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by unstatedAnswers 4y ago
No, they’re saying NYT links to sources and other newspapers do not.
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by unstatedAnswers 4y ago
And then I start hogging usage to increase the odds that I get paid money to stop using it.
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by unstatedAnswers 5y ago
That’s called AB testing, baby
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by unstatedAnswers 5y ago
Would you ever consider making this a product?
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by unstatedAnswers 5y ago
“You mean, in the absence of docs, I have to debug the compiler??” I agree, it’s a turn-off, for sure
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by unstatedAnswers 5y ago
> without network access I don’t think it’ll be useful here
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by unstatedAnswers 5y ago
Such a good blog post, from start to finish. There aren’t a lot of expertly-written in-the-weeds-tech blog posts, but this one was crafted so well. I guess that’s why Julia Evans’ name is so recognizable.
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by unstatedAnswers 5y ago
Parent is insinuating this may be deliberate sabotage on Brother’s end, to convince users to buy a new model after a while
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by unstatedAnswers 5y ago
Sure, it would be useful… if users used it. My guess is they don’t. Did you use the like/dislike buttons they tested on Spotify radio? I didn’t, too much effort. They probably get more signal from the skip button
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by unstatedAnswers 5y ago
Unless you work for Google, Apple, Cloudflare, Microsoft, Facebook, etc etc ;) Of course they’d lose their ability to issue public certificates if it became widely known, but they have it within their power.
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by unstatedAnswers 5y ago
Disagreement with the premise of the law and/or judgement, on the basis of being overwhelmingly unfair to those without capital. And this case is just part of a trend.
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by unstatedAnswers 5y ago
Then your private shopper gets tracked. It’s just a pointer to your actual self, like how a “ghost account” gets created on Facebook or Google, when you browse in incognito
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by unstatedAnswers 5y ago
Customer support is a cost center, so it gets less funding than sales/marketing-oriented projects (route-optimizing here likely has the intention of boosting sales, not necessarily reducing customer shopping time)
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by unstatedAnswers 5y ago
You could say that about any number of things: global warming in the 2010’s, foreign war involvement, etc. In this case, OP likely feels it’s morally wrong and unfair that Amazon can do this.
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by unstatedAnswers 5y ago
Haha, I love your explanation of this! Human communication is difficult, and using syntax incorrectly makes it even moreso
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by unstatedAnswers 5y ago
I don’t see much of a difference between the two, to be honest. Maybe something isn’t loading?
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by unstatedAnswers 5y ago
I don’t think it’s fair to frame their intent that way. “Like” does not mean “exactly”. A period of time on the order of years is fine.