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by ysavir 10y ago
Can you qualify that real quick by providing evidence that you are more capable than others at identifying degrees of reality vs illusion in activities?
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by ysavir 10y ago
I mean, if you really want to take it to that extreme, why is the argument against facebook videogames and not videogame culture as a whole? Seems like in this case, Facebook is just a scapegoat.
723.
by ysavir 10y ago
Is it a problem? If people are happy with that status quo, who are we to challenge them? It might not be the original intent, or the hopes of some (and only some), but if people are content with this outcome, there's little debate to
724.
by ysavir 10y ago
At the end of the day, good code is code that solves your problem. Trying to define "good code" without considering the problem will not deliver much punch. If we're talking a small application, such as a new startup, writing
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by ysavir 10y ago
I still code in ES5 with Backbone or Angular, depending on need. I've never felt nor seen a need to learn ES6 or React. I think it's mostly a matter of accepting that you are not on the cutting edge of programming, and the confide
726.
by ysavir 10y ago
And it should also be remembered that not all beaches are created equal. Some might be more dangerous than others.
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by ysavir 10y ago
There's a difference between "tracking everything users do" and "tracking everything each user does". Which are you accusing it of doing?
728.
by ysavir 10y ago
Very true. Have you considered donating?
729.
by ysavir 10y ago
I don't see a need for Git or Github to do this. Would be simple enough to set up your own Git precommit hook, that can be shared if you like.
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by ysavir 10y ago
But at least you have a development history with open source. If there's a bug/vulnerability, its origins can be investigated.
731.
by ysavir 10y ago
But only the cool kids owned smart phones in 1996.
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by ysavir 10y ago
There's a very simple solution: Uninstall the apps. I promise you, it's still very easy do things without them. But if you're looking for a way to get free services from these companies, I got bad news. Nothing is free.
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by ysavir 10y ago
This is far from a field with which I have experience, so I can't provide any sort of solid answer. I imagine that it would be a significant change, and would take time to do right. But not a decade. Surely, something could have been i
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by ysavir 10y ago
But there is something profound here: That MicroSoft is willing to take a static informational figure (such as a date) and use it for other purposes while doing a poor job of documenting it and handling edge cases. That MicroSoft has let th
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by ysavir 10y ago
What about this is useful? There is no breakdown of whether the mentions were upvoted or downvoted, no mention of whether they solved the problem (or were even relevant to the question), no review of the books so that readers can make an in
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by ysavir 10y ago
It's not at all a scape-goat. It might be a minor player , but not a scapegoat. And as a minor player, it's been coasting under the radar. At least we try to keep tabs on Facebook and Google, etc. Your defensiveness of Vizio is o
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by ysavir 10y ago
> Plus - the opt-out functions actually work But are users (such as myself) made aware of this opt out? > It cant. It can't... Or it can't yet?
738.
by ysavir 10y ago
As one of those customers, I definitely think so!
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by ysavir 10y ago
> If you can’t read a generalisation without exploding in a rage of counter-examples, stop reading now…! If you can't write a generalization without exploding in a rage lacking examples, stop writing now...?
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by ysavir 10y ago
Sure, they can destroy their data, but everything shared with those 3rd parties is still at those third parties. It's not exactly accomplishing much.
741.
by ysavir 10y ago
Hopefully Saudi Arabia doesn't read Bloomberg.
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by ysavir 10y ago
That's very different, though. I trust the company/organization that had to fire an employee for a horrible mistake. They are going to be very careful with who they hire or let near the code in the future, and had much more to l
743.
by ysavir 10y ago
Very true. There have been a significant number of times recently that I decided not to watch a youtube video because it was 25+ minutes long...
744.
by ysavir 10y ago
You say that... But have you compared the quality of youtube videos today to those from 10 years ago? The quality of writing, effects, and production have escalated sharply, even when done by a single person. Youtube is unlikely to disrupt
745.
by ysavir 10y ago
I wonder if they confused the cause for the symptom. Is reality that people who succeed against the odds are more likely to get sick, or that people who get sick frequently are more likely to fight against the odds?
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by ysavir 10y ago
Ehhhhhh I'm paying for it by viewing the sponsored (and non-sponsored) ads. Any tracking that isn't announced to the user is not a cost, but is espionage.
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by ysavir 10y ago
Then don't buy an iPhone. Apple doesn't have a "monopoly", it's just defining the specs of its own product. If you don't like those specs, buy a similar product with specs you do like. As for it going beyond iO
748.
by ysavir 10y ago
Same here. The shrinking keeps my tabs so much more organized.
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by ysavir 10y ago
Not the greatest solution, considering Pinning isn't documented anywhere and most Chrome users have no idea it exists. Which is a shame, as pinning is probably my favorite browser feature.
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by ysavir 10y ago
Sure, but that's ultimately irrelevant. The survey should be demonstrating choices made by developers, but (web) developers don't have much of a choice when it comes to using JS. Unless you want static HTML, JS is in your stack. I

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