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by brisance 8y ago
While one of Bosch’s units was involved in dieselgate, on the whole their business has been for the betterment of humanity. The point is that a company doesn’t have to always “maximize profits”. Tim Cook famously told a shareholder to “get
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by brisance 8y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bosch_GmbH
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by brisance 8y ago
If MPEG LA tries to patent it then they’d have to go through the same process. But they haven’t so why is Google trying to be a smartass and directly challenge the inventor, when it was him who gave them the idea in the first place? The mos
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by brisance 8y ago
So we are going to have to rely on the goodwill of Google not to sue others if they are awarded the patent? How about being a good corporate citizen like the others and not trying to patent it in the first place?
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by brisance 8y ago
How is this a win-win scenario for Google? They’re attempting to do something that is strictly against the interest of the inventor and abusing the patent system in order to achieve a commerical advantage at the cost of the rest of humanity
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by brisance 8y ago
Is explicitly circumventing a browser’s privacy setting evil? How about shaking down a competitor? [2] [1] http://fortune.com/2016/08/30/google-safari-class-action/ [2] https://www.bostonglobe
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by brisance 8y ago
According to this article, somehow prosecutors were able to retrieve deleted WhatsApp messages. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/five-ind...
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by brisance 8y ago
Not bad but not quite the same. One is supplied by the OS and the other is ad-based from a third party.
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by brisance 8y ago
Too bad that is only available on Android P. While iOS 12 runs on devices from 2012.
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by brisance 8y ago
You’re asking Apple to cure obnoxiousness.
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by brisance 8y ago
Please explain why the parent comment attracted downvotes. In the US Constitution, the first amendment protects Americans' right to free speech. However, not all forms of speech are protected. The same legal principle applies to the GD
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by brisance 8y ago
We do not know if they have these projects because there is no definitive information about them. Even the people who do know may choose to sandbag and outright lie about it. And that's my point; it's ridiculous to judge whether s
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by brisance 8y ago
Even the beloved First Amendment does not protect all forms of speech. Your point…?
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by brisance 8y ago
So Grab, Didi Chuxing, Go-Jek etc do not have self-driving cars projects. Have they failed? Are they failing?
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by brisance 8y ago
Can a product be considered a failure if it was never made available for sale to the public? This is exactly why Apple is secretive about its projects. Sure, there have been true failures like the iPod Hi-Fi, the eMate, the 20th Anniversary
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by brisance 8y ago
Your Google bias is showing. How have the other companies "failed"? Apple hasn't even started and it has "failed"?
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by brisance 8y ago
I don't think that they are bad, just that their focus is more on the product holistically than as a standout feature. i.e. machine learning is a means to an end, not the end in itself. Whereas Google, Amazon etc sells products and ser
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by brisance 8y ago
Where there's demand, there shall be supply. Wouldn't be surprised if there's already a black market for stolen identities on their version of the "dark web".
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by brisance 8y ago
Does the car not come with an anti-glare coating on the display? Seems like it could be a safety issue when driving with the sun at the back.
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by brisance 8y ago
Several lawsuits have been filed against it and it has prevailed every time, owing to lack of evidence and a technicality on the point of law.
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by brisance 8y ago
I was not able to find a reputable source for this rumor.
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by brisance 8y ago
This is an example of deceptive journalism where the author fits the facts to suit the narrative. That Comscore chart tells me that Facebook has actually fallen from its peak in 2015 and is only slowly making its way back to its former glor
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This could be the biggest advance in aluminum production in 130 years(washingtonpost.com)
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by brisance 8y ago
Why is the NY Times spinning this as a "tech Cold War"? ZTE got caught violating US sanctions against North Korean and Iran, and repeatedly lied to US officials about it. https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-re
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by brisance 8y ago
No, the turn of phrase used to describe “baby milk formula” in powder form. “Baby formula powder” implies a kind of powder that produces a baby. Hence, the off-topic comment.
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by brisance 8y ago
Totally off-topic, but I found "baby formula powder" to be endearingly amusing. ️
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by brisance 8y ago
No, grandparent is saying "carpe diem". You never know when you're going to drop dead, and being too old makes it difficult to see the world. Also, you never know when evil politicians are going to raid Social Security or cha
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by brisance 8y ago
SCMP has hired a few former Straits Times journalists with an ax to grind with Singapore, and the articles they churn out have a decidedly anti-Singapore, pro-China bias. The messaging became more strident ever since it got bought by Alibab
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by brisance 8y ago
You mean that time when Samsung and practically all major Android makers cheated at benchmarks? https://www.anandtech.com/show/7384/state-of-cheating-in-and...
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by brisance 8y ago
Q2 2015 was an anomaly and Cook even said so at that time. They still got more profit from selling fewer units due to highe ASP.

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