joopxiv

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by joopxiv 12y ago
They are corporations. Their most important asset is trust, which they need to keep by not signing certificates that can be used for malicious purposes. The action by Google will definately impact this CA. As soon as this root certificate i
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by joopxiv 12y ago
"We also assume that enough communication is occurring for the signal strength to have an effect on power consumption. This is a reasonable assumption, since background synchronization of data happens frequently in smartphone devices.
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by joopxiv 12y ago
My question is, why would we bother with this?
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by joopxiv 12y ago
I don't really understand why you would build an app for this. Apps are great when you need to do something while you're on the move. Booking a helicopter 48 hours in advance doesn't really fall into that category.
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by joopxiv 12y ago
I have no idea if this is an accurate depiction, but there's an impression of what snorting heroin as if it were cocaine looks like in Pulp Fiction.
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by joopxiv 12y ago
The whole point of good UI design is that it should be pleasant to look at (and images can help with that) WITHOUT having to put much effort into searching what you're supposed to be reading.
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by joopxiv 12y ago
A contract doesn't mean anything unless you actually sign it. Which I understand you didn't.
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by joopxiv 12y ago
Yes, shame on him for not standing on a street corner like any respectable drugs dealer.
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by joopxiv 12y ago
... since I've paid to access the Interwebs You're paying for data transport, you're not paying for the content.
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by joopxiv 12y ago
Good effort in disrupting the online advertisement market, which for many websites is their primary source of revenue.
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by joopxiv 12y ago
I find it interesting that they're manually approving the hits, because, as they indicate, most hits are (nearly) identical. It shouldn't be too difficult to solve this automatically though. Identical hits can be discarded very ea