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by nivla 11y ago
Just because I am not making a direct comparison to your exact wording, doesn't make my comment any less relevant. Your basis of argument that if the benefit of satisfying curiosity greatly outweighs the benefit of X, it should be unde
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by nivla 11y ago
BLE has no correlation with the previous bluetooth standards. Which is why you need a BLE compatible dongle and device. > And not exactly life changing... Ya Good luck designing a ultra low power multi use protocol that runs on a single
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by nivla 11y ago
Well wasn't Bluetooth LE by Nokia? [1] I still have their treasure tags[2]. Those things are amazing. On a single coin cell battery, those things last for over a year. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth_lo
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by nivla 11y ago
I never compared the two. Hence quoting only the part that is relevant.
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by nivla 11y ago
>The benefit of satisfying curiosity And if left unchecked it leads to things like this [1], where a graduate student cut down a tree to count its age only to realize it was the oldest living tree in existence. [1] https://en.
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by nivla 11y ago
Even worse is when the backup camera is linked to the entertainment system. You start the car, put it into reverse and then have to wait for the system to come on. It sucks especially in a parking lot where you have to pay extra attention t
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Windows 10 updates will be mandatory for home users(fortune.com)
19 points by nivla 11y ago|2 comments
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by nivla 11y ago
Then put a sarcasm tag on it or write it such a way that it is obvious it is a joke. The fact you received a few downvotes for it implies that there were others who took it more as a snark than a joke. Keep in mind, this is HN, people come
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by nivla 11y ago
Are you extending this phrase to Google or are you seriously accusing Microsoft for letting Google use their product? It really surprises me out of all places HN has users who default to commenting based on a regex of keywords. Doesn't
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by nivla 11y ago
Not exactly true. You can build Web Apps for existing Windows Phone devices and Windows 10 mobile, you can import your iOS or Android apps directly to Windows app store.
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by nivla 11y ago
>Was it ever alive? Outside of US? Ya it was as alive as alive could be especially in Europe and Asia. I was flooded with constant adverts on TV and a good chunk of people did indeed a Windows Phone.
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by nivla 11y ago
>I use a Windows desktop and I constantly find myself wondering: "what am I paying MS for?". Pretty much the same thing what most average Joes pay for: "convenience of familiarity" and "support". Averaged, m
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by nivla 11y ago
Phones, the most compact DIY computer if they could be rooted. A while back I picked up the Alcatel C1 for $9 at the local frys. It had decent specs but could not be rooted despite being an android. :( Windows phone is better in this catego
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by nivla 11y ago
I don't understand, why is Samsung pulling stunts like this all the time? It would make sense if they were trying to get up the ladder but they are already there, they hold an unquestionably large market share of Android. Things like t
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by nivla 11y ago
>Can you imagine how irritating the latency would be trying to use a shell on Mars? I can I have Comcast. But on a serious note I think for applications like this a Puppet/Chef style recipe will be used. A complex series of checks a
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by nivla 11y ago
Now you are just cherry picking to prove a point. In a similar tone checkout the huge drop in prices for the Kingston Digital 240GB SSDNow[1]. It has dropped from about $400 to a mind blowing $78!! I have been tracking the prices of HDD&#x2
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by nivla 11y ago
I am not sure if I agree with the statement that Nokia's market share were destroyed by MS. If I recall Nokia was on its downfall even before Apple's iPhone came into market. I grew up with the 3330, so I always have a soft corner
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by nivla 11y ago
Isn't Google part of it too? If you scrape out Google and Bing, what other good alternatives are you left with that wouldn't comply if requested? Isn't it better to have some prevention against random MITM, especially on mobi
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by nivla 11y ago
You maybe right, that was bad wording on my side, thanks and corrected. I meant to write "Proprietary Integration", since it is only and only compatible with its respective companies/applications.
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by nivla 11y ago
> A phone is at least $100, most probably $300-ish. Not really. The prices have dropped tremendously. I recently picked up the Alcatel C1 for just $9 at the local frys. Sure it is under powered compared to the flagship phones, but it is
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by nivla 11y ago
Wasn't Firefox recently called out for including proprietary integration from Pocket and Hello on their new versions by default which cannot be removed but only disabled? [1] I wonder if I should just switch back to IE6 that has no mic
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by nivla 11y ago
Just to be clear this is not directed at you tptacek. However, I am genuinely confused at HN, whenever it comes to security/privacy most yell "Open Source Only" and yet a good chuck of them use 1Password, which I believe is c
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Ask Toolbar Now Considered Malware by Microsoft(search.slashdot.org)
4 points by nivla 11y ago|0 comments
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by nivla 11y ago
You do realize that the scanning is meant for checking the links for malware, redirection and metadata for previews. Which popular chat service doesn't do this? Paste a link into Facebook, Google+, Gchat and all are likely to do the sa
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by nivla 11y ago
Man after years of hearing how bloated Windows is compared to other OSes, I was expecting my first Windows Phone to be the same. But nope to my surprise it was fast and fluid, even on low end devices! I guess, the same can also be said abou
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by nivla 11y ago
Ha extremely true. There is absolutely no way Google is going to let Microsoft peddle on their turf. They have been not so subtle about wanting to avoid windows phones for their core products and even to some extend actively sabotaging (rem
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by nivla 11y ago
>For me, it was the Netflix web client. Feels 100% as smooth as a good native app. You mean when they were using silverlight or now when they are using HTML5?
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by nivla 11y ago
>why does everyone use youtube rather than hosting videos on their own sites? Unpacking this question will show the obstacles that "redecentralisation" faces Two reasons: Bandwidth and Speed. Google has contracts with most majo
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by nivla 11y ago
Well if it as light as the increased weight from the addition of a touchscreen, I wouldn't mind having two! However on a serious note, its not as bad as you think. Just have to get used to it and once you do that, there won't be a
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by nivla 11y ago
To play the devil's advocate of the devil's advocate, how exactly would an [x]extinguish work in an open source world especially for something that is under a liberal licence (MIT vs GPL)? Isn't that the whole point of open s

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