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by zimbabwe 17y ago
But see, I do trust Amazon, and I trust that if they got hacked they would fix their systems. I trust Amazon to handle my data more than I'd trust a doctor to handle my house.
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
You know you're allowed to address me, right? Since I'm, you know, a user on the site? I would have argued this position no matter what company had done it, because I think it's the right of the company. Mind you, if certain other companies
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A memorial to one of Reddit's oldest members(reddit.com)
3 points by zimbabwe 17y ago|0 comments
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
My right to the book provided to me straight from Amazon's private store, delivered to Amazon's private device, which I paid money and signed a contract to use? Do I have a right to it because somebody illegally published copyrighted work a
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
I don't mind. Sometimes the downvotes are indicators that the argument's not worth it. I figure I'll bow out of this thread of conversation. I'll disagree quietly and stick to my Kindle.
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
Heh, whoops. Ignore me, I need sleep.
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
I'll take the skeptical approach and say that "hacker" is a word used by certain people to define certain other people, and that we're as likely to figure out a good definition of "hacker" as we are of "love" or of "life". Personally, I see
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
I love reading articles like this precisely because I don't feel this way toward programming. I do toward writing, music, design, theatre, but code feels sterile to me. I hope one day to have it click and suddenly understand how so many p
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
That's true, but I see no reason for that not to be the case. If I've got access to books from anywhere, it makes sense that Amazon should have the right to access me as well. Then the rules of the free market dictate that if people shoul
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
But why should you have to be? With my Kindle, I am always in Amazon's store, as close to physically as matters. I can buy a book from anywhere. Why, then, shouldn't they feel free to approach me, so long as I'm still on Amazon's proper
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
Should I edit the title to mention that it's about game design? (Though the thoughts in this article could easily relate to the idea of designing web sites using leaderboards and user scoring to maintain user attention online, if you want t
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
I'm quite glad Apple decided that myself, and I'd have liked Amazon not to delete this book. What I'm saying, though, is that if Apple had wanted to delete NetShare remotely and offer a refund, I wouldn't have considered them doing that t
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
I couldn't disagree more with that. With the greater freedom of the electronic world comes a greater ability for people working within the law to do their jobs. We should firmly be on the lookout for abuses of this power, but in this case:
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
Whoops! In that case I misread.
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
I'm confused. Are you asking if hallucinogens cause sleep deprivation/fevers?
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
Hacker News is where the literate, success/money-minded bright people come. Perhaps this is elitist, but I'd bet that this community is thinner, richer, and more socially capable than most communities online. Probably younger as well, since
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
Really? I didn't know that.
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Creating the Illusion of Accomplishment(blog.wolfire.com)
57 points by zimbabwe 17y ago|9 comments
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
Excellent points all. Anybody who wants to use social drugs should take a look at meditation and self-hypnosis, because you can get the same emotional states that you'd get with drugs through a little practice. As lionhearted mentioned, hal
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
I spoke of LSD with the implication that LSD is much worse than marijuana in terms of lasting effects (flashbacks in this case). I used it only to provide some frame of reference in the real argument, which is over marijuana. You went after
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
But "breaking in" indicates some disorder. I wouldn't trust a doctor to go into my house without asking me first. I would trust Amazon only to remove the thing they're legally obligated to remove. Perhaps I don't have the same feelings re
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
"I'm sorry, but we sold you a book that we didn't have rights to and violated copyright. Can we please have it back?" Doesn't work like that. If you're a major digital salesperson and somebody's transmitting data illegally, as they were i
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
That's a ridiculous counterargument. I drive, though an accident might kill me. I work out, despite the off-chance of a work-related heart attack. There are no overdose-related deaths in the history of marijuana. Ever . You could smoke you
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
http://beginnersinvest.about.com/od/billgates/l/blbillgatesi... PLAYBOY: Ever take LSD? GATES: My errant youth ended a long time ago. PLAYBOY: What does that mean? GATES: That means there were things I did under the age of 25 that
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
And Amazon usually agrees. I wouldn't be surprised if they take a similar approach here. I just don't like the suggestion that the customer is entitled to both the book and a refund at once.
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
That's because Apple never sold an mp3 it didn't have the right to sell. Amazon did, it realized it did, and it refunded people with an apology. Think of it like a doctor selling you a medicine, then calling you up and saying, "Oops, I wasn
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
I think it would be nice of them, though I don't think it's quite as imperative as you suggest. Amazon needs to have a method of preventing people from illegally selling books they have no rights to.
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
No. I'm curious about trying them, and might have a smoke some time in the future to see what nicotine feels like, but I have an aversion to things that are physically addictive.
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
I don't know. I was born way after he retired. But this is what I know of him from reputation alone.
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by zimbabwe 17y ago
His point is that Amazon's not the company we should be pissed off at right now. If they want to provide us with their Kindle store, which 99% of the time is excellent and wonderful (I just got the Kindle iPhone app and I love that it syncs

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