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That wasn't an insult. Jonathan Ive is a brilliant designer, and Microsoft is smart to create a public image if they have an equally brilliant designer.

It sounds like Microsoft is trying to market him as the next Jonathan Ive. Which is not to say he isn't.

> "As long as it's not me that's hurt, that's okay." Totally not what I was saying. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

Right. It also does DNS poisoning, URL word analysing, deep packet inspection, and VPN identification & blocking. I meant it only directly blocks the worst IPs, as opposed to direc…

Well, it depends how they do it, right? If they just block DNS, yeah, people who care can simply tunnel out. It still hurts, as the average non-caring citizen's knowledge is stunte…

The US is a two-party system. First Past The Post voting ensures a vote for a third party is wasted. No significant percentage of people will ever vote for a third party (excluding…

I'm not sure whether I agree. I don't generally believe in violence. But the average American won't rebel unless they are actually starving, no matter how much they're repressed. A…

> the darkest of the dark ages I agree this is a dark age for freedom, but to put things in perspective: Mao, Lenin, The Inquisition, Genghis Khan, Victorian Imperialism, Feudalism…

I fear Tyrannical Governments will create an "American Internet," a "Chinese Internet," a "European Internet," and a "Rest-of-the-world Internet." It will happen quietly, and no on…

As an American, I wish news agencies would stop conflating the US with the CIA. It suggests US citizens generally approve of their actions. The "US" did not bug Merkel's phone. An …

I was just as shocked to see John Cornyn on the list. Shock and awe.

> Recognize that BMW/Daimler/et al really don't want true self driving cars. They don't have a passion to, but they must. Capitalism forces companies to adapt to competition, even …

Also, laziness. Knowing proper protocol doesn't preclude procrastination. "I'll lock everything down tomorrow."

I don't know how common my sentiment is, but I'd be far more inclined to eat crickets than cockroaches. I psychologically associate roaches with disease. Crickets are just another …

> One where the ratio of a circle's circumference and diameter is not equal to pi You don't need a different universe for that. You just have to be in Indiana. http://en.wikipedia.…

"You're getting warmer. Kip — I think they eat meat." - Have Spacesuit—Will Travel

How do you know dogs don't have repressed desires?

3. Are we alone in the universe? With regards to this question, I highly recommend http://paultyma.blogspot.com/2013/04/why-well-never-meet-ali... He makes a compelling argument.

I agree, but I realize not everyone else does. Same goes for Windows. You can make Linux look like anything you want. If what you want is a clone of your old OS, well, I can't help…

offtopic: It makes me happy how often I see other people mention Tiling WMs :). I think they're awesome (pun totally intended), and I think Windowing was a mistake. I think most pe…

> I came from Arch Linux to OSX. I find the tight integration between hardware and software... I just went the other direction :). I agree, the hardware/driver issues are a pain. I…

> It looks worse (I recognize this is subjective.) Yes, yes it is. If you're using Ratpoison, well yeah, it's gonna be fugly. Gnome 3 and Unity look pretty sharp though, and Compiz…

I actually just switched from OS X to Linux about 3 months ago. I grew up with Windows, and started using Macs in college. There were 2 big reasons I switched. (1) I wanted to buil…

> a programmer's text editor (such as ed YES. Clearly the capricious abregation of Ed was where we went wrong. Let the faithful return! http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.txt