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    Comment #32732355

    No, they’re saying NYT links to sources and other newspapers do not.

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    Comment #31487857

    And then I start hogging usage to increase the odds that I get paid money to stop using it.

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    Comment #30131904

    That’s called AB testing, baby

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    Comment #29868464

    Would you ever consider making this a product?

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    Comment #29574507

    “You mean, in the absence of docs, I have to debug the compiler??” I agree, it’s a turn-off, for sure

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    Comment #29546531

    > without network access I don’t think it’ll be useful here

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    Comment #29285752

    Such a good blog post, from start to finish. There aren’t a lot of expertly-written in-the-weeds-tech blog posts, but this one was crafted so well. I guess that’s why Julia Evans’ …

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    Comment #28891134

    Parent is insinuating this may be deliberate sabotage on Brother’s end, to convince users to buy a new model after a while

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    Comment #28891118

    Sure, it would be useful… if users used it. My guess is they don’t. Did you use the like/dislike buttons they tested on Spotify radio? I didn’t, too much effort. They probably get …

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    Comment #28595957

    Unless you work for Google, Apple, Cloudflare, Microsoft, Facebook, etc etc ;) Of course they’d lose their ability to issue public certificates if it became widely known, but they …

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    Comment #28595923

    Disagreement with the premise of the law and/or judgement, on the basis of being overwhelmingly unfair to those without capital. And this case is just part of a trend.

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    Comment #28202681

    Then your private shopper gets tracked. It’s just a pointer to your actual self, like how a “ghost account” gets created on Facebook or Google, when you browse in incognito

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    Comment #28202668

    Customer support is a cost center, so it gets less funding than sales/marketing-oriented projects (route-optimizing here likely has the intention of boosting sales, not necessarily…

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    Comment #28180416

    You could say that about any number of things: global warming in the 2010’s, foreign war involvement, etc. In this case, OP likely feels it’s morally wrong and unfair that Amazon c…

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    Comment #27780313

    Haha, I love your explanation of this! Human communication is difficult, and using syntax incorrectly makes it even moreso

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    Comment #27735737

    I don’t see much of a difference between the two, to be honest. Maybe something isn’t loading?

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    Comment #27735724

    I don’t think it’s fair to frame their intent that way. “Like” does not mean “exactly”. A period of time on the order of years is fine.