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by jjani 1y ago
The right thing in hindsight absolutely would've been for Microsoft to not relent, because of the power balance. Even back then when Intel was still a behemoth, Intel needed Microsoft more than the other way around. Hence why they we
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Yeah okay, so none of them come with Google Play but in general it's possible to install it, but on Huawei it's not, right? I could see that being the case.
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>Simply put: can the EU do without US tech? No. Wrong. The answer is yes, they very much can. Do they want to? No.
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> On the one hand, our social media regulations are terrible, are being approved without due process, and will certainly be used for (political) censorship Luckily this isn't happening in the US and if it is definitely isn't
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Called this a while ago[0]. > What would actually happen is that the US would start seriously threatening (blackmailing) the EU to a degree where it's forced to relent long before Apple would pull out. I'll call another one: Th
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It's always so rich to see comment sections on here when there's an article about a place like Palantir when the likes of Google and Meta play an even so much bigger role in enabling mass surveillance. I'm sure they'll t
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> I'm actually not so sure. Even if 100% of the signups to the new version came from users trying for the first time, the previous version being essentially free could have got the app a lot of publicity in tutorials, recommendation
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by jjani 1y ago
Thank you, all HNers at Google, for continuing to work there. And yes, before you ask, I have personally quit a job that paid 3x what I was able to get elsewhere over ethics. And no, I'm not rich, probably bottom 5% in terms of assets
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Most Android phones sold in China include Google Play by default? That's news to me.
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If you're in a product-adjacent role at Google there's a 100 other companies that would hire you. Yes, even in this market.
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Sounds like you haven't used an Android. What Windows does is the exact same as what Android currently does, showing lots of warning screens. Which is very different from banning them altogether.
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> Hmm what sorts of advice in the last year are you referring to? They're almost certainly referring to first creating a fleshed out spec and then having it implement that, rather than just 100 words.
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> Everything related to cookie consent should have been standardized and delegated to browser settings. Rather ironic to say this when the entire reason this stuff has been needed is that Google, which has monopolized the browser market
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Hilariously, right below your comment is this one: > You could hold this up in a room full of American business owners and watch them all cringe like a pack of vampires witnessing a cross. Not surprising that you'd find plenty of Am
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> metal/glass straws are inconvenient and require washing Boohoo. Don't use a straw then. Out of the billions of beverages consumed during the last 24 hours, it's a given that >95% were consumed without one. It's a
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by jjani 1y ago
> So you want examples of developed countries going after parents, taking children away, because of what someone else did? No. I want examples where the driver doesn't get charged and faces zero consequences (not even getting fired
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by jjani 1y ago
It's very strange that we'd have to dive into their privacy policy to get a clear definition of it, but good spot. The rest stands though - no models, no averages. User tovej below put it better than I did: > The median does no
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That's a complete cop out. They didn't give the data to back this up.
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> Here's the catch. Because of these constraints Korean conglomerates don't create as many jobs.Korean software or services industry is almost non existent or heavily constrained to Korea. What? Korea's software jobs per c
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It seems like these kind of maps suffers enormously from the Mercator projection. Something better should really become the default for such usecases.
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The public at large has no idea what IPTV was or how to set it up. Now Barry down the street is watching his footy through it all weekend cause his mate knows someone selling a box for 20 quid, and Barry does know how to plug in a USB cable
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by jjani 1y ago
Watching sports for cheap using a "dodgy firestick" or similar hardware is incredibly popular in the UK to watch sports for cheap even among those not tech-inclined, despite obviously being illegal. I'd predict the same to ha
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by jjani 1y ago
> So as technologists here at HN, there needs to be a pre-emptive strike to prevent such an outcome from becoming successful. I would have said TOR, but for most people it's a non-starter. What other options are there? The option he
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- The report doesn't name any Gemini models at all, only competitors'. Wonder why that is? If the models got so much more efficient, they'd be eager to show this. - The report doesn't name any averages (means), only medi
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Then as part of the bail out break them up so that they're no longer too big to fail.
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""The driver faced no charges. Legend’s parents, Jessica and Sameule Jenkins, did. Two days after the crash, the district attorney charged both with involuntary manslaughter, set bail at $1.5 million each, and took their remaining
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by jjani 1y ago
Here's what happened: 1. Google rolled our AI summaries on all of their search queries, through some very tiny model 2. Given worldwide search volume, that model now represents more than 50% of all queries if you throw it on a big heap
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Sure I do, but not as part of any tools, just for one-off conversations where I know it's going to be the best out there. For tasks where reasoning helps little to none, it's often still number one.
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In the developed world this is absolutely unthinkable.
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Don't worry, the same party being the "judge, jury and executioner" is now rapidly becoming the norm across everything, no longer just limited to agency fiefdoms. Have fun!

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