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by txxxxd 16y ago
The title of this post probably mislead you, but identifying friends is just a subset of what Google is trying to do here. If I'm searching for a good online backup service I care more about the opinions of people I follow on twitter than t
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by txxxxd 16y ago
GA already works that way.
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by txxxxd 16y ago
I'm under 30 and just quit.
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by txxxxd 17y ago
You can do almost the same thing in chrome without any plugins. Just replace t with Ctrl-L and when you hit enter after the URL hold down ALT (to get a new tab). Same number of keystrokes, slightly more acrobatic.
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by txxxxd 17y ago
"Stay anonymous. Use your ISP's email" You ISP is the least anonymous email provider available. They know exactly who you are, where you live, and can see everything you do online.
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by txxxxd 17y ago
API is here: http://code.google.com/apis/buzz/
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by txxxxd 17y ago
You are not reading that table correctly.
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by txxxxd 17y ago
You can target specific hardware features (keypad, touchscreen, etc.) in the package manifest. The Android Market uses this to filter out apps that can't be run on your phone. It's not a really a matter of 'least-common-denominator' design;
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by txxxxd 17y ago
"When Melinda and I first started our giving, in the late 1990s, our focus was on reproductive health rather than childhood deaths. We felt that giving mothers the tools to limit their family size to what they wanted would have a catalytic
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by txxxxd 17y ago
This guy doesn't understand the industry he's writing about. Telcos benefit by not having the overhead of advertising and supporting phones. They make their money selling services not phones (hence the heavy subsidies.) Manufacturers benefi
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by txxxxd 17y ago
This will bias results towards those that are already on the first few pages. New pages that are actually more relevant for a query(but haven't had time to get clicks) wouldn't stand a chance.
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by txxxxd 17y ago
The image is from a financial services site (not a geek site.) Some of us out there find money very important, even if you don't. Source: http://www.billshrink.com/blog/nexus-one-vs-iphone-droid-pal...
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by txxxxd 17y ago
Its actually cheaper than all the other popular smartphones when purchased without a contract: iPhone 3Gs: $599 Palm Pre: $550 Motorola Droid: $599
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by txxxxd 17y ago
Spring 2010 is only a few months away =)
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by txxxxd 17y ago
The android keyboard is in fact multi-touch.
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by txxxxd 17y ago
Companies are treated as singular nouns in American English and as plural nouns in British English.
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by txxxxd 17y ago
A VM + changing the display settings does not provide you with the same information. This lets you see, at a glance, how likely it is that the each component on a page will be visible without scrolling.
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by txxxxd 17y ago
See: http://code.google.com/p/nativeclient/
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by txxxxd 17y ago
"But he didn't, of course. Instead he told us that the innocent have nothing to hide." Please keep in mind you're commenting about a snippet of a televised interview. For all you know Eric Schmidt agrees with everything you wrote above. (He
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by txxxxd 17y ago
A corporation will use your information to make money, and they only have access to data that you freely provide them or their partners. The government can gather your information covertly, can obtain data from multiple companies using lega
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by txxxxd 17y ago
When I use my credit card online I accept the fact that it may be exposed. That doesn't mean I should have to publicly release my credit card number though does it? I think a lot of people are having a knee-jerk reaction thinking that this
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by txxxxd 17y ago
The quote doesn't have anything to do with shame. Not sure how you read into that... The message is simply that any information on the Internet is subject to the risk of exposure. We use credit cards knowing that the risk is very low - but
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by txxxxd 17y ago
Out of curiosity, why does this bother you?
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by txxxxd 17y ago
This isn't just any third-party site though - it's Facebook, the company people already entrust with their personal/private data. I think this situation is like giving a friend your house keys while on vacation. You'd expect your friend t
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by txxxxd 17y ago
Quick setup: the DNS servers are 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
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by txxxxd 17y ago
I see an alert box with "Unable to figure out your location! Defaulting to New York City" when I load the page. It would be a nicer experience if you displayed this message above the map (or somewhere on the page) instead of a using modal d
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by txxxxd 17y ago
Keyhole (which later became Google Earth) is the only program that really blew me away. I remember staying up way too late just flying around the planet totally amazed.
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by txxxxd 17y ago
No, but the reason I don't turn off my machine is that it takes so long to boot.
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by txxxxd 17y ago
I think the local disk will probably just be used as a cache to support offline mode.
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by txxxxd 17y ago
Debut of the Chrome OS UI with a nod to Hacker News (tab 2)

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