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Comment · 8 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
Even if the ToS are pulled from the web, it might just pull the document, not the UI, providing opt-outs, etc
Comment · 8 years ago
If google had made software updates available, which gave the correct options and are GDPR compliant.

But the OEM, Network don't approve / supply those updates, is Google at fault? (In this case its a non-Google phone running Android)

Comment · 8 years ago
I am reading through the complaints,

The first one: https://noyb.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/complaint-android...

The User sets up a "new" (non Google) phone, and isn't given an option to decline consent to Googles ToS.

Now how does this work with a physical product? It needs to be compliant on the 25th of May 2018, but the version of Android may be old and not updated (given its Android). Even if there was an update waiting to resolve GDPR related issues, you would need to agree to the ToS to get that update, to enable opt-out?

In that point of view, it seems a rather unfair complaint. I havn't checked the other's yet, but I start to feel that perhaps these have been filed too early, without enough thought and examination, just to get headlines?

Comment · 9 years ago
I think this article misses a key point about fairness that seems to be ignored (I have not read the underlying paper, so perhaps its bad journalism)

In this scenario:

"In the first scenario, participants had to decide if they wanted to transfer two coins from person A (who already had four coins) to person B (who had one). Researchers note the “transfer would reduce inequality,” (as there’s less of a gap between them), but person B would end up one coin richer than person A, reversing their status."

"Just 45% accepted the redistribution when it changed the hierarchy."

They have focused on changing the hierarchy, and this is where fairness comes in.

Should people who have "wealth" be forced to a redistribution mechanism, where that person ends up poorer than everyone else? - Its one thing to redistribute for to reduce or eliminate inequality, its another to make them poorer than everyone else (even if the overall equality is reduced)

So I don't think its about maintaining the hierarchy, but a sense of fairness in the redistribution

Comment · 9 years ago
This solves my biggest issue, and will make a few projects I'm working on much much easier.

It was such a pain to do USB networking on the old zero. But its a great size and form factor for projects

Adding in Bluetooth and Wifi will make it much easier to work with

Comment · 10 years ago
The code name is all that's related to Mojang

Microsoft has used a number of minecraft terms as codenames.

RedStone Cobalt

Comment · 10 years ago
As its a standing desk I have, having everything on the desk makes life easier.

Mini ITX would have taken up alot of deskroom. My old case (Antec P183) I had sitting on a side desk before hand

Comment · 10 years ago
It performs fine for development. I'm having some screen flickering issues at the moment (not 100% sure what)

I'm C# Dev mostly at home, so VS2015 etc, also some linux VM's, mobile VM's, its pretty good

Comment · 10 years ago
It is a standing desk!
Comment · 10 years ago
Its about the size of a VHS tape
Comment · 10 years ago
Intel say it can drive 3x 4k Screens at the same time (2 over DP @ 60Hz, 1 over HDMI 2 ~ 30Hz if I recall correctly)
Comment · 10 years ago

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