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721.
by gress 12y ago
Sure, but can't you say the same about any apparently irrational behavior?
722.
by gress 12y ago
What's the difference between carrying around free-floating rage and being completely insane?
723.
by gress 12y ago
Java is a deeply flawed object oriented language. You agree with the author because, correctly, you are experiencing that Java barely supports object oriented programming. Not that there is no such thing. [edit: Why the downvotes? I'
724.
by gress 12y ago
Presumably it will also be developed into a non-lethal weapon for the police.
725.
by gress 12y ago
ObamaCare has a few good features - heavy subsidy for those with very low income, and not turning people away who have pre-existing conditions. However, it has some extremely serious downsides. Firstly, it's the same predatory insuran
726.
by gress 12y ago
Only half of the 'android' phones use GMS which is licensed from Google. The others are based on AOSP, and Google has no control over those. Since Android as a whole has around 80% market share globally, Google controls at best 4
727.
by gress 12y ago
Google hasn't 'grabbed the majority of smartphone share'. They sell no smartphones themselves and they license software components that are used in less than half of smartphones. [edit: as usual, a factually correct counterpo
728.
by gress 12y ago
Burning through savings looking for another job, working part time, trying to start something of one's own, relying on family members, recognizing that one's mental health is at stake and no job is better than personal collapse...
729.
by gress 12y ago
The article assumes this is because of a greater sense of security in the labor market, but they ignore the other possibility - nastier jobs that promise less for the future.
730.
by gress 12y ago
I assume that MrQuincle posted this because she is Anne van Rossum, the author of the piece, and doesn't think that it is 'utter tripe'.
731.
by gress 12y ago
The whole point of mentioning FTL communication is to challenge the idea that we understand enough. Our current understanding of causality makes us believe that FTL communication is 'likely not possible'. If FTL communication is p
732.
by gress 12y ago
Does this have anything to do with thinking, or just the idea that most people are unhappy and want distraction? Is that a surprise given how much of society is devoted to creating distraction?
733.
by gress 12y ago
Objective-C isn't slow. It's a strict superset of C, so anything that C can do fast, Objective-C can do just as fast. If you say Objective-C is slow, you are also saying C is slow. Objective-C provides a message passing mechanis
734.
by gress 12y ago
Perhaps you should tell them since you are so attached to this definition. That isn't the definition they used at Google I/O so it would seem that you are out of date.
735.
by gress 12y ago
Actually it's unknown whether it's the rational thing to do. It is only rational given a narrowly defined self interested actor making the choice, but that actor cannot know whether they are participating in a tragedy of the comm
736.
by gress 12y ago
I am not making a 'repugnant point'. I am in complete agreement that it would be better to fix social problems like prejudice and bigotry. The point I am making is that we don't know how to fix those problems quickly. In t
737.
by gress 12y ago
We have technical solutions to data security problems. What solution do you have for prejudice?
738.
by gress 12y ago
Google has a definition of what is relevant. It's not hard to come up with one. What is hard is to get people to agree. Right now Google controls the definition, but given it's monopoly status in Europe, it is not surprising th
739.
by gress 12y ago
You have failed to watch the Google I/O keynote.
740.
by gress 12y ago
Only if the court agreed, which they would not.
741.
by gress 12y ago
How is this the same as something they've done before?
742.
by gress 12y ago
Woah - slow down. I'm not selling anything. I think you're right about Google's brand, but I think they can simultaneously be distrusted and worshipped at the same time. I also think that Apple is showing that compromising p
743.
by gress 12y ago
I acknowledge your rebuttal. Those components are fine. But that doesn't change overall argument that the open parts of Android aren't a complete solution to make a competitive modern phone. What Google calls 'Android'
744.
by gress 12y ago
Similar magnitude to the beats streaming service.
745.
by gress 12y ago
In this case it seems reasonable. 1. A/B testing is done all the time and has undefined emotional effects on users other than to maximize addiction & ad revenue. Google does this constantly and is worshipped for it's ingenuit
746.
by gress 12y ago
So why doesn't anyone ship AOSP only phones?
747.
by gress 12y ago
A response to Apple buying Beats?
748.
by gress 12y ago
You do realize that you're confirming his point. Basically the drivers and low level components are reasonable pieces of open source, and everything else is unusable by people who want to build a complete system. If a usable open Andr
749.
by gress 12y ago
You have failed to address the point I made. What Google calls Android includes a great deal of closed code. You can make up a private definition of your own if you like, but it's not the one Google uses, so is irrelevant.
750.
by gress 12y ago
Certainly false. Google consistently refers to features of Android that are only in GMS, therefore Android must include GMS. AOSP is just a component of Android.

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