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by roin 13y ago
This is a huge problem, and I think it's a good idea to legislate this (depending on the precise text of the bill) due to the positive externalities involved. I wrote a blog post making this argument: http://andrewro.in&#x2F
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Federal Bill Introduced To Require "Kill Switch" On Smartphones(klobuchar.senate.gov)
4 points by roin 13y ago|3 comments
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by roin 13y ago
I actually think this is a good idea and requires government intervention due to the positive externalities involved. I just wrote a blog post about it: ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7198054 )
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Government Forcing Antitheft Technology Into Cellphones Makes Sense(andrewro.in)
1 points by roin 13y ago|0 comments
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California Law to Require Antitheft Technology in Cellphones(bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
77 points by roin 13y ago|103 comments
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by roin 13y ago
Agreed, and this group as much as any should understand that just because the product is made of bits and can be distributed virtually free, it should not be free of cost. Just like any good software company, the NYTimes should be thinking
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by roin 13y ago
It's not about distribution. Much like ordering a book from Amazon, buying software, or going to see a movie, distribution is typically not the most relevant cost. I think the NYTimes is one of the best bargains out there, and lucky fo
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by roin 13y ago
No I don't, and that is a big pro of net neutrality. But that doesn't mean there are no cons.
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by roin 13y ago
That is not correct. You are looking for the intersection of marginal utility of the dollars earned through work, and the marginal cost (in utility) of giving up leisure (while hungry and cold, perhaps). You are arguing that the marginal ut
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by roin 13y ago
Mr. Stucchio isn't the first one to present this type of argument which is explicit in that people are choosing to be poor. That probably doesn't feel right to most of us, and that's because it's ridiculous. Jamming a co
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by roin 13y ago
I do not see the flaw. The statement in quotes, while a simplification, is correct if a private company is making the decision. If a government is making the decision (typical with roads, not with broadband), there are a ton of other factor
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by roin 13y ago
CON: The more money I think I can make by owning network infrastructure, the more I will invest to build it now. That's not to say that net neutrality is bad or wrong on balance, but no cons at all?
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by roin 13y ago
I didn't cherry pick any example. I just used the example that the article was written about.
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by roin 13y ago
Not only is the slide from 2008, but it also says it requires "close access methods" and "remote installation will be pursued for a future release." In other words, they need physical access to your device. If we think t
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by roin 13y ago
I have no idea how accurate the 60 Minutes story was, but this article is woefully unconvincing. Calling your rebuttal "the definitive facts" is childish. My favorite line is: "There are as many red flags surrounding the BIOS
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by roin 13y ago
This article paints SV with too broad a brush, but this is a big problem. There is a tendency here to oversimplify really complex problems. That's a good thing when you need to take a leap of faith and start a company to tackle those p
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by roin 13y ago
It's disappointing to read all this negativity around the drone delivery story. Who knows if this will happen as soon as they claim, but it is a cool idea with a lot of genuinely interesting implications. The fact that Amazon is trying
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by roin 13y ago
I realize your comment is snark, but the lesson I take is to build your app in Rails, then if you become multi-billion dollar IPO-level success, rewrite...
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by roin 13y ago
You may have some specific conditions for what you consider innovation, but Facebook is a service that dramatically changes how a significant percentage of humans spend their free time, and the implications are huge. Connecting with people,
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by roin 13y ago
If I were running a company, I'd buy everyone a license of 1Password and make its use mandatory. Sure there are still plenty of attack vectors, but it's just too easy, and 1Password is such a cheap way to mitigate risk (not to men
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by roin 13y ago
I'll second this one, I spent five years at a major consulting company working in large banks and insurance companies, and there was NOTHING agile about development.
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by roin 13y ago
I'm not sure what a "male space" is, but it isn't software engineering. It is not a gender specific role, both men and women can do it, men and women excel at it, and men and women should be encouraged to do it. When we
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by roin 13y ago
I'll be interested when someone breaks Touch ID in a real life theft. This is not a simple process, it's not clear that a determined thief is even likely to find a good enough print in a real life case, and you can't mess aro
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by roin 13y ago
It sounds like you're trying to get to their enterprise value (simplified as market cap + debt - cash), but market cap is market cap (value of outstanding shares). They also own other large assets such as their building in SF. With rev
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by roin 13y ago
I remember when someone writing for TechCrunch published a takedown of the iOS 4 beta for ruining the iPhone experience with distracting features such as folders and wallpaper. The unlikely day that Apple takes the approach that "you d
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by roin 13y ago
I'm glad that the author is having a good experience with his sit all day and frequently exercise plan. But his conclusion that standing desks provide very little benefit to your overall health is based on his sample size of one, never
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by roin 13y ago
If "web apps are still inferior in every respect," why do we find ourselves using web apps more and more and desktop apps less and less? Should I expect to download the next gen of great applications from a cool shareware site lik
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by roin 13y ago
Benefits or risks of vitamins is one of the most confusing medical topics to assess for an average consumer. After hearing about benefits of vitamin C, zinc, vitamin D, etc., only to later read that some doctors say it's going to kill
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by roin 13y ago
Craigslist is the saddest example of a near natural monopoly formed in a two-sided market on the internet. Considering the pace of innovation over there, it's only a matter of time until they are disrupted. In the meantime we'll
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by roin 13y ago
For someone who hadn't done web development in ten years and then wanted to get back into it with Rails, this tutorial (for v3.2) was perfect. As others have noted, it demystifies the whole stack, even including tools such as Sublime T

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