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I think the poster's point was that he spends a lot of money on apple products, relative to his income. To understand apple's success, one should look at how much money ordinary pe…

It's not a chiclet keyboard. Looks like the keyboard for the thinkpad X220. in my experience it's a very good keyboard. of course I would pay a lot of money for a mechanically-keye…

Aristotle said that the rhetorician is a rhetorician not because he absolutely can convince someone of something, but because he is aware of all the means of persuasion. likewise, …

yeah something is wrong. I ran the test on my lenovo x200s with an intel core 2 duo and intel GMA 4500 graphics and got 3700 "objects" and with a "tickcount" of 1400. I'm assuming …

It's fine to edit for length and clarity if you recognize that by removing context you're creating a new context. It's up to the editor to be careful. The editor can't say "I am th…

this is a list of facebook's engineers' favorite hacks to make facebook work better, not a list hosted on facebook.com of various hacks. with that said, I'm assuming you don't care…

It bothers me. But (just a guess) I hypothesize 4K comes from the film industry, while 720p and 1080[ip] come from TV and computer industries. So the two systems of measuring resol…

183 DPI is "too small" for native viewing, but it'll make prettier pictures and more readable text.

Look up the Pentagon Papers and Woodward and Bernstein (and Rathergate, though that criticism was erroneous) for examples of established media sharply and consequentially criticizi…

>Did anyone... Over months I read many articles describing cool things you can do with emacs you can't do with vim, and eventually I switched. So: one article, no. Many, yes.

This article illuminates specific instances where NSA mislead the public. The comments here saying stuff like "I don't believe anything any nefarious organization says"--your point…

The page gives no examples of pictures or memes and immediately asks for various permissions. I want to see what I'm getting myself into. As a side note I hate that applications as…

I write free software for selfish reasons--I want powerful software as Paul Graham defines it. That powerful software amplifies thought is a side benefit. The more I (or groups) ge…

Yes I think Emacs' philosophy is at odds with UNIX philosophy; I also think it's /superior to/ UNIX philosophy. It sounds like you take UNIX philosophy to be gospel, and deviation …

I read this comment and got so mad that I looked at your previous comments and submissions. They seem high-quality. I think I concede that I didn't get your joke. Oops. :) If you'r…

I genuinely don't understand what "'at best' 'rather' 'unexpected'" means.

I agree. In 2011 when I got my smartphone, I remember mobile websites being simpler than they are today. My phone isn't as zippy, not because of planned obsolescence, rather the in…

I got my current iPhone (my first smartphone) in 2011. Before that I had an LG Envy Touch, with a phenomenal keyboard. I type fast on my iPhone, but I reckon I'm still 1.5 to 2x sl…

I haven't worked on one, but when I try the rMBPs at the store I find text more enjoyable to read. I have a retina iPhone, and I like reading text on it (though it's small). I valu…

If I would buy a new laptop, the most important specs would be an IPS screen and the best keyboard available because IPS screens cause me less eyestrain and a quality keyboard with…

>would they really dare to mock themselves in the honeypot? Of course they would. The makers of a maximally-effective honeypot aren't going to shy away from making fun of TLAs. The…

I agree that who-owes-what is negotiated by the parties and not objectively pre-determined, and that we, as commenters, have a hand in deciding who-owes-what. I ask you: would you …

If he rigged the system the way you say, I'll be angry on your behalf. With that said, I'll nitpick: Paul Graham can respond to your post however he wants. He _could_ simply say, "…

As a casual browser this is the first I've heard of this. I don't know the accuracy of his claims. I'm curious about his sources and their reasons for not coming forth. That he doe…