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by gz5 12y ago
Some eye opening tidbits in here: "The 10 warmest years on record have all occurred since 1997" "Several scientists said the most remarkable thing about the 2014 record was that it occurred in a year that did not feature El N
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2014 Was Hottest Year on Record, Surpassing 2010(nytimes.com)
104 points by gz5 12y ago|100 comments
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by gz5 12y ago
Technology has historically confined us to communications = telecom, but really telecom is just a branch of comms, and a branch that is best for a very specific set of use cases. WebRTC enables communications as a feature - a very different
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by gz5 12y ago
I believe these phones are aimed at two market segments: 1. Folks will buy these instead of computers - many of whom don't have computers today. Meaning, their first computer will be a mobile one. 2. Cost-conscious/value-consciou
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The Toilet Malls of Nairobi(theatlantic.com)
1 points by gz5 12y ago|0 comments
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Open Internet Investors Letter(docs.google.com)
2 points by gz5 12y ago|0 comments
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by gz5 13y ago
If app is the best hire for the job then so be it. Ditto web when it is best. However the two dominant gatekeeper paradigm is scary.
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by gz5 13y ago
I love this concept and think this model has serious legs across all domains. As a student, hearing more voices and perspectives, some that will immediately resonate, is invaluable. Teachers meanwhile supplement their knowledge with SMEs fr
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Teaching Computer Science To High School Students On The Way To Work(avc.com)
2 points by gz5 13y ago|2 comments
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by gz5 13y ago
Some RTC implementations (VoIP and video) are using both in order to get through firewalls - try UDP first, resort to TCP (including even HTTP over TCP) if UDP can't connect. The TCP fallback only consistently works well (in terms of Q
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by gz5 13y ago
~$40/user. Skype, second time, sold for ~$15/user. Time Warner just sold for ~$4/user. Good thing for FB bank account that "OTT messaging" is just a fad while the carriers get their acts together ; )
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by gz5 13y ago
FCC can help open up local access ISP competition. Spectrum reform, permitting dynamic sharing of existing spectrum, etc. Anything else is a band-aid on top of an injury (the ISP monopolies) that actually requires surgery.
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At Newark Airport, the Lights Are On, and They’re Watching You(nytimes.com)
4 points by gz5 13y ago|0 comments
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High-Speed Trading Isn't About Efficiency—It's About Cheating(theatlantic.com)
148 points by gz5 13y ago|112 comments
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by gz5 13y ago
If we had true access IP competition, then we wouldn't need FCC NN actions...the market would determine what the access ISPs could do and not do...
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Kansas bill would bar cities from selling Internet services (kansascity.com)
1 points by gz5 13y ago|1 comments
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by gz5 13y ago
Very nice. This will help many people. My mom has done home healthcare (as an RN) and always says the most common problem is the ability for folks to get the correct meds at the correct doses at the correct time without help. Combining wi
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by gz5 13y ago
interesting. do you know if they are paying Optus? does Optus have competition in major Australia markets?
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by gz5 13y ago
Limited scope as well - believe mobile is completely separate (?) - and imo mobile is the more interesting and important domain for NN.
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by gz5 13y ago
I am a NN proponent but think this is good because I don't believe the FCC could effectively enforce NN. At best, FCC enforcement would be a waste of money. At worst, there would be negative unintended consequences.
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Court strikes down FCC’s net neutrality rules(gigaom.com)
64 points by gz5 13y ago|78 comments
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Moonshot(asymco.com)
3 points by gz5 13y ago|0 comments
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The Limits of Capitalism(avc.com)
16 points by gz5 13y ago|8 comments
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Desalination: Out of the deep(economist.com)
1 points by gz5 13y ago|0 comments
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by gz5 13y ago
I signed up in the beta, mainly to learn how Google is approaching this. Observations: + High degree of curation and investment in quality + High investment of people to achieve the above For example, I did a live video interview with a kn
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by gz5 13y ago
Long-term the only way to avoid this war is to promote opening of spectrum (both licensing and software defined spectrum sharing). Until then the local access duopoly has too much power, at least in the US, and both well intended and not so
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by gz5 13y ago
Good move by Cisco. Mozilla response seems lukewarm though? Mozilla CTO Brendan Eich: “Although H.264 will become available to Firefox users thanks to Cisco’s move, the codec still comes with restrictive licensing that we believe is not in
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Mozilla will add H.264 to Firefox as Cisco makes push for WebRTC’s future(gigaom.com)
218 points by gz5 13y ago|62 comments
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The private space business: Swans and Falcons(economist.com)
2 points by gz5 13y ago|0 comments
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The iPhone 5s’s Fingerprint Scanner Was Hacked, but I’m Not Worried(pogue.blogs.nytimes.com)
1 points by gz5 13y ago|0 comments

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