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by krn 8y ago
A trustworthy open source company doesn't bundle its product with a service its users have no control over.
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by krn 8y ago
Market valuation in tech is all about growth, not revenue. The rest of the companies in The Match Group (Match, OkCupid, PlentyOfFish) are nowhere near as attractive to the younger generation.
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by krn 8y ago
OkCupid sounds exactly like PlentyOfFish, also acquired by The Match Group.
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by krn 8y ago
> The OP is talking about teaching community college mathematics. That's not introductory university mathematics; if you are lucky it's Pythagoras' Theorem and quadratic equations. W. W. Sawyer's books, such as Mathem
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by krn 8y ago
> Writing a good book even in a field whose content doesn’t change much is hard. There’s a need for publishers but just not a need for one that charges hundreds of dollars for a textbook. That's what Dover Books[1] and its series on
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by krn 8y ago
> Pocket is also experimenting with personalizing recommendations for certain users based partly on each person’s Firefox browsing history. Why does an open-source web browser have a proprietary cloud synchronization service installed by
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by krn 8y ago
> And you have to paid for Windows License? Somewhere along the line someone will have to paid. Open Source isn't free. Open source is free. Android is based on Linux, just like Ubuntu, and smartphone manufacturers are major contr
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by krn 8y ago
> They all market their "networking" opportunities and "hip" work spaces. [...] All I need is a quiet office where I'm left alone to work in a private cabin. I think targeting co-working spaces at people interest
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by krn 8y ago
You might be right. Nevertheless, Hetzner is not an alternative to GCP.
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by krn 8y ago
In fact, OVH Cloud[1] is already available in the US, but operates under an entirely separate legal entity to prevent from the access to non-US customer data[2]. [1] https://ovhcloud.com/ [2] https://www.ovh.com&
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by krn 8y ago
I pointed out OVH as a cloud provider with a strong stance on the internet without borders. Hetzner doesn't come even close in this regard.
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by krn 8y ago
"On January 11, 2016, Hetzner blocked the St. Petersburg site of Novaya Gazeta, the leading oppositional, non-governmental newspaper in Russia. The newspaper marked the act as political censorship without any legal procedure." ht
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by krn 8y ago
OVH is probably the only major non-US based public cloud provider[1]. It also happens to be the host of Wikileaks. [1] https://www.ovh.com/ca/en/public-cloud/instances/
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by krn 8y ago
As someone who was born in Soviet Union, I am not surprised at all. A former world super-power will do whatever in can to prevent its citizen from getting into the hands of USA authorities. Especially, if the citizen in question has been wo
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by krn 8y ago
> He seems to care about console makers' costs and considers their 30% there reasonable, but he does not seem to consider them reasonable here. Because the absolute majority of Android devices are not made by Google, just like the a
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by krn 8y ago
> The cheap alternative to Dropbox with Linux support you want is may be "Hubic" from OVH. Hubic has been discontinued recently as a non-core business to OVH[1]. [1] https://www.ovh.co.uk/subscriptions-hubic-end
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by krn 8y ago
In fact, Ryanair flies to more airports in Europe than any other airline in the world[1], but skips some of the busiest ones because of their higher fees. It is rivaled by Easyjet in Western Europe, by Wizzair in Eastern Europe, and by Norw
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by krn 8y ago
And who is paying for Signal to be on Google Play?
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by krn 8y ago
I wouldn't call Twilio charges per message in Germany ($0.0850) or in Brazil ($0.0570) "little". WhatsApp is much bigger in these markets than in the US.
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by krn 8y ago
It's not about a lack of alternatives, but about the lack of accessibility to them. How many phones can we find on Amazon shipping with any of these OSes today?
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by krn 8y ago
> For some reason it also has Google Maps, though it's barely functional. Google invested in KaiOS to get its services pre-installed[1]. Soon, you won't be able to get a phone without Google, unless it's targeted at Chines
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by krn 8y ago
If the reasons for a "dumbphone" are smaller size, longer battery life, decreased media consumption, and increased privacy – then such a tiny smartphone as Xperia XZ1 Compact[1] with AOSP ROM without Google provided by Sony[2] wou
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by krn 8y ago
As long as you have Google Play Services installed on your smartphone, it's a Google phone, because it can call home whenever it wants.
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by krn 8y ago
Sony seems to provide an official way to build your own Android ROM without Google: "For some of the Xperia™ devices, we provide Android™ Open Source Project (AOSP) device configurations on GitHub. This means that the software will be
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by krn 8y ago
I would argue, that the entire GCP development model, as the late entrant's to the cloud market, is about making AWS look lame in comparison.
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by krn 8y ago
Sure. But the message I get is, "Now I can use Google's phishing resistant 2FA device to protect my Google Cloud account". It's like accessing Gmail via Chrome: you know, that it's the "official way".
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by krn 8y ago
The article makes the product look to be directed at Google Cloud customers, thus increasing its unique selling proposition over AWS and Azure.
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iOS market share is much bigger than thought, because iPhones last longer (2017)(forbes.com)
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by krn 8y ago
Related: http://eventregistry.org/ (B2B SaaS)
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by krn 8y ago
Apple can bundle whatever software it wants with its own hardware, as long as it doesn't force other companies to do the same. Had Google stayed within its own Nexus / Pixel lines, were wouldn't have been any fines.

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