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>c.) where military technology is driven by a set of oligopolistic contractors who basically deliver what they want to deliver Is the Digital Century Series an attempt to change this?

chrome://flags/#username-first-flow is needed to see the Warn you if passwords are exposed in a data breach option in Sync and Google services …

Not necessarily. PS2 dominated its generation; Xbox did OK, but only a company Microsoft's size could have sustained it (and even Microsoft superseded the console in four years, unusually short f…

> No one is arguing that he can't do what he is doing. The discussion is whether or not he _should_. Which is an inherently subjective argument, which is my point, as opposed to your saying th…

>So, in other words, "because Trump thinks it's ok, it's ok." You could have saved a lot of typing. Yes, for these sorts of positions, "because [president] thinks it's…

>When one of your 'advisors' is charged with making peace in the middle east (among other ridiculous responsibilities), is he really an advisor? Was Ivanka acting in an advisory role when…

>Similar to the linked story here Not at all. >the US currently has a President with no political experience Which is a) known to all and b) considered by supporters to be a virtue, as is often …

>Apple's announcement might have pushed it forward by a few years at most. In the technology world, pushing an advance forward by a few years is shaking the industry.

My point is that the alternatives to a slave being worth 3/5 of a vote for apportionment purposes were a) a slave being worth a full vote, giving the slave states that much more power, or b) poss…

The Electoral College's intention was to balance large states' power with small states' desire to not let large states run everything. The college had nothing to do with slavery or the …

The Electoral College's intention was to balance large states' power with small states' desire to not let large states run everything. The college had nothing to do with slavery or the …

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Macintosh : >Bruce F. Webster in BYTE in December 1985 described Inside Macintosh as "infamous, expensive, and obscure"…

The Three Fifths Compromise had nothing to do with the Electoral College. Slave states gained more power in the Electoral College from the extra 3/5 votes, but a) the compromise itself had nothin…

I read recently here that FAANGs hire people not because they need them, but to keep them away from rivals.

>I am sure Tesla will sell plenty of them, but I just can't help think it looks like a bad prop from a low budget 80s sci-fi movie. How did you miss the crew of people dressed like characters …

>We had constant issues with our fridge water dispenser using 'Samsung' water filters bought on Amazon. Out of desperation, I just bought a cheap off-brand one, hoping if it was at least …

If you'd watched the demonstration video, by 0:34 in you'd have seen that Inoreader is indeed Web-based. I've never used any phone app for it.

I am pretty sure that I tried Feedly in the post-"Oh no, Google Reader is going away!" panic everyone else using the service was in at the time, and like you I could not replicate the feel. …

Tell that to Craig Walker[1]: * Founds telephony company Dialpad, sells to Yahoo. (I think it was the basis of Yahoo's search-via-phone-call service.) * Founds telephony company Grand Central, se…

>Orkut was pretty much killed in the English speaking world by the Brazilian Portuguese speakers which took over any group which was created. They pushed every photography, climbing and Linux group…

I am pretty sure that I tried Feedly in the post-"Oh no, Google Reader is going away!" panic everyone else using the service was in at the time, and could not replicate the feel. The Old Rea…

>And 1) I don’t understand. Feedly was one of the first ones I tried, and none of the settings I tried got me close to a headline-only view that I used in GReader. I am pretty sure that I tried Fee…

>The only problem is that occasionally Gmail and Outlook mark my sent email as SPAM to the receiver. This is exactly the problem people are talking about!

>I don't know about suicide or ruining their lives per-se, but people often go bankrupt from medical bullshit. One study found that only 4% of US bankruptcies are because of medical bills htt…

Reddit, despite its own flaws, is the closest thing to Usenet in terms of a text-oriented display with keyboard-heavy navigation (with Reddit Enhancement Suite).

>Sure your healthcare is covered (assuming you can ever get in to see a doctor) Wealthier countries, too. An amazingly high portion of Canadians don't have a family doctor https://w…

Ordinary crime-ridden or gang-heavy neighborhoods aren't "no-go zones", areas where the police are reluctant to enter because of the danger. "Wait!" you say. "Didn't…

>11 years ago I bought a 15” MacBook Pro, the first model year with the unibody design. I’m still using it almost every day for web browsing, watching videos, editing documents, etc. You are very f…

Jony Ive leaving the company a few months ago is not a coincidence.

>The lack of physical function keys remains regrettable, and the Touch Bar is still no worthy substitute If the Touch Bar had been introduced above physical function keys, we'd consider it yet…