stroboskop

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by stroboskop 13y ago
You may or may not like him, but Jaron Lanier is right in that interview: It is dangerous that corporations control the data of devices you are supposed to wear. Scoble doesn't seem to care about that.
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by stroboskop 13y ago
> If you’re a European and work in tech in San Francisco, every summer you’ll be inundated with dozens of emails from friends, contacts and unknown European entrepreneurs who will ask you for advice and introductions to US investors for
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by stroboskop 14y ago
'Self-defense'? The post's key quote sums up Google's relation to RSS: lead with a compelling user experience first and then build an API from there, an API which may be based on open standards, but only if it’s a means to an end. Althoug
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by stroboskop 14y ago
The post is spot on. Firefox is a great browser, but reading the OP's last paragraphs, users rarely choose software for quality alone . The most popular alternatives to Firefox are Google's Chrome and Microsoft's Internet Explorer. I doubt
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by stroboskop 14y ago
Not a fan of Flash either, but the Internet is not the Web. You say "The Internet works better" without formats like Flash. To my knowledge the Internet does not discriminate between proprietary and non-proprietary data fromats of its conte
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by stroboskop 14y ago
You have to keep things in perspective. LibreOffice does not look nice but it is functional. What is its main function? For many people, it has completely replaced Microsoft Office. Of course MS Office has an even larger feature set, but
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by stroboskop 14y ago
Key quote. Since I’ve been out of the Silicon-Valley-centred tech industry, I’ve become increasingly convinced that it’s morally bankrupt and essentially toxic to our society. Companies like Google and Facebook — in common with most public
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by stroboskop 14y ago
This turned out to be a historic announcement. Note that the release was in source and binary form. The liberal copyright policy wisely chosen by Tim Berners-Lee was an important reason for the WWW's success. In contrast, this post again re
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by stroboskop 14y ago
Most people are complaining about the headline, but it is in line with what Woz is saying: "I really worry about everything going to the cloud," he said. "I think it's going to be horrendous. I think there are going to be a lot of horrible
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by stroboskop 14y ago
Other search engines have this feature, too. For a refreshing change from Google, I prefer this: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ip And if you really need to confirm your IP address with Google: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=!g+ip (check out the
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by stroboskop 14y ago
A moderator replacing the FB link with an accessible link would have solved the issue for me. I didn't ask for deletion. My vote is for updating the HN guidelines to discourage submissions behind login walls.
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by stroboskop 14y ago
I cannot comment on the content at all because I can't access the submission. Pages submitted to HN should simply not be behind login walls, which is why I flagged this. This thread already has multiple references to the fact that you have
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by stroboskop 14y ago
Well I'm going to head off the predictable and boring "bubble" comments and say this Saying that predictably gets you upvotes for sure. But it's not about "bubble" comments being "boring" or not. The question is whether bubble claims have
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by stroboskop 14y ago
Compared to RSS, centralized information distribution is not better but more profitable. That's the main reason why so many people and corporations have a pronounced interest in the demise of RSS. But RSS will not die : It's a great standa
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by stroboskop 14y ago
Flagged. Pages submitted to HN should not be behind login walls. This thread already has multiple references to the fact that you have to log in to see the submitted post. Some are justifying this by saying the content is only relevant for
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by stroboskop 14y ago
DuckDuckGo is definitely pulling users from Google. By mimicking Facebook, Google has lost its mojo. Stepped right into the "social" honeypot. No news. The more interesting thing is the fantastic feeling more and more people have: that Face
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by stroboskop 15y ago
I don't agree with the post on many levels. But "The English is poor"? That complaint sounds like a low blow. Native speakers are a minority of total English speakers, and the majority may have something to say, too. I'm still giving you an
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by stroboskop 15y ago
You are being downvoted because most people on Hacker News disagree with you. Also, because your tone may be perceived as slightly hysterical. I doubt young age of commenters is the reason for their stance and for many intentions are as goo
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by stroboskop 15y ago
As far as I see, this is the text of reference: Newer multi-core processors are up to the job, and Ubuntu is the killer app for that hot hardware. It’s the must-have feature for late-2012 high-end Android phones. The quote itself is outsi
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by stroboskop 15y ago
Could you tell us more about your analysis? I would especially like to know if you consider the extent of Google's collection of users' private data.
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by stroboskop 15y ago
I don't know if he was a "crackpot" or not, but your criteria (Wikipedia mention) is invalid. Wikipedia is neither complete, nor unbiased, nor objective, nor free of controversy. As a first step in improving your criteria, look at the argum
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by stroboskop 15y ago
Depends on how you define conversations. As far as I am concerned Twitter's 140 char limit and fragmented exchanges don't allow for "real" conversations. As for clients, their function and choice totally depends on decisions taken by Twitte
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by stroboskop 15y ago
If you've gone down the wrong way, a step back can be a step forward.
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by stroboskop 15y ago
Anonymous accusations, no verification and guaranteed reputational damage to those accused: This is a bad idea. If you have legal claims, press charges instead of going down this road. Edit: the first post, an anonymous accusation (by the s
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by stroboskop 15y ago
Nice paper. Here's some related research: * Active Documents with Org-Mode: http://www.cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/data/CISE-13-3-SciProg.pdf * The Emacs Org-mode - Reproducible Research and Beyond: http://www.warwick.ac.uk/statsdept/user-2011/