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by groups 13y ago
I think the poster's point was that he spends a lot of money on apple products, relative to his income. To understand apple's success, one should look at how much money ordinary people with ordinary jobs spend disproportionate mon
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by groups 13y ago
It's not a chiclet keyboard. Looks like the keyboard for the thinkpad X220. in my experience it's a very good keyboard. of course I would pay a lot of money for a mechanically-keyed laptop.
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by groups 13y ago
Aristotle said that the rhetorician is a rhetorician not because he absolutely can convince someone of something, but because he is aware of all the means of persuasion. likewise, there's no guarantee that a doctor can heal /you&#
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by groups 13y ago
yeah something is wrong. I ran the test on my lenovo x200s with an intel core 2 duo and intel GMA 4500 graphics and got 3700 "objects" and with a "tickcount" of 1400. I'm assuming objects are sprites--the test itsel
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by groups 13y ago
It's fine to edit for length and clarity if you recognize that by removing context you're creating a new context. It's up to the editor to be careful. The editor can't say "I am the editor and I have perfectly prese
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by groups 13y ago
this is a list of facebook's engineers' favorite hacks to make facebook work better, not a list hosted on facebook.com of various hacks. with that said, I'm assuming you don't care about what facebook does with its websi
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by groups 13y ago
It bothers me. But (just a guess) I hypothesize 4K comes from the film industry, while 720p and 1080[ip] come from TV and computer industries. So the two systems of measuring resolution were created independently and both have historical pr
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by groups 13y ago
183 DPI is "too small" for native viewing, but it'll make prettier pictures and more readable text.
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by groups 13y ago
Look up the Pentagon Papers and Woodward and Bernstein (and Rathergate, though that criticism was erroneous) for examples of established media sharply and consequentially criticizing the US government. The media /are/ capable of i
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by groups 13y ago
>Did anyone... Over months I read many articles describing cool things you can do with emacs you can't do with vim, and eventually I switched. So: one article, no. Many, yes.
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by groups 13y ago
This article illuminates specific instances where NSA mislead the public. The comments here saying stuff like "I don't believe anything any nefarious organization says"--your point is taken, but it's still important to a
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by groups 13y ago
The page gives no examples of pictures or memes and immediately asks for various permissions. I want to see what I'm getting myself into. As a side note I hate that applications ask permission for my email address. Of course I used a d
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by groups 13y ago
I write free software for selfish reasons--I want powerful software as Paul Graham defines it. That powerful software amplifies thought is a side benefit. The more I (or groups) get together to think important thoughts, the more we can crea
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by groups 13y ago
Yes I think Emacs' philosophy is at odds with UNIX philosophy; I also think it's /superior to/ UNIX philosophy. It sounds like you take UNIX philosophy to be gospel, and deviation from that to be incorrect. I'm not
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by groups 13y ago
I read this comment and got so mad that I looked at your previous comments and submissions. They seem high-quality. I think I concede that I didn't get your joke. Oops. :) If you're being serious, FLAME ON.
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by groups 13y ago
I genuinely don't understand what "'at best' 'rather' 'unexpected'" means.
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by groups 13y ago
I agree. In 2011 when I got my smartphone, I remember mobile websites being simpler than they are today. My phone isn't as zippy, not because of planned obsolescence, rather the internet has become more demanding in two years. It'
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by groups 13y ago
I got my current iPhone (my first smartphone) in 2011. Before that I had an LG Envy Touch, with a phenomenal keyboard. I type fast on my iPhone, but I reckon I'm still 1.5 to 2x slower than with a physical phone keyboard. You can reall
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by groups 13y ago
I haven't worked on one, but when I try the rMBPs at the store I find text more enjoyable to read. I have a retina iPhone, and I like reading text on it (though it's small). I value aspect ratio and total area of screen. A 3:2 15&
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by groups 13y ago
If I would buy a new laptop, the most important specs would be an IPS screen and the best keyboard available because IPS screens cause me less eyestrain and a quality keyboard with a trackpoint is a pleasure. I value ergonomics. I also valu
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by groups 13y ago
>would they really dare to mock themselves in the honeypot? Of course they would. The makers of a maximally-effective honeypot aren't going to shy away from making fun of TLAs. They'll do what's most effective. With that s
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by groups 13y ago
I agree that who-owes-what is negotiated by the parties and not objectively pre-determined, and that we, as commenters, have a hand in deciding who-owes-what. I ask you: would you want to secretly fail a secret grading criterion because som
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by groups 13y ago
If he rigged the system the way you say, I'll be angry on your behalf. With that said, I'll nitpick: Paul Graham can respond to your post however he wants. He _could_ simply say, "I don't care." You _want_ an apolog
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by groups 13y ago
As a casual browser this is the first I've heard of this. I don't know the accuracy of his claims. I'm curious about his sources and their reasons for not coming forth. That he doesn't cite them by name leads to me to th
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by groups 13y ago
The article notes a slump in car sales, but doesn't chart historical bike sales (it only notes that in America bike sales are "solid") It could be coincidence: European bike might have risen, might have stayed the same. >W