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Re:Group of Googlers announce support for Dragonfly on Thursday November 29, 2018 @06:33AM (#18559479)
If you're against what I don't like, you're authentic and fighting the good fight.

If you support what I don't like, you're receiving paychecks from other governments.

Yeah right.

Re:“Stylish” is back, and you still shouldn't use it on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @06:39PM (#18556748)
All extensions are open source. Just download the xpi/crx and decompress. Doesn't help much unless you are willing to read all diffs, or never update them (and be exposed to bugs which could lead to other security issues.)
Re:“Stylish” is back, and you still shouldn't use it on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @06:34PM (#18556712)
And how do we know Stylus won't go the same route?
Re:Fighting the “loneliness epidemic” at work on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @02:19PM (#18554697)
Yes, you're saying that suicide rates for blacks are lower because they are killed by means that aren't seen as suicide at a higher rate. That's a statistic. Please back it.
Re:Fighting the “loneliness epidemic” at work on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @01:54PM (#18554452)
>Whites officially commit suicide more than blacks because blacks who are even slightly inclined to self-destruction find it all to easy to get into situations that produce death by means that won't officially be viewed as suicide.

We all know what you're implying but you're making that statistic up.

People like to believe bad PR kills companies because that makes them think they have control over their lives. Poor bastards...
>usually decreeing that a true winner would at all times play in the manner of a big tough macho caveman who has no need for nuance and no time for thought

Sounds like this was written by someone with a grudge.

Re:The Insect Apocalypse Is Here on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @11:45AM (#18543878)
>It sickens me when I see workers with those sprayer packs or trucks that look like small chemical plants.

I hate insects. They are often annoying and sometimes outright dangerous.

We live in the same Earth so we'll have to reconcile our points of view.

Same here in Spain.

I mean, let's be honest, it's just a chat application. It is almost trivial to build and maintain. And since it uses your phone number, there is no friction to switch to another app--if they decided to charge for it, Telegram would eat it alive in months.

They made it free on iOS too one year before they were acquired by Facebook: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/whatsapp-on-ios-now-free
Nobody actually paid for WhatsApp. At least, nobody I know off. They supposedly required you to pay 1€ a year after the first year, but everybody kept using it for free forever. I'd say they never made any money.
Re:EC2 Instances Powered by Arm-Based AWS Graviton Processors on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @09:10AM (#18542361)
Properly written C is portable (and much faster than Python)
Re:Why are tech companies making custom typefaces? on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @08:38AM (#18542141)
Because they hire lots of designers and they have to keep them busy so they don't leave.
I was wondering why they hadn't implemented video annotations for their mobile apps yet, I guess I have an answer now lol

Fuck Google by the way, I know of many videos that will lose their meaning without annotations.

Re:I still miss my headphone jack, and I want it back on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @04:07AM (#18540768)
Your comment is a great "think about the children".
Re:Goro – An implementation of PHP written in Go on Monday November 26, 2018 @07:18PM (#18538099)
I don't understand. I have a C background. What is wrong with that?
Re:WebAssembly doesn’t make unsafe languages safe on Sunday November 25, 2018 @03:38PM (#18528876)
You are right, but changing the starting address of the WebAssembly memory map to something else (like 0x8000) would've been easier.
Re:Whether to Use Anki or SuperMemo on Sunday November 25, 2018 @02:05PM (#18528306)
Thank you
Re:Whether to Use Anki or SuperMemo on Sunday November 25, 2018 @01:38PM (#18528119)
So I should find very basic books? Because for me newspapers or even my mobile phone's interface are unintelligible.
Re:Whether to Use Anki or SuperMemo on Sunday November 25, 2018 @01:15PM (#18527977)
I want to learn a language but I don't think I'll be using it with anybody anytime soon. But I'd be happy to understand a newspaper or Wikipedia. What would be the recommended way to learn vocabulary if Anki is not an option?

I've been using Duolingo but it really feels like a glorified Anki

If you own a business, you give your redirect, expensive number to clients you don't care much about so they don't call bitching about stuff (quality of whatever you sell, etc) and then you give your direct, free number to clients you don't want to lose.
Re:Do You Have a Moral Duty to Leave Facebook? on Sunday November 25, 2018 @11:56AM (#18527621)
I'm starting to suspect the media is extorting Facebook. "Give us better rates at ads, or we'll be badmouthing you for months".