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b2themax··on HBO Is Targeting Game of Thrones Pirates: What Does This Mean for You?
> You're welcome to do that. That's assuming you have the power to press a key and duplicate data that comprises a home and materialize it for your use. I'll even throw in a housewarming gift basket and a helping hand.

Okay, I'll take you up on your offer. Can you please set up a server where I can download a disk image of your desktop computer? By one press of the button, I can have a copy of your "house"... no harm to you, right?

Let me just have every piece of data you own... just a harmless copy... just because I want and value it.

It's a lot different when it's your things people want versus other people's things.

b2themax··on HBO Is Targeting Game of Thrones Pirates: What Does This Mean for You?
You are living in this entitled fantasy world. How do you believe this doesn't effect film studios? Everyone who pirates a film is someone who could have been a paying customer. Instead they choose to break the law. An alternative option is to not watch the illegal films!

Either don't pirate, or pay for your media. People shouldn't steal.

Maybe they should be patient and wait until the films come into the public domain if they're too cheap to pay.

b2themax··on HBO Is Targeting Game of Thrones Pirates: What Does This Mean for You?
Piracy is completely unethical.

He argues that somehow piracy caused innovation in the music industry, and thus the piracy of hollywood will somehow usher in a new era of innovation in streaming video. In some respects its true that Napster brought about innovation in digital music... BUT IT HASN"T STOPPED PIRACY!

There is a ton of more streaming options today, which is great for lawful netizens, we do have a lot of great options. But that doesn't excuse pirates from ethical obligations.

You don't have a right to someone's property just because you think you should.

Maybe I should just take refuge in your fancy-house just because I think it would be morally just because you have a nicer house than I do.

Thats essentailly the argument pirates make, and it doesn't hold water.

b2themax··on Show HN: Essential React, a minimal skeleton for building React apps using ES6
Its not necessarially that I "need" a skeleton. If I needed to, I know I could do it all manually. I have manually configured a Node.js app before. But wouldn't it be a lot more prudent use of my time to start programming instead of doing project set-up, when I'm learning a new programming paradigm? Why do you think we fork repos?
b2themax··on Show HN: Essential React, a minimal skeleton for building React apps using ES6
I'm glad this thread found its way here today. I was just Google-ing for something like this, just a few days ago. Thanks HN community :) Time for me to choose who to fork...
b2themax··on Show HN: Front-end framework optimized for internal apps
I think it looks sharp. But the monotonality, or lack of contrast within the layouts blends elements together, so I would find it difficult to read and interact with for an extended period of time. It is very cool, I especially like the Grid Forms -- those are so sweet.
b2themax··on WiFried: iOS 8 WiFi Issue
On a related note, I believe there is also a hardware problem on the iPhone 6 plus' 4G LTE radio for ATT. Same network, but my old nokia 1020 had a much faster network connection. This is annecdotal, but there are reports in other forums also.
b2themax··on Larry Page's Java question – 1996
This is such a gem. It feels good seeing a tech giant asking a beginner-level question like this... It alleviates any tendency towards imposter-syndrome.
b2themax··on Tilde.Club: I had a couple drinks and woke up with 1,000 nerds
So the only usefulness of this product is that it provides a feeling of nostalgia, and smug belonging? (Like you're cool now if you have a tilde.club page?) Thus we cannot invite lots of people to the tilde.club because... we're just too cool for them. I predict #Fail.
b2themax··on Google Now vs. Siri vs. Cortana – The Great Knowledge Box Showdown
I haave used Google Now briefly with the Moto X. It is definitely faster than Siri in my experience. Speed is so important when it comes to these virtual assistants. I sincerely believe Siri is the worst of the bunch, which really stinks because I expected a lot more from a 900$ iPhone.
b2themax··on Google Now vs. Siri vs. Cortana – The Great Knowledge Box Showdown
I believe Cortana would get that info back in less than a second. It seems Siri takes more than a second for me just to activate, before it even begins listening... Maybe this is an iOS 8 issue for the time being...?
b2themax··on Google Now vs. Siri vs. Cortana – The Great Knowledge Box Showdown
FWIW, I just switched from Windows Phone to iOS -- from the 1020 to iPhone6+. Personally, I preferred Cortana over Siri. And it basically comes down to speed and responsiveness. Cortana is much quicker to launch, and much quicker to find results. I haven't noticed any discernable difference in their query results. And actually, for one of the my most used queries - "What is the weather today?" -- I dont even use it on iOS because the stock weather app is disappointing, I use Yahoo. Cortana telling me the weather was much more usable. Siri is just so freaking slow, that I rarely use her.
b2themax··on Show HN: Exploring the US Budget, 1962-2019
Good job, great visuals make it easy to understand the numbers.
b2themax··on Game about squares
I enjoy the game. I just wish it wouldn't talk to me so much.
b2themax··on Don't Send Your Kid to the Ivy League
TLDR?
b2themax··on Show HN: The Markdown Resume
I believe there is a medium between the two. Keep your data structured, then when you're satisfied with the content, paste it into in-design and work on the layout.
b2themax··on Show HN: The Markdown Resume
I think it is a lot easier to manage the content in your resume by keeping it in a structured document such as TeX or Markdown. If you manage your resume in a word document it gets messy, plus if you use markdown or TeX you can use Version Control to track or rollback the changes you've made to your resume... its very useful.
b2themax··on Show HN: Hacker News Redesign
Yes, lets do this.
b2themax··on Show HN: Bad Mouth - Make anyone say anything
Reminds me of classic Conan!
b2themax··on Songza is Joining Google
Seems like an aqui-hire.
b2themax··on You Say Blue, I Say Cerulean
Yup.
b2themax··on Windows Phone 8.1 has my attention now
If you throw out the barometer for the best mobile platform being the platform with the most robust selection of Apps, Windows Phone is the clear winner in every other category. It really does deliver the best user experience, a feature which was lauded on the original iPhone, but now ignored by critics and fanboys.
b2themax··on Google Hired All The Men At This Startup, But Not The Company's Only Woman
Its called 'aquihired' for a reason. They didn't need any of the startup besides the talent.
b2themax··on Google Hired All The Men At This Startup, But Not The Company's Only Woman
How would she have felt without the 10k payout, while all the engineers left for Google regardless?
b2themax··on Resume Republic – Awesome Online Resume Templates
Yes, I've used LaTex as well. It gets the job done. But the resumes look too academic. I wouldn't use it for a technology job, unless there is an emphasis on research. However, I do think it is appropriate for more traditional workplaces as well. LaTex is good for a very professional yet formal resume. I got a job using LaTex before.
b2themax··on Resume Republic – Awesome Online Resume Templates
It seems the best way to go get a clean a resume is to subscribe to adobe CC and us inDesign. Although it costs money, it really is the best solution, and I think it is well worth the marginal cost. I was very excited to click on your link showing free resume templates, but the templates are way too over the top and there are too many design elements which get in the way of the crucial information. I would argue the templates make it harder to understand the applicants experience, and that is the antithesis of what you want in a resume. I would have to believe those templates would cause eye-rolling in potential HR departments.
b2themax··on Ex Microsoft staffer arrested for allegedly stealing Win 8 trade secrets
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Its not that complex.
b2themax··on Do Workplace Wellness Programs Save Employers Money?
Exactly. Some things aren't just about money.
b2themax··on How we restarted our company in two weeks during Y Combinator
It seems like it worked out very well for you.
b2themax··on How we restarted our company in two weeks during Y Combinator
Thanks a lot. This helps me think I am on the right track with outsourcing the non critical(non dev) aspects of my startup. I was under the false impression before that a startup consisted of doing the all aspects of the work by myself.
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