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Comment · 8 years ago
Been trying to decide whether to do this myself, this really a dark pattern?

We're not asking until until they try to use the feature that requires location, but are using the additional pop-up. Rationale being that they probably want to allow it or they wouldnt be using app, and making it so they dont mistakenly deny and have to mess with setting is really more of a convenience.

But ya it does seem to go against the OS defined behavior.

Comment · 8 years ago
They still use go.com?

Lol, everytime I see that domain all I can think of is it being the place where Infoseek went to die.

Comment · 8 years ago
What in the fuck, at least there's netflix still, for now.

We don't want to see ads, we're willing to pay not to see ads, fuck off with the ads.

(account not currently active so not sure how bad ads really are, but when I get it the non-premium plan is basically no longer an option)

Youtube Red I might pay for, but still mad they won't let me watch vids on Ipad with screen off now so haven't signed up out of spite.

Comment · 8 years ago
Yes
Comment · 8 years ago
Well first one got idea to use bone to bash heads from mysterious black box, the rest, as they say, is history.
Comment · 8 years ago
this some kinda brain teaser or somethin?
Comment · 8 years ago
How long till we reach the point where the only viable strategy against the enemy bot ai is to give full control to our bot ai? Even smallest delay would matter so too dangerous to have human in the loop.
Comment · 8 years ago
To a new user, heroin is f'in amazing, so I hear. For an addict it just gets them back to normal.

Absolutely there's a reason people get addicted to cigs in the first place. But say, driving down a scenic road on nice day with window down, without even the slighted urge to light up a cig, is not something I would have imagined while still a nicotine addict. I mean I'll think about smoking a blunt sure, but that different.

Also glad I quit before all the e-cig stuff came out. If I was able to smoke AND breath prob woulda never got off.

Comment · 8 years ago
"for some it's not significant."

where do i sign up?!?

Comment · 8 years ago
ya its kinda crazy. the realization that nicotine doesnt actually calm you, just stops the lack of nicotine from stressing you out.
Comment · 8 years ago
Well ya, was never able to figure out what a netmask did so went into programming instead.
Comment · 8 years ago
Used to use 6 languages in the course of a day, in the before times, before JavaScript took over.
Comment · 8 years ago
Solution easy, just get all countries in the world to agree to stop burning fossil fuels now whatever the cost. Then just have to tell all the poor people in [poor country] that they can't live like we do because we got there first and messed it all up.

We're all sure gonna be kicking ourselves after it all goes Mad Max. Completely avoidable, yet all but inevitable with no off-switch in sight in the real world.

Comment · 8 years ago
Thought about this a lot in high school, I believe this attitude has basically made large portions of American society mentally handicapped. Peer pressure to pretend to not know an answer to dumb as question to not look uncool etc.

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