UVB-76

32 ms·

271.
by UVB-76 13y ago
How do you mean? To all intents and purposes Jimmy Carr was "guilty" of participating in a tax avoidance scheme, and admitted wrongdoing.
272.
by UVB-76 13y ago
The problem is monetizing real-time editing of documents. Ideas welcome.
273.
by UVB-76 13y ago
The Dropbox 'platform' is razor-thin, and their core offering is fast becoming a commodity. At the moment, their business model doesn't extend much beyond brokering storage space. They are simply a middle-man between end user
274.
by UVB-76 13y ago
This is how it was always going to go. Dropbox's core business is unsustainable, and they can't compete long-term with rivals like Google and Apple. They're flailing in all directions at the moment; pushing for the enterprise
275.
AgileBits Offering 50% Heartbleed Discount on 1Password(agilebits.com)
3 points by UVB-76 13y ago|0 comments
276.
NSA Denies It Knew About Heartbleed Bug Before It Was Made Public(npr.org)
3 points by UVB-76 13y ago|0 comments
277.
by UVB-76 13y ago
A completely botched response from Dropbox. They had two options: 1. Disregard the concerns raised as those of a vocal minority, while the overwhelming majority of their users are apathetic about Rice's appointment; refuse to legitimiz
278.
by UVB-76 13y ago
On the other hand, Dropbox is a one-trick pony, providing a service that is easily replicable and becoming increasingly commoditized. Dropbox don't even own the hardware they store your files on. Google own the data centre, the hardwar
279.
by UVB-76 13y ago
Does such a consensus really exist? Who decides what the libertarian consensus is on a particular view?
280.
by UVB-76 13y ago
> If I was making that kind of money, I would just settle by buying a big plot of land in a wine country and grow grapes for rest of my life. Is that really what you want out of life?
281.
Is Facebook Too Big to Care?(bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
1 points by UVB-76 13y ago|0 comments
282.
by UVB-76 13y ago
Straight to the relevant email logs: http://www.bostonglobe.com/2014/03/29/documents-how-aaron-sw... Lots of interesting material there. An amusing little quote: > his hobbies include changing his mac a l
283.
by UVB-76 13y ago
Bear in mind the selection bias in effect. People are generally more likely to review a product, especially one as mundane as a replacement power adapter, if they have had a negative experience with it. One of, if not the most common, reaso
284.
Changes to copyright law and guidance [UK](ipo.gov.uk)
1 points by UVB-76 13y ago|0 comments
285.
by UVB-76 13y ago
> Case in point: they made something like a 5-10x multiple on their investment in Oculus-- in 3 months. Oculus is an exceptional case, but that's how VC funds work. A minority of investments pay off big time and make up for often ca
286.
by UVB-76 13y ago
I don't think they are referring to the same vulnerabilities. The US government was publicly accusing the Chinese government of inserting backdoors in Huawei products, while at the same time seeking and exploiting vulnerabilities in Hu
287.
by UVB-76 13y ago
> I know Dropbox will be Dropbox in 5 years. How can we be sure Google Drive won't be shuttered in less time? Feel free to quote me on this: Dropbox will not be Dropbox in five years. It will have been acquired, gone out of busi
288.
by UVB-76 13y ago
> I'm (also) a Ubuntu Linux user and Google apparently doesn't care about me enough to provide me with a client. Apparently I'm so unimportant to them that they can't justify the cost of a couple of man-months. Appa
289.
by UVB-76 13y ago
Selling followers. The accounts make tweets to appear active and legitimate; they are given profile pictures lifted from other accounts, etc.
290.
by UVB-76 13y ago
I wouldn't call 35,000 accounts "massive" Fake accounts are literally everywhere on Twitter. I have no doubt there are "botnets" out there that are far more sophisticated, more difficult to detect, and contain many
291.
by UVB-76 13y ago
In fairness, the line was delivered deadpan, and I couldn't make out any laughter from the audience in the recording. I chuckled to myself.
292.
by UVB-76 13y ago
Three of the four aircraft hijacked as part of the 9/11 attacks had their transponders turned off: > Controllers track airliners such as the four aircraft hijacked on 9/11 primarily by watching the data from a signal emitted b
293.
by UVB-76 13y ago
On the contrary, the fact sites like this exist is an indication public funds have been wasted on unnecessary, poorly implemented IT projects. Not that this is surprising.
294.
by UVB-76 13y ago
A second scandal is now emerging out of this, as digital mapping firm Earthware are accused of posting HES data in Google maps form on its website for all to see. [1] http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-f
295.
New NHS scandal: Hospital records posted in Google maps form(independent.co.uk)
1 points by UVB-76 13y ago|0 comments
296.
by UVB-76 13y ago
Official statement: http://www.hscic.gov.uk/article/3948/Statement-Use-of-data-b...
297.
by UVB-76 13y ago
Assuming this is an acquisition, it's a poor one. Facebook undoubtedly paid too much for this.
298.
by UVB-76 13y ago
MtGox have halted withdrawals, so you can't sell the coins elsewhere at the moment.
299.
by UVB-76 13y ago
> Net loss - GAAP net loss was $511 million for the fourth quarter of 2013 compared to a net loss of $9 million in the same period last year. The company's Q4 GAAP net loss included $521 million of stock-based compensation expense,
300.
by UVB-76 13y ago
> They abused their power when they had it and I have no intent of giving it back to them to give them another crack at it. You're tarring more than 100,000 people with that brush, many of whom were not at Microsoft back then.

More ›