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by r0h1n 13y ago
They are not "dealing" with those relationships, but merely milking them.
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by r0h1n 13y ago
As an ex-Ghostery user, I can vouch for this. I switched to Disconnect after recommendations from HN-ers and thus far it seems to be doing a better job of not breaking sites and leaving users scratching their heads wondering what to do. ht
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by r0h1n 13y ago
a. Google isn't just another "large consumer company" b. Google being "always under fire" by consumers, regulators and activists is no reason to start letting it off the hook. In fact, it should be the converse.
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The NSA’s Global Threat to Free Speech(nybooks.com)
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by r0h1n 13y ago
If the data sending wasn't creepy enough, LG's response to the author's letter takes the cake - they tell him to contact the retailer! "The advice we have been given is that unfortunately as you accepted the Terms and C
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by r0h1n 13y ago
I don't see how in any way Google is being "ballsy" here. It is a safe, soppy and relationships-oriented ad - in what world can that ever be "ballsy"? Furthermore, I don't see the parent use the word "evil
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by r0h1n 13y ago
This is rich. So developing countries ought to be happy because the US does not oppose all their efforts to control large-scale public epidemics using emergency measures, but only some. Pray tell me, how is this a "compromise" for
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Colour me cynical, but when a corporation is under fire from consumers, regulators and activists, a soppy and heartstring-tugging ad is exactly what the doctors order . It is literally Google saying, "Oh look, cute puppies!" wh
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Great point!
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by r0h1n 13y ago
> with the us wording patent-knockoff chagas cures would be allowed in a chagas emergency. I'm not clear what you meant by that. Are you saying the US objection was to allow generics treatment of Chagas in any form? FYI - here is
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Is there no end to what the US Govt will do for large lobby groups? Here the US seems to be opposing the rights of Lat-Am countries to use emergency measures to protect their citizens against "Chagas disease" because that would de
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Coincidentally, I recently came across this contrarian view of statins which says that they aren't really all that benign as we think: http://www.zoeharcombe.com/2013/10/how-statin-drugs-really-l... I haven&#
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Dengue Fever: Why You Should Be Worried(world.time.com)
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by r0h1n 13y ago
"But, in a major embarrassment to the health groups, the calculator appears to greatly overestimate risk, so much so that it could mistakenly suggest that millions more people are candidates for statin drugs." What? In the Mecca
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Interestingly while Bloomberg suspended this reporter; prepares to lay off 50 people [1]; and possibly shutter its investigations division [2], [3], there is "good" news too: 'NewCo', the Pierre Omidyar-Glenn Greenwald n
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NYU's Jay Rosen to Omidyar venture(politico.com)
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by r0h1n 13y ago
> one of Google's biggest strategic successes was their ability to convince an entire generation of engineers that they were something other than a company Interesting. Would you statement hold if I replace Google with Apple, and en
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Android ROMs, the easy way: Testing the new CyanogenMod Installer(arstechnica.com)
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by r0h1n 13y ago
> One of the worst pieces of journalism about Google+... That's a nice opinion, and you're entitled to it. But please don't try to present it as a fact. > written by "a outspoken and controversial author and journa
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by r0h1n 13y ago
I'm not sure if reproducing a dead comment violates some kind of unwritten HN guideline, but here it is: =============================================== Gthrowaway1 2 days ago | link [dead] The Google bashing is well deserved. Even pe
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Comment is against the larger point being made in the article, and I quote: > “They don’t want to be reliant on the American system and believe that their systems, like GPS, will spawn other industries and applications,” said a former se
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This Lie-Detecting Throat Tattoo Is Google's Creepiest Patent Yet(theatlantic.com)
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Targets supplied by FBI to Jeremy Hammond(pastebin.com)
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Google patent for using Project Loon to provide on-demand high bandwidth(appft.uspto.gov)
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by r0h1n 13y ago
It's not just Russia, but India too has started deploying its own GPS system, called IRNSS comprising 7 satellites primarily covering the Indian land mass. > With 32 satellites in orbit, GPS pretty much serves as the global referen
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Don Jon: how porn is rewiring men's brains(telegraph.co.uk)
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Why Did Snapchat Turn Down Three Billion Dollars?(newyorker.com)
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How to Get Censored on China’s Twitter(propublica.org)
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The Most Nefarious Part Of The TPP Proposal: Making Copyright Reform Impossible(techdirt.com)
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by r0h1n 13y ago
On Twitter, Vi Hart denies this: https://twitter.com/vihartvihart/status/401035312819736576 "I repeat, I have no plans to stop uploading to YouTube. I like @doctorow but that article's title was sensatio

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