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They sometimes do, even if you don't count shutting down the operations for a week every WWDC. Examples: * http://www.macworld.com/article/1167247/cook_apple_planning_... * http://…

Or rather, to stop pretending we can put ourselves in other's shoes. Talking to eg. abortion opponents, I usually get the impression that they have done a few thought experiments. …

My sentiment exactly. I cringed at the thought of an argument based entirely on that. The last part, however > George Bush famously proclaimed: “You’re either with us, or against u…

The second option (MITM through access to the public key server) is not comparable to the first. Targets would have to be singled out and surveilled in advance of the messages, whi…

Take the lady that wants a fur coat a few sizes too big.

> I just don't buy the ad hominem/smear angle when the things reported thus far have been rather banal facts that thus far have gone uncontested. In my view, neither the banality n…

I agree these are interesting details, and I'm happier for knowing more about the people involved. However, I also believe that these facts are smears. They are being published not…

"Most of the time, most people are not crying in public, but everyone is always in need of something that another person can give, be it undivided attention, a kind word or deep em…

Spam filter. It's disappointing someone seriously believes this is some sort of "objectionable content" censorship. Namely because that's easy enough to test: "barely legal teens" …

This isn't selective enforcement, just evaluating each case individually. Those enforcing a law are typically free to find different answers (punishments) to similar questions (cri…

> However you feel about copyright Hm. This makes it sound like your point stands regardless of personal ethics; as though > profitting off of the distribution of other peoples wor…

This just goes to show that the previously known as Metro look can be overdone just as badly as rich leather and linen.

Well said. Furthermore, let's try to root out these beliefs early. It's easy for great power structures to form around them if left unchecked.

It's probably not just a dollar figure; the terms have to be favourable concerning user data etc.

Legally speaking (student, IANAL), product safety and advertising are separate areas of legislation. Advertising doesn't do much to the deal you enter into when you buy something, …

What's the disclaimer for? If we keep doing disclaimers wrong like this nobody will ever pay them any attention.

Wild speculation.

More like reimplementing a shell from within a shell and running your program on the latter.

That sounds like a great reason to improve the tools.

Why? Is this how philosophy is or how it ought to be?

Safari renders both sides as rgba(72, 72, 72, 1.0). I have no idea why. Perhaps (ironically) a dithering algorithm gone wrong. In chrome the divide is visible.

I apologise for ever posting this trainwreck of statistical reasoning. I don't know what I was thinking.

If access were all that mattered in a platform, you could make the leap from "less accessible platform" to "stupid". I'd personally probably look at a few more dimensions before co…

If you really don't follow, he probably refers to the con hoc ergo propter hoc argument of "this means tablet-native journalism is impossible!" What else could it be? I get the fee…

55% is just as close to 50% (coin toss) as 60%.