I like Win31 UI. Sure MDI was an error and hot corners would be very useful but I like how unclutered it looks and the absence of a taskbar and other always-there elements is positive. I dislike the idea of a taskbar. It takes screen real estate that would be better used by apps and when I do need the taskbar's features, those are all cramped at the bottom of the screen. Give me a hot-corner-activated win31-style program manager over a win95-style start button please.
Readit Newsqawwads commented on The History of Windows NT 3.1 abortretry.fail/p/the-his... · Posted by u/BirAdam
qawwads commented on Where do fonts come from? Monotype, mostly thehustle.co/where-do-fon... · Posted by u/kansaswriter
A few words toward the end for the ellusive ai menace, but zero word for the real, already existing, open source fonts. Nowaday I'll consider IBM Plex, Mozilla Fira or even Google Roboto before Monotype Anything.
qawwads commented on Hackers can use credit bureaus to dox nearly anyone in America 404media.co/the-secret-we... · Posted by u/kmfrk
Before I actually had kids was the first .com bust... I was unemployed as were many in bay area and I filed for unemployment or medical (i cant recall now) but I was told that I was ineligible for benefits because I had a bunch of unpaid child support and other debts in Los Angeles... (never lived there, no kids at time, avoid LA all my life)
It took me months to prove that I wasa childless, 20-something dork in bay area...
nightmare - but any "credit" agency is scum
Let me rephrase it so the meaning of what you just said impregnate my mind: you were denier money because their records showed you badly needed it. Sound to me the credit agencies aren't the only evil.
A non profit is "trust us, we know what's best", while a cooperative is legally controlled by it's member on the basis of one member, one vote, and profits, if any, are distributed between members. I wonder how different would be a cooperative Wikipedia versus the non-profit Wikipedia we got.
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qawwads commented on Apple’s Employee No. 0 (2008) electronicsweekly.com/blo... · Posted by u/redbell
The guy made Apple what it is. The most impactful technology company in the history of humanity. You can call him whatever you like and I will cut him a slack.
Most people miss the point. Yes great companies are created by not just the founders but all of its employees. Everyone contributes to a certain extend. But it is really the founders who steer the ship in the right direction. Without Jobs last 10 years would certainly be very very different. Think about a world where your only choices were Windows or a crappy Android phone.
This is called "The great man theory": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_man_theory
For another perspective, an iPhone looks a lot like a Newton with phone capabilities. Maybe without Jobs returning to Apple, Apple would still be in the phone market.
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qawwads commented on Oregon decriminalized hard drugs – early results aren’t encouraging theatlantic.com/politics/... · Posted by u/slapshot
> Decriminalization actually would mean you see more of them out on the streets because they're not being locked away in prison.
Decriminalization means the government cannot mandate people enter treatment. If people are out on the street and addicted, the government needs some teeth so they can treat even those that are in denial.
Everytime the subject come around, someone repeat this like it's a fact but nobody care to explain. Is criminalisation really the only hammer the gov has? What are the goods of saving people against their wishes? Are these goods higher than the damages caused by criminalisation?