jkFeiwi

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by jkFeiwi 8y ago
no. use of his clips probably isnt transformative enough.
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by jkFeiwi 8y ago
Typography doesn't feel like a moat to me. If a competitor offered better service than AirBnB, nobody would stick around solely because of the typeface. Best you can say is, good design could contribute to a moat, and typography is one
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by jkFeiwi 8y ago
More like: validate that they are good at lying
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by jkFeiwi 8y ago
Not a developer, but laughing at this statement: > Public personas are a professional necessity, especially in our industry If I wasn't on hacker news, I would assume you were an actor or a radio talk show host. Maybe you're ri
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by jkFeiwi 8y ago
If I'm not mistaken, car makers first lobbied to outlaw jaywalking. So if it's anything like the past, protesting self-driving cars and protesting the laws will amount to the same thing.
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by jkFeiwi 8y ago
Jokes may be fun to write. But when you're scouring a manual for a needed function, and you're confronted with a smarmy joke, it probably won't be as fun (especially if you're reading the manual to troubleshoot something
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by jkFeiwi 8y ago
This isn't an easter egg, nor a comment in the code. It's dab smack in the manual. Could distract or confuse someone just trying to look up a function. I say we keep the fun expression stuff in places where it won't get in th
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by jkFeiwi 8y ago
I'm not offended by the joke at all. I'm pro choice. But I think it's unprofessional to have these kinds of jokes in an important piece of software. This sort of thing just hurts the free software movement's credibility
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by jkFeiwi 8y ago
Came here to complain about the drinking. When I worked for a startup, they had days where the company bought people beer. - I don't drink, but I felt pressure to do it anyway, so I could be part of the team. - There was an alcoholic o
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by jkFeiwi 8y ago
This is the 3rd article I've seen like this today. I think what's missing from the conversation is bonding vs bridging social capital. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_capital#Sub-types We have known for
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by jkFeiwi 8y ago
Just quit today! For numerous reasons. Not just this. Do you need another reason?
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by jkFeiwi 8y ago
Can't we agree that both are scary? You can live without both.
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by jkFeiwi 9y ago
> I don't get what changed? Momentum. Sometimes people won't do stuff unless they know everyone else is too. If you quit Facebook and your friends still use it, you're missing out. But if all your friends delete it as part
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by jkFeiwi 9y ago
> I for one am grateful that these services target me with relevant adds. Is that something we want undo? That's what you're giving up your privacy for. So you see more ads that relate to your interests. And you're gratefu
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by jkFeiwi 9y ago
> more terrifying than some trained and experience arbitrator with respectable work history, to me. Roy Moore was a judge. Think of that. Ousted from the bench, twice, for defying court orders, ignoring the law, and displaying a lack of
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by jkFeiwi 9y ago
Another reason for this may be that skilled people know enough to ignore marketing claims. Let's take guitars. You can get a squire (introductory model), a Fender made in Mexico (intermediate, a few hundred dollars) or an American stan
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by jkFeiwi 9y ago
No but who's going to fund the non-commercial streaming videos? Public (in the American sense, viewer supported) broadcasting like NPR and PBS develop excellent digital content that we would not otherwise have because it's not adv