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That post is so weird.

This is nice, but for me it's never going to be a good option since it doesn't have any native Linux support...

I'm quite confused as to what this does... my knowledge of Japanese is quite severely lacking, I'm afraid.

I use it on mobile for texts, but I need a desktop client that allows group voice chats.

Skype has been getting worse and worse over the years. Personally I've switched to Telegram for chats, and I'll be looking for alternatives as far as voice calls are concerned.

I think that, when it comes to secure and private communications, you can't really make any sort of claim in that direction if you're not open source.

I think Telegram does really well on both functionality and UX, but is really brought down by their closed-source policy. I'm not sure what the motivations behind that are.

I think that kind of cultural expression is something we need to protect and keep alive.

A future when all of our communities, all of our social interactions, are routed two a small amount of services hosted by great companies is one I don't look forward to.

That kind of thing - just setting something up for the hell of it, and slowly building a community, or a group of friends that way - to me it's very special.

I didn't know him before reading this, but I have followed and enjoyed fail0verflow's work. It is a very sad loss.

Edit: I actually realized who he is now, as I only knew of him by the name "bushing". A shame to see a great hacker go.

Thanks for the plugin recommendations, I think I could use some of them.

I had the unfortunate experience of owning an early 2011 MacBook Pro. The graphics card broke down multiple times (three, iirc) requiring a 500€ logic board replacement. This was a widespread issue, and we, the affected users, repeatedly asked Apple to recognize it and run a repair program.

By the time (two years?) they decided to roll one out I had already bought an Asus laptop, which was comparable in most ways and costs about half of what I paid for the MBPro.

I don't think I'll be buying Apple hardware for a while. Their increasing push towards planned obsolescence troubles me deeply.

I think the fundamental problem with the European Union is the way it's organized and governed.

The reason we don't see a wholly European solution to many of these problems is due to the fact that the decision making progress is functionally biased towards each of the member's states unique interests.

The most important institution we have in Europe is, in my opinion, the European Parliament. It is designed in a way that ensures fair representation of all countries and at the same time enables us to pass legislation for which there is collective support. Its members are elected directly by the people in the European elections, which are separate from national elections, for obvious reasons.

All of this, however, is subverted by the existence of the European Council as well as the Council of the European Union (yes, the naming is a bit confusing). Their members are respectively the 28 heads of state of each EU country and members of their government.

This means that, while the European Parliament is elected with the express purpose of dealing with EU law, the European Council and the Council of the European Union are fruit of very different elections and because of that, they are bound to put their national interests first, since they might lose votes at the national level otherwise.

In my opinion, the European Council and the Council of the European Union should be replaced by a body elected directly by either the European Parliament, or in some way, the European population.

I think your default text size is a bit too tiny (I'm on a 1920x1080 15" display). Although that's a problem for HN as well.

I don't share some of the needs the author has, however, for game development, I like to use Haxe. Mainly because it allows for very easy crossplatform development (to both PC and mobile OSes)

You do have a point, but it still would be more convenient if the website showed the price in USD\other currencies as well.

It seems like the author has done quite a lot of reframing to rationalize and justify what he's been through. To me, that sounds horrible, and I doubt I would allow anyone to behave like that with me, tradition or not.

Is there any actual evidence that MSG should be "cause for concern"?

My experience (and that of most people I know) with Apple chargers is that they break all the time despite the utmost care. I would hardly call that an engineering marvel.

Edit: I should be more specific - I wasn't referring to the chargers themselves, but rather their cables.

I don't know - I'm italian as well and I never had any particular problems with not liking football. Although I may be somewhat of a special case, as I seem to associate with people who don't care particularly for the sport.

By the way, how are you finding life in Munich as an Italian? I've been thinking about moving after I complete my degree, so I'm quite interested to see what other people's experiences are in that regard.

That can indeed be done, although I fear that many clients and servers would implement these additional features differently, thus losing all the good that comes from IRC being an open standard.

I don't know if it's been attempted before... but I think it would be interesting to see something open and community-centered like IRC, but with all these little features people now expect.

That's part of the point.

It's not critical at all, but it's something people have come to expect from an instant messaging program.

If our 'open' alternatives don't get those little details right, then it'll be harder for people to transition from whatever closed, proprietary service they're using to something that values their freedom.

I recently transitioned from OSX to elementary OS (an ubuntu-based distro). For me it's the best compromise. I can't really stand Windows, I've tried for years to get comfortable with it, but I've always found it full of bad decisions which make for a very uncomfortable experience.

Linux is still not up to speed in terms of software you can get and hardware compatibility, but I've found it to still be the best option (although I keep a Win8 partition for games).

It really depends on what software you need to run, though.

The problem with IRC is that it now lacks some features that prevent its adoption from a wider userbase.

Outside of our tech circle, there's not many people who wouldn't be turned off by having to register an account by typing custom commands. Or chatting without avatar support.

It may seem silly, but I think many people are turned off by this.

The controls feel frustrating to me, perhaps the mouse would be more fitting to this kind of gameplay.

I use an Asus N550JK. It's got good performance and handles Linux well, except for Optimus support which is still not great.

I used to own a MacBook Pro, but had bad experiences with hardware failures and Apple sweeping such defects under the rug for as long as possible.

I didn't realize Pocket was a third-party service. Perhaps this should be made clear when updating Firefox.

Why don't you tell us your story?

In my opinion part of the reason why Haxe still hasn't got much support outside of game development is an easy, cross-platform way to do native UI. It's definitely something that's needed for it to be a good solution for building most non-game applications.

In my opinion pen and paper are fundamental. Not just in design, but also in programming. There's a lot to be gained by just thinking over and sketching ideas for something rather than just diving into action.

Ah yes, the psychoactive and carcinogenic properties of water are well known!