MarkMc

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by MarkMc 9y ago
All analysis takes on a 'personal tinge' - what we want to be true we judge to be true. Perhaps I'm making that mistake, but let me explain my view regarding China: 1. China's economy is headed for a slump - either a se
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by MarkMc 9y ago
Your link about Cambodian genocide denial seems to be much more critical of Chomsky than the New York Times. Chomsky's position was basically that we must discount reports of genocide because they are coming from a biased western media
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by MarkMc 9y ago
The clicking sound on button presses has been fixed in the latest build, and the Flutter team is working on accessibility. But I agree that a Flutter app will always have some deficiencies compared to a native app. However, the question is
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by MarkMc 9y ago
If you have an Android phone, a good demonstration of flutter is the gallery app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.flutter.gal... There doesn't seem to be an equivalent iOS app, which is kind
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by MarkMc 9y ago
I'm not sure 100% fidelity to native look and feel is so important to users, as long as the UI is fast, responsive and looks good. Spotify doesn't seem to have a problem with users despite its garish black and green appearance.
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by MarkMc 9y ago
Springbok Solutions Ltd | C++ Developer | London, UK | Full-Time or Part-Time | REMOTE | £50K I’m looking for a C++ developer with at least 3 years experience to help me port a large macOS Objective C++ application to Windows. You must be
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by MarkMc 9y ago
Don't know about Adobe Air, but Java Web Start was bloated, slow, ugly, with a complicated API and poor security. Perhaps this new attempt would simply have a better implementation. Currently the most common development approach is to
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by MarkMc 9y ago
> I doubt it would gain traction because almost everything enumerated in this post is a developer concern, not a user concern I'm not sure this is true. My Mom doesn't really know the difference between an app and a website, bu
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by MarkMc 9y ago
I admit I don't have much experience with web or mobile apps, but I thought that some UI elements like 'pull down to refresh' or 'bottom navigation' [0] are harder to get 100% right in a web app. Am I wrong? [0] ht
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by MarkMc 9y ago
Sure, that is an advantage but I wouldn't say it is a strong advantage. With app stores I can view screenshots and videos before installing the software. The app runs in a sandbox and I can uninstall it very easily.
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by MarkMc 9y ago
What if Facebook provided a way for React Native apps to be compiled to Windows and Mac desktop applications? If such apps were lightweight and could be automatically updated, would React Native development be a serious alternative to web a
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by MarkMc 9y ago
I'm showing my age here, but I think Sun had the right objective with Java Web Start. Unfortunately their implementation was awful - bloated, slow, ugly, with a complicated API and poor security. I think there is still an opportunity t
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by MarkMc 9y ago
This highlights why US-based companies, while not perfect, are far more preferable to Chinese companies for storing your personal data.
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by MarkMc 9y ago
Wouldn't that provide an incentive for ultra-wealthy shareholders to move to low-tax jurisdictions like Monaco?
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by MarkMc 9y ago
That's a good point - to be honest I hadn't considered that. However, government officials already have the opportunity to 'accidentally' waste money by paying more than necessary for goods or services, then getting a k
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by MarkMc 9y ago
There is a bigger issue here: Why wasn't such an analysis done 50 years ago? Where is the incentive for people to uncover fraud? All governments should have a rule that says: if you uncover fraud or waste in a government department yo
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by MarkMc 9y ago
I agree you need massive amounts of training data. But the marginal value of that data diminishes rapidly after a certain point. Let's say Waymo spends $2 billion to get the training data necessary to produce a fully automated car. A f
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by MarkMc 9y ago
That's a good point - I didn't think about network effects of having autonomous cars communicate with each other. No doubt it will boost safety, but I strongly suspect that such technology will be heavily regulated and standardise
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by MarkMc 9y ago
> 4) Software tends to be a winner-take-most industry. That's true of software generally, but not will not be true of automated driving software. Windows, iOS, Facebook and YouTube have strong network effects. Google search and Micr
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by MarkMc 9y ago
The report "says that Google pays taxes worth up to 9 percent of its revenues outside the EU, but this ratio goes down to no more than 0.82 percent inside the EU". Does anyone know what percent of US revenue Google pays in US taxe
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by MarkMc 9y ago
Well if I search "height eiffel tower" on Google I see the 'one box' but I don't see any ads. At least in this case Google seems to be placing user experience over (short term) bottom line.
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by MarkMc 9y ago
If a study could reliably demonstrate that autonomous vehicles have fewer collisions it would strongly hint that fatalities are also fewer.
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by MarkMc 9y ago
It depends how you define profit, and to me this is absolutely about taxing revenues instead of profit. I see profit as the 'value added' by a particular activity. At least 90% of the value created by Google, Facebook and Apple wa
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Tell Google: Don't show me ads for cat food
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Then I doubt Apple China makes much profit - almost all profit will be booked to a company wholly owned by Apple US.
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I would also point to heavier-than-air flight. For thousands of years people tried to mimic flapping wings of birds, but in the end it was the unnatural propellor and fixed wing design that gave us flight.
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by MarkMc 9y ago
What if Waymo releases driverless cars before Uber? Then Uber will be the guy who brought a knife to a gun fight.
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by MarkMc 9y ago
Poor Charlie's Almanack is a fine book, but as it's just a collection of speeches and short stories the content is somewhat unstructured. I prefer "Seeking Wisdom from Darwin To Munger" by Peter Bevelin: https:/&#
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by MarkMc 9y ago
There are plenty of examples in history where the majority opinion changes, even with regard to deep, long-held ideas. In any case it's reasonable to support a policy on principle, even if it's unlikely to be implemented.
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by MarkMc 9y ago
> I see you are not opposed to government intervention, you just want it in a different form. That's right - I want it in a reduced, more efficient form. Personally I don't think the government should bail out property damage o

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