bbrtyth

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by bbrtyth 14y ago
I second the disagreement. There are a number of companies that deal with interesting technical problems without being complete scum. People like you that don't "discriminate against" morally bankrupt business models are what allow distaste
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by bbrtyth 14y ago
If the presenter is actually saying something that is totally wrong, I would argue that they should have chosen a different topic and Katz was doing that conference a service. Edit: although maybe he could have been more polite about it? Bu
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by bbrtyth 14y ago
I'm not trying to imply you have a problem with the word "use", I am directly implying that there is some boundary beyond which someone will be offended and you will not be. At which point whose delicate sensibilities should we defer to? I,
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by bbrtyth 14y ago
The third party applications are using the Growl framework, yes? Did they write the extra code to install Growl? If so, I am sorry. If, as I suspect, they did not, why does the Growl framework not ask the user when that method is invoked?
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by bbrtyth 14y ago
What about usage of the word "use"? Surely that implies interacting with another person only for sex and we should stop using it lest we offend. I was not deflecting, that was my way of talking about the merits of the complaint, to whit, wh
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by bbrtyth 14y ago
And should we also stop saying we've gotten "fucked" for similar reasons? Since you are the curator and sole arbiter of allowable phrases, I'd like to get it all clear while I've got your ear.
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by bbrtyth 14y ago
Because of people like this (the straw was Growl installing itself for the third time), I've had to completely change the permissions on particularly vulnerable folders in OS X. Anyone creating software, if you are not already aware of this
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by bbrtyth 14y ago
More than that, since they would guess one of {e,t,o,i,n}.
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by bbrtyth 14y ago
I can imagine the head scratching over this design decision 500 years in the future when everyone is an AI that has bajillions of files. Or one really unlucky guy tomorrow.
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by bbrtyth 14y ago
You and I both. If you haven't already seen it there's a book, (Predictably Irrational, IIRC) that gives some scientific studies on why certain manipulations work. You might enjoy that, I did :)
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by bbrtyth 14y ago
The group of people that use Android and the group of people that are vehemently against Apple overlaps quite a bit, so this boycott costs them nothing. It's a bit of sound and fury slacktivism that makes them all happy but accomplishes not
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by bbrtyth 14y ago
Malware authors have learned to spell -- many apps I install under the mistaken assumption that they will not run background services or send information back to the company, in fact do. I also note that Dell's laptop division has a number
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by bbrtyth 14y ago
The problem is you will be up against a legal team funded by millions of dollars and they will get you stuck in red tape for years. I don't think a lawyer would take that on commission. And I don't know a lot about it, but I don't think cou
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by bbrtyth 14y ago
No, not legally, but they will sic their lawyers on you and bleed you dry anyway.
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by bbrtyth 14y ago
Thanks!
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by bbrtyth 14y ago
I read there were some calls inbetween that he didn't count. After that, he asked to be put on their Do Not Call list, and they still called a few more times. So violations for the first few and the last few.
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by bbrtyth 14y ago
That would teach Microsoft a valuable lesson about harassing Android over ridiculous software patents.
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by bbrtyth 14y ago
But then why do exchanges feel free to reverse trades after the flash crash, but not after something like this flash freeze? From a non-trader's perspective it's as if they do whatever they like.
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by bbrtyth 14y ago
Every Andriod device, even the ones locked down by the carriers? I find that statement suspect.
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by bbrtyth 14y ago
I disagree, since both soccer and football are correct terms. It's more like calling it basketball (they are both ball sports, right?), so the correction is warranted. I am not "swooping in," I noticed your comment and decided to remark tha
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by bbrtyth 14y ago
And in the minds of everyone in the group, you are trying to tar a number of people with the same brush. It grates on us that you write like you don't understand it's a civil case. But you are more important than everyone else, so let's use
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by bbrtyth 14y ago
Felony soda tossing: http://www.wireclub.com/topics/off_topic/conversations/T6K1R... Felony mic check: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/12/1054041/-Occupy-San... Felony protesting: http://www.soarclub.com/2012/03/felony-protest-in
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by bbrtyth 14y ago
It would be the reverse case if it were non-circular, returning 0.
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by bbrtyth 14y ago
It's not one character per key, they input phonetically or by type of stroke in the character.
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by bbrtyth 14y ago
For the dragon, you can use a password field to hide the name, which satisfies the requirements. Actually I think the image field is a good idea, just have everyone use a typed alias and then draw/render what they want to be called. Maybe a
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by bbrtyth 14y ago
You are more willing to read than most, I guess. Legitimate complaints are welcome, I never implied they were not.
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by bbrtyth 14y ago
Speaking as an app developer, sometimes people get furious over things that are clearly stated before they download it. It really is easier to get complaints, I can see usage stats that show many more people using my apps daily.
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by bbrtyth 14y ago
Remember, everyone, if you aren't paying for it, you might be the product. In this case, a Yelp user is the product that Yelp sells to businesses by featuring 5-star reviews and burying the 1-star review. Featuring the 1-stars and burying t
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by bbrtyth 14y ago
Those companies are already paid tons by the government to improve their pipes and we are still lagging behind Europe, Japan, and Korea in terms of bandwidth.
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by bbrtyth 14y ago
as were "more powerful than a Turing Machine" and "2^aleph_null possible behaviours" for me

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