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by gerash 4y ago
you need to focus on a single thing, finish it and move on to the next. It's easier said than done because sometimes one thing might take too long and you might feel the need to drop it and attend to another task that's more urgen
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by gerash 4y ago
I don't know what you are ranting about but the term "crowdsourcing" is exactly what this tool is created to do. Don't use it if you don't want to.
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by gerash 4y ago
The Tiktok, Instagram feed or YT feed (or even HN feed or any other news feed) feel like snack food. They taste more delicious than other food but at the same time we aren't evolved to consume them in huge amounts so too much consumpti
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by gerash 5y ago
their lobby is fairly organized and predatory and tries to make an example of anyone who disagree with them even Jewish people. Ben and Jerry's ice cream (founded by Jewish Americans) decided not to sell ice cream in some disputed terr
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by gerash 5y ago
I've been hearing about this dystopian future for as long as I remember and don't really see it pan out as bad as it's described. In fact the existing credit reports or DMV records already are some form of personal data aggre
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by gerash 5y ago
I've never had issues with the ads on social media. Some are indeed reasonable. What I hate about FB or Instagram is the "look how great my life is" aspect.
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Developer Platform Update(youtube.com)
3 points by gerash 5y ago|1 comments
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by gerash 5y ago
The app itself in terms of features and UX quality is superior to Whatsapp. What I don't get is how is this funded.
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by gerash 5y ago
Because it adds to the software complexity. several boolean toggles for deciding what to incorporate into the localization algorithm: one toggle for GPS, another for wifi, Bluetooth, cell tower, barometer, etc. and fusing these in all the v
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by gerash 5y ago
The rule was created to lower the risk of kids getting hit by a car. So let's focus on achieving the end goal and updating whatever law that is necessary along the way rather than taking the existing laws as gospel. Here it could be si
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by gerash 5y ago
So if an app knows your exact lat long after 30s of spending battery power there's no privacy issue but if it uses wifi SSIDs around you to do the job in 2s with less power it's a breach of privacy?
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by gerash 5y ago
I sense op feels entitled to use free Google services and dictate how their product should work. There are many arguments why using GPS alone is both battery intensive and also more fragile as it won't work near tall buildings, indoors
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by gerash 5y ago
you can't set the default maps app in iOS. for example if you tap on an address in an iMessage you'll be directed to Apple maps
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by gerash 5y ago
I believe those arguments are simply justifications for the fact that most people won't be able to afford Teslas with Lidars
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by gerash 5y ago
"general purpose computing device (which doesn’t require the App Store), whereas iOS is an embedded device." wait what? are you a lawyer or trying to sound like one? "The ask this app develop not to track me seems to benefit
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by gerash 5y ago
Apple forced every online service to add "Sign in with Apple" if they have "Sign in with X" or GTFO the App store and every developer complied very quickly. That's some serious power
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by gerash 5y ago
Apple has been getting away with serious anti competitive practices in the name of better user experience and arguably they do a good job with the user experience part. but in the US they hold an absolute majority share and shouldn't
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by gerash 5y ago
Excuse my lack of expertise but I don't like web as a platform. Isn't it basically Javascript (an now WASM) + CSS on the client side and a browser as the VM? On all platforms web is a second class citizen and the feature set is th
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by gerash 5y ago
I recently switched to iPhone from Pixel. The overall UI touch responsiveness and battery life is an upgrade but the OS features are neither upgrade or downgrade. I also got Apple Music trial for 6 months while having a YT subscription. Eve
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by gerash 5y ago
Can voters do anything to reduce the influence of foreign governments like Israel and Saudi Arabia in the US government?
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by gerash 5y ago
Including all living creatures isn't quite useful in terms of survival chances. Thinking about this topic, we could also philosophize the whole "torture" aspect. Presumably it means physical pain to an animal which many feel
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by gerash 5y ago
Reminds me of https://xkcd.com/1172/
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by gerash 5y ago
I agree with this take. Chimps kill and eat smaller monkeys all the time. If you watch any nature documentary you can see how ruthless animals are as it's all a survival game after all. I'm no biologist but the empathy / symp
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by gerash 5y ago
Yes, the law is to be blamed. I don't care about intentions, I see the outcome and as long as the outcome is lose lose (as is the case with the cookie banners) then the law needs to be changed / updated / repealed / amen
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by gerash 5y ago
There must be a better solution. Basically the legislative body needs to be more nimble and adjust a law based on its real world effects. If you think these pop ups "solve" user privacy in any way, let me suggest you another wonde
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by gerash 5y ago
Great take. I believe Google should remove this extra flexibility when it comes to emergency calls and route the call itself bypassing any/all apps that would otherwise route the call
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by gerash 5y ago
The article is hollow but from what I understand the gist of the issue is: Google is cutting down on the extensions ability to read and modify your web requests on the fly. As a side effect adblocker type extensions need to pass their black
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by gerash 5y ago
"significantly limit privacy"? You either don't know what this change does or find it "significantly more private" when an extension developer has full read / write access to your web requests
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by gerash 5y ago
To be clear, I'm suggesting what disrupted the local media revenue wasn't all Google / FB. And I do like local news. In fact I care more about city level issues close to home rather than following the bad soap opera that is t
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by gerash 5y ago
The most important factor is that on the internet local news media lose their geographical monopoly. So everyone can subscribe to NYT or WSJ no matter where they live. This effectively creates a winner takes all situation like in many other

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