rahuldottech
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Comment · 6 years ago
Comment · 6 years ago
I don't know, what I will say is: most (tech) folks would (rightly, in my opinion) trust Facebook/WhatsApp more than they would Tencent.
Comment · 6 years ago
A mute person can write. Or sign. A corporate entity doesn't communicate in any way. Because... It obviously cannot.
Comment · 6 years ago
> iOS built-in adult content filter blocks all searches with the keyword "Asian,” assuming it's porn-related. Which means a 12 y/o Chinese-American girl might Google "Asian hairstyles" and find out that her culture is blocked as "adult content."
> Searches like "teen mental health resources" are also blocked, because "teen" is on the blacklist. Which is so dumb for a feature that's probably being used BY TEENS!
Wow. One of the biggest tech companies in the world, people.
Comment · 6 years ago
It's used to pay respect to a recently deceased tech person. In this case, Larry Tesler: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22361282
In the past, we've had it for Steve Jobs and Aaron Swartz, among others.
Comment · 6 years ago
All good :)
Comment · 6 years ago
Yes.
> Yikes, please don't do or encourage using these in public - there are many accessibility devices (hearing aids, cochlear implants, etc.) which depend on MEMS microphones to function.
> You could inadvertently make the world much worse for people who already have a difficult time of things. Imagine carting a cellular and WiFi and bluetooth jammer around outside of a Faraday cage - it's insanely irresponsible and inconsiderate.
From the top comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22339548
Comment · 6 years ago
All NASA images and videos are in the public domain, but the same is not true for any technologies that they develop.
Comment · 6 years ago
My bad, didn't realize that it's been out for a while.
That said, both are incredible resources for academics, researchers, students or even folks just wanting to read up on a subject in more depth than Wikipedia has.