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by vertis 6y ago
At my last job they liked to play diplomacy online. With 2 day turn times. I ended up quiting the game because I couldn't think about anything else. Trying to work out which of my colleagues would betray me, and what the best position
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by vertis 6y ago
Next they'll be saying that remote desktop clients violate their policies because you can technically use apps on the remote desktop. Honestly. This is pure greed from Apple. When is someone going to come along and bring Antitrust case
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by vertis 6y ago
The US is not really better for those of us that are not US citizens though. Yes, in theory, US stands for freedom and democracy, but any protections are protections for US citizens, not for Australian or EU citizens. So from a purely right
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by vertis 6y ago
It seems likely to me that Google will fight that part of it in court. Paying for the content...battle lost. Being forced to surface the content, not so much. I mean, that's like the government saying that not only do you have to pay a
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by vertis 6y ago
Same reporter "borrows" a photo/video editorially and doesn't pay the creator[0][1]. [0]: http://gakuran.com/daily-mail-used-my-photos-without-permiss... [1]: https://expertphotography.com&#x2
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by vertis 6y ago
Having spent a bunch of time helping homelessness charities in Australia, I now have a much better understanding of it. Enough to realise that I was technically homeless for a while when I was much younger (circa 2004), in the couch-surfing
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by vertis 6y ago
Adding 1000lb on each side makes the initial values a rounding error. If you correct your hiring practices to be equal, eventually you do have equal as people churn through the workforce. (Note: Not disagreeing with bringing it into balance
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by vertis 6y ago
Two can play that game, leaving the second there is a better offer is a just way to reward companies that are taking advantage of the current climate. If you don't have a safety net though, the companies are right, it is better to be u
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by vertis 6y ago
I really dislike the deciding something is an antipattern and then trying to assert that everyone else should change and feel bad. But then, I program a lot by my self, and still use Singletons when it's the simplest way to get somethi
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by vertis 6y ago
More details please. Sounds like a fascinating story.
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by vertis 6y ago
I remember C&C being hard until you realised that you could ring your base with sandbags that the enemy would never destroy.
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by vertis 6y ago
Paywall: https://outline.com/thcKSd
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by vertis 6y ago
Belated. I can think of many exampled that have worked out. In some cases, apps like Gambling apps are not allowed to use the Play store at all, and yet manage to just fine and get installed directly as APKs. It definitely varies business t
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by vertis 6y ago
I've had more than my share of pitches where people would want me to sign an NDA. Pitch a business that they haven't done any work on, and that requires all the risk upfront to be software development (i.e. my potential contributi
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by vertis 6y ago
Google Play is a bad example here because you can absolutely use app stores like F-Droid or Amazon to get content onto your device. Arguably, they have problems as well, but it's not an apples to apples (no pun intended) comparison. On
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by vertis 6y ago
Steam is a counterexample though. You don't have to deliver your PC game through Steam, and many of the big publishers have opted not to. Both Apple and Steam provide discovery and network effects, which help to justify their cut, but,
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by vertis 6y ago
Or for that matter an 18 yr old US citizen visiting UK/Australia where the drinking age is different. Or the reverse of Australians using Cannabis while in the US.
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by vertis 6y ago
Very rare in Australia for the fridge to be in a rental property unless it's furnished.
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by vertis 6y ago
I can't justify an Adobe CC subscription since I use it so sporadically. A few months ago, I happened across Affinity Designer[1]. I bought it and I've been very happy. It has all of the functionality I would know how to use in Il
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by vertis 6y ago
It's interesting, but there is a real difference between, has found product-market fit but unprofitable because trying to grow in "silicon valley style" and no product-market fit and might never make money. To my mind, Uber c
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by vertis 6y ago
To put it another way, there is a lot of money to be made with confirmation bias.
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by vertis 6y ago
I don't think I've ever seen someone at a tech company in Australia refer to someone as 'mate'. Certainly not C-suite. For the most part, I find the use of mate as obnoxious at worst and awkward at best.
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How not to spend your money OR my little lockdown giveaway experiment(medium.com)
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by vertis 7y ago
Hi nat, I came here prepared to ask about how this would play out for annual billing customers since I only just set it up in March. On searching, I can't actually find where you charged me, so I suspect you might have pre-empted thi
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by vertis 7y ago
Absolutely, and I do this when buying from Kindle. I don't consider Kindle to be perfect either, but it's still MY choice to make, not Apples. If I want to buy from Kobo or from Kindle, why should I have to do that in a web browse
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by vertis 7y ago
Privacy is an interesting argument. Apple theoretically respects privacy more, but you have to take their word. You don't have control of your device. Android phones on the other hand at least have the option of installing a variant th
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by vertis 7y ago
I ended up having to use an Apple device temporarily after my previous phone died. While there are things I really enjoy about Apple, the lack of choice is a dealbreaker for me. I can't buy a kindle book through the app on my device, b
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by vertis 7y ago
There is a difference between being a monopoly and monopolist behaviour. One has successfully become the only one standing, one is seeking to shut out competition by one method or another. At least to my understanding.
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by vertis 7y ago
Those numbers are insane.
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by vertis 7y ago
Perhaps I should say "That's how it used to be".

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