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Tech my dad banned in our house when I was a kid

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Re: Tech my dad banned in our house when I was a kid

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Post by eindiran »

reb wrote: post #67
selectodude wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://www.greathillpartners.com/ceos/jim-spanfeller/ Shoot him an email. Maybe ask him why he's such an herb.

"An herb", good god. But completely agree. For anyone who hasn't followed what's happening to Gawker's corpse, this is worth a read: https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/the-adults-in-the-room-183...

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/herb

Note the pronunciation given for US and Canadian English, with the optional /h/: /(h)ɝb/

If your dialect pronounces it as /ɝb/ it is perfectly natural to say "an herb" (/æn ɝb/) and saying "a herb" (/eɪ ɝb/ or /ə ɝb/) with that pronunciation is incorrect.

Re: Tech my dad banned in our house when I was a kid

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Post by colejohnson66 »

atoav wrote: post #32
dijit wrote: post #5

I am genuinely sick to death of people taking up arms in some sort of faction war against their supposed "opponent" technology. I see it everywhere. PlayStation or Xbox! PCMR or Console! MacOS or Windows! iOS or Android! Disturbing tribalism. Liking Apple does not make you cool, not liking Apple does not make you cool. Apple produces hardware and software, it is not a religion. I see so many people taking up arms aga…

I don't really care what OS people use, they might have reasons I don't see after all. On the other hand I did work in an IT department and saw people getting 3k€ devices where I know there is no way on earth they are going to need that horsepower, and I knew because I helped them using it daily. And guess what: it is usually Apple. The shiniest new thing just for the good of their own souls. 3k+ devices for sending…

There’s people paying upwards of a thousand dollars on Intel i9s or Threadrippers when all they do is game.

What I’m saying is that there’s fanatics on everything, not just Apple. You were just exposed to Apple fanatics. There’s also Windows fanatics (not as common, but they exist). And, of course, there’s Linux fanatics.

There’s also fanatics in regards to hate. A big one we see here is Microsoft. Some here seem to think that the Microsoft of today is exactly the same one as the 90s. Never mind the fact that practically nobody from then is still there. But, “It’s their corporate DNA,” is something I’ve seen quite a bit here.

Re: Tech my dad banned in our house when I was a kid

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Post by meddlepal »

Shared404 wrote: post #65
xwdv wrote: post #13

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The list was going very well until the last bit about “No Consoles”. Now the rest of its credibility is shot.

See this reply by the GP. I have to agree with him. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24324462

Its a dumb reason applied to an adult.

Re: Tech my dad banned in our house when I was a kid

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Post by meddlepal »

generalizations wrote: post #72
hddherman wrote: post #2

I would love to have a discussion with the person(s) who think that having an autoplay video pop up and cover 40% of the article I’m trying to read is a good idea.

I would love to have a discussion with the person who doesn't browse the web with uBlock Origin (or similar).

Talk to an iPhone user?

Re: Tech my dad banned in our house when I was a kid

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Post by giancarlostoro »

gautamcgoel wrote: post #30
giancarlostoro wrote: post #16

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I agree. All three major OS platforms have their own faults. I hear Mac people praise Mac as dev ready but just like Windows you gotta install additional things to make it useful for building things you can deploy to a Linux server. Linux has its own flaws especially with how they handle package management: I wish Debian would differentiate between system required packages and user app packages, imagine letting the s…

Two things: if you believe system-required packages should be separate from user app packages you should check out the BSDs. Also, why do you like openSUSE the best? I've never tried it.

I have tried the BSDs but their hardware support is lacking. Being unable to connect to wifi easily during install is one problem I have ran into. Also I am all for CLI utils but the installation process is needlessly confusing and complex by sticking to that approach.

I dont want to spend more than 15 minutes installing an OS. Aside from the time it may take for the automated bits to run.

Re: Tech my dad banned in our house when I was a kid

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Post by chmod775 »

Off-Topic:

There's two misplaced or missing words in just the first paragraph of that article - the sort of thing that happens when you're going back and rephrasing things.

I was getting ready to enjoy a good story, but was immediately punished for not just skimming instead. These mistakes happen to be really easy to catch for everyone but the author himself and they will trip up specifically those readers who are trying to pay attention.

Since even major professional online publications clearly don't hire editors anymore, maybe they should at least adopt a policy of having co-workers proofread.

Re: Tech my dad banned in our house when I was a kid

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Post by bdcravens »

meddlepal wrote: post #85
generalizations wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would love to have a discussion with the person who doesn't browse the web with uBlock Origin (or similar).

Talk to an iPhone user?

iOS has supported ad blocking for a bit.

Re: Tech my dad banned in our house when I was a kid

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Post by formercoder »

mixmastamyk wrote: post #78

Tech banned in my house :D - Windows and telemetry-based apps. I do have a VM for a work VPN however. - Google, except the school district forced an exception. - Youtube, unless supervised on a shared anonymous tablet. - Double-click and other advertising sites. - Third-party cookies, and most third-party javascript. - No giving out information to any site, make it up if required. - Alexa etc, wife uses Siri. As you…

Maybe the internet is a different place now but if these restrictions were placed on me as a kid I never would have grown up to be who I am today.

Re: Tech my dad banned in our house when I was a kid

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Post by formercoder »

klyrs wrote: post #17

In the late 90s, my dad was really mad about me experimenting with Linux on my personal computer which I built from parts bought with money earned at a summer job. It was kinda hilarious. He has zero involvement with microsoft, very little knowledge of computers, and tended to be mildly anti-establishment... and since it was 100% my computer, it had zero impact on his life. It really felt like a "my role is to crack…

My parents were always very concerned about whether I was “hacking anything”
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