Hacker News: LLWM

New comment by LLWM in "Mark Zuckerberg responds to critics of his $45B pledge"

LLWM — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 19:54:51 +0000

Easy. We don't "allow" things to happen. Things happen. Nobody went around the room and asked everyone if they could give money to facebook.

New comment by LLWM in "French Uber drivers have created their own Uber"

LLWM — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 19:46:54 +0000

Outcome 1 is not a bad thing, it's incredibly good.

New comment by LLWM in "French Uber drivers have created their own Uber"

LLWM — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 19:43:47 +0000

Uber wants to replace their drivers with self-driving cars. They've always been very open about this.

New comment by LLWM in "French Uber drivers have created their own Uber"

LLWM — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 19:35:26 +0000

Which are by definition, the areas that matter to most people.

New comment by LLWM in "Microsoft’s Very Good Day"

LLWM — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 18:12:03 +0000

That's how patent licensing works (albeit a comically overaggressive caricature). Do you fundamentally oppose the concept of patents or do you think Microsoft is doing something else wrong by asking to be paid license fees by competitors using their patents?

New comment by LLWM in "Seattle, in Midst of Tech Boom, Tries to Keep Its Soul"

LLWM — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 18:02:34 +0000

Most of us don't see any reason to continue doing interesting things beyond making ourselves look appealing during courtship.

New comment by LLWM in "Google Said to Be Under U.S. Antitrust Scrutiny Over Android"

LLWM — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 12:57:08 +0000

Twitter and Linkedin are huge competitors.

New comment by LLWM in "Google Said to Be Under U.S. Antitrust Scrutiny Over Android"

LLWM — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 12:55:37 +0000

Sounds identical to the arguments MS used back in the 90s. They lost.

New comment by LLWM in "Nearly half of young people say tracking partners using technology is acceptable"

LLWM — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 12:51:24 +0000

Conversely, you old people grew up in a disconnected, technologically backwards society and you've learned your whole lives that electronic communication is something to be feared.

The simpsons has a famous quote for people like you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdozkeNqNQk

New comment by LLWM in "Nearly half of young people say tracking partners using technology is acceptable"

LLWM — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 12:49:38 +0000

Because the people who do it don't think of it as giving up privacy and personal space. If your partner moved in with you, would you call that "giving up half your house"?

New comment by LLWM in "Chris Poole"

LLWM — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 04:52:43 +0000

I think you have a twisted, corporate definition of "good".

New comment by LLWM in "Chris Poole"

LLWM — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 04:48:48 +0000

If you see the appeal as only "looking for content," we are glad you stay out.

New comment by LLWM in "Chris Poole"

LLWM — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 04:47:25 +0000

The stories and information posted here are artistic works of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact.

New comment by LLWM in "Chris Poole"

LLWM — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 04:46:20 +0000

No, people think that because it's bigger than everything else put together, the fountainhead of the site's culture, and is the source of virtually everything notable that's ever happened there.

New comment by LLWM in "'Happy Birthday' song copyright is not valid, judge rules"

LLWM — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 14:10:46 +0000

There certainly aren't many good ones. And even if you don't care about the quality of comedy, any layman can compare the comedy industry to another industry that does have such protections, like, say, film or software, and see a huge gap.

New comment by LLWM in "'Happy Birthday' song copyright is not valid, judge rules"

LLWM — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 14:09:40 +0000

I don't feel deprived of comedy in general because anyone can redistribute some list of a few hundred jokes without repercussion. Good comedy, however, is hard to come by. I've heard it all before and now I need to look for niche domains like language intersection to find novel jokes.

New comment by LLWM in "'Happy Birthday' song copyright is not valid, judge rules"

LLWM — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 13:07:03 +0000

They are very much needed - just ask anyone who tries to go without. If they wouldn't be interested in doing business without the legal framework that currently exists, why is that an invalid argument? The "talent" is not the only one involved in bringing a creative work to consumers for them to enjoy.

New comment by LLWM in "Using Google without a Google+ profile"

LLWM — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 19:54:42 +0000

Not even close. Trains would be quite useless if they did not have a lot of mass and kinetic energy. People should already strive to not be bigots regardless of what google does or doesn't do.

New comment by LLWM in "Using Google without a Google+ profile"

LLWM — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 18:45:14 +0000

No. It's not google's fault people are bigots.

New comment by LLWM in "Using Google without a Google+ profile"

LLWM — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 18:33:10 +0000

One factor was an attempt to counter the GIFT (http://www.penny-arcade.com/S=0/comic/2004/03/19) by preventing anonymity.