yesUgotit

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by yesUgotit 4y ago
This is just more proof that a federalized society is untenable. The wealth of the elders is due to many years of printing money. Of course tacit ageism against the youth to protect old people who cannot do the work of keeping themselves al
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by yesUgotit 4y ago
Amazon subscribe and save is the same thing. I use it for toiletries and other routine consumables at home. Amazon trucks are going to be on the road anyway; may as well save my car trips for actually interesting trips.
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by yesUgotit 4y ago
I prefer it, did not even notice the change until I saw it called out elsewhere online… relativity confirmed… again!
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by yesUgotit 4y ago
After butterfly keyboards and graphics card recalls, I think Apple has learned some lessons about selling crap.
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by yesUgotit 4y ago
Semantic wank aside; it’s not really up to one poster on HN to dictate what is and is not acceptable within a community. Satisfying their definition is not an obligation.
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by yesUgotit 4y ago
Apple and customer are free to set the terms of their relationship without your input. Freedom from, freedom to; law is semantic games not physics. You have the rights agreed upon by the rule makers. Currently the free market you envision i
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by yesUgotit 4y ago
I don’t see the point in debating protocols when “the suckiness” always comes down to UI/UX UX that works for async comms and real time comms can be “backed by” HTTP. One does not literally need the data model to conform to the present
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by yesUgotit 4y ago
Op did call out exceptions for “egregious externalities.” A factory could reasonably be considered to have egregious externalities. But filtering out egregious externalities is… “zoning” so their logic seems circular.
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by yesUgotit 4y ago
Yeah? The Walmart model works; start low, inflate prices to make up margins as interest/competition falls off. You expect the owners to adapt?
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by yesUgotit 4y ago
But not the only laptop vendor to choose from. There’s a free market to sell laptops in. What terms are attached are up to the consumer to consider. Many people are happy with Apples terms. That some technologists are not is not evidence of
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by yesUgotit 4y ago
Why do we care about attracting investors? Why does human agency have to be coupled to the patronizing view some white trash ape in a suit who “is wealthy” due to some past choices of dubious truth? Can we break the mental model of needing