jevgeni

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by jevgeni 11y ago
Yes, I was wrong about typing data. They collect it: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/speech-inking-... Although it is possible to turn it off. I think it would do them good to be more clear on how ex
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by jevgeni 11y ago
Oh wow. This is a tough task. In your experience, what are the "worst" cloud dependencies? I'd imagine SalesForce and AWS would have very different impact?
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by jevgeni 11y ago
The article we are discussing says nothing about a keylogger.
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by jevgeni 11y ago
I assume from your answer, that you do use it for professional purposes?
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by jevgeni 11y ago
Because you told them nonsense. http://www.zdnet.com/article/does-windows-10-really-include-...
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by jevgeni 11y ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/iamverysmart/
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by jevgeni 11y ago
Of course, I completely agree. But it is like you say, you either trust the provider or you don't ( ceteris paribus encryption issues).
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by jevgeni 11y ago
Let's refrain from assuming anything about anyone's sincerity. As far as I can tell, most of the Windows 10 scaremongering on HN is nothing but FUD. The key logger argument is a case in point: http://www.zdnet.com/
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by jevgeni 11y ago
How can you trust any cloud service then?
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by jevgeni 11y ago
How is Google scanning massively one's emails a requirement for "intelligent systems" and is OK, but Microsoft sending telemetry data is "over the top"?
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by jevgeni 11y ago
FOSS?
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by jevgeni 11y ago
I don't think this is a defining difference here. Sure, doing something by default without telling the customer seems sneaky, but its impact is small in comparison to other leaky privacy products most people use. What I understand abou
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by jevgeni 11y ago
I wonder how many people here complaining about privacy have frequent flyer cards or valued customer cards?
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by jevgeni 11y ago
So sharing things on the network segment is OK?
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by jevgeni 11y ago
> ... where they are stored until they are sold off to foreign nations, fed to cattle or schoolchildren, To reiterate: > fed to cattle or schoolchildren
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by jevgeni 11y ago
No, it's like TeMPOraL said. I could've said ABAP4, but (thankfully) not a lot of people are aware of it.
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by jevgeni 11y ago
> Safe. Smart. Innovative. The minute any business describes itself as "innovative", I assume they write everything in PL/SQL.
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by jevgeni 11y ago
I know. :) But I was hoping that the Great Emacs Envelopment won't happen.
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by jevgeni 11y ago
Sweet baby Jesus, it has happened. http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/Z/Zawinskis-Law.html
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by jevgeni 11y ago
Accenture followed suit: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2015/07/...
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by jevgeni 11y ago
Ambiguity of legal language doesn't mean you cannot figure out if a certain phenomenon is legal or not. For example, how would one write insurance contracts? Is it possible to write out every single eventuality? No, so the solution is
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by jevgeni 11y ago
Only, Microsoft's competitors are not their customers.
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by jevgeni 11y ago
The switch from older (VB6, etc) model to .NET could be compared to the switch from Python 2 to 3, only MS didn't wuss out and actually made the braking change instead of dragging everything out. You can call it "stabbing". I
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by jevgeni 11y ago
This is the best thing ever.
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by jevgeni 11y ago
Monopoly, monopsony, oligopoly, etc., are all forms of market organization. This is textbook. [Update] Here we go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_organization#Market...
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by jevgeni 11y ago
No. Monopoly is a form of market organization. Having a uniquely specific product doesn't make it a monopoly. If I introduce a new five-wheeled bicycle to the market, that doesn't mean I have a monopoly on the bicycle market.
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by jevgeni 11y ago
And furthermore, how people who are too retarded to see through the ads and hype are competent enough to enact moral-based laws?
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by jevgeni 11y ago
You mean like, who is allowed to marry, who has the right to vote, and so on? Yeah, those countries are the pinnacle of human progress.
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by jevgeni 11y ago
No, I don't think they ever were. I just wanted to be precise in my previous comment and reference the time the article is set in. Yes, there are legal monopolies, of course. But not if it's a retail product.
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by jevgeni 11y ago
1. Apple was not a monopoly at that time. 2. How do you rigorously tell, which company is big and which is small? 3. This is a competitive market and ethics is not something that should be regulated. If people have a problem with a company&

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