billyvg

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Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 9 years ago
I encountered this problem while trying to do Christmas shopping on Amazon. An example is this (parachute hammocks): https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias...

I don't know anything about them, I'm not familiar with manufacturers, but this search result brings up very similar items from "different" companies. What's even more suspicious is that there are MULTIPLE results that have 1-2 thousand reviews and are at a perfect 5*.

Comment · 9 years ago
would `command W w` fix this?
Comment · 9 years ago
1. That is another issue, the USPTO issuing patents that shouldn't be issued.

3. They don't seem to be against patents, just against non-practicing entities. Did you even read the article?

Comment · 9 years ago
It does more then substitution

  $ git pull
  There is no tracking information for the current branch.
  Please specify which branch you want to rebase against.
  See git-pull(1) for details.

    git pull <remote> <branch>

  If you wish to set tracking information for this branch you can do so with:

    git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/<branch> test

  $ fuck
  git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/test test && git pull [enter/↑/↓/ctrl+c]
Comment · 10 years ago
My friends and I have used GroupMe (which is owned by Skype) for a few years now and some of us wanted to migrate due to privacy. We tried out Signal, but there were some major usability problems in you intend to use it as a "group chat" replacement. My biggest issue with it is that there is no mute feature for iOS. Yes you can turn off notifications at the iOS level, but I want the ability to only have @-mentions to have access to notifications.

I made us switch to WhatsApp instead as I think the usability/privacy balance was better (for our use case).

Comment · 11 years ago
We'll probably never know, most people that settle with patent trolls have confidentiality agreements
Comment · 11 years ago
I don't think it's ruined football at all. The older fans certainly still have team allegiances, while fantasy helps new fans get interested in the NFL.

Yeah advertisements suck, but any television programming also face the same problems. The great thing with watching football is that you're already conditioned to not pay attention to the game for 30 seconds every 10 seconds.

Comment · 11 years ago
- You can watch sports at home, on a TV, through your OTA antennae, costing you nothing

- When was the last time you learned something about yourself or others while watching an eSports event? Do they cause you to think at all?

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