johnnycab

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by johnnycab 7y ago
>I consider every mainstream news article individually to be bullshit until proven otherwise. I base this on my personal experience. It is perfectly legitimate to doubt the veracity of MSM. However, what is your exact criterion for vetti
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by johnnycab 7y ago
More recently, the concept been distilled by the current Microsoft CEO, without indulging in apophasis. He goes on to contrast the role of companies such as Microsoft with that of aggregators, which dominate a market by amassing far more c
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by johnnycab 7y ago
>Kudos to Network Rail. This kind of jingoistic comment demonstrates how a tactical post with some technical information, can massively skew judgement. According to Network Rail, the routes in question are not only one of the most conges
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by johnnycab 7y ago
It will be hard to stop the leaks regardless of the platform, as screenshots are a common way to save and share conversations in this community. The reason provided by the Party, as stated in the article, suggests that it is due to group s
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by johnnycab 7y ago
Thank you. It is too late to edit now.
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by johnnycab 7y ago
Yes, you are correct. edited.
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by johnnycab 7y ago
>Because our "leaders" are not smart enough to understand this, they've just been told it's bad. Your comment is partially correct, it is the Home Secretaries, past and present, who have been routinely told by the civ
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by johnnycab 7y ago
>Even his OWN lawyer admitted he was wrong and agreed with the verdict after some reflecting: https://twitter.com/LLinWood/status/1204206188189114370 You could not have picked a worse example to illustrate your
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by johnnycab 7y ago
>I've decided to focus purely on conversational mandarin, and skip learning Hanzi (characters) entirely. I studied Mandarin formally a little while ago up to HSK 2/3 level, at a reputable university based on a weekly 3 hour les
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by johnnycab 7y ago
Your description of the individual missed out, chief caller-outer of pedo guys who has a penchant for legally smoking a spliff or tweeting under other influences, whilst eschewing world dominance. However, I am ambivalent, not only becaus
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by johnnycab 7y ago
The entire premise of the article is to highlight the fact that a government has expressly requested Apple into allowing pre-approved apps to be installed and make use of the ecosystem, on their terms. I ask once again, where is the separat
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by johnnycab 7y ago
I don't follow..pray tell, what are these arbitrary rules?
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by johnnycab 7y ago
>I doubt that Apple is going to let the Russian government create the image or use some type of nationwide MDM or Enterprise. >On the other hand, this should be an excellent test of Apple’s security and review process.... In between y
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by johnnycab 7y ago
>Uber's shtick is to complain about the evil taxi cartels, while statements like yours indicate that they're really the biggest of them all. By rolling with an approved and expensed option, which eliminates certain amount of am
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by johnnycab 7y ago
>Your conclusion begs the question that the corporation in question is tyrannical or disdains privacy If you seek an answer to that question, you don't have to venture very far from Google, who birthed this creation.
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by johnnycab 7y ago
>I mean, what other technologies should we deny ourselves? A tyrant can use tanks and troop transports to wage war on their citizens. Should we tear up the roads lest they be abused by tyranny? As you have been overly fond of using tu qu
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by johnnycab 7y ago
NAL. The act of following someone with the express intent of collecting genetic material and then covertly sending it off to be processed, without any overall consent, might be considered legal in your jurisdiction. However, you will requir
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by johnnycab 7y ago
The analysis from the Gartner Magic Quadrant circa July 2019, states some of it's concerns/cautions with regards to cloud based offerings from Alibaba v Google, which not only highlights how far ahead the top two contenders really
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by johnnycab 7y ago
>Sounds like a good thing to me Which part sounds good? At it's most simplest, the part where you are not just frittering away your own privacy, but also of those related to you ─ in order to help a Google spin-off based on nepotism
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by johnnycab 7y ago
The entire archive of Byte Magazine. https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine
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by johnnycab 7y ago
>Obviously, there's a complex set of problems and incentives at work here. For one thing, these contractors are often paid by the hour - so they make more money if a project is late or unreliable. You are right about a complex relat
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by johnnycab 7y ago
No 'real' AI/ML journalism is claimed in the article; the meat and potatoes of the article are provided by Mr. Robert McKenzie, editor of BBC News Labs. It is probably best to direct your vitriol towards the right source. &q
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by johnnycab 7y ago
You are welcome. I have zero affiliation with the project; in my humble opnion, the dev is an all-round nice person. https://old.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/cfmlca/i_build_the_a...
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by johnnycab 7y ago
>I'm not going to install a dedicated app in order to read a forum Apollo (iOS) provides a nice and clean design, as does Joey (Android) which copies the style of the former. Even on the desktop, the experience is smooth and managea
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by johnnycab 7y ago
Your comment reminded me of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Bågenholm The electrocardiogram connected to her showed no signs of life,[2] but Gilbert knew patients should be "warmed up before you declare
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by johnnycab 7y ago
I will second the book. The author also has a presence on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BarristerSecret
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by johnnycab 7y ago
>t's a great idea to use Firefox like Wirecutter I feel we have reached peak Firefox. I have no qualms about supporting Mozilla by going with their VPN offering, even it costs a little more. I don't particularly have any object
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by johnnycab 7y ago
It is probably related to the 'Freshness' algorithm in order to increase link juice, as Google has an inherent bias towards fresher content. Excerpt from the linked article: In these two case studies, all that was changed was the
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by johnnycab 7y ago
>It's a big nuisance that the Tube is closed overnight, though. The Night Tube has been operational since mid-2014 and it has only gathered pace. https://tfl.gov.uk/campaign/tube-improvements/what-we-are-do
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by johnnycab 7y ago
>Genuine street hire only black cabs still exist, but they're pretty damn rare now. They are not rare in city centres, which is their natural habitat eg. take a trip into Central London/Westend/City of London etc., you wil

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