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settsu
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Comment #49215899
Sounds like you'd make a fantastic iOS App Store submission reviewer!
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Comment #48311792
So, cynically, (and I say this with no disrespect intended to the author directly): a screed about how to continue justifying your existence as a—ostensibly "good"—middle manager (…
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Comment #48182498
If only there was a way to find out the truth. But who has the appetite for that these days? Or the appetite for the effort required? The irony of this comment can even be found in…
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Comment #48025983
What you're describing more often applies to retail and service workers whose pay provides little incentive to do more than the absolute minimum to maintain employment. Whereas it …
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Comment #47852683
> We believe that we’re on the face of the Earth to make great products, and that’s not changing. That this is a foundational idea for anything is nauseating...
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Comment #47852536
I dunno, the "complexity" seems mostly from: 10 Brute force medium into doing what it was not originally designed to do 20 Insist on native support for what was once a hack 30 goto…
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Comment #44300461
The chances of being struck by lightning are exceedingly slim. But if you're venturing out on a mountain top in early summer your odds skyrocket. So shouldn't we widely inform peop…
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Comment #44250769
* facepalm* You're correct. I misread it every time, including the first time I scanned your comment. (A truly strange experience since that is not a common occurrence for me. I si…
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Comment #44238738
I would've loved to have been a fly on the wall throughout the various discussions as this idea made its way across the Apple org. That this was the dominant topic during the keyno…
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Comment #44238629
> millenials liking vaporwave From context, I'm assuming this is a misnomer and not a jab. XD (Although, admittedly, I'm not sure what the reference is actually to...)
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Comment #43998584
You complain about oversimplification, then in the same breath complain about "random political stuff" being included. How is that not hypocritical, at best? This medical breakthro…
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Comment #43986172
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture
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Comment #43978424
I guess since we decided Idiocracy was aspirational, why not Wall-E as well. /s (kinda but maybe not really...)
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Comment #43826188
Yes, that's how it read to me. I.e., interpretation... katabasis: (Suggests sensible guardrails for children) fritzo: THOUGHT-POLICE!!
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Comment #43822442
That is entirely not how a healthy society works. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
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Comment #43695258
> Weird is a brand new thing, but: Think of it as if WordPress and Notion had a Linktree-shaped baby. That is to say, a WordPress-type website engine with the editing experience of…
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Comment #43463641
One person's "disparagement" is another's valid criticism. You can see this come up constantly in lawsuits. All I'm saying is it's a random site on the internet for a person who is…
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Comment #43462753
> Aside from what I called out in my sibling comment these two are pretty snide to me - "Snide" is subjective. - It's a blog post not a news article or scholarly report. - The topi…
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Comment #43245257
This reminds me of the time a few years ago when mind mapping sites and apps exploded into popularity among the... "technorati" and sort of slightly seep into the wider online awar…
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Comment #43245101
The design of the page is really poor and I find it highly distracting, approaching anxiety-inducing. Even in reader mode the structure is not good.
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Comment #43117754
> trusting Donald Trumps judgement Ha! Well there's your first problem.
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Comment #43053765
And remove any suggestion that there was forethought. It's pure, unfettered trolling. He's desperate for attention from anyone . Fascinating—if unfortunate—to see the world's 2 mos…
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Comment #43051032
https://s8-hzde.freeconvert.com/task/67af828674bf6ba8db63d11...
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Comment #43038792
I completely understand the frustration and the conclusion you arrived at. The problem is echo chambers existed before the advent of online social media. Safe to say they have exis…
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Comment #43038543
The fact that you see corporate layoffs and what Elon Musk is doing in the U.S. government as in any way remotely comparable is... troubling.