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by eh78ssxv2f 8y ago
> They want to maximize the amount of time you spend on their website. Is that true for YouTube kids app too? I thought you could put timers using parental settings. When the timer goes off, it will lock the device. And, some N minutes b
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by eh78ssxv2f 8y ago
> printing a password really won’t make much of a difference. It's not just printing the password. There is also an overhead of configuring the device with a unique password.
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by eh78ssxv2f 8y ago
> I won't let automation near me in medical contexts Is that even possible? Most of the machines are run by robots these days. Even simple devices (e.g. ECG monitor) has so much automation built into them.
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by eh78ssxv2f 8y ago
Get their approval to live?
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by eh78ssxv2f 8y ago
> To add to this: if workers are underpaid relative to the cost of living in their area, they'll likely end up on some government assistance program. But that was already the situation before Uber came to the market? For all we know
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by eh78ssxv2f 8y ago
That article mentions that bundles are supposed to arrive in Gmail soon. My point still stands that Inbox features would be not-so-difficult to add to Gmail. It's much easier than developing and maintaining 2 apps, and testing them on
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by eh78ssxv2f 8y ago
> Hell, I bet there are insiders who were surprised about the decision to close up shop on Google Inbox. Not an insider, but TBH, I was always pretty much sure that one of Gmail or Inbox will go away soon. With Gmail having more user bas
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by eh78ssxv2f 8y ago
> engineers why they work for companies that track and addict kids. If you think addictive games are bad, then we can go ahead and cast a moral judgement ib parents too. Parents know that games are addictive. Why are they letting their
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by eh78ssxv2f 8y ago
> turning on/off certain features without the user's consent. I think that in practice, that applies to only the privacy sensitive features. Would you be upset if suddenly they rolled out a feature that reduced battery consumpt
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by eh78ssxv2f 8y ago
But is it really critical to make chores feel fun for the kids? By definition, chores are routine tasks, and it's natural for kids and adults to feel them as "not fun". I believe it's important to make kids realize that
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by eh78ssxv2f 8y ago
How is blocking all calls even remotely legal?
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by eh78ssxv2f 8y ago
Can you explain how that sandboxing would work? Can the malicious app not just transcode/encrypt email, and transmit it back to their server? How would that be detected? Also, depending on the email client and its purpose, siphoning th
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by eh78ssxv2f 8y ago
What prevents the manufacturer from rebranding themselves and listing their products again on Amazon? I really hope Amazon takes some proactive steps here, otherwise, people would lose trust in Amazon products and ratings.
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by eh78ssxv2f 8y ago
> As such, they are not helping society to become post-racial - as must be our goal Can you explain what's your definition of "post-racial"? I have seen it defined at least 2 ways: (1) Past the period the anti-racism laws
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by eh78ssxv2f 8y ago
With time, I have come to realize that giving to charity is not a good measure of goodness. In statistical terms, it would be if the data was not biased. However, that's not true. A lot of religious institutions tell followers that cha
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by eh78ssxv2f 8y ago
This seems pretty outrageous. Do you have any source for this?
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by eh78ssxv2f 8y ago
> especially when that company avoids human support. If I understand correctly, that's not true for paid gsuite customers.
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by eh78ssxv2f 8y ago
I think the post that you linked to describes a much simpler case: One Google account violated the policies and could land Google in bad water (privacy laws around children as well as COPPA), so they blocked access to that specific account.
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by eh78ssxv2f 8y ago
Wait, are we sure that this really happened? Seems very unlikely, and even the OP did not present any evidence. I would be really surprised if Google would be scanning emails, and using that to ban the gsuite account of the entire company.
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by eh78ssxv2f 8y ago
Also, the measurement involves reloading the same page infinite number of times which is really not even remotely represents how users probably use Reddit. May be the new design is preloading content to make the subsequent clicks faster? Ma
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by eh78ssxv2f 8y ago
> Don't use web technologies to implement it. Make a native app. > Javascript is a cancer that has lead to a slow, bloatware-, spyware-, and malware-infested web. Getting rid of it should be a priority. That may or may not be cor
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by eh78ssxv2f 9y ago
> If you're an employee and/or a student then everything you do should be reported to the government, taxes should have automatically been withheld, and the government should be able to figure out everything on their own. In su
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by eh78ssxv2f 9y ago
There are lot of things that government does not know e.g., how much I donated to Goodwill or other charities, or if I have multiple homes with mortgages , then which one is my primary residence. We can argue that the tax code should be sim
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by eh78ssxv2f 9y ago
> With the pre-Google system, at least Mark gets his foot in the door and has a chance to impress the prospective employer during the interview process. Would the companies start asking in their screening process "Have you been comm
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by eh78ssxv2f 9y ago
> While for now the positioning of autopilot is to increase safety for non attentive drivers, eventually autopilot's main goal is to have completely self driven cars and that is where the industry is heading (and Tesla wants to be i
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by eh78ssxv2f 9y ago
Sorry, comparison with airplanes is not fair in my opinion. The purpose of the autopilot is to increase safety for drivers that are not attentive. However, it turns out that Tesla requires drivers to be even more attentive than regular vehi
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by eh78ssxv2f 9y ago
> Tesla's system demands more from drivers than manual driving. This is a great point. With regular cars, drivers can reliably predict where the car will be after 5 seconds. However, with Tesla, there is really no way to know what t
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by eh78ssxv2f 9y ago
> "...but her beef with Youtube is entirely justified." I am curious as to how we concluded that? Until now, we have only heard her side of the story, and not that of YouTube. May be she was violating ToS? There could be thousa
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by eh78ssxv2f 9y ago
That's because Uber never released an official statement on the accident. At least, I can't find one on their website.
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by eh78ssxv2f 9y ago
Why no gzip/brotli the content? Does it not help because html is small?

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