jmanderley

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by jmanderley 8y ago
Apple charges ridiculous prices for SSDs and RAM.
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by jmanderley 8y ago
Seems more like the end-result is serious problems don't get addressed and only the worst laws get passed.
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by jmanderley 8y ago
Also, out of the reach of adblockers or tracking blockers.
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by jmanderley 8y ago
But what about Amazon's entire services business?
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by jmanderley 8y ago
Tough luck, the UK gave up its voice in the EU willingly. No one forced Brexit on you.
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by jmanderley 8y ago
Facebook already got their access back, I assume the block on Google won't last all that long, either.
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by jmanderley 8y ago
This makes no sense, but is a common talking point. How is net neutrality "another push for controlling the internet/media"? If anything, it's the pure opposite, ensuring that all views can be accessed equally.
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by jmanderley 8y ago
That impression is wrong.
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by jmanderley 8y ago
Pretty much all of them?
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by jmanderley 8y ago
You didn't miss anything, that's what the show is.
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by jmanderley 8y ago
There is no "media deconstruction" happening. All they do is play cable news clips and give their uninformed and often offensive commentary. Zero journalistic work of any kind, just idiotic hot takes shot from the hip.
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by jmanderley 8y ago
The incentive for retailers is to provide as little post-sales support as they can get away with, margin has nothing to do with it. Also, online stores don't tend to "advise" customers.
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by jmanderley 8y ago
Observably also when they protect the private property rights of their citizens too much.
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by jmanderley 8y ago
"Increasingly being adopted" where?
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by jmanderley 8y ago
Crypto isn't the solution to every problem.
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by jmanderley 8y ago
Even if we assume Tether to remain stable, that doesn't solve the fundamental problem of even getting someone to buy local currency in exchange for fake Dollars.
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by jmanderley 8y ago
Selling a product for a set one-time fee is a "pyramid scheme"? Is someone producing and selling apples running a pyramid scheme as well?
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by jmanderley 8y ago
Let's hope your local Starbucks has device isolation enabled so that isn't possible.
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by jmanderley 8y ago
Next, you're going to tell us it's called a magazine, not a clip.
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by jmanderley 9y ago
So, enable Netflix notifications but disable Netflix notifications at a system level? Seems like a silly reason to prefer iOS, considering every modern Android has the same feature.
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by jmanderley 9y ago
Routers don't all come with the same WiFi password, why should this be any different? Most people probably won't even know about this feature, therefore will never "provision" it.
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by jmanderley 9y ago
What about other types of work one would like to remix, but aren't written words? I don't think this argument holds.
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by jmanderley 9y ago
Just tested this: Not even close to being true (current Word/Office 365 on Windows 10)
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by jmanderley 9y ago
American democracy has a myriad of problems, maybe keeping the status quo is the worst of all options.
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by jmanderley 9y ago
What are these "long-term effects"?
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by jmanderley 9y ago
Did I accidentally click on the_donald?
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by jmanderley 9y ago
Except getting skimmed and disputing charges is annoying, not something I care to deal with. I'd rather we have more secure infrastructure that doesn't sustain criminal activity.
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by jmanderley 9y ago
Plenty of cheap but great Androids in the $200-300 range, just take a look at the Moto G5 Plus, for example.
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by jmanderley 9y ago
I'd say you're Windowsing wrong if you changed system file permissions to stop a driver from installing.
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by jmanderley 9y ago
If you want to be lauded for "being skeptical", maybe include some kind of interesting or informed commentary or critique instead of posting a meaningless drive-by attack on the source.

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