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If you insist on continuing to be disingenuous we can simply end the conversation.

This isn't a complicated statement. Why are you struggling with it? Google does not open source the VAST majority of their code -- it remains tightly restricted. Surely agree this …

> What has happened with Java in recent years? Your feigned ignorance is disingenuous. An enormous legal battle over the platform took place within the past decade. We are very luc…

Microsoft's board cares, which is why there was a change in leadership. That's the subject hga raised and is what my reply is in reference to.

I see the misunderstanding. When I say "contribute code freely" I mean "without restriction." You are certainly aware that the vast majority of code is under strict restrictions an…

By all means contradict me. Do they open source more than 25% of their code written? More than 10%? More than 1%?

Vista and Windows 8 aren't the problem. Lack of presence on servers and mobile devices is the problem -- those are the two key spaces where OSS platforms have won out. Linux is sti…

Microsoft is opening their codebase because they've been crushed by the enormous efforts of open source. This concession was hard won over the course of decades. Apple and Google d…

It is also common to write cents/fractions either as superscript, superscript with a line below the cents value, or as a full fraction 99/100

"with goals beyond pure financial gains and rock-bottom self-interest." This doesn't paint an accurate picture. Google isn't deploying Fiber out of any notion of selflessness. This…

"Sad that we still don't have any kind of common libraries or whatever" We do have those. In this case the common library is called "libc." In this case (and in a few others) the G…

" A brand new Android flagship for the price of a months' rent. An utterly imaginably spectacular device." But this isn't an utterly imaginably spectacular device. It's merely a ru…

That's not true. Working 40 hours in a week is not a problem. A contractor can put in an unlimited number of hours if they wish. 20, 40, 80 - it doesn't matter. The differentiator …

Well I live a lot further away than Oakland. I commute from along the 680 corridor which is further than may are willing to endure, I think. Luckily there's still quite a lot of af…

Why would a lyft driver be paying SF rent? The notion that low income earners ought to be renting in extremely expensive neighborhoods is nonsense. If I can commute across the bay …

It's #1. Hiring is hard; everyone makes mistakes. Or sometimes people simply don't perform well in certain roles. Their deck goes into detail on this point IIRC. Try to fix it and …

Yes I am aware. I am discussing the replies above me, not the article.

There were mentions of both technologies and I was replying to devindotcom who was talking about how high latency satellites are still useful. Here's a link to that comment: https:…

No, the latency for traditional satellite internet is between 600ms to 1000ms (one full second). Cite: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/02/satell...

I think you might be confusing "fires low performers" with "fires people who have occasional misses." There's a world of difference between the two. I have a few friends who I work…

Indeed. The ruling is quite clear that penetrating radio waves into the residence is presumed to be unacceptable. Even the dissent in Kyllo (FLIR) agrees on this point in regard to…

There's already been a ruling saying this isn't ok: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyllo_v._United_States Kyllo was about thermal imaging but the opinion is quite clear. There's a mu…

Most of the perceived absurdity comes from disingenuous framing of the issues. Here are some examples: Over half of all quoted gun deaths are suicides. [edit: removed mention of su…

It doesn't require it, but it does help frame the issue as to whether high school is a "waste of time." For example, much as you describe, I scaled back my high school senior year …

The field of history is fascinating and valuable but I completely understand this attitude towards history classes in the public high school system. If you're really interested in …