g09980
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Comment · 8 years ago
Also, you can save the MEW webpage locally and use it.
Comment · 8 years ago
It seems like Apple has been doing away with the iTunes dependency, albeit slowly. You have been able to update without iTunes for a couple of years and more recently the awful Apps syncing was removed too.
Also, introduction of iCloud sync for files and backup vs. iTunes local sync.
Comment · 8 years ago
In Japanese rail, conductors and drivers periodically point with their hand [1][2] to indicate awareness of the task. Reading the article, perhaps these distracted test drivers could use a similar approach.
Comment · 8 years ago
the ~4 years of undergrad in college here are actually really really lax
Is this because undergrad does not prepare you for a career and the bulk of the "useful" learning happens later on the job?
Comment · 8 years ago
So the use of Facebook data was lauded as genius and now isn't. [1] Now you got me curious if the media would be saying all the same things if Cambridge helped the other candidate get elected.
[1] http://thehill.com/opinion/technology/379245-whats-genius-fo...
Comment · 8 years ago
But you're right. Gifts aside, we can at least reduce the packaging. Recently I had a chance to spend some time in Japan and the overuse of plastic bags and packaging was startling. (I expected a modern island nation to be more environmentally efficient.)
Sources suggest this is "customer first" culture-driven:
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/13266062/ns/world_news-world_envir... (2013)
https://www.quora.com/Why-are-plastic-bags-in-Japan-so-overu...
Comment · 8 years ago
Am I understanding correctly is that the primary blame on Facebook is in enabling apps (via API) to collect data?
This stuff has unfortunately existed for years, no different from an Android "beautiful waterfall wallpapers" app that also happens to ask for permission to access your contacts/messages. People consent to their data being public (sometimes in second-degree through their friends), data gets collected. And what about all those helpful Chrome extensions that want access to all of your browsing tabs?
I never authorize third-party apps on my accounts (or even install non-local Chrome extensions), but I'm likely in the minority.
Comment · 8 years ago
If the task is "taking datasets and making them more searchable," it seems like that company gets the heat simply for making the task easier. Excel, SQL databases (or, heck, huge CSV files) don't get as much attention even though they could be used for the same purpose, even if very awkwardly.
Comment · 8 years ago
So long as we remain wedded to directory paths as a means of referencing files and folders, much of our storage will contain duplicated content.
As a counterpoint, there are many situations where duplicating content may be preferred. If I'm pasting something into a document, I want it to remain immutable there without the risk of an external change (by me) altering the document that I assume to remain static.
Comment · 8 years ago
May be more likely due to the Binance "hack." http://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/news/bitcoin-p...
Edited for clarity.
Eastern Europe + San Francisco