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by majika 15y ago
>It is much more accurate to say that a law is like a stationary cannon, which is captured by those with the deepest pockets and aimed at those who would pose market threats to those deep pockets. Every law? Antitrust laws? Data privacy
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by majika 15y ago
It's not about evaluation. It's about ensuring standards, as I said. Yelp reviews are irrelevant. Quality: I'm not talking about star ratings. I'm talking about ensuring hygiene and safety (see below). Safety: I was referring to the need
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by majika 15y ago
Whoever wants to associate themselves with the law doesn't invalidate the merits of the law itself. I think there is validity to the idea that venues that provide accommodation should be licensed and certified by the government to ensure qu
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by majika 15y ago
Google has made other search engines largely irrelevant because it's so good. That is of no concern to me or the US antitrust investigators. What would be concerning if Google started making it harder for other search engines to come along
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by majika 15y ago
Forgoing your blatant racism, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_foreign-bo... Sort by "immigrants as a percentage of national population." In fact, Sweden and the US have almost identical immigrant percentages. Switzerland
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by majika 15y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly Google does not have a monopoly on search. It's just the dominant player. That said, I do think there's reason for concern about how Google is marketing and integrating their products.
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by majika 15y ago
I don't see why simply being a startup should give you permission to flaunt the law for whatever reason you deem necessary to be profitable. IMHO, the law usually exists for a reason. I care about antitrust violations, or data privacy viola
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by majika 15y ago
> 1. It's a phone, not a mass-storage device. No, I'm sorry. I want to access my files in whatever way I choose. What follows from the lack of mass-storage connectivity is that I can't access my files on a public computer, or a computer
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by majika 15y ago
Three of my four points don't apply to the iPhone. > Android giving them the freedom to do whatever they want? Huh? The source code of a new version is dropped over a wall after their competitor has already released a device with it(if
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by majika 15y ago
You want to criminalise failure to recycle, or failure to provide a work environment that's unreceptive to disabled persons? How's that going to work? At what point does pollution or energy usage become criminal?
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by majika 15y ago
It's one hell of an ugly link, but: http://www.google.com.au/search?q=perl+tutorial&ie=utf-8...
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by majika 15y ago
Thanks for the disclaimer. Your post is propaganda. Finding information on Steve Jobs from 2000 - 2005 is actually pretty easy on Google. Search "steve jobs", then on the left-hand bar, click "custom range," and input 2000 to 2005. Done. I
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by majika 15y ago
You make a good case. However, I think it's important to acknowledge that corporate taxes are useful for providing an incentive for corporations to do something a certain way. That is, they can avoid the tax if they change their behaviour.
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by majika 15y ago
Really? Let's talk about compatibility with Linux, ergo, being able to use your phone as a mass-storage device. Let's talk about compatibility with all major mobile web apps. Let's talk about the ability, or lack thereof, to detach oneself
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by majika 15y ago
Some apps like Google Docs require you to install the app for offline usage. I use apps to integrate them into Gnome Shell. I can press super+"gm"+enter to open up Gmail, or "cal" for the calendar, etc. There's no reason that you couldn't u
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by majika 15y ago
You're arguing about minutiae in contexts you don't seem to be familiar with. Perhaps things are easier in North America? In fact, Channel 10 is actually a network. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Ten Ten's programming is national. I
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by majika 15y ago
Failure of Google+? What?
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by majika 15y ago
Just in case you miss it, I made a comment parallel to yours to the parent. (POV of an Australian on the N9 and Nokia)
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by majika 15y ago
As somebear has said, the N9 is being heavily promoted in Australia at the moment. On my way to university every morning, I see about 2 or 3 bilboards or bus paintjobs advertising the N9. The ad is just a white background, a big blue Nokia
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by majika 15y ago
Most languages are "worth checking out." Every language offers something unique, by definition. The question is: which languages are "worthier" than others? Or, rather: how should you prioritise your learning queue? I don't think the author
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by majika 15y ago
> Publicly held corporations are greedy by definition. The objective of such a corporation is simply to make as much money for its owners as possible. This isn't always true. The objective of a corporation is defined by the objective of
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by majika 15y ago
It's currently quite a pain to get the most-recent Go release installed, and integrated into your development environment. I'd like to see Go v1 be more distribution-friendly. This is the biggest show-stopper for wider Go adoption. I'd also
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by majika 15y ago
> I've also always wondered why the CPU isn't stuck on the back of the monitor where it can be provided with better airflow. That would result in increased latency between the CPU and the rest of the system. Put the the motherboard and
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by majika 15y ago
I find it interesting that he prefixed the information with "unfortunately." Evidently, he doesn't think it's a good idea either.
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by majika 15y ago
There's no reason to think Android tablets wont overtake the iPad in future. However, the key difference between the tablet and smartphone spaces is that the masses recognise there are smartphones other than the iPhone. Apple created the
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by majika 15y ago
I'm Australian, and we have the ABC. So, assuming you're British, we're coming from the same page. That said, the GP does have a point. The only thing preventing the possibility of closed-door deals going on between the BBC and political pa
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Russia's Putin set to return as president in 2012(bbc.co.uk)
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by majika 15y ago
The title is total linkbait. "a number of potential options" does not equal "selling" - not to say that's not their intention, but it's a large jump to make. It seems Yang and co. are progressing on the "defining Yahoo" question - they've d
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by majika 15y ago
Technical solutions, such as the friend muting, can't solve cultural problems - of which Facebook has aplenty. MySpace was destroyed by cultural problems. The technology wasn't at fault. If it was populated with HN-types, we'd see clean typ
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by majika 15y ago
Not really - this account has been submitting spam for 12 days: http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=emily_hines

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