I'm pretty sure they know about it but just want to claim some sort of technological superiority - just like how there are console "fanboys" too.

Google can get fucked - their shitty advertising is what's making the world a worse place. Remember when it was "Don't be evil"? Their advertising is driving the worst shit in the internet right now.

Why are you blaming Apple for Youtube? What a weird take - Google is the one failing to properly police their content and they won't because they make a lot of money from advertising. They want less work, more eyes. This sort of low effort copyright infringing stuff does that in spades. Blame Google and their advertising model, not Apple.
Also, be a goddamn parent your children, jesus.

Only idiots and narcissists think that North Korea is OK - if you're supporting their regime you are supporting abuse of humans and are therefore a bad person.

I had to force myself to finish reading it. How are so many people raving about this book? What am I missing? I'm not going to force myself to read the rest of the series, I have better books to spend my time on.

I agree with you. I found the book lacking in terms of compelling narrative, and it was a real slog just to finish the book. I learned from that book that there are other more interesting books to me and I shouldn't have to force myself to read a book.

Google Reader, Google Wave, Youtube Gaming. Google cancels a lot of shit. I'm surprised they're not cancelling gmail.

It is better for your plants to encourage the local bees, they are far more efficient at pollination than honeybees are, afaik. There are things called bee "hotels" for carpenter bees which helps to encourage them. You can also encourage more bees to your place by planting bee-popular plants like lavender, etc.

I mean, nobody's making people buy these things - clearly people see value in them. I don't see why anyone would complain about a company making things like this - unless perhaps, you still wish you could have a mac?

Fuck no. Ads can fuck right off.

When are we going to start recognizing that people have access to the largest repository of human knowledge in all of history and start trying to test for understanding of material instead of regurgitating knowledge? At work I have access to the internet. It helps me make decisions and develop solutions. Why are we denying children that? The exams I had to take when I was younger was literally just regurgitating information. Rote memorization doesn't make for a very good understanding of material.

Seriously, what a bunch of losers.

The sum total of what you "owe" a corporation is jack shit. You are literally giving a part of your life so they can make money off you. It is better for yourself to let your current corporate overlord know that you're leaving so you can get a good reference if you think you'll get it, but otherwise it's not up to you to make finding a replacement easy.

Work to live, don't live to work.

Incorrect: bitcoin is deflationary because it gets harder to mine over time, and the total bitcoin there will ever be is 21 million - that's it.

People like to be cynical - it makes them think they're better than what they are... If only they realized that we're all in this together, when someone does something great it makes us all greater!