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Chinese University Defends Outspoken Teacher’s Firing(nytimes.com)
1 points by r0h1n 13y ago|0 comments
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by r0h1n 13y ago
I'm curious - after the first few "wow, nice visualization!", how does this add-on improve the experience of someone already running add-ons like Disconnect or Ghostery?
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Lightbeam is the new Collusion > Lightbeam began in July 2011 as Collusion, a personal project by Mozilla software developer Atul Varma. Inspired by the book The Filter Bubble, Atul created an experimental add-on to visualize browsing
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by r0h1n 13y ago
What does this achieve? You're transferring an infinitesimal amount of money from, say, an Apple, to Google. In turn, Google becomes even more of a monopoly (because previously organic clicks now become paid). And the money Apple paid
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A children’s guide to the NSA (and a fairy tale for the rest of us) (privacysurgeon.org)
4 points by r0h1n 13y ago|0 comments
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Germany wants a German Internet as spying scandal rankles(reuters.com)
46 points by r0h1n 13y ago|59 comments
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Did you intend your question about knowing Mike Arrington in a serious or sarcastic manner? I couldn't tell, though the sarcastic one makes more sense.
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by r0h1n 13y ago
It is both a measure of Internet companies strength & weakness that multi-billion dollar acquisitions are taken so lightly. "Spent 3-4 years building a product which didn't become a winner? No problem, buy someone else!"
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Why should that be the case? Google had defended and won most cases around the world where brands accused it of allowing competitors to show ads against their keyword searches. Why should banner ads be treated any differently by antitrust r
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Many companies also spend serious money to buy the topmost text ad for searches on their own brands/URLs. Even when they're #1 organically. What branding benefit can there be in showing a text ad to a user who is already searching
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by r0h1n 13y ago
You're right. Of course Google wants users to search for URLs instead of typing them, because it then gets to show them search results (which can be monetized) instead of just loading up a website. In this case I can understand Southwe
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The newsonomics of David Pogue and the Pujols Effect(niemanlab.org)
1 points by r0h1n 13y ago|0 comments
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by r0h1n 13y ago
The source essay behind Dan Drezner's post now appears to be free. Submitted independently. The End of Hypocrisy | American Foreign Policy in the Age of Leaks - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6605148
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The End of Hypocrisy(foreignaffairs.com)
2 points by r0h1n 13y ago|0 comments
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by r0h1n 13y ago
The link is to Dan Drezner's blog post about the article, and it appears perfectly accessible to me (I don't have a FP subscription). Also, the quoted essay too appears to be free now (worked for me) - http://www.foreig
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American Hypocrisy, R.I.P.?(drezner.foreignpolicy.com)
14 points by r0h1n 13y ago|8 comments
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WebEx Killer Highfive Gets $13.5M Before Even Launching(allthingsd.com)
3 points by r0h1n 13y ago|0 comments
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Journalist Or Activist? Smearing Glenn Greenwald(medialens.org)
1 points by r0h1n 13y ago|0 comments
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by r0h1n 13y ago
> Researchers have shown that people often miss the occurrence of an unexpected yet salient event if they are engaged in a different task, a phenomenon known as inattentional blindness. However, demonstrations of inattentional blindness
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The Invisible Gorilla Strikes Again [pdf](web.natur.cuni.cz)
12 points by r0h1n 13y ago|5 comments
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Seconding the rapid obsolescence point about Asian markets. The CEO of one of the leading mobile phone retail chains (440+ stores) in India (3rd largest global smartphone market after China and the US, might be second largest very soon) tol
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by r0h1n 13y ago
That is a great piece of advice. I'm increasingly confused about how best to understand & keep on top of what's happening in the world of social media because I personally don't use Facebook, Pinterest, Whatsapp, Snapchat
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Even bad/negative stories deserve their moment of sunshine on the HN front page, perhaps even more so. How else would we be having this discussion?
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Saturated fat is not the major issue(bmj.com)
2 points by r0h1n 13y ago|0 comments
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An A-Z of modern office jargon(theguardian.com)
2 points by r0h1n 13y ago|1 comments
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by r0h1n 13y ago
It's a paper worth reading. For others, here's the conclusion: > There exists a large and growing industry around instilling environmental orderliness. Proponents claim that people see measurable life improvements from becomin
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Disorderly environments stimulate creativity [pdf](carlsonschool.umn.edu)
1 points by r0h1n 13y ago|1 comments
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Before we get into hand-picked examples, let's define what the "industry" is. Is it smartphones & tablets? Is it PCs? Is it e-commerce? Sure, Apple has an incentive to give away its OS free, because its virtually indivisi
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by r0h1n 13y ago
> By going free, Apple has acknowledged something that’s been true in the industry for years: Software is a means to sell hardware. What? How has this "been true in the industry for years" ? Maybe its true for smart phones &am
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by r0h1n 13y ago
This isn't about me. I already use a different VPN. I don't use Hangouts or Google+. Those rare Google services I do use, I use sparingly. My point was the average Internet Joe or Jane needs to look beyond "free" service

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