bignell

Debating statistics and measures is hard because of the sheer quantity of slightly varied information. And even if numbers were universally agreed upon and understood, and it were as simple as 10% greater risk, we can’t make decisions by a show of hands. If 60% of people were willing to take the risk, are the rest supposed to suck it up?

> Compare also the 480000 US deaths yearly from tobacco, which could be prevented much easier than corona.

Tobacco is an epidemic too, but given that it spreads via psychological and sociological factors rather than virally, I’d make the argument that it’s actually much harder to combat.

Yeah, these seem like pretty normal responses.

The tone made it sound like Microsoft had traced their IP and then launched a cruise missile at their location.

Web fonts are no different from any other resource—you can easily serve them in privacy-friendly ways.

That suggests we should block Google Fonts, not disable web fonts entirely.

Blogging !== note-taking, but you could definitely make the argument that a blog post is semantically a public note.

Apple, Fox, Shell, Target...any of these generic words ring a bell?

I’m sure there was no malicious intent, and it’s very possible that these two products will coexist without any further issue.

But as evidenced in this very thread there is the potential for confusion, which is the whole point of trademarks, and the reason why I’d have an easier time incorporating “Apple Surfboards“ than I would “Apple Keyboards”.

I mean, if they wanted to reserve the use of this common animal name across all industries, that’d be ridiculous, but it would seem pretty reasonable to worry about confusion between a cloud notes app and a cloud blog app. Certainly easier to think about it now than if this service takes off.

The author shares one snapshot of one brief interaction with someone, for the purpose of humor, and you think that entitles you to judge the entire relationship?

I feel like your reaction reflects more on you than the author.

I'm sorry, but if there were ever a time for the black bar, this is it.