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by gfo 8y ago
I don't disagree with you. However, though I've always been a die-hard Windows fan I thought OS X had much more beautiful icons that were essentially high-res images of what they represented. Of course, the difference is that thes
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by gfo 8y ago
Incognito is supposed to give you a completely clean session that doesn't carry over the cache, cookies, etc. from your normal browsing context. In this study, my understanding is that result personalization carried over from a normal
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by gfo 8y ago
You assume they don't already have leverage in Google. I would be more surprised if the Chinese haven't already found ways to leverage Google for external influence (akin to Russia, Iran, etc. via Facebook). But I agree with the c
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by gfo 8y ago
Not disagreeing with you, but with a lot of our manufacturing happening in China there is definitely a different kind of presence. But still, not sure if they would give up the low cost of manufacturing for this. Frankly, the regime makes t
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by gfo 8y ago
Agreed with all your points here. Clearly from this letter and the opposition other projects have received at Google there are those inside the company actively working to influence change.
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by gfo 8y ago
I'm curious if this has anything to do with the Tech Support scams that seem to be commonly based in India. Microsoft would have an interest in helping law enforcement fight those schemes as many purport to be from "Microsoft Supp
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by gfo 8y ago
I wrote a report in my freshman year of college on Google+ and how it was going to be "the next big thing in social media" due to Circles and how easy they were to use (I even got A!). I still wish these had caught on more, or at
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by gfo 8y ago
Part of this is on them, another for example is in enterprises with Outlook Safe Links. Personally, I think the net benefit for at least Safe Link is great as they can protect against phishing, but on the other hand I wish I could just see
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by gfo 8y ago
Facebook is a great place to get that message out, but it's only an echo chamber for ideologies. I guarantee those who don't believe in climate change are only seeing articles about why the IPCC report is wrong (note: this is an e
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by gfo 8y ago
Email, call, text them. I've started sending birthday cards to my close friends (whose birthdays I actually know) rather than simply writing a message on their profile or shooting a quick text. I've found most really appreciate th
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by gfo 8y ago
Before I deactivated I tried this. Unfortunately this didn't always solve the problem. For one thing, it would still show those pages when someone interacted with those posts on say, someone else's profile who shared it. Even then
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by gfo 8y ago
I've only deactivated Facebook, not deleted. I'm worried that if I completely delete I have no way left to access the data Facebook has on me. Is anyone aware of how their shadow profiles work? If I deactivate, are they still able
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by gfo 8y ago
I hear your argument, but the notion is that if customers are expected to trust the Microsoft Cloud to run their operations, the company itself should also trust it. How would it look if Microsoft was slinging its cloud services but wasn&#x
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by gfo 8y ago
Data Center problems are Azure's issue, not the VSTS team, so your criticism should be focused there. Even though Microsoft runs all of these services that's out of scope for a VSTS blog. They linked to the Azure service details i
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by gfo 8y ago
Great read! I'm still missing something though... Is there synchronization between the GPU and the FrameBuffer to tell it that the GPU has finished drawing the current frame? This may be a rare case but I'm getting stuck at the Sa
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by gfo 8y ago
My interpretation is that, because the public bank is doing the lending, the city collects on any interest payments made on loans they provide. Because all money on loan from the bank is generating income for the city, the net income is gre
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by gfo 8y ago
I don't miss those chain emails... I only get them from my grandparents now.
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by gfo 8y ago
Is there such a thing as a perfect algorithm where you can publish it and trying to "game" is nearly impossible? In this context, a "perfect" algorithm would be one where someone trying to "game" the system wou
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by gfo 8y ago
Straws are too small to be processed by recycling facilities. They just get tossed. Even if the Starbucks lids are larger, they can be recycled because they can be caught by the recyclers.
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by gfo 8y ago
Can you link the study? Why do they believe that's the case? Is it just the lack of a waste disposal infrastructure?
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by gfo 8y ago
Explain the inconvenience you're experiencing because you can't get a straw? It's a step forward, a small one at that, but it's progress. I don't understand those complaining - they usually fall back to people with
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by gfo 8y ago
Damn, I used to really enjoy the Dilbert comics. Not that I'll enjoy them any less now, but I didn't realize how smug Scott Adams is - there's certainly some lesson about being humble in here. I did find his comments on Trump
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by gfo 8y ago
I agree with you here. Certainly Spotify has a different scenario - whether you pay or not, there's an extraordinary amount of content you can consume, and you do that with no added cost per consumption. Not to mention, they probably h
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by gfo 8y ago
Fair point. Correct is likely defined differently for the consumer and the business. Perhaps the answer is simple: Amazon is somehow making money from the example I cited - more money than showing the consumer relevant extras. Or they'
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by gfo 8y ago
Are there examples of businesses out there which have done product recommendation correctly? Amazon is notorious for trying to sell you the same kind of product after you've already purchased it (e.g. I bought a ladder and now all of m
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by gfo 8y ago
In a perfect world, maybe. It's hard to tell with Amazon now. Fraud and counterfeiting have become rampant on the platform since they opened up third-party selling to all foreign nations 18 months ago and despite the negative press and
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by gfo 8y ago
I feel like Facebook would have found an alternative to squash the competition, but also, in this case I agree that they were already bound to be successful given the ease of use. I found the story of Instagram interesting, if you're c
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by gfo 8y ago
You're joking, right? > Receiving, owning and spending money anonymously. Remember when extortionists had to be paid with a suitcase full of banknotes? As stated in other comments, Bitcoin is hardly anonymous anymore. There's a
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by gfo 8y ago
That's true of the political battles at any large company. However, the question is asking about engineering culture. Sure, company politics can interfere with this on occasion but it's rare. I read the question more as, "Whi
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by gfo 8y ago
Let's back up for a second... This article only refers to usage as 'visit(ing)' the sites, but nothing about interaction. Are we to assume that teens are actively consuming and producing content on YouTube? There's a hug

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