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drinkjuice

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    Comment #13575380

    Another oldie but goldie for Windows: http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/

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    Comment #13575345

    Would have saying "fantasizing" instead of "drooling" have been acceptable? Would it have been to suggest that they -- not that person in particular of course, just anyone like the…

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    Comment #13572988

    Can you explain what "it" exactly is?

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    Comment #13572803

    > threatened/marginalized populations worried about future political environments Including not only oneself, but all future current and future friends, lovers and offspring. But t…

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    Comment #13570864

    You're projecting. When you drool about people who are against fascism being "subjugated", anyone who stands up to you isn't "giving in to fear and hatred", they're showing it the …

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    Comment #13570852

    > There's a word for those that use random violence to effect change in society -- terrorists. Except of course you wouldn't use that word for all those planning and fighting in US…

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    Comment #13570808

    That's the result of the state being used as a vehicle for the rich to get richer, not for the state existing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-TydNlj7d0 "The state" is the one th…

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    Comment #13558299

    > Oh, and the whole "spyware" trope is becoming overworn. User analytics is here to stay You calling things "tropes" or "user analytics" doesn't change anything, and having to use …

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    Comment #13555575

    > In modern vernacular usage, "to beg the question" is frequently[citation needed] used to mean "to invite the question" (as in "This begs the question of whether...") or "to dodge…

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    Comment #13554881

    Of course you can, given a set of axioms. Hey, what does that remind me of..

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    Comment #13523157

    Though still in early access, I kind of adore Catacomb Kids, and I'm even more of a fan after I looked up one of the GDC talks [1] of the creator he mentioned in his blog [2]. [1] …

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    Comment #13522131

    So some parties pushing hard for DRM has nothing to do with it, whatsoever? It's all about preemptively avoiding horrible user pain and incredible customer support costs, correct? …

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    Comment #13516317

    > with the average user in mind. And what average user would have a need for there being no way to disable it?

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    Comment #13514004

    Killing the person you are to keep a person you're not alive for a bit and then still dying at some point seems like a really bad trade-off to me; and if all people always had thou…

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    Comment #13513449

    Dare I guess that these people generally get paid minimum wage? > Tech companies don’t like to talk about the details of content moderation, so it’s difficult to judge how well the…

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    Comment #13506918

    Nah, he was claiming that proves his "point", which includes "Europeans feeling foolish", as if that monolith exists anywhere but around synapses that use crayons; do you disagree?…

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    Comment #13500272

    Does this make the browser avoid the request if it already has a cached script with that hash? If so, that would indeed be exactly what I was hoping for, except it would need to be…

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    Comment #13497784

    True story, I was with my mother on holidays, and we saw this awesome rainbow across a cloudy sky. My mom went "oh shit, I forgot my camera" and was about to run back to the hotel …

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    Comment #13497473

    Well, HTTP does have etag ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_ETag ) but of course that would still require a request sending the known etag, to either get 304 not modified or the…

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    Comment #13491751

    > Google sells all of your data to advertisers I totally agree with that part, including the last sentence of your post. However, I don't quite see the difference between "you are …

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    Comment #13488254

    > it was all about standard journalistic tricks to construct a narrative, have distinct characters and personalize the story. Obviously that sort of thing is more engaging to read …

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    Comment #13473827

    Why does it have to be "any suspicious activity", and why "anti-terrorist agencies"? Why not start with "things that are obviously crimes" and "the police"?

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    Comment #13473523

    As horrid as that is, I think it could go way beyond it even. In some form or other, we need privacy not "just because", but because it's vitally important to become and be a perso…