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by s3r3nity 5y ago
>...I regularly update components in my systems each year including RAM, GPU, SSDs, WiFi... Then go for it - you have choices, and no one is forcing you to buy a Mac. I personally got shit to do and have no interest in replacing all of t
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by s3r3nity 5y ago
Note that this is _not_ the MIT Media Lab, which _could_ have been an interesting scenario (IMO), but rather a media holding company.
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by s3r3nity 5y ago
I hear Prohibition was such a great deterrent to alcoholism and related debauchery. Seems like something we should try again. (/sarcasm)
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Google found guilty of infringing Sonos patents(phonearena.com)
87 points by s3r3nity 5y ago|63 comments
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Split.io Announces Series D(techcrunch.com)
1 points by s3r3nity 5y ago|0 comments
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by s3r3nity 5y ago
A few things: 1) Just like in Sales, on average it is cheaper _and_ marginally more profitable to retain an employee than to recruit a new one. This includes cost to recruit, interview, onboard, etc. 2) The exceptions here that throw off th
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Google Play Store bans “sugar dad/mom/baby” dating apps, but not Tinder(androidauthority.com)
11 points by s3r3nity 5y ago|3 comments
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by s3r3nity 5y ago
This ain't it, chief. We shouldn't be trusting (and giving power to) central governing bodies to dictate what counts as a "lie," and scrubbing away inconvenient information. "I disapprove of what you say, but I will
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by s3r3nity 5y ago
Glowing example of "tossing the baby out with the bath water."
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by s3r3nity 5y ago
> are the ones pushing FOR these changes. Because the goal isn't to deconstruct those systems of power (as it probably _should_), but rather to put someone else in the center. I once heard a Silicon Valley VC say on a podcast: &quot
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by s3r3nity 5y ago
>...but one should be honest about their likelihood. I agree, but I don't trust any central authority (especially the government!) to do that for me. Educating people & empowering them to make this call is a much more ethical, a
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by s3r3nity 5y ago
How is this _not_ on the front page? Google is analyzing your files for content, and flagging if it doesn't align with narratives that a government body sets - and _removing all trace of that content._ If this doesn't conflict wit
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by s3r3nity 5y ago
> Who gets to define 'misleading and/or confusing'? Google? A court case? They claim that anything "misleading" is "includes information [...] that contradicts official government records." This is a wi
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by s3r3nity 5y ago
That's a great article - however my issue with Atwood's explanation is in the classic use of overlapping circles to describe joins. After ~2 decades of using SQL in some capacity, the circles metaphor still makes no fucking sense
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by s3r3nity 5y ago
"We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas..."
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by s3r3nity 5y ago
> ...in a space where customers options are to pay whatever is charged or simply die Look...I agree with the majority of your point, the majority of healthcare doesn't deal with such an obvious binary...and we aren't going to m
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by s3r3nity 5y ago
I think it's just another monetization model and another competitor overall in the space. If you like the privacy of DDG but really don't like ads, you can pay Neeva a monthly fee for a similar experience. Doesn't have to be
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by s3r3nity 5y ago
Physicists will tell you that F=ma can get you through virtually all of kinematics and dynamics. I consider that a big chunk of the world.
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by s3r3nity 5y ago
What market? The market of iOS users? There are literally more users on Android - If I were in that position, I could just switch platforms. If I'm a radio manufacturer, I can't cry foul that Lamborghini won't allow me to sel
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by s3r3nity 5y ago
Can't use Garmin pay to pay for train / bus fare, or at least not as widely as Apple Pay.
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Google's own employees are confused by Android's obscure privacy settings(yahoo.com)
20 points by s3r3nity 5y ago|1 comments
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by s3r3nity 5y ago
Nah - it's already hard enough to manage email + Slack, and I don't want yet another workaround to manage / catalog / filter incoming messages to me. No one asked for managing texts like we manage files.
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by s3r3nity 5y ago
A relative told me something similar once when I was younger and skeptical about buying a house, because it's a depreciating asset class that didn't make sense to me why it increases in value. His advice: "Population will con
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by s3r3nity 5y ago
I tend to agree, though I wonder how much of a "surprise" it is now, versus how much of the expectation has been (or currently being) baked in. When you look at a number of interviews with bankers / investors and the like re
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by s3r3nity 5y ago
Because the system works? Why fix what isn't broken?
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by s3r3nity 5y ago
ChromeOS, Android, WearOS, Fuchsia, Fitbit OS... Doesn't that make 5? (Potentially dumb question, I know...)
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by s3r3nity 5y ago
>If he believes customers genuinely value his curated app store, let him show us. They already did - they choose iOS over Android / other possibilities.
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by s3r3nity 5y ago
LaMDA seems pretty cool: https://blog.google/technology/ai/lamda/
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by s3r3nity 5y ago
> Airbus suffers from similar issues with its A350, with a relatively recent but since-patched bug forcing power cycles every 149 hours. WTF? Is this standard operating procedure?
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by s3r3nity 5y ago
Don’t forget my favorite: “Slack is just IRC with clever marketing.”

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