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811.
by kbart 10y ago
"You can in fact dump a phone into a fridge or freezer, which (at least here) have steel sheets all over them. Phones still get cellular service." Not necessarily true. I used a fridge as a quick alternative to Faraday cage for
812.
by kbart 10y ago
"For instance, if someone messages you with an invitation, you might want to write back with a message that says "I'm excited." With integrated GIF search, you could instead do a GIF search for "I'm excited&qu
813.
by kbart 10y ago
Well, if just after performance you told me: "wow, that was great", then the next time we met: "actually, you sucked guys" (or even worse, tell that behind my back), I would deem you liar and dishonest person. Constructi
814.
by kbart 10y ago
"how do you scale learning, so that a single person or a small team is able to have a good overview plus detailed know-how on the these complex devices." I don't think that there is a single person to understand a modern, c
815.
by kbart 10y ago
Are you sure such argument would fly against (possibly and probably technically illiterate) judge? I'm not. Apple was a separate case, because it is publicly known and loved company, and there are very few companies that have luxury to
816.
by kbart 10y ago
Yes, it's an extremely technologically difficult process. That's why building a new fab cost billions [1]. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_fabrication_plan...
817.
by kbart 10y ago
"Can you explain further?" No other western country (to my knowledge) has secret courts, that were also proven to target tech companies. If such reason is not enough for you, I don't know what else could it be then.
818.
by kbart 10y ago
"Zero knowledge" is not an excuse, it's way too easy to "miss a bug" or few to leak an information. NSA is known to talk/force companies into adding backdoors to their products. Users can never be sure, so why
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by kbart 10y ago
"why does it matter where zcash is incorporated when the apparatus you're describing operates without regard for borders?" Yes, they can do intelligence ops and attacks in others countries, but can't issue a subpoena a
820.
by kbart 10y ago
I'm pretty sure tweet count is used as a growth metric somewhere, so it's not gonna happen.
821.
by kbart 10y ago
What "betrayal" are you talking about? I've never used Twitter, so my knowledge lacks a little.
822.
by kbart 10y ago
"humans should not have to live like nomads moving here and there to pursue this or that financial opportunity, but instead should be allowed to grow roots in some place" Why? It's a choice best left to each person, telling
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by kbart 10y ago
"2) Your future mobility to pursue jobs in other cities, becoming significantly constrained" Not necessarily. I can always rent out my flat for about the same monthly fee I pay for mortgage and rent a flat myself in other city&#
824.
by kbart 10y ago
Have you actually read the article yourself, or just the title? "he <E. Snowden> was never a “mole” for Moscow inside NSA. In reality, the Snowden Operation is probably a cover to deflect attention from the one or more actual Ru
825.
by kbart 10y ago
Are these still a thing? I've never seen one in use..
826.
by kbart 10y ago
Actually it did went ok for Russia - they got half of Europe and became one of world's two dominating powers.
827.
by kbart 10y ago
Exactly. And as a bonus point, they can force governments to draconian DRM laws citing "billions of revenue lost to piracy".
828.
by kbart 10y ago
I' not aware of this particular case, but over-the-shelf charging IC is definitely not enough to accomplish that. That sounds like a wider, system problem. Anyway, that's an interesting story, I'll check it - thanks.
829.
by kbart 10y ago
How? I really doubt it as these ICs have no CPU, flash or anything else that could be programmed externally. Here's a random example of how one look like: http://www.ti.com/product/bq24232ha/datasheet
830.
by kbart 10y ago
Yes, these are (and with autopilot hopefully will be even more) very rare corner cases, but in such cases people instinctively act to survive, so autopilot doing the same is a logical step imho. Of course, if there's a choice between m
831.
by kbart 10y ago
Surely not. I have 4000 mAh Chinese phone and it works 2 full days with normal (browsing, GPS, pdf reading) use. I don't doubt it's not "metric" 4000 mAh, but surely more than 1000 mAh, maybe 2000-3000 mAh.
832.
by kbart 10y ago
"Sounds like a very undesirable number of years with little positive to show" Hm, I wouldn't call 4.5$ billion "little". I would gladly work 7 days a week for 12 years for even much lesser amount.
833.
by kbart 10y ago
3500 mAh doesn't strike as something astonishing. There are Chinese phones with >5000 mAh battery for sale (though I would not dare to vouch for their safety), even Galaxy S7 have 3000 mAh battery.
834.
by kbart 10y ago
Yes, I find it strange too. Why can't they simply replace the battery with some other model? Even if it's internal, replacing it would cost way less than writing off the entire line.
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by kbart 10y ago
Ah, a good, old "let's think of the children" argument. As I said, autonomous cars should always drive according to rules, and places, where children are expected to run into a street (suburbs, school areas etc.), usually h
836.
by kbart 10y ago
I assume autopilot would always drive according to rules (I doubt they would get licensed otherwise), so if pedestrians pop up in front of a car, I it's likely their fault.
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by kbart 10y ago
" A self-driving car identifies a group of children running into the road. There is no time to stop. To swerve around them would drive the car into a speeding truck on one side or over a cliff on the other, bringing certain death to a
838.
by kbart 10y ago
"Apple is blocking HTML 5 somewhat and there is almost nothing we can do about it." Sure we can! Vote with your wallet and don't buy Apple's products. Or at least write a complaint to one of their support centers..
839.
by kbart 10y ago
Apple doesn't provide Internet access -- ISPs do. Nobody forces you to choose Apple's products, there are plenty of others to choose from.
840.
by kbart 10y ago
I really doubt you could pass HTML5 compatibility as a "basic internet access".

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