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by writepub 8y ago
Just pointing out that Google's not the sole offender here. Apple is known the be stricter on this
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by writepub 8y ago
That's an absurd decision. The US has tens of millions of annual visitors, and given that the majority of the Earth isn't white, it's likely that a majority of the visitors aren't. While the stories that hit the press ar
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by writepub 8y ago
Discussion here is not about the author's (supposed) background, or ulterior motive, it's about the merits of the issues specifically discussed in the article. It's best to focus on that
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by writepub 8y ago
HN is made of humans, and humans project concious and unconscious bias in their actions. Though perceptions may vary, there certainly is one ideology that can be scientifically proven to exist among HN whales. It may or may not be the one I
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by writepub 8y ago
True that upvotes!=correctness. But the idea of karma and incentivizing those with higher karma with more privileges on HN basically means Upvotes=correctness for purposes of being heard on and being able to mould HN. For all practical purp
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by writepub 8y ago
It's a rather disappointing truth that HN whales, and HN in turn, are left leaning, socialist Democrats. You'd think a tech focused forum would be more diverse, but there's only one viewpoint kosher here. Unfortunate that the
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by writepub 8y ago
There are always people in high places doing criminal things on the behest of their employers/companies. Like I stated, the 2007 financial meltdown is a prime example. It's fairly obvious why this particular case is being aggressi
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by writepub 8y ago
If there's any delusion about Meng's arrest NOT being a political stunt that the US is pulling, set such thoughts aside. How many banking executives were arrested after the 2007/2008 financial collapse? If you picked 0, you n
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by writepub 8y ago
It seems disingenuous for the banks to not provide an API spec, and then invest in and present Plaid as an alternative. This is not a technology problem, this is about entrenched players making a buck wherever possible, without doing the lo
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by writepub 8y ago
While everything you note is true, it's hardly the fault of the engineers. One cannot expect engineers to hand code css and optimize every time. These things should be handled by tools. With the advent of css-in-js and compilers, this
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by writepub 8y ago
If you really think Soros' Jewish heritage, versus a plethora of political actions, is more fodder for Sandberg, you've thoroughly underestimated her. My statement doesn't constitute a defense, because the NYT has failed to
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by writepub 8y ago
The article seems to imply Sandberg approved of anti semetic attacks against Soros, conveniently ignoring the fact that Sandberg (& Zuckerberg) is a Jew herself. I don't know what the editorial team at NYT thinks is happening, but
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by writepub 8y ago
Just empty accusations, and frankly insulting to anyone who disagrees with dissenters. Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, etc. are all following China's data policies, but when a bunch of Googlers want the same, you accuse them of paybacks?
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by writepub 8y ago
It's important for these voices to be heard. Despite a couple thousand signatures on the other dissenting memo, there's no evidence that a majority of Googlers are willing to actively vandalize/cannibalize revenues, while Mic
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by writepub 8y ago
The employees willfully obstructing potential revenues and profits, and hence styming Google's market cap should put their money where their mouth is. These employees should be willing to accept a 50% reduction in compensation ( salary
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by writepub 8y ago
How does this compare to the cost of an x86/64 mother board of similar specs? I think there's a cost angle to be played here - of the actual components are common/agnostic to architecture, a compelling value proposition is th
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by writepub 8y ago
The selection of software that simply works on Linux (especially Debian & derivatives like Ubuntu) eclipses that on FreeBsd. I've seen attempts at bringing the Linux ABI to FreeBsd, including the familiar and popular apt package ma
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by writepub 8y ago
Centralised payments is a massive problem, that you aren't aware of unless you're a merchant. Merchants end up subsidising the 2-3% cash back deals peddled by the Visa/AmEx of the world. They have little negotiating power ag
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by writepub 8y ago
> what kind of society creates what seems to be extreme and violent xenophobia to us A fish has no concept of water, it doesn't know it is in water, it doesn't know there can be existence outside of water, and it doesn't
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by writepub 8y ago
> In that scenario they aren't 'paying' anything except the lost profits on goods they no longer make. But they are paying a high price by losing market share. Profits are one thing, but revenues are a whole other. Revenue
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by writepub 8y ago
Apple can't stop being evil in any realm of it's business/existence! - “Doing business with Apple is very risky as it often reverses what it has promised,” said an executive with a supplier - "Apple tightly controls marg
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by writepub 8y ago
There are many many hundreds of millions of people who would never be able to afford a paid-only version of the internet. Imagine a $20/month bundle for all if Google's services, from search to Gmail, from photos to docs. Many in
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by writepub 8y ago
Google maps is NOT a part of Google cloud! https://cloud.google.com/products/
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by writepub 8y ago
Where are you getting this "price hike" narrative for Google from? Google's presence in the cloud market is instrumental in across the board price drops.
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by writepub 8y ago
or you could move all pointers to the beginning of the struct, and could even make the pointer a const (read only). typedef struct { const void* fptr; char buf[124]; } mystruct;
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by writepub 8y ago
My point is that in Linux Ubuntu has the best support from mainstream app devs.
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by writepub 8y ago
https://www.zdnet.com/article/shuttleworth-defends-ubuntu-li...
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by writepub 8y ago
Just pointing out that windows and Mac collect comparable amounts of personal information, especially if you want to use their app stores. Oh, and Ubuntu siphons data to Amazon. So - if you really want no one snooping around by default, you
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by writepub 8y ago
The criticisms here are regarding the end user's reading experience, which are all fair. However, Medium's unique value propositions typically outweigh these concerns: 1. For creators wanting to monetize, Medium automagically prom
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by writepub 8y ago
Apple is a monopoly in the apps market, controlling 66% [1] of the $70B annually. It's practices are now going to be litigated at the supreme court level [2] Apple's only defense, that it isn't a majority of the unit sales in

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