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by halviti 11y ago
I refer to this as the 'winzip' problem. Where companies develop a good product to solve a simple problem, and because they already have developers and are gaining market acceptance that they just keep adding features way beyond t
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by halviti 11y ago
I imagine you were getting downvoted for using multiple question marks, and people not understanding you were just asking a question. Typically one question mark indicates a question. Multiple question marks usually indicates that you&#x27
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by halviti 11y ago
This is how the S-Pens on the Galaxy Notes work, they pull the power they need wirelessly from the phone/tablet. http://www.androidauthority.com/break-it-down-how-does-the-s... This stylus technology also convinced Sam
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by halviti 11y ago
Yes, you most definitely should not target people not suspected of a crime. This seems to go against the Dutch Constitution, so hopefully people are fighting this.
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by halviti 11y ago
Without knowing the details, I think this sounds fine as long as there is reasonable suspicion, it is approved by a court or judge, and a warrant is issued to conduct the surveillance.
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by halviti 11y ago
Not in this case https://www.ford.com/technology/sync/ You do have to connect your phone yourself, but it's unclear if the 911 assist is on by default, or if there are any prompts the user must accept.
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by halviti 11y ago
>If Uber allowed drivers to set their own rates that would initiate a 'race to the bottom' Not necessarily, it could easily go both ways as it would create a market for people that want to pay more for "better" driver
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by halviti 11y ago
I had contacted FileZilla's developer about this back in 2014. He let me know that bundling crapware was "intentional" http://i.imgur.com/AvfDuOA.png His statement about alternate download links was also inco
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by halviti 11y ago
The nice thing about both whatsapp and telegram are there are no accounts, so they just need to download the app, and they'll show up in your contacts. So all you have to do is convince them to go to the app store and install the progr
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by halviti 11y ago
I use both whatsapp and telegram.. with whatsapp being the majority of my messaging, I'd been a little apprehensive since the facebook takeover, but haven't changed my usage habits. This was exactly what it took for me to start p
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by halviti 11y ago
This has been going on for a week or more and has gained a decent amount of publicity. Given that telegram is a legitimate service, and they haven't reversed it yet, seems to indicate that this is a direct attack. In addition, if you
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by halviti 11y ago
You'll have to eventually study outside duolingo if you are serious about learning a language. I would recommend starting with the duolingo course, completing it, then keeping your tree gold while exploring other learning material. St
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by halviti 11y ago
"Fluency" is kind of a subjective term. If anyone is curious, as a rule of thumb a duolingo course is sufficient to get you to an A2-B1 language level in reading/listening and around an A1-A2 level in speaking.
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by halviti 11y ago
It's not just about replacing meat, it's about alternative sources of food. Imagine mass extinction events, global war disrupting supply chains, space colonies, etc. These are instances where you would go.. "thank goodness we
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by halviti 11y ago
The Chinese government is the one providing all of the money and pushing the program. I have a feeling that red tape is not as much of a problem for them as you assume.
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by halviti 11y ago
I live in Iceland, and it is not possible for me to buy anything with a magnetic stripe. Here is the campaign that was ran by the largest payment processor letting everyone know the old system was going away. It was heavily advertised all o
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by halviti 11y ago
The problem of tricking the reader will be solved in the US the same way the rest of the world solved the problem. You stop using magnetic stripes. For the longest time, chip-and-pin readers in most european countries would let you just sw
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by halviti 11y ago
Let's rephrase your question: "Is six months really unreasonable for an airline to fix a vulnerability that allows customer data to be stolen?" Yes, I would say so.. especially since this is a 'duplicate' meaning th
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by halviti 11y ago
Anyone foolish enough to put 64 billion dollars into cryptocurrencies does not need to be in charge of 64 billion dollars.
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by halviti 11y ago
Of course apple has a backdoor because they generated the encryption keys. They can sign anything they want.
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by halviti 11y ago
There is a natural way to kill every single bacteria out there. They are called phages. For every bacteria, there is a phage that will kill it. Back in the Soviet Union they used this medical technology extensively to cure all sorts of thi
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by halviti 11y ago
He died after refusing to breathe http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/08/the-dolph... This same thing happened to one of the dolphins that played flipper on TV causing the dolphin's trai
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by halviti 11y ago
Can you please explain the point of your post? Why is it relevant whether the story is a "surprise"? Expressing your blasé attitude does nothing but downplay the significance of this. The type of people that express arguments like
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by halviti 11y ago
Personally I take the opposite approach, why not connect SSN numbers to everything? As you mention, it's easily determinable, and it has the fortune of being an existing ID number system already connected to everyone. Allowing everyone
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by halviti 11y ago
You assume that this person is of legal age to work, a US resident, not a felon, has a decent enough resume to warrant a 6 figure salary, actually wants to live in California, and then conclude that he is an idiot. That's an awful lot
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by halviti 11y ago
A backdoor is not for normal operation. Backdoors like these (when intentional) are for when the device is not functioning as it should, or the user messed up the device, and now it needs to be repaired by someone. I'm not defending th
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by halviti 11y ago
http://finance.qq.com/a/20130624/011309.htm
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by halviti 11y ago
Ah, finally a solution for paypal. I've unsubscribed from their mailing lists more times than I can remember.
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by halviti 11y ago
Your statement makes the assumption that paying bills is the goal.
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by halviti 11y ago
What about when it was revealed that facebook was using their like buttons as a way to build dossiers on people? You could have never have even visited facebook.com and have never had a profile, but still this company was using its cookies

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