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Announcing Surface 2, Surface Pro 2, and new Surface Accessories(blog.surface.com)
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by estel 13y ago
Getting access to the equipment required to duplicate their fingerprint is much harder...
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by estel 13y ago
Not usually for reported security vulnerabilities
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by estel 13y ago
No, it doesn't.
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by estel 13y ago
No, because we have judgement. (And any given conference has its own rules regarding inclusivity and anti-discrimination).
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by estel 13y ago
Presenting it at a conference like this reinforces the image of the industry as dominated by white men, and being exactly the sort of really uncomfortable app that can put women off of being a part of the industry. Even if all things were e
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by estel 13y ago
Or, just maybe, you should care about the sort of atmosphere and culture that this app contributes to just that bit more.
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by estel 13y ago
Freedom of speech exists in the public, not private spheres. In this case, apps such as Titstare being presented at an event (aimed at all ages), such as this, only reinforce the perception that such events are boys clubs for 18-35 year old
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by estel 13y ago
Something can be a parody (and I'm unconvinced parody was their intent) whilst also being offensive, sexist, inappropriate and awful.
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by estel 13y ago
They posted a screenshot to Twitter: https://twitter.com/HateYouCards/status/376735190434840576
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by estel 13y ago
Does HN Search only have content from the last (time period)?There's definitely some stuff that seems to be missing.
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by estel 13y ago
The BBC article on the deal has more details and quotes from those involved: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23926938
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by estel 13y ago
I've not tried to, but Android surfaces an option to disable Play Services.
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by estel 13y ago
Yes, there's a permission to install apps silently (android.permission.INSTALL_PACKAGES), but this isn't a permission that can be granted to a third party app. Other bundled app stores can if they're signed appropriately, or
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by estel 13y ago
Normal apps can't install any APK without explicit user consent. The Play Store auto-updates in a similar way.
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by estel 13y ago
I'm not sure what drivers you refer to, but Play definitely isn't mandatory to use the AOSP. Barnes and Noble presumably had all the drivers they needed to make the Nook functional without Play?
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by estel 13y ago
Moving some functionality into the Play Services package is a direction that Google have clearly been going in for at least a year: last year both Google+ integrations (understandably) and an updated Google Maps SDK being released. Android
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by estel 13y ago
On the other hand, Google Play Services largely encompasses those features that were /always/ closed source in Android: maps, google+ and GCM. The Google applications that are core to the "standard" Android experience fo
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by estel 13y ago
And whilst a vanishingly small percentage of people were using Mozilla, why not? If Mozilla wanted to get people to use it, it had to be compatible with (most) of the existing web. Similarly, I won't be testing my websites in Soguo or
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by estel 13y ago
Going back to the semantic movement, strictly speaking em and strong should be used to encapsulate text with stress emphasis (when spoken) [0] and strong importance [1] respectively, and these properties would not necessarily be represented
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by estel 13y ago
Isn't slightly confusing to see the article was written by "Timothy B. Lee".
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by estel 13y ago
Just theoretically: Why shouldn't we want our postal services to just be a dumb pipe? Isn't it basically a slow internet?
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by estel 13y ago
I don't receive 30 a month as the guy in this article does, but absolutely get one or two a week (usually from recruiters or people "from Microsoft" who've spotted an issue with my computer).
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by estel 13y ago
This pay structure makes sense to me. If I'm calling someone's mobile and don't necessarily expect them to be in another country: it would be crazy to be slapped with a massive charge for that call. Makes far more sense for t
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by estel 13y ago
I take it you don't use xcode then...? But seriously, what are you demonstrating here by providing an anecdote? I've got some of my own: I use osx and windows 7/8 extensively every day, and (except xcode!) neither of them cra
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by estel 13y ago
This was formerly the correct title of the BBC's article, but the source article has since been modified.
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by estel 13y ago
Why not pick up the bundle and only use the Steam keys? It's still a great deal...
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by estel 13y ago
There's already Streetview: http://oculusstreetview.eu.pn/?lat=25.196966&lng=55.27379900...
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by estel 13y ago
I assume that was the point?
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by estel 13y ago
Some OEMs include Facebook in their system image.

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