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by uniqueid 6y ago
In the context of the full keynote it was pretty funny. The contrast between all the great announcements that preceded the Rockr was close to 'and lastly there's this phone. It's fine. Okay, good night, everybody!'
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If you watch different keynotes, you can see that he had different emotional ramps depending on whether it was a product he was totally into or not Probably the best known 2 minutes 30 seconds of 'not' https://y
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by uniqueid 6y ago
Vice built its reputation on 'ironic racism' at least fifteen years before Charlottesville. I guess that makes Gavin some kind of innovator.
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by uniqueid 6y ago
I agree that the glut of electron apps is becoming a problem. I disagree that Apple redesigning UIs to focus on content instead of chrome has improved usability. I'm thinking of 'style over substance' changes like hiding scro
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by uniqueid 6y ago
My understanding is that Sweden's strategy seemed effective only until a couple months passed. When more data was available, Sweden's death toll fared poorly compared to neighboring countries. The last time I noticed a news update
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by uniqueid 6y ago
Because of the genocide?
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by uniqueid 6y ago
Especially if the VPN server is in Australia.
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by uniqueid 6y ago
Hey, it's September again! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Rich
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That's a fair question, but I don't want to answer it. It's a little like asking 'what's your use-case for scissors?' in that it would take a couple days of prolonged reflection to answer comprehensively. Whate
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In the past, you could copy a bootable volume just by dragging its contents, and you could run Finder straight off the install media. Today I guess Apple finds it eccentric for a user to expect to create a simple backup.
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Everyone's different, but for me, a Mac that can't boot from an external drive might as well be an expensive hot plate or a cutting board.
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by uniqueid 6y ago
If I had a six year old Mac with a dead internal SSD, I'd sooner connect an external drive than shell out for a new logic board.
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by uniqueid 6y ago
Tollund Man, with his remarkably well-preserved face and hat, is also fascinating. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tollund_Man
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Definitely 'exact match search' (or 'verbatim search' in evil-ese) Also bunching dupes and near-dupes. It stinks to wade through 100s of duplicate files. For C and C++ files, it would be nice if you prioritized implement
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by uniqueid 6y ago
Duolingo had (or perhaps still has?) language forums. Duolingo used 'move fast and break things' moderation, and as a result there was a constant trickle of posts by racists and perverts.
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by uniqueid 6y ago
I actually only added that line as a postscript to not sound like I was making some kind of feeble boast. Ie: 'I've seen things you people wouldn't believe: racist memes on Etsy, animal carcasses on glassdoor.com...'
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by uniqueid 6y ago
This is your brain on internet populism.
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It's probably a mixture, but who knows. Chomsky and Skinner could probably debate it for several lifetimes.
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by uniqueid 6y ago
Fair enough. The point about aging that I had in mind doesn't change if we redefine 'natural disgust' as 'culturally taught disgust' In general, the older you get, the further you get from mum and dad dictating your
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I think it's more a function of age. People in highschool or college can stomach more than older adults. Younger adults don't shock easily because (a) they typically have less and feel less responsibility, (b) the thrill of breaki
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by uniqueid 6y ago
That Apple is forcing FB to punch itself in the nose with 'privacy labels' is a wonderful thing. What I like most about it is that it is both brutal and yet ethical. The 'labels' are a requirement that rewards developers
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That would surprise me greatly. In my online life I've seen stomach-turning troll content everywhere from Duolingo to bitcoin forums. But really, hasn't everyone ?
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How do these mods avoid the disturbing material? The information I've encountered on this topic is a pile of employees and journalists on one side painting a grim picture of life as a FB mod, and this one throwaway account on HN implyi
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How much of it not being easy is due to other people's ads though?
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After online brokerages restricted trading in GME on Thursday, Gill posted that he had lost $14.8 million that day alone, but was still up $33 million overall. Aside from millions of dollars, he was just an average Joe like the rest
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The internet told me that, too. It's a little early to know if it's a good one. If it's a bunch of crooked whales putting a different bunch of crooked whales out of business, I'm not enthusiastic. Especially if the revol
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by uniqueid 6y ago
Thank you. This WSB GameStop phenomenon is one of the most poisonous news stories I've seen in the history of the web. It seems to induce irrationality and melodrama as though it were a psychedelic drug.
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Afaict, the missing piece that undermines this is a mechanism to uniquely identify users. I don't mean that more than one entity needs to know a user's name (in fact, you could probably create a system where nobody can realistic
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It sure does. I think to support this phenomenon, a person is likely too unimaginative to extrapolate the trend into the future, or else a loon who wants to 'let the world burn' I hate the financial system as much as anyone else,
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Rebekah Mercer Raised Specter of “Armed Conflict” in 2019 Book(theintercept.com)
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