday business, they are inconsequential to their smartphone business given its scale.
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by ugh 15y ago
Do you really – honestly — believe that there are millions of iPhone faithful? There are people who buy smartphones and people who, when given the choice, will pick an iPhone. There are not millions of iPhone faithful. Those have to be a ti
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by ugh 15y ago
Are you wearing your tinfoil hat?

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