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dirkgently

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    Comment #27161675

    And getting away with it.

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    Comment #25610296

    > customer friendly. The RDF is strong with you.

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    Comment #25610209

    Sorry, but absolutely not true. Have worked at two FAANG companies, and neither would tolerate even a hint of such behavior. It's an open secret in silicon valley that you work at …

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    Comment #23571077

    Apple's bitch.

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    Comment #23495664

    > people get caught up in these copyleft ideas Because of these ideas, we have nice things like open source systems and such.

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    Comment #23387025

    > how was the driver not aware of tha Basically, blame anyone but Tesla, right?

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    Comment #23386995

    2 out 4 people I know who owns Tesla boast about Autopilot, and think they can do everything other than focussing on the road. One knows very well that Autopilot is marketing bulls…

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    Comment #23049091

    Did Amazon started dipping exactly after Musk's tweet? No. And you know it. Stop defending Elon's shitposting the shitstorm it caused.

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    Comment #23026567

    "the fact", "I believe". Ok.

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    Comment #23026555

    He is the Trump of technology world. And just like Trump, he has his share of rabid fanboys who will defend him no matter what. Cult worship at it's finest. I sincerely hope Fremon…

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    Comment #22793628

    Then you could choose to use a system/os that is more open/less proprietary, and works for you (and not against). Walled garden is a walled garden.

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    Comment #22684535

    Once you take your head out of that iAss, you may see how defensive and idiotic your comment is.

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    Comment #18804376

    Good riddance.

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    Comment #18799646

    > The world isn't fair, and Apple isn't obliged to give away their stuff for free. True, and you are not obliged to give pass to Apple either.

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    Comment #18799625

    > you're one of the 10 vetted apps that do what yours does, instead of 1 out of 100 on the Play Store. 1. Citation needed (because looks like you are pulling these numbers out of y…

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    Comment #18799608

    No. But they did cone up with a design that allowed infinite login attempts.

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    Comment #18799606

    > I am in control with Apple. Steve Jobs is laughing in his grave.

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    Comment #18792618

    Then edit your original comment, FFS.

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    Comment #18790098

    You are wording this in a way that it implies that this (block) happens by ios. That's not true and you know it.

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    Comment #18784141

    > so pissed off > single bike sticks out like a sore thumb Now it totally makes sense.

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    Comment #18777665

    It's like all the @$$holes in the same (board) room.

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    Comment #18774372

    > First, the author of the article has no professional credibility in either chess or machine learning. He's a professor of math and a writer. No disrespect to either math or writi…

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    Comment #18755473

    The plot is far-fetched, but that's not the problem. It's the writing style - it feels like a cheap thriller written for teens. Too many characters and cheap tricks to 'educate' th…

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    Comment #18752926

    Sorry, but Daemon is one of the worst sci-fi books I have ever read.