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by ignostic 13y ago
In order for any third-party eavesdropping to happen, the Xbox would first need the capability to transmit information while turned off. I seriously doubt it has that ability, let alone a relevant vulnerability. Microsoft's response will ho
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by ignostic 13y ago
Is this software? Can you build it yourself? What kind of investment would be needed? Is your credit good enough that you can get a personal loan? Would it require more money than that? Your other option, of course, is to seek angel investo
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by ignostic 13y ago
I probably didn't clarify the core point well enough. Even if you're right - if the fear is rational - what is your alternative? Banning filming in public? Some of the more corrupt police forces would love nothing more than to have evidence
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by ignostic 13y ago
We should never have had any expectation of privacy in public places. I think what scares most people is that they're going to end up on the internet for some reason. Perhaps this shows how self-obsessed we are: to think that anyone is goin
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by ignostic 13y ago
One caucus in Congress asked Google whether they will protect privacy. Google PR will respond as vaguely as possible, reassuring them that they will protect the privacy of users, and that users can already and will be able to opt out of cer
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Elon Musk: Going All In on Tesla(thestreet.com)
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by ignostic 13y ago
True, charges were not dropped. I'm mad that she had to sign a guilty plea. Even if the terms are light, as I'd expect and as they should be, she shouldn't have to plead guilty to anything. These "zero tolerance" policies turn into decision
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by ignostic 13y ago
Good for the New Yorker; I hope this catches on. Unfortunately, if the encryption is not end-to-end, the data is not secure . In fact, the NSA may choose to hang out and watch the unsecured traffic flow. The New Yorker should make the tra
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by ignostic 13y ago
It seems like the focus of the article shifts around. Are we talking to affiliates or entreprenuers in gerneral? Nope, now we're talking to the entire U.S. population. Suddenly we're talking about how kids need to be taught about money? In
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by ignostic 13y ago
How did Gmail give the spy away? Is this just a say attempt to tie the news into something techy? "Spies used Gmail" wasn't interesting enough, so they just had to make up facts?
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by ignostic 13y ago
Pay the women half that to go on the date, and you might have something. It wouldn't be a bad service for guys who have a lot more money than charm. The women it would draw would also be more interested in money than charm. It's not my kind
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by ignostic 13y ago
I actually expected a "hands on" article. What I got instead were a couple stories, and then a bunch of vague predictions on the future of Glass. > "And some overzealous Emily Post type (probably at an old-timey print rag) will write a
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by ignostic 13y ago
While this isn't surprising, it's not enough. Small cameras will continue to exist and improve with or without Google Glass. I'm not sure how, but casinos are going to have to do better than simply banning the most commercially popular came
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by ignostic 13y ago
It's true that once something was able to reach us, they'd probably have very little interest in conquering us, stealing our resources, or anything else "movie aliens" do. Where I disagree is that such beings wouldn't be interested in us. S
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by ignostic 13y ago
I always have problems with tests like this, and I imagine they work poorly for highly-analytical people. Take this question: "Looking out for myself is my top priority." I know if I put "strongly agree," it'll be more likely to call me a p
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by ignostic 13y ago
Can ayone explain to me how someone like Richard Branson believes there are millionares and billionares who are just dying to spend $200k for 10 minutes of fun? How could a successful entreprenuer think that there's a sustainable market lau
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by ignostic 13y ago
What a poorly written piece of crap. People on HN build things that people want. This audience does not want to spam Reddit and get cheap clicks for a quick buck.
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by ignostic 13y ago
AMD (Intel too, sometimes) often goes on talking about its new technology, yet customers have shown they don't care. There are literally only two things that matter to buyers: price and "speed." Anything else is just PR hype for the investo
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by ignostic 13y ago
Judging the worth of an advertising channel based on $30 is like judging the worth of antibiotics based on a single use. I don't mean to be harsh, but your results don't really say anything about the merits of advertising on Reddit. Ads can
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by ignostic 13y ago
Some people have done A/B test on that vs. their old layout. I'm sure it worked great for a lot of people - again, vs. their old layout. That doesn't mean it's the best layout. There's no such thing. It's now being copied by sites that shou
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by ignostic 13y ago
Definitely some rigged voting going on here. It's at least not the worst thing I've seen someone try to ram to the front page.
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by ignostic 13y ago
There's some good research showing that such diversity leads to more conflict, less productivity, but better and more creative decisions. If I had to choose between productivity and a better/more creative outcome in the startup world, I'd p
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by ignostic 13y ago
Given the number of complaints about the top content perhaps its time to break HN into sections (much like sub-reddits) that one can unsubscribe from. By default one would see it all, leaving the experience unchanged for most. I'm just tire
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by ignostic 13y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Jevons Paradox attempted to show that (for example) coal prices didn't go down when we learned to get more energy from the same coal. It would NOT apply to increased efficiency in coal MINING. The Jevons Par
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by ignostic 13y ago
Thanks, I was wondering exactly the same thing. "Meet demand for how long?" I thought it might be a single year since it never specified, but 228k tons seemed a bit high. Sounds like it'll be a while before we know exactly how much of it we
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by ignostic 13y ago
Your customer base? You mean the people who "favorite" stuff they may not have read, in hopes of manipulating people into thinking they care? The people who want more followers at any cost? Yes, your customer list may be useful to Twitter -
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by ignostic 13y ago
No, this is nothing like a targeted ad. One part of the service "favorites" tweets that you may never have seen or read. It would be more like Facebook selling a service that likes popular user's posts. It's like Amazon writing a useful rev
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by ignostic 13y ago
"The minimum processing and handling charge for this item is $9.95."
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by ignostic 13y ago
The question is very abstract, so it's a bit early to run around saying we've swung the balance of public opinion towards the side of personal freedom. Our answers will vary on the specifics. If you asked people, for example, "would you agr
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by ignostic 13y ago
This is what happens when you fail to filter spam from user-generated content. Google didn't ban all of Mozilla from the search results, but they probably would if this were a smaller site.

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