loqwe

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   by loqwe 10y ago

   apparently the spreadsheet the world needs is really a chat app.
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   by loqwe 10y ago

   > most users don't wan ... so many features mmm. which features do you want? and you over there, which features to do you want. and you, in the corner? It adds up, doesn't it!
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   by loqwe 10y ago

   > Is it possible that software is not like anything else, that it is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to always see it as a soap bubble? -- SICP That was written what, 40 years ago? Fast forward today now computer hardware
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   by loqwe 10y ago

   This is incorrect. Old works are not copyright-locked because the owner can charge for access. Old works are copyright-locked because they compete with new marketable products. If we could watch classic films/music/etc for free, w
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   by loqwe 10y ago

   https://patents.google.com/
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   by loqwe 10y ago

   Does it matter who was driving? An Uber company car, involved in testing, ran a red light. That is a demerit to the operation overall.
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   by loqwe 10y ago

   > was previously smart, frugal, and sensible gets baked in as the norm I love that smart, frugal, sensible behavior becomes the norm. What could be bad about that?
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   by loqwe 10y ago

   It's not reassuring to hear that lowly engineers can't access the data, but the axe-grinding execs can.
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   by loqwe 10y ago

   Then why do the prices keep going up?