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by briandh 12y ago
> Android already uses the OpenBSD libc (IIRC) It is a mix of code from OpenBSD, NetBSD, and FreeBSD [1][2] [1] http://youtu.be/G-36noTCaiA?t=19m40s [2] http://codingrelic.geekhold.com/2008/11/s
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by briandh 12y ago
Some huntsman spiders will occasionally eat small lizards. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntsman_spider
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by briandh 12y ago
> Google was the defendant in this case No they weren't. In fact, the decision linked at the top of the thread specifically refers to Google and Google Canada as "non-parties".
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by briandh 12y ago
Even if it were the same, it would still be news.
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by briandh 12y ago
No, the reason you can't install extensions from third-party sources is to stave off crapware and worse from being installed by other programs, which is a real problem. And it is only applicable on Windows, and not applicable to deve
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by briandh 12y ago
"Cleaning local cache" particularly befuddles me. My first smartphone came loaded with Gingerbread and I don't remember ever having to do that, much less having to do it in recent memory.
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by briandh 12y ago
> Battery life is still not acceptable How do you know this is an Android issue rather than a hardware-specific one? It's hard to come to a strong conclusion without having hardware that runs both iOS and Android. Unless there are m
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by briandh 12y ago
I'm not sure about online purchases -- except on Amazon, which is very liberal in what it accepts, in my experience -- but brick and mortar retailers in the US are often very open to accepting open goods for returns (and the Target I u
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by briandh 12y ago
The PRC is not interested in taking over "every country around them"; they are interested in Taiwan and a handful of island territories.
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by briandh 12y ago
I said: > tracking via ads and embeds often enables the sites you visit to sustain themselves, and, even if you want to quibble about how "consensual" that is, is trivially mitigated via free, brain-dead-simple browser extensio
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by briandh 12y ago
Please reread my comment; I addressed that.
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by briandh 12y ago
> I was talking about domestic policy, which is the issue here. I responded to what you wrote, which had no such qualification. And I mentioned several domestic policies. > So your defense of Google It wasn't a defense of Google,
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by briandh 12y ago
Among other differences, your relationship with Google is consensual, or at least largely so. The most extensive data collection Google does requires you to explicitly interact with its properties; tracking via ads and embeds often enables
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by briandh 12y ago
> that's pretty much the only thing the US government does Besides waging bloody, unnecessary war (War of 1812, Mexican War, Spanish American War, Vietnam War, Iraq War); instituting explicitly racist immigrating policies; waging a
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by briandh 12y ago
There is also a large, mostly-unused prison in rural Illinois: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomson_Correctional_Center
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by briandh 12y ago
> it seems more likely it was a case of "let's fudge data in a crap fashion till we come up with what people want to hear" That is a pretty bold claim.
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by briandh 12y ago
The author's comments don't really suggest a "failure", IMO, but rather, a product that is still undergoing testing and development -- which describes Glass.
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by briandh 12y ago
So the subheading is: > Dodging taxes and regulation isn't just disruptive – it's bad for the economy Baker then writes: > Most cities and states both tax and regulate hotels, and the tourists who stay in hotels are usually
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by briandh 12y ago
> Why not? Because it's just one kid. The sample size is too small.
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by briandh 12y ago
I think he/she is referring to bootloader unlocking, not network unlocking.
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by briandh 12y ago
What does "the 5" refer to?
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by briandh 12y ago
> And Giles is simply their mouthpiece. You may want to insert an "unwitting" in front of "mouthpiece" (assuming that's what you meant); otherwise, you're making a pretty serious claim, and need to back it u
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by briandh 12y ago
> Regulation exists to protect consumers. Some regulation, sure. But quite often it exists to protect producers and consumer protection is merely an excuse, and even regulation passed with the genuine intention of protecting consumers of
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by briandh 12y ago
I forgot about that, but even so, I find it excessive. Especially if you are right and it was merely drugs. The only way I can envision it being justified is if his previous offense was violent or otherwise straightforwardly antisocial, wit
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by briandh 12y ago
> I would not call it [the 14-year sentence] harsh. I would say it is a penalty that fits the crime, but I believe that it will have a deterrent effect, and I hope it will. That she does not see sending a father of two young children to
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by briandh 12y ago
You should blame both. They feed off of each other.
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by briandh 12y ago
If by that you mean T-Mobile, sure. The US has actually been on the leading edge of LTE deployment. Compare the map [1] to [2]. Then take a look back at 2012 to see how far along the US was even in 2012 (relatively far) [3] [4]. Then check
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by briandh 12y ago
To give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're not merely trolling: what handset(s) did you use?
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by briandh 12y ago
> Cellular plans in the U.S. with 500MB of data cost about $85. I highly doubt that. The piece links to [1] which in turn cites [2]. In [2] "Mobile-broadband prices are collected from the operator with the largest market share in th
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by briandh 12y ago
That was The People's Daily.

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