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   by dtp 13y ago

   The word "worse" might be worse than some other term Gabriel could have picked. But this article (written in 1989) was really pretty influential at the time, and cemented the phrase "worse is better" in a lot of peoples&
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   by dtp 13y ago

   I have the Helvetica Neue family installed, so apparently I care about fonts. What I don't care for is smug, condescending bullshit, and I didn't finish the article.
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   by dtp 13y ago

   Sorry if that sounds too harsh. I shouldn't shit on you too hard for trying to do something good. I've never written any software that does anything even remotely as good for the human race as this, so maybe I should just keep my mouth shut
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   by dtp 13y ago

   The idea of being presented with the names and faces of people in need and asked to choose who to give money to is so repellent to me that, if I encountered Karmabox on a website, I would choose not to donate at all. Seriously. This makes m
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   by dtp 13y ago

   Exactly. And even once the patent is granted, prior art can be re-examined in the courtroom when a lawsuit is brought. I'm not an expert or anything, but I wouldn't expect this patent to stand up in court.
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   by dtp 13y ago

   For one, Etsy is neither an arm of the US government nor a mega-corporation. It's got a few hundred employees. Secondly, the issue is that they think he isn't making his stuff by hand. They're not somehow persecuting him because he's a ha