jrvxo

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   by jrvxo 7y ago

   >So, basically, it will pass more of your data to Google Where exactly do you get this from?
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   by jrvxo 7y ago

   https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-odd is-odd 831,460 weekly downloads
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   by jrvxo 7y ago

   This is Go not Python.
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   by jrvxo 7y ago

   I said "my government", which for obvious reasons doesn't have to be the one the US has
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   by jrvxo 7y ago

   On being a currency, since its price fluctuates too much to be taken seriously, so it's used as an investment instead.
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   by jrvxo 7y ago

   It was already tried. It was called Bitcoin. It failed spectacularly. At least this looks like it could work. I trust my government more than I trust these companies so I will keep using fiat, but this may be an option for other people.
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   by jrvxo 7y ago

   If it's based in Switzerland why would US law apply to it?
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   by jrvxo 7y ago

   iPhone is far away from a monopoly in Europe--in fact I can't think of anybody who uses iMessage at all, and I own an iPhone myself.
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   by jrvxo 7y ago

   As an end user, am I happy that Apple took your idea and built it in the OS, stripped of ads, premium features, tracking and analytics, etc? Yes, yes I am.
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    by jrvxo 7y ago

    Facebook's reputation outside HN is not bad. In fact I'd argue that in undeveloped countries it's pretty, pretty good.
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    by jrvxo 7y ago

    That series was brilliant. I don't know what happened to it :(
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    by jrvxo 7y ago

    http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201906/17/WS5d06d79ca3103d...