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Re:Microsoft open-sources Graph Engine
on Thursday February 09, 2017 @10:58AM (#13607790)
Although astroturfing doesn't seem to be a problem on HN, I'd really appreciate it if you didn't do it.
Re:Announcing GVFS: Git Virtual File System
on Friday February 03, 2017 @11:09AM (#13560762)
This is just more of their embrace, extend, extinguish campaign. This is the extend part.
Re:Announcing GVFS: Git Virtual File System
on Friday February 03, 2017 @11:06AM (#13560735)
And full of down votes for the negative comments. This website is very pro successful business, not pro tech.
Re:Visual Studio Code 1.9
on Thursday February 02, 2017 @08:04PM (#13556719)
If that's true, then I'd recommend not using either .NET or VSCode if cross platform matters to you.
Historically speaking, Microsoft will break compatibility when it suits them.
Re:Using Vim as a Python IDE
on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @11:48PM (#13548189)
I used VSCode once and in just ten minutes, I helped a repressive megacorp meet their HN marketing goals, instead of supporting developers who might actually need it.
Re:“Becoming Warren Buffett,” the Man, Not the Investor
on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @02:32PM (#13544123)
So link to those articles. This article is legitimately just hero worship.
Re:“Becoming Warren Buffett,” the Man, Not the Investor
on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @11:13AM (#13541879)
We can learn a lot from a cross section of our entire population. From one man, we can learn about rich person worship and life lotteries.
Re:Calling Windows 10 APIs from a WinForms or WPF application
on Friday January 27, 2017 @04:01PM (#13502619)
They only have to provide this because they lock down their products. They do it to themselves.
Re:Our continuing commitment to your privacy with Windows 10
on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @02:47PM (#13368264)
Seriously? Linux and BSD, for example, give you complete control over all the information harvested from you.
Re:Developer claims Linux forced Microsoft to up its Windows game support
on Monday January 09, 2017 @04:51PM (#13360150)
I use it as my primary gaming platform. So now you know one.
Re:Inkscape Version 0.92 is Released
on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @10:42AM (#13319135)
It's not like the other unintuitive program he learned before and therefore it's bad.
Re:Inkscape Version 0.92 is Released
on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @10:40AM (#13319115)
You didn't finish your post. You left off the part about how you read the manual and then you were fine.
Re:AdNauseam: Fight Back Against Advertising Networks and Privacy Abuse
on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @09:35PM (#13226385)
What I'd really like is something that uses stylometry to track astroturfer comments, shills, fake news authors, advertisements parading as news, and PR campaigns, etc. Then just have those articles identified on places like Hacker News, Reddit, etc. Optional to block them if you want.
Keep a list of identified writers/writer 'styles' that are penned by fraudsters. Like easy-list is for ads.
That'd be the only way to clean up to the net. For a while at least.
Re:SQL Server on Linux public preview
on Saturday December 17, 2016 @09:47AM (#13200880)
People associate cost with value.
Re:Microsoft, Rebooted, Emerges as a Tech Leader
on Friday December 16, 2016 @01:33PM (#13195515)
They're using their billions to buy advertisements like this 'article'.
Re:Microsoft, Rebooted, Emerges as a Tech Leader
on Friday December 16, 2016 @01:32PM (#13195508)
This isn't journalism, it's an advertisement.
Re:Microsoft, Rebooted, Emerges as a Tech Leader
on Friday December 16, 2016 @01:32PM (#13195505)
How much does it cost to buy an article in WSJ?
Re:Xamarin for All
on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @05:12PM (#13180130)
It's not for all though. The Xaramin homepage doesn't even mention Linux.
This is Xaramin for Some.
Re:Xamarin for All
on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @11:46AM (#13177358)
Given Microsoft's history, assuming poor support for non-Windows is the rule, not the exception. When there's cross platform feature parity for all their tools, then I'll reevaluate.
Re:Xamarin for All
on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @10:13AM (#13176490)
We will probably keep our distance from it since it's now part of Microsoft because I expect it won't be supported as well on anything other than Windows.
Re:Adapting to American culture as a Chinese student
on Sunday November 27, 2016 @12:00PM (#13050110)
We have a team of non-native English speakers at my work. Hindi, Mandarin, Italian, Argentinian Spanish, and some wacky english accents like Newfie, Scottish, Irish, German...
After a while they all just become "language" and your mind handles it fine. But new people have such a hard time swapping between hearing the different languages.
But yeah some people are just jerks too.
Re:WebExtensions in Firefox 52
on Sunday November 20, 2016 @12:22PM (#12999894)
The thing I like about Mozilla is that it isn't Microsoft or Google. Should I be buying more tinfoil?
Re:Miyazaki Tribute
on Sunday November 20, 2016 @01:36AM (#12997609)
Your failures don't make other people zealots, though. People who like Blender, who learned it quickly are not trying to harm you. They're just thrilled something so wonderful exists.
Re:Miyazaki Tribute
on Saturday November 19, 2016 @02:10PM (#12995055)
You should give it a shot. I was rounding up, actually. There are YouTube tutorials that go from zero to animation in under 20 mins. That includes rigging.
Or don't and just bitch about elitism. Up to you!
Re:Miyazaki Tribute
on Saturday November 19, 2016 @11:33AM (#12994173)
Yeah, well that steep learning curve everyone is complaining about for blender is about an hour. After that, you'll probably be doing rigged animation.
In my opinion, people associate cost with value. Something that's free MUST be worse than something that costs thousands of dollars.
Re:For software developers: how to find a job with relocation to Europe
on Friday November 18, 2016 @11:40AM (#12988001)
A lot of countries have a live/work visa for people under 30.
Re:For software developers: how to find a job with relocation to Europe
on Friday November 18, 2016 @11:39AM (#12987987)
All those little things you listed are precisely what's interesting about relocating. The broad strokes of life are defined by income level everywhere, the details not. The details are interesting (to me).
Re:Microsoft Becomes Linux Foundation Platinum Member
on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @05:27PM (#12972198)
Me from 2001 is astounded that people keep falling for same lie, year after year.
Re:VR Sales Analysis: Rift and Vive to Sell Under 500K in 2016, PS VR ...
on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @11:43AM (#12959631)
Also, the full depth of the Oculus as a spyware service was revealed right before Lucky's Tale was released.
Re:Fix Windows 10 Privacy
on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @11:39AM (#12959571)
Exactly, financially support Linux devs and your tools will follow.