rbarooah

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by rbarooah 16y ago
What's seems more important to me is not the degree of inwquality, but whether that inequality represents a poor distribution of resources, for example it seems ok to me that people like Larry and Sergei, or Bill Gates, are mega-rich, becau
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by rbarooah 16y ago
People only hold Google to those standards because Google positions themselves as a champion of openness and user's rights. As you point out, these standards may not be entirely realistic for a for-profit company operating in a very competi
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by rbarooah 16y ago
I am indeed talking about the millions of users who have stored contacts with Google. The hundreds of application developers have absolutely no right to access that contact information. It is the users who have the freedom to give other app
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by rbarooah 16y ago
You're ignoring the fact that it's the user's data - not Google's. At least according to Google's philosophy it is, and it's the users who reap the benefits. Remember, people actually want to export their contact information from gmail ra
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by rbarooah 16y ago
If I want to upload my contact data to Facebook, but Google is blocking Facebook from accessing their API on my behalf, then Google certainly is preventing me from accessing my data. It is not as open as it's always been. The point is that
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by rbarooah 16y ago
Agreed, except that what Google isn't sharing is my contact information not theirs and so it should be my decision who I share it with. Until now Google agreed with this position and trumpeted their intention to support data portability.
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by rbarooah 16y ago
Except that this story is about Google becoming less open in an attempt to coerce a competitor into changing their behavior. Google has taken away freedom from it's users to do as they want with their data (i.e. transfer it unidirectionall
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by rbarooah 16y ago
It might be safer if the fear could be 'erased' without erasing the memory itself. Or even better - if it were possible to reduce the overgeneralization of fear associated with the memory to present non-threatening situations. Removing mem
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by rbarooah 16y ago
I can think of some reasons why they might be priced with the expectation of massive growth: - The nascent cloud computing business - The potential to be the iTunes of books (the kindle store independent of the hardware) - No serious compet
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by rbarooah 16y ago
Puzzle Pirates (www.puzzlepirates.com) has used virtual currency in exactly these ways (for gambling in virtual poker and other games, and buying virtual items that can be exchanged between users) since before Zynga was founded. Seems like
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by rbarooah 16y ago
Strange that nobody's mentioned scala yet. Clearly it has its detractors, it seems like a credible candidate to displace Java. It also has more traction than a number of these languages, and more importantly there's a huge number of java
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by rbarooah 16y ago
This might turn out to be fairly straightforward if the 'discovery' of the flaw took place through industrial espionage or breach of contract.
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by rbarooah 16y ago
I hope it succeeds at least enough to give Apple some competition in development tools.
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They aren't.
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by rbarooah 16y ago
Interesting idea. Do you mean that it should block with no 'temporary' access for a day to let you cool off?
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by rbarooah 16y ago
You've just inspired me to mention my Safari Extension MindfulBrowsing - that does a similar thing. It's been up for a few weeks now, but I hadn't posted it here. Perhaps thanks to you, I don't need to do a chrome port now! http://news.y
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My Safari Extension - Mindful Browsing(mindfulbrowsing.com)
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by rbarooah 16y ago
That is exactly what I meant.
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by rbarooah 16y ago
The EFF's description of this makes it sound functionally equivalent to the Chinese system. This seems like a very bad idea especially because it would legitimize internet censorship globally. Am I missing something?
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by rbarooah 16y ago
Firstly, are you sure he literally only works 1-2 hours a day? Could he be continuing from home when you aren't aware of it? If he's making stuff the stuff you need and it all just works then I'd count your blessings. That's a good proble
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by rbarooah 16y ago
This google talk by Dan Siegel (a neuroscientist & psychiatrist) talks about mindfulness training causing beneficial structural changes in the frontal lobes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr4Od7kqDT8&feature=relat...
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by rbarooah 16y ago
Thanks for pointing out those other links. One of them is about news, and not search, but the others do shed light on algorithms that might be part of how Google does ranking. But as we agree, the actual algorithm is secret. Incidentally
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by rbarooah 16y ago
I don't think I said I had a right to require google to disclose how their products work. I do want reassurance that Google's algorithm is aligned with my interests. I want that from everyone who provides me with a service, and every corpo
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by rbarooah 16y ago
Of the references you list, only the PageRank one has anything to do with the search algorithm. It's a great paper. The backrub paper ( http://infolab.stanford.edu/~backrub/google.html ) is also great, and has been a personal inspiration,
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by rbarooah 16y ago
I like your examples. Google Maps tells me the whole route, not just 'what to do next'. I can understand how the route was produced, and because it's shown on a map, I can see whether it matches my intentions before I follow it. Amazon is
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by rbarooah 16y ago
I found "I actually think most people don’t want Google to answer their questions. They want Google to tell them what they should be doing next.", a lot more creepy than the statements about privacy. I'm not so worried about what they know
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Did Google punish Oracle by removing them from the search index?(ipwatchdog.com)
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by rbarooah 16y ago
The problem with this analysis is that Apple doesn't have a monopoly on smartphones, mobile OS's or app stores, any more than Nieman Marcus has a monopoly on department stores. If customers don't like the selection, they have choice for al
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by rbarooah 16y ago
In the uk where there are 5 competing GSM networks, you can get 10GB for £15 ($22) as a microsim for the iPad with no contract. You can do even better if you're willing to sign up for a long period. AT&T's deal is more than 5 times the
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by rbarooah 16y ago
I love mine. A few comments: To the people comparing the features and price to a netbook and saying 'I just don't get it' - it's about the design i.e. how it works not just what it can do. I think that the crowd here owes it to themselv

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