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by joesmo 11y ago
It would help even more if we kicked out the DEA here in the US. In fact, banishment to an abandoned island wouldn't be too harsh a punishment at all for their crimes.
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by joesmo 11y ago
To me, JS/Node is actually a huge step down in terms of language quality/ecosystem. Perhaps that's why it's not catching on with developers?
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by joesmo 11y ago
I've recently rolled a few sites using Jekyll and Github pages. I recommend creating a new Github account or Organization (I didn't mess around with those, but it should work the same) if you feel uncomfortable pushing your blog t
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by joesmo 11y ago
This is a great idea. The last time a company with this idea appeared on HN, some people complained that it wouldn't work for insurance reasons, but that doesn't seem to have been a major factor yet in any of these uber-type indus
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by joesmo 11y ago
"The case also exemplifies a suspicion that, at times, law enforcement’s motive is profit." "At times"? Really? I think they mean all the time for a growing majority of districts.
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by joesmo 11y ago
I didn't find California's enforcement to be particularly vigorous at all, unfortunately (see my reply above). Probably because I didn't think of engaging a lawyer, though that wouldn't really have been cost-worthy. I&#x
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by joesmo 11y ago
It is and you can sue. I sued a company in small claims in SF for a week's pay because they refused to pay me because I took another offer after a week of being there. Mind you, this was at-will employment, though not the nicest thing
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by joesmo 11y ago
Yup. Every single software patent basically boils down to "make the computer do X." Software simply shouldn't be patentable just like any other artwork. I can't patent my short story (because I'd be patenting "
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by joesmo 11y ago
I'm not making a joke. There's no need for cloud computing resources for effective voice recognition or handwriting analysis. Therefore, since those applications can run on the device itself, they are rather simple from a network
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by joesmo 11y ago
They are simple enough to run on the hardware itself without needing cloud support.
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by joesmo 11y ago
Well put. That's exactly my feeling. Even on a phone, a voice based helper should be opt-in as it's not an essential feature and not everyone wants to use it, but everyone wants to not be recorded by default.
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by joesmo 11y ago
Yes, I think Siri should be off by default. Malware databases can be updated when the user updates everything else. The reason people are complaining is that this data is being sent automatically by the OS without their permission or knowle
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by joesmo 11y ago
Because they're still making billions? But hey, we're not making as many billions as we could. Let's just shut it all down for good. Your reasoning is stupid.
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They make billions regardless of India's patent laws. Why should India let its people die so some company executives somewhere can make a few more billion?
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by joesmo 11y ago
I don't see how that changes the fact that these companies have profits in the billions, are still not satisfied, and are willing to contribute to the murder of millions to increase their profits. India should have some fucking balls a
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by joesmo 11y ago
Cortana is not an essential part of the OS. Malware databases can exist locally. You're just making excuses for MS's anti-privacy architecture.
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by joesmo 11y ago
"And how do we expect things like Windows Defender or Microsoft's handwriting and voice recognition to improve if we refuse to share back any anonymized information with Microsoft?" Exactly by not sharing any information with
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by joesmo 11y ago
Nope. Tested it on three different systems and it happens every single upgrade.
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by joesmo 11y ago
I think billions of dollars in profit should be enough, don't you?
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by joesmo 11y ago
And every single version, including minor version upgrades, this setting goes back to "MAS and identified developers," despite me explicitly setting to "Anywhere." If that isn't obnoxiously bad UI design (that I&#x2
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Will Your Job Be Done by a Machine?(npr.org)
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by joesmo 11y ago
"That shouldn't deter the scores of other cities in the U.S. and elsewhere considering their own plastic bag bans." Actually that's exactly what it should do. Austin should also repeal its own ban, at least, in light of
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by joesmo 11y ago
The only thing that needs to be judged is how the security breach happened in the first place, not the lives of its users.
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by joesmo 11y ago
Oh wow. You're right. The option does exist. It's just hidden behind a stupid, non-sensical UI. Apparently if I long tap the app name, I get a lot of options. This is great. I don't understand why they hide it behind such a s
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by joesmo 11y ago
Any junior level engineer, product manager, or professional panhandler could have seen this coming. Microsoft is betting on their marketshare and the stupidity of their average customer, as they have always done in the past. Unfortunately,
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by joesmo 11y ago
As far as I can tell, I still only have the option of accepting or denying apps' permission on CyanogenMod. Also, I can hide my contacts and location from apps, if I'm really persistent about clicking the deny box a million times.
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by joesmo 11y ago
It's not an exaggeration. You're assuming that current authorities are interested in and have the capabilities to prevent the criminals and traceable crimes you speak of and that there is an ongoing, massive effort to do so. For m
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by joesmo 11y ago
Thanks for the joke. I assume all the Soviet bloc countries were like this. Having lived in Romania during its communist years, it seemed that every single person who was not a communist wanted to leave or at least thought about it. After m
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by joesmo 11y ago
Considered, however that makes no difference when they've been up 12-36 hours driving. At that point, someone slightly drunk is a better driver.
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by joesmo 11y ago
The cost of running rail to supply all the routes currently served by truck now (and generally in the last 50-60 years) is so high that it's infeasible. The less populated and poor the destination, the higher the costs (and most remote

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