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by writepub 8y ago
Many attempts at decoupling Google & Android have failed in the marketplace. Billions have been poured into a viable third mobile OS (Windows phone, meego, tizen, sailfish ...). The consumers have spoken - they want iOS or Google's
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by writepub 8y ago
It isn't reasonable to make compromises on public health for religion. In fact, the separation of church and state as a fundamental tenet of Western society was implemented for this exact thing. What is reasonable is for the religious
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by writepub 8y ago
It's discriminatory against those not granted exceptions. The fabled separation of church and state was proposed for this exact thing - equal application of the law regardless of religion.
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by writepub 8y ago
Among the consequences of morally unfashionable speech is a rate-limit or ban on HN
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by writepub 8y ago
> A few self-serving white men (there are hardly any women or minorities in the blockchain universe) pretending to be messiahs When I intended to read the article, I was fairly certain identity politics wasn't an axe the author want
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by writepub 8y ago
Bing is already operational in China. This headline is clickbait - these rules apply to all online media companies, domestic and foreign. Google's current rounds in the news cycle landed it in the headline - nothing more specific.
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by writepub 8y ago
There's a very obvious reason why they don't zero index: there's no data to observe there. Any serious trader will want to zoom into the data where the action is - like pop sites are already doing
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by writepub 8y ago
The process & execution detailed here is further evidence backing the EB-1 application of the author. Many engineers of popular open source projects neither monetize their work, nor do they work their way towards ancillary benefits, lik
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by writepub 8y ago
We're huge fans of C interfaces on the sever side. https://kore.io is our preferred stack. It's primary interface is C. In our opinion, it's lighter weight, and simpler to integrate with your app.
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by writepub 8y ago
> the scale of their direct malfeasance is mostly regional This is patently incorrect. 1. There Wahabi radical islamic movement was largely funded by SA at it's inception. SA continues to be it's largest donor, both in money an
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by writepub 8y ago
Advising (or hoping) against the accused defending themselves is counter to the justice system western democracies are based on. In a just society, a false accusation intended to harm the accused by piling on social media lynch mobs and the
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by writepub 8y ago
Apple's M&A is one of the best - they scoop up companies for a lot lesser than other giants, and the acquisition impact is typically higher than at other companies. For instance, capacitive touch & gestures like pinch to zoom
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by writepub 8y ago
The Chinese aren't the ones pleading for a Google search solution. They won't talk about squat. Google will, however, need to talk to curious investors on missing billion dollar opportunities while Bing goes about serving search w
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by writepub 8y ago
China is just as interested in US' communications. Huawei & ZTE have been alleged with these exact type of attacks, by the US government
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by writepub 8y ago
Fair point, edited.
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by writepub 8y ago
What's wall street doing about Google's hostage situation - held hostage by their own outraged employees. Two publicly documented big opportunities missed so far - the Pentagon missile deal and to an extent this. Maybe the China s
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by writepub 8y ago
Google employees' outrage is derailing profits and opportunities at this point. If the protesting employees think they're winning, they're patently wrong. One hiccup in the market, one quarter of slow growth is all it takes f
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by writepub 8y ago
Thanks for the clarification. Your time is much appreciated! Cheers
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by writepub 8y ago
If local/state attorney generals refuse to investigate, this can and should become a federal investigation, that now includes the said attorney generals too - or so I understand. Can any lawyers chime in?
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by writepub 8y ago
It doesn't work because iOS Safari hasn't implemented WebRTC Data Channels.
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by writepub 8y ago
I hope the chrome team is looking at this too, with 65+% market share, it'll be real impactful when chrome makes similar optimizations.
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by writepub 8y ago
Alexa integration is interesting. Doesn't Facebook have its own voice-AI? Why Alexa?
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by writepub 8y ago
> Then I figured that credible sources would report on whatever Breitbart was shouting about, if it was serious. Seems a lot like how authoritarian countries view news. First, they classify (a.k.a. anoint) sources as kosher & credibl
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by writepub 8y ago
Hope the average HN reader is aware that Breitbart is banned on HN, as a submission source.
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by writepub 8y ago
I remember a time in America when a Republican & Democrat could peacefully disagree with dignity, and follow that up with an evening out as friends
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by writepub 8y ago
Can you link to a WebRTC Data Channel URL that works on iOS Safari? Here's a simple WebRTC DataChannel demo that doesn't work on iOS 12.0 Safari https://webrtc.github.io/samples/src/content/datachann
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by writepub 8y ago
Mobile web consumption is now the majority of web engagement. Given that, iOS Safari's reluctance speaks volumes. I bet this has anything to do with technology, and more with Apple's business rivalry with the open web. Given how i
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by writepub 8y ago
Given the impasse, I'm inclined to believe one of two things: 1. US intelligence planted & played along for this story, for a long time. 2. The story is true on all fronts: i.e. those inside Apple with knowledge about this are lyin
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by writepub 8y ago
Bloomberg needs to make a statement about all of this, either doubling down or issuing an apology. Either ways, we need a follow up and conclusion. Can we HN-ers tweet-request them (politely) to follow up?
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by writepub 8y ago
On the contrary, I'm starting to think forceful denials indicate the importance of either the Chinese market, or the impact China has as a manufacturing partner, on their bottom line. I can't imagine China being happy with anythin

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