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by yohui 13y ago
> Google: 32 countries Apple: 90 countries (probably more now, info from 2012) Microsoft: 127 countries Or the 196(?) countries the Amazon Appstore supports. http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display
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> The only logical conclusion is that Google wants all Android development outside of the countries it has named to cease immediately. What would be the motive? More likely they didn't want to risk carving an exception (leading to
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Also interesting that Google agreed to DeepMind's proposal to create an AI ethics board. Wonder how Facebook responded to that stipulation during negotiations.
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> The Internet itself was a DARPA funded, as was GPS and they can both be seen as tools in war at least as this was there initial intent. Which started back when they were still just ARPA, the "Advanced Research Projects Agency&quot
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There are two pie charts under "Views by platform": "Browsers" and "Browser Versions". Under versions, both "MSIE 10.0" and "MSIE 8.0" are listed. Though assuming the two pie charts are base
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This is the second time in this thread that you've brought up the shortcomings of current drones as evidence against the use of future robots. And it's the second you've conflated human-operated drones, possessed of little
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While Google's acquisition of Flexycore was only made public recently, the process must have started years ago. As Ars Technica noted, http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/google-buys-flexycore... >
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A comparison could be made to the journalistic debate over "false equivalence" in political reporting. For reference, see: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/10/a-bounti... For en
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Google search, Gmail, Chrome, and YouTube are all free to use, hence low barrier to adoption. Android devices cost money to buy, but the software is open source and free for OEMs. Glass, on the other hand, needs to sell buyers on a whole ne
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I was only objecting to the way you presented your criticism: that one category couldn't be a subset of another because the subset seems to lack a feature that the superset has. Criticize for the right reasons, etc.
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No, what oseibonsu was saying is that we're starting with humans in general (who are capable of feeling guilt), to narcissists (still capable), to sociopaths (incapable).
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> Your argument seems to be that people shouldn't state their opinions, but should instead do silent research until they come to what you think is the obvious conclusion. StavrosK wanted "valid criticism" and not "kne
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The previous title was: Google: "15% of the searches we see everyday we've never seen before." The linked page does come from Google's "Facts about Google and Competition", but the section "Abou
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How do you figure that? Manually checking the ages of accounts proved laborious and unrewarding.
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Probably this? https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/changes/ > If you previously told Google that you did not want your +1’s to appear in ads, then of course we’ll continue to respect th
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I think you mean the Asus Eee Note? http://www.asus.com/Eee_Family/Eee_Note_EA800/ And dammit, that looks perfect for notetaking/sketching/etc. :(
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> What really surprises me is that nobody reported the mistake to the professor. I think someone else in the class did: > Michelle has asserted that the statement, as it appears in the Pace catalogue, only makes sense when an addition
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But didn't the article note that the salacious details were irrelevant immediately after introducing them? And if the suggestion is that perhaps personal issues nevertheless were a factor, then they still could have done without most
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The 16GB model went from $349 to $249, the 8GB model from $299 to $199.
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As someone with a modicum of biological knowledge, I am not aware of any single cell that is critical to human survival in the way you describe. As for your analogy, it is true that microorganisms can perform wonderful feats, but it is a bi
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Actually, from the outside, a philosophical zombie would be indistinguishable from a non-zombie. Zombie Chalmers would write books, papers, and opine on the nature of consciousness and his subjective experience exactly as the real Chalmer
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Droid Life says[1] razor is the "product name" and flo the "device name". I guess that means flo refers to the hardware and razor the software. [1]: http://www.droid-life.com/2013/08/09/new
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How does highlighting Chavez (the American farm worker advocate, not the Venezuelan ex-president) slight Christians? Heck, Cesar Chavez himself was Catholic. Insofar as it matters, Google did have an Easter doodle back in 2000: http:&#
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> And it's not even a free choice to make. The citizens are free to remain unconnected. The countries are free to build their own infrastructure. Perhaps the choice isn't "free" because the incentives are too compelli
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(from http://www.google.com/loon/faq/#pilot ) Q: WHAT STEPS IS PROJECT LOON TAKING TO BE ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE? A: We are taking several steps to ensure Project Loon does not negatively impact the environment
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Other comments here say Chrome Frame is open source, minus the MSI itself (just a "very thin wrapper"). https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome_fram...
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> Consider Phelbas "Consider Phlebas " has its merits, especially the outsider's POV of the Culture. But I'm part of the faction that feels The Player of Games is a better introduction, as it's more polished and
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The video shows Autodesk Maya 2013 (as you can see in the window's titlebar and the task manager). It seems fair to assume that the video itself was made using it, too.
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Probably 'Tree Style Tab': https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-ta...
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Well, there was also a short discussion about this very article: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1fhhf7/the_bo... As the top comment by /u/restricteddata points out, the argument about the Soviet role was made by Hasegawa (

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