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by yanw 15y ago
Then it would be perfectly fine, they would be able to stop Microsoft and its elk from extorting patent fees, but the whole issue lies in that the patent went to Microsoft and Apple and others like them for the sole purpose of extorting And
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by yanw 15y ago
It's hard to take Gruber seriously when everything he writes distorts reality and commonsense in the sake of representing them in ways that favor Apple Inc and its endeavors. His thoughts on WebM vs. Apple backed MPEG-LA are equally ridicul
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by yanw 15y ago
Your argument is valid, but I think so is the 'quid pro quo' notion, and as I mentioned, personally I'm not bothered by ads and yes, I suppose I do find some value in them now that you mention it.
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Google Should Publicly Oppose Software Patents(blogs.forbes.com)
126 points by yanw 15y ago|25 comments
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by yanw 15y ago
No, I think I owe something for the free services and content I use, nothing is free, I'm aware of the tech aspects of it and I'm not concerned by any privacy implications. I'm also generally not bothered by ads and use Readability or equiv
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by yanw 15y ago
It's sad that pro-patent asstroturf hijacks serious anti-patent discussions on HN, it's obvious that the HN sentiment towards software patents is that of disgust, yet when a passionate and rare post like this makes headlines somehow a pro-p
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by yanw 15y ago
Having patents doesn't mean you agree with the state of the patent system, also they have yet to sue anyone over patents.
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by yanw 15y ago
They bid for them defensively as dictated by a broken patent system. The problem is that all their competitors joined together to block them from buying the patents so they could tax Android.
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by yanw 15y ago
Your innuendo doesn't prove any 'anti-competitive' practices, consorting to band a patent cartel in order to strangle opensource on the other hand is.
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by yanw 15y ago
Not much of a trick if you had to allow alternative markets and still get presented with its permissions before installing it.
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by yanw 15y ago
It's not a Trojan if you have to install it, specially as one has to enable side-loading to install it. FUD.
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Introducing Google Tasks Porter(dataliberation.blogspot.com)
1 points by yanw 15y ago|0 comments
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by yanw 15y ago
The 'gag' in question doesn't apply specifically to this matter, employees usually aren't allowed to discuss this sort of stuff, they let PR handle it.
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by yanw 15y ago
Of course there are valid reasons for the policy, Facebook's growth is proof enough. Real names carry more weight and I doubt it's more than a handful of self-described activists who are whining about nyms. I'm saying that she is on a crusa
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by yanw 15y ago
Maybe she just got tired of discussing this subject, as opposed to the author who seems to be on a crusade.
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by yanw 15y ago
I agree, most people use their real names (see: Facebook), and a new service should focus on the majoring or its users first get that right then address the statistically less significant (but evidently very loud) segment.
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by yanw 15y ago
1. It must be in proportion, and not expect an immediate fix specially since Google has valid reasons for their policy. 2. Still not a proof. And she could be interpreting other instructions as forcing a 'gag'. And me using a pseudonym here
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by yanw 15y ago
This is getting silly and borderline paranoid. I think this whole pseudonym thing is an overreaction, and an unfair criticism to an incomplete project. As for the this 'gag' stuff she offers no proof and seems like she is just conveniently
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by yanw 15y ago
This is as useless as watching stock prices go up and down every day. G+ is a long term project. It also has another launch in it's future (when it drops the invite only limitation) and they have yet to introduce an API or a game section or
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by yanw 15y ago
Bad hive-mind; Hacker News fires Steve Yegge : http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2011/07/hacker-news-fires-st...
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by yanw 15y ago
Dupe: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2811818
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by yanw 15y ago
He only quit the 'cat picture' project he is still on the GOOG's payroll. It's an inspiring notion if you're into that sort of thing, a bit unfair to his would be colleagues though.
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by yanw 15y ago
I think this matter highlights the absurdity of being offended by issues discovered during beta-testing. I suppose it's beta testing for the masses so people start assuming it's the finished product.
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by yanw 15y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/newpol Karma > 200 is required.
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by yanw 15y ago
Which has nothing to do with real names or identities.
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by yanw 15y ago
Hogwash! it is not legally permitted to target advertising using real identities, ads are targeted at demographics, and a name has no value to ad targeting anyway, interests are what used for targeting ads not names. There are many legitima
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When Patents Attack (Audio available)(thisamericanlife.org)
3 points by yanw 15y ago|0 comments
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by yanw 15y ago
As a change of pace from the usual pattern of comments on a 'someone got their account suspended' post I would like to offer a practical solution: Why not provide an optional pseudonym filed? that way you have the real name to enable search
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by yanw 15y ago
No. It's a 2nd hand unconfirmed hypothesis, that is how panic spreads.
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by yanw 15y ago
Link-bait. Sigh .

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