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Re:Microsoft Changes Tack, Making Office Suite Free on Mobile
on Thursday November 06, 2014 @12:39PM (#8568364)
You shouldn't parade your ignorance.
Re:Microsoft Changes Tack, Making Office Suite Free on Mobile
on Thursday November 06, 2014 @10:27AM (#8567389)
Alright then. Lets give up. Lets offer up our private lives to the prying eyes and ears of the NSA.
Re:Microsoft Changes Tack, Making Office Suite Free on Mobile
on Thursday November 06, 2014 @09:35AM (#8567136)
"Come in to my parlour" said the spider[1] to the fly[2].
[1] NSA partner
[2] You
Re:The poetry and brief life of a Foxconn worker: Xu Lizhi (1990-2014)
on Wednesday November 05, 2014 @10:26PM (#8565663)
A few kind words, a moment of sadness and contemplation, then right back to the same consumer behaviors.
Hypocrites.
Re:Peter Sunde: 'In prison, you become brain-dead'
on Wednesday November 05, 2014 @03:29PM (#8564080)
Morals and ethics, staying true to one's values, that's worth making sacrifices for. I take it from your comment you don't understand that.
Re:Dropbox is in your Office
on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @04:27PM (#8559134)
There are options out there (that don't have ties to the US military-industrial complex). Check out the free WPS Office. The 2014 beta version has free online backup too: http://www.wps.com/
Re:Why Silicon Valley Works
on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @11:21AM (#8557318)
Driverless cars are going to automatically fix the problem of traffic, once and for all.
Yeah, right.
Re:How Uber Is Changing Night Life in Los Angeles
on Sunday November 02, 2014 @08:07PM (#8548872)
Bozos owns Washington Post, a natural competitor to the NY Times.
I agree with your remarks regarding Amazon btw.
Re:A foodie repents
on Sunday November 02, 2014 @07:58PM (#8548841)
articles which begin with a long section of blithering about the author's background, family, or cats.
It's part formula, part filler to meet word count. My eye immediately skips down a few paragraphs so I can get to the point.
Re:How Uber Is Changing Night Life in Los Angeles
on Sunday November 02, 2014 @03:00PM (#8547869)
Yes, this piece is bought. It reads like a classic advertorial for Uber (with a subtle attack against Lyft).
Read it again and you'll see it.
Re:Show HN: 300Editors – Get Your Writing Proofread in Real Time
on Thursday October 30, 2014 @09:40PM (#8536883)
I'll be needing this service soon.
Question about the Google Docs add-on: do you have access to all documents on Google docs, at any time?
Re:Who Really Found the Higgs Boson
on Friday October 24, 2014 @04:55PM (#8505940)
Most great inventors in history (an estimated 90 percent) are ripped off and never received credit and monetary compensation for their genius and hard work: http://cbpowerandindustrial.wordpress.com/2014/06/26/when-ha...
Re:Assange: Google Is Not What It Seems
on Thursday October 23, 2014 @09:17PM (#8501658)
An ad hominem attack voted up to the top is one giveaway that the rebuttals are emotional, rather than counter-arguments supported by facts.
Re:Assange: Google Is Not What It Seems
on Thursday October 23, 2014 @08:34PM (#8501527)
To any "outsider" unfamiliar with Hacker News, it's heavily populated with Google employees, contractors, and developers that build on to Google products and services.
Keep that in mind when you read the comments here.
Re:Show HN: DeathSwitch
on Monday October 20, 2014 @07:06AM (#8481497)
Ghostmemo is another alternative (I use it): http://ghostmemo.com