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Google data shows Wisconsin residents can't spell Wisconsin(thenextweb.com)
2 points by capote 9y ago|0 comments
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by capote 9y ago
I came here to ask about submitting to the App Store. Does this mean that a Mac is, technically, no longer required for the entire process of development -> release of iOS apps?
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by capote 9y ago
I think this is humorous, and, in a way, brutal. Keep in mind it's not an official document from Postgres but rather just a guy who is big on Postgres writing a funny, and yes, snarky response to Uber. He makes some decent points, if
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by capote 10y ago
Is this taboo? I also use Edge and find it great.
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by capote 10y ago
So clearly you're here just to call me out, so it's funny you should bring up time saving. Other commenters on my comment have not provided a good reason. Like I said, I walk through customs and passport control with my phone in
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by capote 10y ago
I realize I'm not the first person to come up with most ideas I have. I don't mind. Care to share the reason it hasn't taken off? Or are you here just to call me out?
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by capote 10y ago
Exactly. With and without Global Entry, I've always had my phone in my hand through passport check and customs.
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by capote 10y ago
Nah, I'm sayin the area leading up to passport control or in the baggage claim area. I realize once you're sure something sketchy is happening, there's no actions left to take anymore. I pretty much have my phone out and in
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by capote 10y ago
It would be nice if there were a feature built in to phones to facilitate this. Like, on the lock screen, an emergency wipe button that runs a procedure you specify (log you out of everything, obfuscate which services you subscribe to, etc
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by capote 10y ago
Why don't they just use kinetic energy from the movement of your arm like mechanical watches have been doing for many decades now? Surely it's easier and more of it.
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by capote 10y ago
It is strange. On the other hand there's something suspicious here. Some things clearly aren't being communicated properly.
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by capote 10y ago
I'm being told I need a modern browser for this, then redirected to the Chrome download page. I'm using the latest version of Chrome.
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by capote 10y ago
Yeah, maybe I do lack some perspective having never worked for a truly giant company. My parents both work at massive banks (in technology, in fact, my dad has almost the same job as I do), and a lot of what they talk about is how much pol
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by capote 10y ago
But this means you're not a programmer. If you understand a business's problems and create software to solve those problems, you've already moved higher up in the ranks than a programmer, so of course, call yourself whatever
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by capote 10y ago
> Ever had to lobby your idea or project to a non-technical decision maker? This is actually my job; I'm an architect and I interface a programming team with non-technical superiors (I simplified my position previously to make a poi
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by capote 10y ago
That sounds like a bigger issue--being oblivious to what your role is/how companies work. No amount of re-naming/re-titling yourself will fix that. A name is just a name; it's what you do that matters.
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by capote 10y ago
> Engineers are hired to create business value, not to program things So is every employee of every company. They create business value by doing what their role is. This is the point of a company, this is how it's always worked.
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by capote 10y ago
Are hippos not nearly as endangered as elephants and rhinos? I heard they poach them too for their teeth or something.
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by capote 10y ago
> It's nonsense to suggest that the majority vote was either a bad thing or done out of fear. Actually, the majority vote is frequently one or both of these things. Whether or not this applies here.
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by capote 10y ago
> though might be a core value of the U.S. (being a nation of immigrants, after all). This is exactly what I'm talking about. Like I said in the later bit of my post, our openness to immigrants and the lack of European-style nati
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by capote 10y ago
> "nationalist leader" Trump cannot be a nationalist leader as he does not respect the principles upon which this nation was founded (see my other comments for more specificity).
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by capote 10y ago
No. I don't like Hillary by any means, and I don't like her attitude on drug war and crime and whatever else you wanna cite, but these things are mere political differences, whereas racism and xenophobia are immoral, utterly naus
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by capote 10y ago
Then we've arrived at a simple priority difference. I suppose I simply don't care that much about economic suffering of people when the values upon which my country was founded are in question ("that all men are created equa
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by capote 10y ago
> You're asking people to effectively vote against their own best interests because it's in the best interests of someone else. I'm asking people to consider the fundamental rights of others and to notice that they're
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by capote 10y ago
I think everyone can have their own perspective on what a defining problem is. If you're straight and white, wealth inequality is a problem. If you're not, then I beg to differ on what the defining problem is. If you can't
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by capote 10y ago
That's because any Trump supporter (be it by privilege or other) seems to be unfazed by Trump's racism and xenophobia. If we elect him, these are policies that will be at risk of being enacted, and this will affect minorities,
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by capote 10y ago
It's disappointing to me that some people defend racists and xenophobes against being called racists and xenophobes. This is what they are, and it's completely appropriate to call them that, and worse. Please note the "sta
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by capote 10y ago
This isn't too much negativity (2 or 3 top-level comments that aren't even purely negative, but just questioning his heroism) and they were downvoted into the ground. Rest assured, HN is clearly pro-Snowden and doesn't questi
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by capote 10y ago
You missed the point—this is a person's opinion. Harshly (and possibly ridiculously) worded, sure, but there are plenty of opinion posts everywhere and their point isn't to direct others as to how to live their lives. You don&#x2
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by capote 10y ago
You're right, of course, but my point stands.

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