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by new12345 7y ago
I see this(others recent Gmail changes) as tactical measures that google is taking to save its image in light of steep growth of privacy friendly startups(proton mail, duckduckgo, etc.). But my take is that they aren't going to get too
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by new12345 7y ago
So Korean would be the Guinea-pigs for testing affects of 5G on human health. I can foresee tech companies/regulators in rest of the world silencing health concerns on 5G by quoting Korea as example.
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by new12345 7y ago
What application/use-case really require a lower than sub-second(what we already have) latency? I can only think of cloud gaming. Are we betting future on cloud on just gaming?
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by new12345 7y ago
I think its logical step on the part of Google. They invested in integrating Widevine in Chrome and they want it to be a distinguishing feature of Chrome. Why do you expect a profit seeking company to help their own competition?
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by new12345 8y ago
I agree with possible psychological components is several health conditions. But saying that all acupuncture treatments are placebo is contradicting your first point, besides there are scientific studies that explains mechanisms behind acup
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by new12345 8y ago
Cancer is no where close to "well identified disease". Bacterial infection is one as we understand what causes it and that's why we have been successfully able to bring down the number of bacterial infection cases by educatin
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by new12345 8y ago
I feel that Google brought in a shift in thinking of internet companies. In pre-google era, companies operated like an government office, once they gain marked foot hold they virtually stop enhancing their products. Google and other success
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by new12345 8y ago
I agree with your point on need for a strong middleman that can look after interests of its customer and defend against greedy sellers who are after customer's data and money. I would love to see Apple expand its role further and spear
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by new12345 8y ago
I don't understand inspite of having working p2p protocol why we don't yet have an good p2p alternative to dropbox that just works without any setup hassles. Closest working thing I know of is BitSync but that too requires an medi
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by new12345 8y ago
Seems like you have yourself answered your question in your list line. One browser owned by one organization could hijack whole internet for its own interests. Just like in any other necessary item we need multiple supple options are good
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by new12345 8y ago
Most of these alternatives are not installed on windows server for security/maintenance overhead reasons by IT administrators and developers are forced to live with slow and cumbersome RDP(not to mention zero capability for scripting)
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by new12345 8y ago
I wouldn't get too comfortable owning business based upone Li-ion batteries, especially in long run. Li-ion can replace traditional combustion engines in some niche applications but is far away from completely replacing it. To me batte
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Principles for a TLA-Resistant, Email Service in Wake of Lavabit (2013)(schneier.com)
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by new12345 8y ago
If its not Chinese then some other nation would have sold it to them. Its a very lucrative business to have access to data from general masses.
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by new12345 8y ago
True. Single most important factor that brings changes to any publicly traded company direction is revenue growth.
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by new12345 8y ago
In essence, its essential that we as software professionals work in company that's really motivates us and hence can call us to grow, otherwise we would soon find ourself getting left behind in fast paced software world. Seen this happ
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by new12345 8y ago
What's shocking to me is that in investigations involving the use of polygraph someone(higher officials) were keen on getting desired results out of it, in hope to wrap up investigation the way they want.
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by new12345 8y ago
It seems like the moment big corps acquire a well performing product, product starts to loose its value, like trying to move a viscous liquid between containers using a sieve. Eventually, acquired product quality get completely destroyed an
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by new12345 8y ago
Can you briefly list what improvements you have observed because of more reading?
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by new12345 8y ago
Power of drug could be quantified based on its impact strength on targeted body functions and side affects on non-targeted ones.
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by new12345 8y ago
I agree. Its most often the case that we arrive at problem to solve based on our own experiences/or troubles. A builders passion is fueled by his own problem and he can think of selling it if he see that the problem is present in life
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by new12345 8y ago
I agree. Its doesn't seems like that big of a deal to cite a web article. What's causing trouble is the stereotype among the research institutions to not trust/value communities like 4chan. I am glad that this is being highli