This reference is 19 years old this month, in case anyone who recognized it was still feeling young.
replynoooooooooooo!!!!!!!!
replyWait a moment, you just gave me an idea for a product
replyThis cannot be a serious proposal. You should probably talk to people who don't use technology because they love it, but because they need it.
reply1 out of a thousand people might do that, the others will buy the product. That's why people use it, most people don't want to build everything themselves.
replyIt's a reference to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863
replyBut as usual it forgets the "For a Linux user" part.
replyIf we remove the whole linux section and just ask "why not map a folder in Explorer" it's a reasonable question, probably even more reasonable in 2026 than in 2007. The network got faster and more reliable, and the dropbox access got slower.
Obvious. Explorer even has support built in for transparent ‘native’ gui support. I’m not even sure why you felt the need to explain it in detail. Next you’ll be explaining how to walk. (/s, I loved it)
replySlow as fuck compared to 2 synced dirs
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