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Comment #16854419
This is the problem with Facebook. Facebook is not the platform; the people are the platform. All the problems Facebook solves for her are problems that the Internet solves, not sp…
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Comment #16854301
But it was , precisely, reachable from a public-facing portion of the site!
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Comment #16854195
Sounds like you might be thinking of an anchor element. People ask for the "link" when they mean the URI all the time.
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Comment #14144174
I found it annoying to be forced into a pedantic onboarding tutorial. I decided not to finish it. Can't you wait until I try to do things, like view recipes or build grocery lists,…
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Comment #13248723
I believe gray sky is the intended image.
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Comment #13206614
Great list! But I was perplexed by the text editors mentioned. Author claims to be looking at trend data, but seems to have a bias against Subljme Text editor. I don't know if ther…
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Comment #13091348
I've already responded to your previous comments; so I hope it doesn't feel like I'm trying to target you, because you're not the only one who feels the way you do and I can unders…
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Comment #13090858
I think there might be parallels here to many other political issues where income inequality is involved.
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Comment #13090835
> Someone has to decide what the kid learns. It might as well be someone who has a better chance of actually caring about them. This is a salient point. But I don't think the answe…
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Comment #13090528
Sure, but would you agree that state run public education is the current default solution, in countries like Australia, the U.S., etc.? Your point is accurate re: historical perspe…
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Comment #13090422
I don't think they were passing any specific judgement on your snowflakes, but rather just saying it's all relative. If you look at the tone and language of your comments, there is…
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Comment #13090131
Well, that's sort of my point. I don't think there is a good solution to empower some entity to decide what values and intents are acceptable. But I don't think the values and inte…
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Comment #13089414
But wouldn't trying to solve some of these problems make more sense than a turn toward homeschooling? Maybe get more mature, self-actualized people involved in the lives of all chi…
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Comment #12968135
How can I get one of those Fujifilm jumpsuits??
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Comment #12967642
I agree on all points except re: the mini iPad. I have no use for a full-size iPad, but I have the 9.7" Pro and Mini 4, which are perfectly sized, in my humble opinion.
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Comment #12705950
I think because with plain http there should be no illusion of security.
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Comment #12685574
I believe it's more of a convenience, and React-based projects are setup for it. You can avoid dealing with the global cascade and there's no need to maintain a parallel set of fil…
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Comment #12393835
Your privilege is showing. Not everyone who "chose" the job they have really has a choice. It's just not that simple. BOH employee pay rates are generally not based on the assumpti…
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Comment #12393022
> And it is very naive to think that ads aren't necessary in today's society. Ads may be necessary to today's society, but I'm not so sure everything we have in today's society is …
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Comment #12262690
Previously and somewhat relevant: Why Team Happiness Can Be the Wrong Thing to Aim for ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11902973 )
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Comment #12261795
> wasn't the whole point of WikiLeaks to hold governments and their leaders accountable? No, not exactly. WikiLeaks specializes in the analysis and publication of large datasets of…
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Comment #12256730
Perhaps that is a reflection of your provider's ability to serve bandwidth to Netflix servers?
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Comment #12190940
Commenter mentioned OSX native app being the main thing for them. It is an OSX native app. But no, it's not a good team solution. And I'd agree that Paw is subjectively more "nice"…
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Comment #12190377
Hypernap is a proper native app and less than a tenth the cost of Paw... http://gethypernap.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hypernap/id795069997
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