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by vatueil 8y ago
> Eero routers vs Google WiFi or Netgear competitor Wait, how is Netgear not a company for whom "hardware is their core product"?
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by vatueil 8y ago
The linked comment doesn't seem to have any bearing on how long Chromecast Audio is likely to be supported? Regardless of whether kuschku's accusations are true (there doesn't seem to be much evidence, and even if it were so
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Facebook-executive swatting sends significant police response to his home(arstechnica.com)
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by vatueil 8y ago
The quote is actually from the Space Telescope Science Institute, which receives funding from NASA but is not directly part of it and therefore is not immediately affected by the shutdown. However, as the Nature article discusses, parts of
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by vatueil 8y ago
To provide some missing context bere, the Gizmodo quote is actually in regards to the work of the Space Telescope Science Institute. The Nature article discusses how different groups are affected differently by the shutdown: > Hubble’s
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by vatueil 8y ago
Well, that's why I linked to PCPartPicker, to show that RTX 2080 models at MSRP do exist. They may have been scarce at launch, but they can be purchased today less than 4 months later. Since AMD will sell the Radeon VII directly at fir
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by vatueil 8y ago
Yeah, I agree it makes sense that certain apps shouldn't be easy to get rid of, though in comparison Android does let users disable apps such as the default gallery, browser, and even app store. I think the stock dialer and SMS apps ar
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by vatueil 8y ago
What happens if you resell an iPhone from which you've "deleted" apps such as Contacts, Maps, and Music? Does wiping and resetting the device restore it to stock condition, including those default apps? If not, that seems pot
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by vatueil 8y ago
You would probably want to download the latest update rather than using the old version from the system image, but that's correct. Though IIRC the Facebook "app" the article complains is just a minimal placeholder, with the r
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by vatueil 8y ago
$699 matches the MSRP for the RTX 2080: https://pcpartpicker.com/products/video-card/#c=427&sort=pri...
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by vatueil 8y ago
Functionally, isn't that much the same as disabling an Android system app? I wonder if these articles would cease if Android simply changed the label "disable" to "delete" and removed the ability to view and re-enab
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by vatueil 8y ago
If the default apps are restored after a factory reset then "deleting" a built-in app in iOS isn't really any different from disabling an Android system app.
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by vatueil 8y ago
Eh. We exist in a society where people who perform abortions must live with people who believe a fetus is equivalent to a full human life. People who believe unbelievers go to hell must live with people who are atheists. The tension between
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by vatueil 8y ago
According to this answer from Vivaldi it sounds like the public source is only partial (the Chromium source code and any direct changes Vivaldi made to it): https://help.vivaldi.com/article/is-vivaldi-open-source/
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by vatueil 8y ago
Is the Ancient Architects channel supposed to be a fictional work, as Star Wars is? As far as I can tell from your comments and the videos I've checked, the channel presents itself as a factual source. If I am wrong, that would be a re
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by vatueil 8y ago
Thanks for the response. Would it be correct though to say the channel does not reflect mainstream academic views? The creator of the YouTube channel describes himself on his Facebook profile as a geologist with an interest in Neolithic sit
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by vatueil 8y ago
From a cursory glance at the channel's descriptions and video titles it looks sort of sketchy, to be honest. Is that impression wrong? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCscI4NOggNSN-Si5QgErNCw/abo... > Anc
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by vatueil 8y ago
The point is more that the parent comment raises a different issue that doesn't really address the topic at hand. Even if another search engine did appear, it wouldn't allow the authorities to target dissidents more effectively th
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by vatueil 8y ago
I guess it wouldn't be HN if we didn't tie every story back to our own issues. In this case, if Google ever does return to China I doubt the authorities would find it more useful for such purposes than existing sources such as iCl
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by vatueil 8y ago
It's not nothing, it just wasn't enough by itself to overcome the competition. In the web's short history we've already seen several browsers rise and fall. It's possible Microsoft may in the future repeat what Goog
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by vatueil 8y ago
There's a new GitHub repository for Microsoft Edge: https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/MSEdge The readme goes into more detail than the blog post announcement, including emphasis on Windows on ARM, information about
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by vatueil 8y ago
The GitHub readme is more explicit: https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/MSEdge > We will evolve the Microsoft Edge app architecture, enabling distribution to all supported versions of Windows including Windows 7 and W
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by vatueil 8y ago
Agreed. Many countries already require publicly funded research be made available for open access. A list of US government agencies that require such access after an embargo period is presented here: https://scholcomm.columbia.ed
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by vatueil 8y ago
Listening to different political viewpoints can be good. I make sure to do so myself on many occasions. However, the criticisms regarding this film raised in other comments and linked articles appear to be valid. It concerns me that you hav
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by vatueil 8y ago
Sure, you could wish for that, but if we could have everything you wished for we probably wouldn't need DNT in the first place. Since DNT was specifically raised, bringing up how Microsoft's hug of death killed it seemed pertinent
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by vatueil 8y ago
Microsoft turning DNT on for all Windows users automatically pretty much killed the movement's momentum. While privacy as the default has strong arguments going for it, as a practical matter since DNT was supposed to be an intentional
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by vatueil 8y ago
To be fair, this appears to be the work of a rogue candidate, Mark Harris, and his supporters, not the GOP establishment. The Republican incumbent, Rep. Pittenger, was also targeted, when Harris challenged and narrowly defeated Pittenger in
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They've tried to prevent people from publishing shell games that no one actually buys to play, that exist only for the sake of generating keys that e.g. make the discounts on game bundles look more attractive, yes. But in general what
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WebKit was forked from KHTML. Chromium used WebKit, until Blink was forked. All of that was only possible because the browser engines are open source. As with anything, you always need somebody (or a group of somebodies) to help something n
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by vatueil 8y ago
Epic is in fact planning to buy third-party exclusives for their new store: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/12/epic-undercuts-steam-... > Sweeney told Ars that the company plans to "start small&q

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