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When Zuckerberg Asserted Control, Instagram’s Founders Chafed

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Re: When Zuckerberg Asserted Control, Instagram’s Founders Chafed

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Post by weavie »

leothekim wrote: post #8
princekolt wrote: post #5

Side note: For anyone interested, the third picture down[1] in the article is a fairly high resolution photo of a computer monitor where you can see Xcode and some very neat Objective-C code. [1]: https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/09/25/business/25INSTAG...

Heh. The "shouldShowAlertForRequest" function is checking if a userInfo.message key equaling "Not authorized to view user". I would have expected something a little less dependent on a string isEqual check against an English phrase.

But, admit it - we've all been there at some point.

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Post by jovial_cavalier »

gotwilly wrote: post #2

Doesn't "Probably not, he said. At least, not as quickly." and "Perhaps. Eventually." mean essentially the same thing?

NYT "journalists" do not care if the drivel they produce even makes sense, they only care to impart a tone.

In this instance, they desired to use this as a setup for a confrontational dynamic between Zuckerberg and the original founders, even though they essentially are saying the same thing.

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Post by arcticbull »

whytaka wrote: post #14
arcticbull wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IMO its a different tone. The first says "no. well... maybe..." [I don't want to undercut the value of the property] whereas the other says "yes. well... maybe..." [I don't want to appear unappreciative of the resources of the company that owns mine].

To be annoyingly precise, the second says: "Maybe, well... yes."

Fair! :) I see how you read it that way; to me perhaps is corporate speak for a noncommittal yes, and eventually is a way of making it even less committal by specifying a long timeline. I mean, anything could happen eventually, it just depends on when you mean.

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Post by abkumar »

princekolt wrote: post #5

Side note: For anyone interested, the third picture down[1] in the article is a fairly high resolution photo of a computer monitor where you can see Xcode and some very neat Objective-C code. [1]: https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/09/25/business/25INSTAG...

I wonder when this picture was taken. The iPhone design in the simulator, the old Gmail favicon, the old OS X scrollbars all indicate this being several years old.

Wouldn't be surprised if this code has been rewritten multiple times since.

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Post by sp527 »

jbigelow76 wrote: post #15
glockenspielen wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is this a joke?

It's the transcripts they'll recite during the canonization of St. Acton, patron saint of "After I get Mine".

Lol at the flak being hurled at this guy like we wouldn't all do exactly the same thing, were we in his position.
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