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New comment by BipolarElsa in "The Disadvantages of an Elite Education (2008)"

BipolarElsa — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 02:06:55 +0000

This article is utter rubbish. Anyone who possesses an elite education will never suffer in their life. They're in the upper-echelon of society. I have no pity for them and they are not at a disadvantage.

Go ahead an ask anyone accepted into Yale if they'd trade it off for the same major at po-dunk State U.

What do you think their response will be?

Don't be daft. This is trash.

New comment by BipolarElsa in "UBlock Origin for Safari"

BipolarElsa — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 07:12:33 +0000

>or gets merged upstream

I don't understand what that means. Do you mean that it will be updated automatically on your Safari once you download it initially?

New comment by BipolarElsa in "Why I contribute to Chromium"

BipolarElsa — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 02:06:23 +0000

Something about giving away all of my browsing information to Google in total puts a bad taste in my mouth.

I'd rather stick with Firefox and use DuckDuckGo when I want to run an unfiltered(ish) search.

New comment by BipolarElsa in "Silicon Valley’s Culture, Not Its Companies, Dominates in China"

BipolarElsa — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 19:51:46 +0000

The problem with that theory is that China is not some primitive savage culture that has no idea how to "copy" Facebook (like savages who "copied" runways very poorly).

Chinese could easily copy Facebook and call it something else but with built-in restrictions that they're looking for. They take our tech and perfect it for their culture. That's not identical to a guy in a hut with a wooden walkie-talkie. Sorry.

The only difference would be is that it's a closed network. Doesn't mean it's "less" or "primitive" or "savage" when compared to Facebook. Just different.

New comment by BipolarElsa in "The Emacs dumper dispute"

BipolarElsa — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 20:56:49 +0000

I have a question: what's the benefit of using a text editor when an IDE can perform compiling/interpreting for you at the ready?

Is a Emacs/Vim for coders who don't have to worry about minor errors?

I'm relatively new to programming and I'm curious.

New comment by BipolarElsa in "I can’t just stand by and watch Mark Zuckerberg destroy the internet"

BipolarElsa — Fri, 25 Nov 2016 22:09:05 +0000

A lot of people need to use Facebook to stay in touch with family members and friends they otherwise would not be able to communicate with due to distance, past, or what have you. This is a problem of "not enough good competition." Facebook has a de facto monopoly on social networking. Google tried in vain, but they lost miserably. Until someone can step up to Zuckerberg, Facebook will do what they want when it comes to shitty news, annoying notifications, and over-bloated web design. I've used Facebook since the day it was released. It used to be really, really good. Now it's just crap. I hope a new competitor shows them what's up.

New comment by BipolarElsa in "How We Make Money at Stack Overflow"

BipolarElsa — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 17:14:06 +0000

I ask a lot of question, and thus get banned from asking more...

I wish they would have a "luxury" option for like 49.99 a year where students could ask like unlimited questions.

Is this crazy?

New comment by BipolarElsa in "[dead]"

BipolarElsa — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 17:12:48 +0000

Apple is going to take a hit on this transitory MBP no doubt. But the successive ones will do much better in the eyes of the market when USB C cords become the norm.

If you read on HDMI's website they say the USB C to HDMI direct cord will be coming out in 2017. So maybe Apple jumped the gun a little bit, but I think they're eyeing the future.

Plus all the pressure on 3rd parties to deliver will mean the ecosystem will rapidly change in the same way it did when they removed Floppy Disks and CD Drives and VGA ports, etc.

New comment by BipolarElsa in "Return of the Mac (2005)"

BipolarElsa — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 09:57:46 +0000

Can you elaborate? I don't understand.

New comment by BipolarElsa in "Return of the Mac (2005)"

BipolarElsa — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 09:56:54 +0000

It's 3 in the morning and I've been tinkering with Emacs since Noon. Is it just me or is Emacs oddly addictive?

New comment by BipolarElsa in "Return of the Mac (2005)"

BipolarElsa — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 21:06:32 +0000

Emacs is s o f u c k i n g h a r d t o u s e

New comment by BipolarElsa in "Shopping coming to Instagram"

BipolarElsa — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 09:04:57 +0000

You forgot Stirner.

New comment by BipolarElsa in "Return of the Mac (2005)"

BipolarElsa — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 08:06:03 +0000

What are the top IDEs for C++ and Java for macOS? Thanks.

New comment by BipolarElsa in "Return of the Mac (2005)"

BipolarElsa — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 23:36:32 +0000

Yeah but if you want to develop in C++, Java or C# you're gonna need visual studio thus rendering macOS useless.

New comment by BipolarElsa in "This Year We Can End the Death Penalty in California"

BipolarElsa — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 23:13:38 +0000

Why can't you let women decide whether or not they want an abortion?

If you don't like it. Don't get one.

We could learn a thing or two from the wise Chinese: they have unlimited legal abortion. That's a system we should model ourselves after.

New comment by BipolarElsa in "This Year We Can End the Death Penalty in California"

BipolarElsa — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 22:58:38 +0000

It's not your body; It's not your choice; the glob of goo is not a person. Pretty clear. You wouldn't call a zygote a human being would you? A sperm? An egg? The "pro-life" position is purely based on Abrahamic religions. They then covertly deny this when you talk with them.

This is just more patriarchy determining how a woman can or cannot use and live with her body. It's so wrong.

New comment by BipolarElsa in "This Year We Can End the Death Penalty in California"

BipolarElsa — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 22:49:00 +0000

Stop trying to equate a glob of goo with a person. Please stop. It's nonsensical.

New comment by BipolarElsa in "This Year We Can End the Death Penalty in California"

BipolarElsa — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 22:42:33 +0000

Good luck getting it passed in California. I voted already to ban it (and against the law proposing to speed up the death penalty), but according to all the major polls done on it, it won't pass.

Californians are, by and large, religious savages. They'll toke up before slaughtering prisoners like farm sows.

3 strikes? You're out. Thank prison lobby! On death row? Hurry up and die you sow!

Pretty pathetic. Thinking of moving to a more progressive state like Oregon or Washington.

New comment by BipolarElsa in "Publishers Are Rethinking Those ‘Around the Web’ Ads"

BipolarElsa — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 06:54:06 +0000

U-Block Origins. Always.

New comment by BipolarElsa in "Academics Write Rubbish Nobody Reads"

BipolarElsa — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 07:26:36 +0000

Depends on the field, but a lot of this is a result of the "publish or perish" capitalistic model poisoning academia. You can't go to any university today without feeling the effects of a massively over-bloated bureaucracy and administration. Before this massive bloat, most universities were controlled and run by professors believe it or not.