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by krn 7y ago
> Still, the fact that the co-founder of a VPN company is trying to dig up dirt on other VPN companies doesn't make me trust his at all, it just seems shady. I think it's a normal practice in every industry to try to find out w
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by krn 7y ago
> So basically, he's providing proof that he created a year ago. I was able fact-check his claims, since I am from the city where Tesonet is based, and found none of them to be completely false or baseless. It turned out to be an op
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Russia tells Tinder to share messages and pictures with its spy agencies(edition.cnn.com)
8 points by krn 7y ago|0 comments
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by krn 7y ago
> non-results oriented I think Clojure's ecosystem is more results-oriented than almost any other currently available[1]. It just requires a completely different mindset to understand, which an average software developer lacks. Ther
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by krn 7y ago
> We just want to move on and focus on the future. Please understand, that it's not an issue with freeCodeCamp. It's an issue with Medium. And it would be a disservice to the entire community to remain silent. There must be tho
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by krn 7y ago
Is it similar to how Preact just implements React's API? So the problem here is, that Java's API is not under MIT? And what about all those competing companies that implement AWS S3's API?
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by krn 7y ago
Yes, it's Memphis[1]. [1] https://youtube.com/watch?v=y3qfeoqErtY&t=1m51s
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by krn 7y ago
> What does the US think this will achieve? I don't see how Huawei can become #1 international smartphone brand without having access to Google Play Store.
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Chinese-made drones may be sending sensitive flight data to China(edition.cnn.com)
10 points by krn 7y ago|5 comments
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by krn 7y ago
This. Aldi was founded in 1946, and many of its efficiency-oriented practices were later adopted by other supermarkets in Europe[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldi
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Finland is winning the war on fake news(edition.cnn.com)
2 points by krn 7y ago|0 comments
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by krn 7y ago
I have explained why Bloomberg's story would have been vehemently denied by all companies involved even if it was completely true: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18655803 Many people in tech, including John Grube
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Berlin's first vegan canteen for students opens(theguardian.com)
1 points by krn 8y ago|0 comments
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by krn 8y ago
This is a normal functionality of every app store: keeping track of what and when was installed. But as far as I am aware, Google Play doesn't collect data about the actual usage of each app in terms of screen time. That's where &
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by krn 8y ago
> They can and do already track your app usage (you can see this if you check your usage history on the Google data dashboards). Is my Android data usage by app stored somewhere online by default? I thought the stats are only kept locall
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by krn 8y ago
> Digital well-being dashboard and limits Whenever a for-profit company introduces a new feature, one must ask himself, what is the business case for it. Personally, I see this feature as a way for Google to legally track which apps peop
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by krn 8y ago
> So what you're saying is, if you look at a language that is only used by people with many years of professional experience, then salaries will be higher compared to a language used by many entry level learners? I think in practice
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by krn 8y ago
Interestingly, Clojure is associated with the highest salaries worldwide[1], and is used by developers with the most years of professional coding experience[2], according to the StackOverflow Developer Survey 2019. [1] https://in
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by krn 8y ago
> It’s probably the best MS in the world you can get in terms of value per dollar if you’re interested in applied CS. It's worth pointing out, that in many parts of Europe Master's degree is either free, or costs less than 7k.
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Hospital lets kids drive mini cars to surgery to help reduce fears(today.com)
1 points by krn 8y ago|0 comments
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by krn 8y ago
I had a pint of homemade Kvass today at a local restaurant in the Baltics. It's very different from what is sold in the supermarkets, and much heathier than Coke. To those who have never tasted Kvass: it's a natural drink, which s
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by krn 8y ago
Western Europe is very different from Eastern Europe in this case. In Western Europe, low-cost flights and buses essentially won the market. But there are not as many direct flights between Central and Eastern European cities, and the roads
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by krn 8y ago
I have pointed this out 49 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19122206
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by krn 8y ago
I personally didn't find the lack of 3.5 mm jack to be as big of an issue as I thought it will be. I just attached the USB-C-to-3.5mm adapter that came in the box to the headphone cable and forgot about it.
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by krn 8y ago
> The modem and radio/GPS stacks in particular do some especially fishy things. Any sources for those who would like to learn more about this?
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Long Life Revealed? (2004)(news.bbc.co.uk)
1 points by krn 8y ago|0 comments
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by krn 8y ago
> Well, how many jobs that pay 100k€ can you find in Berlin? I think just as many that pay 200k CHF in Zurich. > I would guess the relative number for SDEs is less than getting a 350k$ job in Seattle or the bay area. That can definite
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by krn 8y ago
> Big expenses are going to be similar, or even cheaper due to the lower VAT. Electronics, vehicles, transportation, travel/vacation, broadband... These are not big expenses. Buying real estate is. And the price per square meter in
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by krn 8y ago
> You're still 30k CHF ahead in Zürich. I don't see how these salaries are comparable. How? Because everything costs twice as much in Zurich. You can afford a way more with 50k / year in Berlin than with 80k / year in
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by krn 8y ago
> Taxes alone mean that above a certain salary, you actually need to make more in Germany. Including taxes, the difference is 160k (Zurich) vs 100k (Berlin) for the same standard of life. I am not claiming that Switzerland is a bad choic

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