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721.
by fouric 8y ago
If care is taken to ensure that none of the genetically altered species members make it back to their native region (Asia), then we wouldn't extinguish the entire species, just the ones over here, where they're not part of our na
722.
by fouric 8y ago
The ultimate goal is to make money, not serve ads.
723.
by fouric 8y ago
Most internet service companies, including Facebook and Google, don't give you the option of paying for privacy even if you wanted to.
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Getting Places(malisper.me)
1 points by fouric 8y ago|0 comments
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by fouric 8y ago
Would you be willing to provide an example of the "multiple incompatible implementations of the same macro" situation happening in the real world? I've been writing (modest) macros in CL for several years now, and never seen
726.
by fouric 8y ago
It's worth noting that Ivan Sutherland is still alive and doing research, although now on asynchronous circuits [1] instead of computer graphics. Edit: that's not how links work on HN apparently [1] http://arc.cecs.pdx.
727.
by fouric 8y ago
Don't forget the "social credit" system that explicitly penalizes any citizen who disagrees with any government policy.
728.
by fouric 8y ago
That's true - and I suppose that some people are much more concerned about the former threat than the latter.
729.
by fouric 8y ago
Oh, this is true - although the likelihood and ease of it being exploited as a listening device are much lower than that of a device explicitly designed to do so. Edit: Not to mention that the entire Alexa is a black box, too. Second Edit:
730.
by fouric 8y ago
Does the GDPR even apply to private individuals like that?
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by fouric 8y ago
They should feel more comfortable than an equivalent system built by a company that is looking to profit off of your data - and additionally, you can give the guest stronger guarantees that when you say that the system is "off", i
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by fouric 8y ago
Android has per-app microphone permissions that you can disable, if you want. At least in theory, Google apps honor these permissions, and on LineageOS, you can verify that this is the case - while with the Alexa, not only is there no way t
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by fouric 8y ago
Why Grace and not Jobs/Gates/Woz? Please elaborate - I'm curious.
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by fouric 8y ago
I'm curious - how are time-sensitive and potentially irreplaceable emails and documents upon which your company's existence or your job may depend, less important than a collection of software licenses that, while expensive, are
735.
by fouric 8y ago
This is terrifying, and I want to know more. Would you mind listing a few companies that do this, or perhaps provide a link to a place where I can find more information?
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by fouric 8y ago
I thought that Google took a cut from every AdWords transaction - in which case the service is definitely not free. Is this not the case? Edit: applies even if you're referring to the Nexus purchase.
737.
by fouric 8y ago
Competition is only the best regulation if the majority of the customers both know and care about correcting for the issues that regulation would usually cover, which is not true here (a maximum of 16 million legitimate comments were filed
738.
by fouric 8y ago
Many literally have a link at the bottom that says "unsubscribe". I've received emails from dozens of different services and companies over the past few years and every single one, without exception, has had this feature. It&
739.
by fouric 8y ago
Every email that I have received from a legitimate organization in the past several years has had a one- or two-click unsubscribe link at the bottom. I can't get access to the Red Cross' reminder emails right now, but given what t
740.
by fouric 9y ago
Prove your statement, please.
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by fouric 9y ago
This is very, very bad. Now, what can we do about it? What should we do about it?
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by fouric 9y ago
"undeniably racist"? I'm curious. Do tell more.
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Verizon to stop honoring FCC restriction, start SIM-locking phones(androidpolice.com)
38 points by fouric 9y ago|4 comments
744.
by fouric 9y ago
"...eco-friendly alternative to using plastics and metals..." Would someone be able to explain to me why metal isn't "eco-friendly"? I understand that some plastics degrade into small, unfriendly particles over time
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Cmmr Clyburn: Debunking Chairman Pai's Claims About Net Neutrality [pdf](apps.fcc.gov)
2 points by fouric 9y ago|1 comments
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by fouric 10y ago
Common Lisp can do all of those things, as it has bindings for SDL 2.0 ( https://github.com/lispgames/cl-sdl2 ) and OpenGL ( https://github.com/3b/cl-opengl ). As a newly converted Lisp programmer, I
747.
by fouric 10y ago
While I applaud what Austin Meyer is doing by raising awareness about patent trolls, does anyone here but me wish that the content had been made available in some sort of text medium instead? I can't think of any important parts of the
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by fouric 11y ago
"...trying to force an unreliable and complex feature onto a product that needs to work every time." This. This is my biggest problem with smart-gun tech. We still haven't managed to figure out how to write software for hundr
749.
by fouric 11y ago
Am I the only one bothered by the implication that "prying your way into an unauthorized system" is a thing that "hackers" do? Call me sceptical, but I don't think that the author really understands hacker culture.
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by fouric 11y ago
Portland State University[1], with a major in electrical engineering. PSU is, in general, not a very interesting college, with the exception of TheCAT[2]. TheCAT is, essentially, a small bastion for hackers of all types to gather together a

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