nightmiles

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by nightmiles 10y ago
The inertia of large enterprises makes Oracle largely immune to perceived bullying or negative reputation. While the "boots on the ground" developers may be displeased with how Oracle increases friction, project managers and direc
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by nightmiles 11y ago
Original article from July 2015: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/07/toki-p... The BI copy doesn't even bother correctly distinguishing pull quotes from the following text in its c
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by nightmiles 11y ago
It would be really cool if Github let users know when they are about to do something that is almost certainly a horrible mistake. However, is it their responsibility to stop them? I hope not. They provide a service that does exactly what it
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by nightmiles 11y ago
And there's nothing wrong with either of those things happening, either.
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by nightmiles 11y ago
> I buy magazines from the wholesaler. I rip out all the adverts. I then sell them to the public. Why wouldn't this be legal or ethical? What you choose to do with the mass of paper you just purchased is totally fine.
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by nightmiles 11y ago
Those are similarly problematic for the same reasons.
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by nightmiles 11y ago
While I did not speak to censorship, nor did you in the comment I replied to, I do agree that blanket censorship is not good for anyone. That does not mean that casual discriminatory speech shouldn't be considered foul in general. Inse
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by nightmiles 11y ago
Would it be alright, then, if it said, "WebM for Black People?" It isn't important to quibble over what words we consider offensive in the past, present, or future. The real problem is speaking about a classification of human
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by nightmiles 11y ago
I generally agree with you. My comment did not add to the discussion meaningfully, and I apologize for that. I chose to comment because the author of the linked post and the HN submitter are the same person; my reaction came directly from t
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by nightmiles 11y ago
Not OK: Annoying pop-ups begging me to join a newsletter, interrupting my ability to read your blog post. Stop that.
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by nightmiles 11y ago
I always struggle with this. On the one hand, advertising used iPhones after searching for "used iPhone" is the most relevant of relevant advertising. It presents information that's actually interesting and useful. If we are
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by nightmiles 11y ago
Covered extensively here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9466761 but the main point being missed is this: There is still no official Minecraft modding SDK. This pack is simply to provide a tool for building mods agains
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by nightmiles 11y ago
Exactly. If you want so badly to bring your services to those markets, why not just bring your services to those markets? Why not challenge the inherently monopolistic nature of cable franchise agreements in court? Why not prove to your mar
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by nightmiles 12y ago
This is a very interesting redesign, and it shocks me that they chose to do it. On the one hand, this update is beautiful with a tasteful front page and familiar-yet-fresh documentation pages. On the other hand, the old design was also fant
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by nightmiles 12y ago
This is a nice timeline, but unfortunately the text is quite difficult to read due to poor color contrast. Any chance this can be improved?
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by nightmiles 12y ago
Why do we need to give programmers such punchy titles? I haven't heard anyone doing this in any other craft. In my view, calling someone a good, great, excellent, skilled, or top programmer as appropriate is more than adequate.
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by nightmiles 12y ago
Screenshots? Details? Trello is already quite a good UI on its own. What benefits do I get for trusting your app with access to my account?