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sebastien_bois

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    Comment #38272383

    These seem to be the 'old style' Quicklook plugins, which aren't supported in the lastest macOS releases (I tried forcing it with the qlmanage CLI but didn't produce any output usi…

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    Comment #33443507

    I heard a meme of how "Meta" is short for "Metastasize" - seems like each new FB story makes it more and more of a reality.

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    Comment #31622640

    > songs take like 5-15s to start playing when selecting one that isn't super popular. It feels like some server is spinning up a hard drive to stream it. If it's really that long, …

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    > I would be suspicious of any orange juice where the company feels the need to stipulate "real orange juice". What the heck else would it be made of? You're right to be suspicious…

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    Comment #31045082

    > My only guess is that somehow the people from review team know those developers and somehow let them to be on app store. Considering how hard sometimes to pass the review, that i…

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    Comment #31045056

    But of course, Tim Cook likes to whine about Zuckerberg's hypocrisy on fees (which isn't happening yet), and complain about imaginary privacy nightmares if sideloading is allowed o…

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    Comment #31022248

    > The sum of these [anti-crypto] articles appears to me as "propaganda". Does anyone else feel the same way? Funny, I would consider all the unending pro-crypto stories to be the p…

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    Comment #27125462

    I was referring more to general attacks, the type that would have seemed too far-fetched decade(s) ago.

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    Comment #27122438

    But not entirely inaccurate. I mean, 20 years, maybe even just 10 years ago we would've shrugged off the type of attacks happening now as "pure science fiction".

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    Comment #26506650

    You are correct - you don't understand.

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    Comment #26506350

    > That would get Facebook, Google, and to a certain extent even Amazon off our backs instantly. Why not go that route? They already have enough clout to be able to buy the votes to…

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    Comment #26506336

    No, they are not - they're pointing out your 'argument' is as without support as that example.

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    Comment #26450206

    Frankly, either "Doug" or "Rob" applies equally. (For those not in the know - Rob Ford was a former mayor of Toronto, whom was not known for being a particularly smart or nice pers…

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    Comment #26262600

    Wonder why the first picture with an app shows BTC going down, with the actual price covered up.

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    Comment #24320816

    > They'd probably do just fine if they'd lower the fee to 10%, and stop enforcing that you don't have third-party payments. Especially considering they're a) charging a yearly fee …

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    Comment #24237203

    So it's more a question of "Do you despise having to market yourself/your product"?

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    Comment #24181550

    That's not french at all. :)

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    Comment #24138331

    I would think that one would be on the Daily-Double for $2000.

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    Comment #24138315

    AFAIK it wasn't going to be a condo-like development, with restricted access to residents-only, so anyone could walk within the Sidewalk area, and potentially be tracked, willingly…