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by yohui 9y ago
In terms of public perception, perhaps. In reality? The parent comment is correct: we let ourselves pick out the parts we didn't like, with a dash of knee-jerk opposition to "secrecy" on top, and completely ignored the broade
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by yohui 9y ago
Another discussion thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14292651 Article: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/05/googles-fuchsia-smar... Original source: http://www.hotfix
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by yohui 9y ago
See discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14292651
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by yohui 9y ago
Mozilla was working on a Metro version of Firefox, too, but canned it due to lack of interest: https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2014/03/14/metro/
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by yohui 9y ago
Where is Firefox on Windows Store? I don't see it.
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by yohui 9y ago
Context: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/02/romney-... > Key line: "Obama took GM and Chrysler into bankruptcy and sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in Chi
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by yohui 9y ago
The final ruling in Authors Guild v. Google was really just a footnote to the whole saga, though. The article barely mentions it. The article focuses on the failure of the class action settlement, due to the "perfect being the enemy
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by yohui 9y ago
I remember picking up that book from the gift store on my first trip through Yellowstone. Made for morbidly engrossing reading. Links, for those interested: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/1570984506/ https:/&#x
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by yohui 9y ago
Better news source: http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-32496258 He was ultimately acquitted on a technicality: http://icelandreview.com/news/2016/07/06/pink-geyser-pro
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by yohui 10y ago
See also Google Ngram Viewer: https://books.google.com/ngrams Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Ngram_Viewer
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by yohui 10y ago
Yes. From the press conference: https://www.reddit.com/r/baduk/comments/64hmu2/watch_live_pr... > Last year, the AlphaGo that played against Lee Sedol was v18. The Master that achieved 60-0 was v25.
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by yohui 10y ago
That's a fair point, but I think calling the headline "misleading" goes too far. My own reaction to reading the title was not to assume the subject was to blame for its own troubles: that's certainly a possibility, but i
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by yohui 10y ago
That's similar to what EPIC (the Electronic Privacy Information Center) said in a filing mentioned in the article: > "Privacy rules for ISPs are important and necessary, but it is obvious that the more substantial privacy thre
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by yohui 10y ago
Have you checked it recently? There's no microphone permission listed: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.economis...
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by yohui 10y ago
> WTH. I didn't say "it's safe to say that the bulk of the miles driven "before Autosteer" happened between March and October 2015". I didn't say you did. I suppose you could interpret "I don&#x2
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by yohui 10y ago
> I don't believe they counted cars without the sensors, either before or after. Your statement about "at most a small fraction" has no evidence. Thanks for explaining. The NHTSA report says: > ODI analyzed mileage a
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by yohui 10y ago
> Tesla was growing rapidly in that era, and the sensors weren't even available at the start of calendar year 2013. All cars shipped with sensors starting in October 2014. I don't follow the statement about sensor availabilit
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by yohui 10y ago
Thanks. But the NHTSA report looks at data starting with "MY 2014" (i.e. calendar year 2013) cars. If AEB did lead to a 40% reduction in crash rates for Tesla cars, as it did for other car models, I suspect that moving the dividin
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by yohui 10y ago
For those unaware, "AEB" stands for "Autonomous Emergency Braking". See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collision_avoidance_system Did Tesla cars have AEB prior to Autopilot installation? If not, the
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by yohui 10y ago
I don't understand how the list of "partnerships" makes sense. None of the examples (third-party Amazon sellers, FBA, etc.) are what I would think of in terms of services I want from a home assistant, unless the goal is to or
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by yohui 10y ago
https://www.wired.com/2016/12/google-self-driving-car-waymo > By early 2015, Fairfield thought they were getting close: The cars were clocking full days at Google’s testing grounds without needing human takeov
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by yohui 10y ago
For context, Peter Thiel is a part-time partner at Y Combinator. Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel#Y_Combinator Source: http://blog.ycombinator.com/welcome-peter
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by yohui 10y ago
Yes, it is available as an extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pdf-viewer/oemmndc...
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by yohui 10y ago
You may be thinking of this discussion, "KrebsOnSecurity is now up and hosted on Google Cloud": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12574428
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by yohui 10y ago
The article says that was the "out-of-the-box" experience. After upgrading to the latest firmware: > The newer firmware certainly delivered higher peak throughput: up to 800mbps or so, if you click your mouse just fast enough
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by yohui 10y ago
I think some people read the title ( Mozilla: “Our primary goal is to un-fork the Tor Browser” ) and assumed Mozilla wants to incorporate all the Tor Browser's features. A closer look at the link should make it clear that the changes b
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by yohui 10y ago
> I think there's a strong recognition that self-driving vehicles, when they can be made to happen generally, will be a significant social good. And that it's tricky to get there unless society is willing to put something out
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by yohui 10y ago
For those wondering whether APK Mirror is safe, it's run by Android Police, probably the best Android news site. That's why they link to it in their articles: http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/07/07/
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by yohui 10y ago
They did: > Michelle Young, who lives in The Moors, Kidlington, says they did try to solve the mystery. > "A neighbour did try to ask them where they were from but they didn't speak any English and we didn't get very
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by yohui 10y ago
> Didn't catch in the article if it was mentioned, but has anyone thought of you know, asking tourists why they picked to come there, or what they expect to see? Guessing the implication they can't speak English very well? Ye

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