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Comment · 7 years ago
Edit: sorry, misunderstood.
Comment · 7 years ago
If only you'd put as much effort into reading as you put into your condescending tone, then, just maybe, you'd notice the part where I mentioned we wanted to "pass by", and not "sit for hours just to take a picture".

Those 400-500 people were just staying there, with many blocking the street – you know, the thing people walk on?

Comment · 7 years ago
I was in Rome with my wife for less than two days for other reasons, and we decided we'd pass by Trevi Fountain. Let me tell you, that place was packed.

Maybe 400-500 people packed just to say they were there, or maybe wait in hopes of getting a clear shot. All of this just to brag in social media.

I think the problem would be better if people didn't brag on social media about every single place they go to.

Comment · 7 years ago
You're absolutely right, it seems I've made a typo inadvertently. It's true that less people become addicted than not.
Comment · 7 years ago
Well, I tend to see it like opioids, for example. Some people can just use their prescribed dosage and in the end they have no addiction whatsoever. Many more, even though they use their prescribed dosage, start an addiction which can lead to their lives getting ruined.

I think the same happens with social media. There are people who are more prone to addiction than others. People close to me have claimed to have felt much better after deleting/deactivating their social media accounts.

Personally it's been more than 10 years without Facebook, and I never had an Instagram, so there's not much I can say about the topic from my own experience.

Comment · 7 years ago
I'm guessing a single hash could be problematic for detections based on the domain for example. But this could be circumvented by sending hashed parts of the URL.

For example they could hash the domain, path and query separately.

Comment · 7 years ago
Yes, I did. It's a bit lengthy but most definitely the best process I've been part of. You will find lots of posts from other people regarding their interview process. That helped me a lot during the process.
Comment · 7 years ago
Personally my best interview experience has been with Automattic. Having a text based interview on Slack where I could take the time to collect my thoughts, removed my anxiety almost completely.
Comment · 7 years ago
I was totally expecting /my_shiny_metal_ass to have some kind of easter egg.
Comment · 7 years ago
A few months ago, I contacted Microsoft support regarding an old Hotmail account of mine. I couldn't get access due to my own fault in the end, as I had set it up as a kid and 10 years later I could barely remember any details. However, the conversation with the support agent was by far the best. It felt natural, without the "copy/paste" ready-to-use responses they usually have.
Comment · 7 years ago
I see no "notch and no chin" device in that picture. If anything, S10's "chin" looks smaller than iPhone X's "no chin".
Comment · 7 years ago
I meant Arabic.
Comment · 7 years ago
AFAIK they (in Arabic) also have dual pronouns which refers to exactly two people; they use another pronoun for 3+ people.
Comment · 7 years ago
So it seems V lang has finally been open sourced (not sure when exactly but it seems 4 days ago). In any case great news. Looking forward to playing around with the language later this week.
Comment · 7 years ago
Firefox app on my Android phone was updated yesterday to 67.0.3, and the release notes mention the security fix.

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