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by b2600 7y ago
You don’t need a phone number to open a google or gmail account. It asks for it but it’s a skippable step
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by b2600 10y ago
Gmail is slow to load compared to others. Notably, FastMail. I abandoned Inbox a while ago because of load time. Coming close to abandoning Gmail too. Takes way to long to load. This happens for me on low end laptops AND high end desktops.
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by b2600 10y ago
Curious why you tossed Apple in there. In worldwide usage it's a fraction compared to the other three. (I feel compelled to state I use an iPhone in order to avoid this comment being interpreted incorrectly).
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by b2600 10y ago
Just started diving into it. It's fascinating from a bureaucratic, administrative, and operational perspective. --we have to increase CI/Intelligence capability or we'll lose primacy to another agency-- Paraphrasing
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by b2600 10y ago
So poor people don't/won't read the Economist? They "don't care to". wow. BTW, these click-bait sites are rewarded by your employer who then is able to pay you. As an aside: Doesn't google still provide a
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by b2600 10y ago
I think there is some tremendous gap between what a site believes it's value to be and the value to the person behind the keyboard. My opinion is the reverse of yours. Internet users aren't necessarily cheap, the sites overvalue t
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by b2600 10y ago
In the comedy movie "Back to School", wealthy business man Thornton Melon hires Kurt Vonnegut to write an essay for him on Kurt Vonnegut for English Literature class. The professor knows Melon did not write the essay and tells him
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by b2600 10y ago
Engineer is liberally defined nowadays. It apparently no longer means someone who has a B.S.(or above) in Engineering.
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by b2600 10y ago
Facebook has no idea how many fake accounts exist and neither do I. But it is definitely higher than 11.2%. That estimate was self-serving for business purposes not a serious analysis.
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by b2600 10y ago
I guess I'm reading these two examples as: 1. an extra goto and 2. a strategy dealing with creating an ssl store that uses a 32(!) bit key. I'm not implying malice but they seem fundamentally different type of errors.
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by b2600 10y ago
I don't know if comparing "bugs" from AV software and OSs is apples to apples. Also, goto followed by erroneous goto looks like an error (I know) but "keys are generated, they're inserted using the first 32 bits o
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by b2600 10y ago
That would be targeted to individual(s) not "all email from everyone" NSLs target a service or an individual or a corporation. Bad as that is, it's not intercepting, storing, scanning every email.
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by b2600 10y ago
Leaving out Russian news sources of which there are numerous: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957 http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Security-Watch/Backchannels/2... https:/&
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by b2600 10y ago
"the Pixel is a joke compared to the iPhone 6s in my opinion" That's a very unusual opinion. Most reviews I've seen contradict this. Hell, you could compare the 6p with the 6s and the iPhone would win (in my opinion) but
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by b2600 10y ago
I don't object to the veracity of your claims but I would note that "it's what everyone around me is using" doesn't scale very well. For example, if you're from the U.S. you might not know anyone who uses Whats
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by b2600 10y ago
Everything is relative. He actually wasn't that bad for being an industry shill. The next commissioner will be worse (for consumers).
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by b2600 10y ago
What you're describing is not possible given the database you tested. Are there more details that would clarify your post?
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by b2600 10y ago
If your statement is accurate, why offshore the work?
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by b2600 10y ago
The tangible benefit is working for less money.
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by b2600 10y ago
Generally speaking, it is for their contacts
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by b2600 10y ago
A NSL is a legal document that originates from the DOJ (via the FBI) that requires no judicial approval. Nevertheless it is a legal document. The NSA does not participate, authorize, approve, initiate, or distribute NSLs.
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by b2600 10y ago
Re: Tor. It's very effective but users must read the documentation not just plug and play.
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by b2600 10y ago
Really not trying to start an OS war but for the sake of accuracy Android is the dominant mobile OS in Japan, not iPhone.
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by b2600 10y ago
I agree about the user name vs phone number. Federation issue was addressed here[1] for what it's worth. [1] https://whispersystems.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/
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by b2600 10y ago
Never understood the comparison re: Microsoft and Google. At the time of the Microsoft litigation (and still), they were the dominant OS. The OS wasn't/isn't free. It restricted competition esp. browsers. Google is (mostly) f
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by b2600 10y ago
To clarify. I was responding to two separate arguments. App vs mobile web and ad blocker usage.
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by b2600 10y ago
It matters because people don't want an app for every site they frequent. Furthermore, a lot of apps are simply exactly the same as the mobile site but with the burden of install, updates, permissions, etc. I think users prefer a singl
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by b2600 10y ago
>If you have a good app or a good site, people will pay via ads or subs.
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by b2600 10y ago
Patagonia on mobile web works fine for me. Everything functions properly and is easy to use. I don't know what device you use. Never used the other site you mentioned.
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by b2600 10y ago
Mobile Safari is open on every single person's phone. Those apps that you listed are the A-list of what everyone has on their phone. That doesn't trickle down to all the other apps that aren't Facebook or Instagram. Literally

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