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Re:What’s New in macOS Big Sur: Human Interface Guidelines on Monday June 22, 2020 @09:59PM (#23609207)
Didn't see anyone mention this, but one of the main reasons for making macOS look more like iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, and watchOS is because at some point we will be able to run apps written for the other systems natively in macOS. Seems like an obvious move, why is everyone so surprised? It just means less duplicated interface code for multiplatform products.
Re:Police attacks against journalists across the U.S. since May 28 on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @02:27PM (#23394294)
Important to note: I have seen not one example of a non-press person claiming to be press and I've been watching all the livestreams constantly.
Re:Hacker’s Manifesto (1986) on Thursday October 24, 2019 @09:50PM (#21351069)
looks at Marc Anthony

"... this is my ... manifesto"

Re:The Universe Is Made of Tiny Bubbles Containing Mini-Universes, Sci... on Thursday October 24, 2019 @07:52PM (#21350370)
In Minecraft, the whole world is made of cubes. Things are either cubes, or in the empty space where a cube could be. This line of theories (there have been many over the years) argue a few things.

First, our reality might also be made of similar Minecraft 'blocks' and block shaped empty space (that 'space is discrete, not continuous').

Second, that what a block does in one block shaped empty space is not necessarily going to tell us what it will do when it is in a different block shaped empty space. (This another way of saying the universal constants may change at different points in a discrete spacetime, which is ANOTHER way of saying different 'universes' exist within these points.)

Third, that the blocks and block-shaped empty space inform each others border/shape/volume and relate to one another in some way. (All of this together creates a larger structure, which they call a foam).

I think that's the basic gist. A quantum particle is like a block moving positions in this 'Minecraft grid', and as it does this it becomes subject to different universal constants.

Re:SEC Charges Comscore Inc. and Former CEO with Accounting and Disclo... on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @04:16PM (#21064165)
They're stuck between a rock and a hard place. On one hand, they provide the 'objective' benchmark for the entire media industry. On the other, they have no way to actually capture the value of the data they provide, because advertisers use their data to make decisions on opaque Big Tech platforms. It's a commodity that doesn't have an equivalent exchange representation. On the surface, it might seem like a bad faith data broker. But on a deeper level, this is a canary in the programmatic ad monopoly coal mine. If we can regulate data exchange, but can't regulate data use ... we're setting a dangerous precedent.
Re:Show HN: Please Don't Rob Me on Tuesday July 22, 2014 @07:50AM (#8068412)
So, essentially:

    - if instagram?
      - if on_vacation?
        - if shared_home? == false
          - if dangerous_pets? == false
            = rob_them
          - else
            // wait  
        - elsif roommates_home?
          - if dangerous_pets? == false && if security_system? == false
              = rob_them
          - elsif house_guests?
            - if house_guests_home?
              // wait
            - else
              = rob_them
          - else
            = kill_pets + rob_them
        - else
          = rob_them
      - else
        // wait
    - else
      = chill_with_friends
Seems legit.
Re:Features Firefox should implement to weaken Facebook's stranglehold... on Tuesday November 05, 2013 @11:24AM (#6675912)
Am I the only one around here // who thinks Facebook works just fine!?

Also, if you want to compete with Facebook. Find a way to make a social network company grow to 100s of employees without advertisements. That's really all it would take.

Re:Coworking Spaces on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @11:09AM (#6592392)
I have an office with http://workattheyard.com and am very happy there.
Re:Talk about websites without improving their ranking on Tuesday September 10, 2013 @09:28AM (#6359855)
If you refer to the "how" page, you'll see that they use noindex and nofollow, a robots.txt to discourage crawling, and a blank 403 to any crawler ignoring the robot.txt

http://www.donotlink.com/dnl-how

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