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Re:Goodreads Is Broken on Saturday September 07, 2019 @02:11PM (#20905504)
Don't Kindles cost a lot to make simply due to the expensive display? E-Ink has a monopoly pretty much which keeps costs high
Anybody still buying MacBooks doesn't know what they are doing... A Lenovo Thinkpad would destroy it in every way imaginable, but marketing is more important that real world function
Similarly I can hear my Kindle buzz when I change page. Electric components can have some coil whine when being pushed
Norway - the country that avoided the oil curse
Reddit is so useful in that regard. So many niches with honest and detailed reviews that I usually don't buy something online without checking a relevant subreddit first.
What you are describing sounds a whole lot like the Prisoner's Dilemma. For the highest personal success we need to think about maximizing group benefit, rather than being completely self-interested. However, this is rarely the case when competition is involved.
Re:Pathfinding for Tower Defense on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @01:06PM (#18801342)
It's crazy how often this website gets posted on HN for it's pathfinding tutorials.
Re:Leaving Apple and Google: more devices now supported on Saturday November 24, 2018 @01:40PM (#18523353)
Exactly. It's one of their main competitive features in each of their annual reports, yet they collect just as much data...