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xvector
8y ago
> Because Siri was getting behind, they now market themselves, directly or not, as privacy friendly. I think you need to justify your statement a bit more, as right now, it amounts to baseless speculation. Apple's entire ecosystem i
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xvector
8y ago
Not OP, but from the web page: > If Citrine respects all languages, why is this website in English? > As a developer, entrepeneur or scientist, you need to be able to read English texts. Citrine does not try to change that. However wr
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xvector
8y ago
Your language is super cool. This is a very noble cause.
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xvector
8y ago
It benefits the consumer by creating two or more highly competitive organizations, thus leading to a breeding ground of growth and innovation. This is the basis of all antitrust laws.
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xvector
8y ago
And this is why we need to approach the problem with the general view of fighting death. Whether it's simulating the human brain or eliminating cancer, the most important thing is stopping life from ending and enabling people to live
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xvector
8y ago
> have to assume that at least a portion of the business owners behind those cash machines you mention won't just sit on a montain of money, but rather reinvest it in something. Of course they reinvest it in something. They reinves
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xvector
8y ago
> Getting mankind off of Earth and spread across multiple planets and solar system will yield untold positive side effects, and one or more of those may impact cancer research. And yet perhaps one of the blocks with modern science is p
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xvector
8y ago
I agree that Windows 10 should not be dismissed as adware. But just because Ubuntu and Mozilla did it doesn't make it right. It's something that absolutely shouldn't happen in the first place. Microsoft does not need to def
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xvector
8y ago
TouchBar is quite amazing once you know the gestures, too. Tapping and holding the volume/brightness key and sliding it for super-precise volume or brightness control is an amazing feature.
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xvector
8y ago
Whether it's trivial is irrelevant. It should never need to be done. Ads and tracking in the default OS is a scummy move by Microsoft.
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xvector
8y ago
This was intended more towards people you don't normally see face to face. My parents live across the country. I can maybe see them twice a year. My college friends have moved elsewhere, but we can definitely play a game of DnD over
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xvector
8y ago
Agreed. Elimination of material causes is the best we can do given our current lack of insight into the brain. The discussion becomes much more interesting when we do begin to gain that insight when coupled with the ability precisely and ex
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xvector
8y ago
> part of me worries about the growing individualist and transactional nature of our social lives that the internet is causing And yet we are growing closer together every day because of the internet. Technologies like Skype, Hangouts, a