nickheer

4 yıl öncediscuss

Sorry I missed that. Whoops. Sorry.

4 yıl öncediscuss

For what it is worth, Rumble is Canadian and I linked to an American writer in justifying the latter part of my argument.

nickheer

4 yıl öncediscuss

An airline or UPS can absolutely say “we don’t like the contents of what you are shipping so we refuse to transport it”. UPS will not ship marijuana, even for medical purposes, even in Canada where it is entirely legal. It won’t ship watches over $500 or ammunition.

I disagree with turning platforms into common carriers. As I wrote, I think this misses the issue: a protocol should be a common carrier, but a specific provider has no obligation to host things it doesn’t want to or do not make sense for certain territories.

nickheer

4 yıl öncediscuss

Thanks! I will correct this.

nickheer

8 yıl öncediscuss

Fair. I take what I think is a reasonable and respectful approach, though: it takes only a partial IP address (which I don't look at), it respects Do Not Track, it anonymizes as much as possible, and it's basically a glorified hit counter. It's pretty lightweight, it's the only analytics script I use, and it's localized rather than sending users' data to a giant company.

This article should not be seen as an all-or-nothing approach. It's more the amount and type that concerns me.

nickheer

8 yıl öncediscuss

I don't use Google Analytics, and Carbon's script is restricted by my CSP to showing the display ad. They also have a reasonable privacy policy where they're not tracking users or generating libraries of behavioural data, as far as I know.

nickheer

8 yıl öncediscuss

It's cached and, I promise, hasn't crumbled under heavy load for years. I don't know what's going on but I've asked for more resources. It does make me sad and embarrassed, though, so that's something.

nickheer

8 yıl öncediscuss

Thank you. This is so embarrassing.

nickheer

12 yıl öncediscuss

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    .𝖋𝖑𝖆𝖌:𝖇𝖊𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖊{𝖇𝖆𝖈𝖐𝖌𝖗𝖔𝖚𝖓𝖉: #𝖋00; }
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(https://twitter.com/nickheer/status/535129309531635712)

nickheer

13 yıl öncediscuss

He mentions that in the second-from-last paragraph:

> The software that Google was most serious about — web search, Gmail, and so forth — ran in the cloud, and with the company’s legendary data centers, they effectively built their own hardware.

nickheer

13 yıl öncediscuss

This is probably the best analysis that I've seen of the iOS 7 icon shape: http://blog.mikeswanson.com/post/62341902567/unleashing-gene...

(I am slightly biased, though.)

nickheer

13 yıl öncediscuss

The El Injerto that won is a particularly excellent crop. I didn't know Stumptown got a parcel, but I've had the Phil & Sebastian roast of the same crop, and it's delightful, particularly in an AeroPress. You should give it a try.

nickheer

13 yıl öncediscuss

I (half-Swiss) like efficiency as much as the next HN reader, but at a certain point, efficiency must be weighed against enjoyability. I can't imagine not eating a delicious roasted vegetable strudel with a balsamic vinegar reduction, or potatoes with crème fraîche and chives in puff pastry. I delight in the delicacy required to prepare these items, and enjoy eating them even more.

Cooking is (obviously) an activity that is not enjoyed by everyone, but it's an enormous leap to call it "a waste of time". Imagine, if you will, that someone has invented a speedy way of deodorizing yourself without water and soap, as showering is as much a waste of time. Sounds great, until you realize that there is a reason for these rituals. It takes me away from code, writing, and working, and offers me a moment to clear my head. What does your morning shower take you away from? What does preparing your breakfast, a cup of coffee, or dinner take you away from?

Not everything needs to be optimized for efficiency. If you've ever been to France, you'll know that many people spend an hour or more at breakfast. It slows people down, and provides them a chance to think, contemplate, and relax. Sometimes, the very act of something being inefficient can be beneficial in its own right.

nickheer

13 yıl öncediscuss

I thought this (http://www.samsung.com/us/article/get-your-head-in-the-cloud) was pretty funny, but I'm also a child in an adult's body.

nickheer

13 yıl öncediscuss

"Hasn't stopped me from writing poems in my spare time and engaging in my other pursuits."

This is the epitome of the lack of concern for creative practices that gnosis is referring to. It's a "spare time" thing. Anyone can do it. It's not a real job. It doesn't deserve the effort or respect that STEM gets. (I'm not saying this is what you believe, but this is a trope I've noticed.)

The idea that there is widespread respect for creative types of all breeds is hogwash. I work as both a front-end web developer and a web designer. I can provide the exact same quote for the exact same amount of work for those two fields, but I have to fight tooth and nail to get anywhere close to my estimate if it's a design project.

nickheer

13 yıl öncediscuss

I am not a lawyer (contact one!), but your choices will be to either settle ($$$) or fight it ($$$$). A quick Google search tells me that these guys have sued quite a few people over this, and you might be able to put together some sort of class-action suit with the other licensees.

Contact a lawyer.

nickheer

13 yıl öncediscuss

I'm not sure which issue you're referring to, but that checkbox is to enable WiFi syncing with iTunes.

nickheer

14 yıl öncediscuss

> It's interesting what Dalton is trying, but I find the utter lack of design personality across the sites to be quite off-putting.

Dalton is the guy behind App.net. Svbtle is a Dustin Curtis thing, I believe.

nickheer

14 yıl öncediscuss

> This clause applies to the SDK binary, not the SDK source code files, and it has been around for years. The SDK source code, like almost all of Android, is covered by the Apache Software License 2 (ASLv2).

Interesting. The very first section of the license agreement appears (IANAL) to disagree with that:

> 1.1 The Android Software Development Kit (referred to in this License Agreement as the “SDK” and specifically including the Android system files, packaged APIs, and Google APIs add-ons) is licensed to you subject to the terms of this License Agreement. This License Agreement forms a legally binding contract between you and Google in relation to your use of the SDK.

"Android system files, packaged APIs, and Google APIs add-ons" are all covered under the term "SDK" in its use in the license agreement. Of course, "Android system files" is quite vague.

nickheer

14 yıl öncediscuss

I don't see a typo. The way I read it, Lopp doesn't believe that email cannot ever be used as a long-form communication method, but he sticks to a general rule of 3-4 paragraphs.

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