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by csilverman 5y ago
“Ozy was named after ‘Ozymandias,’ the famous sonnet by Shelley on the theme of the impermanence of all things and people — even the great pharaoh known by that name, whom the ancient Greeks tried to render immortal with a colossal statue,
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by csilverman 5y ago
That's an interesting way to look at it. If I understand Apple's position, it's that Facebook can't deny functionality based on privacy settings. But it's less clear to me whether they're prohibited from offe
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by csilverman 5y ago
I think that's what offends me most about Facebook's whole ham-fisted victim routine. They adopted a business model that was dumbfoundingly, arrogantly unsustainable: trying to fool all of the people all of the time. Even the smar
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by csilverman 5y ago
The "without their permission" part can't be reiterated enough here. Apple didn't hurt Facebook. Apple simply gave its own users more control over what was happening, and people acted in their own best interests, as they
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by csilverman 5y ago
Agreed. They’ve disabled reader mode, too. Took one look at that mess and decided I didn’t care enough to even try tapping the deliberately minuscule X buttons. I’m at the point where I am so done with disrespectful websites that I’m willin
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by csilverman 5y ago
Same. I have very few positive feelings towards either Thiel or Hogan, but I've always thought Gawker was disgusting—the left-wing equivalent of any far-right blog you want to name—and I wasn't sorry to see the end of them.
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by csilverman 5y ago
Agreed, although I think that while Thiel might not be a stereotypical Bible-thumping Trump supporter, his libertarian leanings place him significantly closer to far-right anti-government types than his polished cosmopolitan-technocrat side
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by csilverman 5y ago
It’s noteworthy because it’s bizarre behavior and he’s related to her. The question is how noteworthy. I tend to doubt there’s any sinister plot afoot here, or that it’ll have any impact on the trial. He probably wanted to attend the trial,
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by csilverman 5y ago
Darknet Diaries had a really interesting episode about this a few years ago (nearly two years to the day, actually): https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/47/
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by csilverman 5y ago
My impression of Yang—and I liked the guy—was that mainstream Democrats were never really his primary audience anyway. His Twitter account seemed to be a raucous mix of Bernie bros, socialists with trollish leanings, memesters, and other od
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by csilverman 5y ago
I think Bill Atkinson is more deserving of that comparison than Andy, and Andy Hertzfeld has been one of my heroes since I was a teenager. Hertzfeld is a brilliant engineer, but he had less to do with UI/X issues. Atkinson came up with
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by csilverman 5y ago
I read John Carreyrou’s “Bad Blood” a while ago—it’s a fascinating book—and that sounds pretty consistent with how Balwani came across in the book: he was portrayed as an overbearing, arrogant idiot who abused employees. I don’t remember an
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by csilverman 5y ago
I was wondering about that. The idea that a kid could wander into a military base at the height of the war and just wander around unchallenged—and that these top-secret codenames would be bandied about by low-level soldiers—seems very odd.
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by csilverman 5y ago
That’s the thing—I’d consider a limited version of a one-time $5 app, and very likely pay $30—once—to remove the limitations if I found the app useful. But when I see an app demanding subscriptions, I wouldn’t even try the free version. I’d
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by csilverman 5y ago
When apps I use switch to subscriptions, I stop using them and switch to ones that don’t. When I’m considering an app and I see that they’re demanding regular payments, that app is out of consideration. (I’ve also convinced my friends and e
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by csilverman 5y ago
I use PayPal pretty regularly, and if they ever try that shit here, I’ll drop them as a matter of principle. That sort of behavior needs to be punished.
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by csilverman 5y ago
The child porn aspect of this strikes me as ridiculous. As was pointed out in the article, genuine child porn is overtly sexual, and this image doesn't come close. Maybe the guy really does feel exploited these days, but I'd be a
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by csilverman 5y ago
Never. My location has no bearing on what I'm worth, and any attempts to nickel-and-dime me on that score are likely indications of a dysfunctional company culture that I'd want no part of anyway. If I were pushy, I might even att
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by csilverman 5y ago
That’s so stupid and petty, and will sound absolutely nonsensical to anyone who wasn’t familiar with Steve Jobs’s fashion choices. And those who are will know that Jobs hasn’t dictated anything for a good decade. I’ve seen enough of Samsung
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by csilverman 5y ago
And it seems like a weirdly petty thing to do, too. If Twitter had a problem with what he said, they’d warn/ban him, not take his badge away. I’m inclined to believe this was a mistake on someone’s part.
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by csilverman 5y ago
The turmoil of Apple abruptly booting the CEO who's overseen the most obscenely prosperous stretch in its history would cost the company vastly more than the current controversy about CSAM. I'm not saying this as a fan of either C
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by csilverman 5y ago
Um...if you're being physically disruptive on an aircraft in flight, and the only way to subdue you is physical restraint, I think nearly any non-lethal (and, ideally, minimally injurious) method is warranted. This isn't like when
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by csilverman 5y ago
Yeah, and that's why app subscriptions make no sense to me at all. I don't have a problem paying for resources I use—storage space, web-based functionality—but being charged every month just so they don't shut off my software
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by csilverman 5y ago
I'm a professional. The way you described it initially caught my attention as something I could use. Make it a one-time payment and I'd think about it. Subware is not something I support.
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by csilverman 5y ago
Agreed. The subscription pricing model alone is an instant disqualifier. $15 for a one-time purchase? I'd absolutely consider it. $15/month? Never.
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by csilverman 5y ago
Well—that’s it for me, I guess. Used them for years, but I’ll switch to the standard Apple password manager. I believe in buying my software once. Not monthly.
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by csilverman 5y ago
They don’t advertise it, but if you contact 1P and demand the standalone one-time price, you might still be able to get it. I’m using 1P, and when I contacted them about a one-time upgrade, they were evasive but ultimately admitted that pri
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by csilverman 5y ago
Usually all they have is the empty, evasive “well it’s their platform and they can do what they want” tactic.
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by csilverman 5y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q7Cy3qSwKI&ab_channel=MattH...
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by csilverman 5y ago
What’s especially clever is that all the sources that could/will discredit this device are ones its target audience would never listen to anyway. “Oh, the liberal fake news is whining about how they don’t trust it because they don’t kn

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