xurias

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by xurias 7y ago
Meh
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by xurias 7y ago
Is a Xootr really worth so much money? I just checked because I like the idea and they're close to 300€ here.
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by xurias 7y ago
> then the implication is that everything of Chinese origin is untrustworthy. That's entirely the case. Just because you keep trying to spin it as racist doesn't make it so.
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by xurias 7y ago
Unless somebody is doing in-depth security audits of every change, I don't see how Deepin can be trusted. The whole trusting trust thing.
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by xurias 7y ago
It must be nice to live in a world where geopolitical issues don't exist. The threat of the Chinese government is very real, and their influence and power over every Chinese citizen and company makes any Chinese actor suspect, yes. It
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by xurias 7y ago
Maybe the article is wrong? The two concepts address two entirely different issues and I don't see how the book could be a refutation with that description.
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by xurias 7y ago
A bit disappointing that the course isn't openly available in any way. It sounds really interesting.
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by xurias 7y ago
Everybody loves Amazon, doesn't mean they aren't horribly monopolistic and don't have widespread economic/social impact on certain classes of people.
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by xurias 7y ago
> examples such as a merger between local groceries being denied as one of many great examples of antitrust law getting in the way of healthy competition instead of promoting it. Maybe I need to read the book but I don't see it. Con
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by xurias 7y ago
> Isn't creating an addictively fun game the goal? If you're making a GaaS, sure. I played Edith Finch twice and had infinitely more joy and fulfillment from those two playthroughs than I did playing any f2p game. I don't
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by xurias 7y ago
> store bought armor at level 2 looks infinitely better than anything you can actually earn through skill or play time You touch on the two things that make me hate free to play games. It seeps into the design philosophy in a way that ma
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by xurias 7y ago
Sure, and yet it's entirely different from solving hard problems.
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by xurias 7y ago
Deng stepped down in '92, so sure, it's been something that's been developing before Xi Jinping.