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by jcfrei 10y ago
> Huh? What permissions are you referring to that the Gmail app has? Maybe he was referring to these privileged permissions: http://android.stackexchange.com/a/17874/104563
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by jcfrei 10y ago
Yes, that is my concern. You mention system applications - I believe this excludes any application which can be installed (with an app store or apk)? What is a local EOP? I couldn't find any info on this abbreviation. I used Google as
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by jcfrei 10y ago
Right, so in the scenario I mentioned, an update to a Google application would give this application more access to the kernel (through some backdoor) and enable it to intercept the communication of other apps. I'm asking whether this
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by jcfrei 10y ago
I would like your take on a more specific question: Do you think that Google applications (GMail, Search, Translate, Maps, etc) themselves can get access to the necessary kernel subroutines to catch information which is intended for encrypt
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by jcfrei 10y ago
I'm only observing from afar but I share the same explanation. The root problem is a widening income disparity in the US that most people can't overcome by "working harder". If you are born into a lower middle class fami
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by jcfrei 10y ago
> Tesla is a vertically integrated company, so they have squeezed all the margins out of their supply chain. The big automakers all share their supply chain and have to feed it with margins at every level. Same story with SpaceX - vertic
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by jcfrei 10y ago
I believe anyone who has considered applying machine learning tools for identifying trading signals came across the idea of using some kind of optimization algorithm to find the best parameters. Evolutionary algorithms seem like a fair appr
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by jcfrei 10y ago
How is the US subsidizing China's policies? US consumers buy lots of Chinese products because they offer cheap prices. Is a trading deficit really that hard to understand?
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by jcfrei 10y ago
The nutritional value of staples in the developed world is probably a lot higher (percentage of digestible carbohydrates per serving).
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by jcfrei 10y ago
I wonder how long Signal will stay up before they get a knock on the door - just like lavabit did: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavabit#Suspension_and_gag_ord...
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by jcfrei 10y ago
I have this - admittedly very condescending - theory that a large part of the middle class is still "financially illiterate". Wages are hardly ever discounted for inflation and thus growing wages (in absolute terms) make most peo
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by jcfrei 10y ago
I was referring to the predictions about market impacts.
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by jcfrei 10y ago
Brexit is a bad example because the predictions were accurate. If you are a foreign investor (your main currency being something other than GBP) and invested in the FTSE then the loss on your GBP was higher than your profit on the index. Sl
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by jcfrei 10y ago
I'm saying that people in richer countries will feel the effects of global warming less - not saying the effects of global warming will be small. A few reasons are: Fewer people live close to the coast. We spend relatively speaking les
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by jcfrei 10y ago
> Humanity can cope with the effects, and do so with relative ease. People in the richer countries most likely. The main concern with climate change are the effects on poorer countries in Southeast Asia.
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by jcfrei 10y ago
> The basic moral foundation of most anarchist philosophy is universal. They claim their moral foundations are universal. I have yet to see a comprehensive proof that they are in fact universal and overcome the is-ought problem outline
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Here I am again, my friends (Guccifer 2.0)(guccifer2.wordpress.com)
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by jcfrei 10y ago
I have also thought about the applications blockchains could have for AI. However I didn't consider blockchains as a means to store data but rather as a way to reliably track the performance/quality of various AI services. You can
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by jcfrei 10y ago
Not so fast though. Comparing Paris to LA isn't quite fair. Paris is about six times denser than LA and therefore creating a competitive public transportation network is quite a bit cheaper there.
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by jcfrei 10y ago
Desalination seems perfectly capable of creating enough fresh water for agriculture. Desal requires plenty of electricity but with a big investment into new nuclear power plants these demands could be easily met. Switching to irrigation wit
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by jcfrei 10y ago
Afaik the reported volumes on Chinese exchanges are fake. They are much lower if you look at the order books.
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by jcfrei 10y ago
Well obviously trucks or buses can't compare on a per lane basis. But that's not a fair comparison. There's a street to almost every house but not a rail road track. If the railway tracks were as dense as streets you'd e
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by jcfrei 10y ago
Can you elaborate how the music business is cheating? Are they tampering with the charts?
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Reading this blog shows that you are very smart(jcfrei.com)
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A Case Study in How Fake News Spreads(nytimes.com)
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by jcfrei 10y ago
Yes, exactly. How much sugar, salt, etc.
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by jcfrei 10y ago
I've been thinking about the need for such a database as well and it's great to see such a project launching in Switzerland. What I would find particularly useful (and existing databases like migipedia.ch unsurprisingly don't
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by jcfrei 10y ago
Haven't found this explanation yet so I'm putting it out there: I think the reason the food is bad (on purpose) in the economy class is simple price discrimination. You want people with deeper pockets to pay higher prices for the
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by jcfrei 10y ago
If this was so simple then the owners of reddit would be sitting on a gold mine.
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ExoMars Livestream(livestream.com)
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