beerlord

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   by beerlord 8y ago

   Because America is not a welfare state. Look at the levels of welfare reliance by ethnicity in the Netherlands: https://i.imgur.com/FlavTvJ.png
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   Microsoft's Next-Gen Xbox Will Focus on 'XCloud' Game Streaming(theverge.com)

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   by beerlord 8y ago

   Which should really be the point of refugee programs in general. Focus on stabilising and upskilling the refugees, as well as working internationally to stabilise the home country, and then have them return after a few years. Those returnee
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   by beerlord 8y ago

   Indeed. We need to get the CO2 out of the atmosphere, or else we still end up with ocean acidification. Higher base CO2 level will also soon begin to impact human cognition - it only takes 1000ppm for CO2 to begin to have an impact on our m
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   by beerlord 8y ago

   If you read the full series of tweets, its apparent that the leadership team of Valve are basically absent. They are completely unopposed in using their money printing machine - Steam - and have made billions of dollars. Gabe Newell for exa
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   by beerlord 8y ago

   This is also the method used for tattoo removal. Normally the ink particles (or most of them) are too large to be removed by the body. Tattoo removal lasers simply break down the ink pigments into smaller particles, which the body can remov
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   by beerlord 8y ago

   Tattoos provide a useful function That if present, they indicate that the wearer is a member of the working class.
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   by beerlord 8y ago

   I'm not really a fan of GDPR actually. I think advertising has its place, and the more targeted it is, the better the results for everyone. The worst thing that people can point to that this kind of advertising has caused is fake news
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   by beerlord 8y ago

   I think the GDPR and EU fine is going to trigger Google - and perhaps other large American tech companies - to actually start charging for services, now that our personal data cannot be so easily sold. Google has been enjoying huge profits,
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    by beerlord 8y ago

    Because compared to drugs, nymphomania, travel, cars, skiing, movies, gaming is incredibly cheap on a $ per hours basis, and people are willing to throw a few bucks to support a game concept that they find new and exciting.
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    by beerlord 8y ago

    Because Star Citizen is not really a game at this point, more a funding vehicle to get more money out of kickstarters - many of whom are suffering from the 'sunk cost' fallacy. Grey boxing is a step towards a complete game, but it
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    by beerlord 8y ago

    So a copycat needs: -Developers -Customers -To be able to survive on fees less than it costs for a credit card transaction -To be installed on something better than Android And you call all this easy? ;-)
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    by beerlord 8y ago

    I would argue that its actually pro-consumer - because if I was Google's CEO, I would just shut down AOSP, and wish that I had done it years ago, in relation to this ruling. Google supports AOSP and has done so for years, making it ava
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    by beerlord 8y ago

    Because consumers and developers do not want to support more than two operating systems. Even Windows failed with Windows Mobile. The up and comer is KaiOS, used on super low-end phones in India. Its a version of the Firefox OS.
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    by beerlord 8y ago

    Google have left themselves open to this. 1. They should release a heavily locked-down version of Android, which manufacturers and carriers cannot modify - apart from basics like bundled apps, widgets and wallpapers (uninstallable). Update
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    by beerlord 8y ago

    Android is free to license. Google makes money from the Android users who then use Search, Gmail, Maps etc. since they are bundled with the phone.
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    by beerlord 8y ago

    Android already has a problem with fragmentation, which becomes a problem for customers when their phone becomes vulnerable due to a lack of security patches. There are lots of cheap Chinese Android phones simply filled with malware from th
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    by beerlord 8y ago

    Semi or fully automated flying vehicles, which can maneuver at maximum speeds and G-forces, without needing to support a human pilot? We already have those: they are called missiles. I think we should be realistic about who or what the thre
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    by beerlord 8y ago

    There's a good book on the topic if you want more: https://www.amazon.com/Nomonhan-1939-Armys-Victory-Shaped-eb...