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   by psbp 13y ago

   Why is the possibility that Google saw Plus as a way to improve youtube, maps, search, so egregious? I won't be linking my actual name with my youtube or even my google+ account, but, unless google somehow tries to force me, I would be
2. 332.▲
   by psbp 13y ago

   Can we stop claiming that Google+ can absolutely not be usefully implemented in other Google products?
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   by psbp 13y ago

   There are lots of situations where youtube comments would actually improve the quality of the content. Educational videos, for example, are often clarified and elaborated on in the comments. Unfortunately, trolling comments often ruin this
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   by psbp 13y ago

   Because people assume it's an insubstantial conspiracy. I have plenty of friends and family who work in medicine and they'll readily admit that there are fad disorders closely preceded or followed by a pharmaceutical to treat them
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   by psbp 13y ago

   I think it's unfortunate that this guy has so much power over technology and, maybe to a greater extent, society as a whole. I don't know his true intentions and ethics, but he just seems so disingenuous.
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   by psbp 13y ago

   Are you arguing for completely avoiding communication??
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   by psbp 13y ago

   I'm not sure if I've ever had a valuable conversation where I thought that I should manifest and embrace distractions rather than just coping with them. Sure I can use my phone to embellish a conversation, but just like I didn&#x2
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   by psbp 13y ago

   Have you been in public? I don't get the sense that most adults around me are trying to explore all of the world's knowledge.
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   by psbp 13y ago

   His concern for his kid's isn't that they'll state a factual error when communicating with someone. It's that they'll avoid earnest communication altogether. There's one skill that definitely precludes the othe
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    by psbp 13y ago

    I think he's arguing against the excuse for avoiding healthy interaction rather than the medium of communication. If text messaging provoked us to be more earnest and empathetic, then it wouldn't be considered as much of a problem
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    by psbp 13y ago

    Because it's also a distraction rock that excuses you from the vestiges of normal human communication.
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    by psbp 13y ago

    Are we looking at the same site?: https://my.yahoo.com/?mkg=970 iGoogle is being transitioned out for a Google now homepage. It's a much better implementation than a smattering of stale info boxes/links.
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    by psbp 13y ago

    Have you seen the actual site? It's atrocious.
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    by psbp 13y ago

    It gets a minimal amount of features in iOS 7.
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    by psbp 13y ago

    Probably around ~100% on nexus devices.
16. 346.▲
    by psbp 13y ago

    Google has a history of opening up its research. I doubt the medical community would accept a "google" vaccine without overwhelming consensus.
17. 347.▲
    by psbp 13y ago

    Did anyone read the article? This seems to be a biomedical company focused on engineering solutions to aging/illness. It's seemingly not Google Health 2.0.
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    by psbp 13y ago

    This doesn't seem like a Google Health type service.
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    by psbp 13y ago

    I don't think this is a site. It seems like a research arm. They probably did use Google health to gather the prerequisite data.
20. 350.▲
    by psbp 13y ago

    Why would you bookmark chatroulette?
21. 351.▲
    by psbp 13y ago

    I'm so glad this hasn't happened...yet.
22. 352.▲
    by psbp 13y ago

    I've dropped my iPhone 4 dozens of times and it never broke the back. I dropped the Nexus 4 once and it cracked all the way down the back of the device. Nexus 4 is still a great device overall (especially for the price), but the iPhone
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    by psbp 13y ago

    Hence the eye contact.
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    by psbp 13y ago

    Great joke..The scroll wheel worked before touch was great, and touch works before simple, naturalistic motions can be perfected.
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    by psbp 13y ago

    Imagine looking down on your wrist and it immediately lights up and shows you the time and date and some notification that you have messages. Rotate your wrist clockwise and you can see some more details about the message (the subject, who
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    by psbp 13y ago

    I wonder if Google has an even greater (more so than with phones and tablets) inherent disadvantage to Apple because it's going to be beholden to a more generic UI given the diversity of devices by the android OEMs. The Google card UI
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    by psbp 13y ago

    That top comment is so daft and separate from the reality of open source development. HN has really degraded if that comment gets taken seriously.
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    by psbp 13y ago

    They just released it today to counter the iPhone press conference confirmation.
29. 359.▲
    by psbp 13y ago

    Or maybe marketshare and investment, like every other app maker.
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    by psbp 13y ago

    Yes, a brilliant strategy to have an aging company buy a device maker that markets to an aging customer base.