enraged_camel

The Internet has been around for fifteen years, and PayPal has been around for more than ten. I don't think either of them qualify as "new" anymore. Most people get scammed not because the technologie…

A monopoly means only as much as the amount of control its owner has over it. In the case of Android, most of the power seems to be concentrated amongst the carriers, since they get to decide what ver…

The more I disconnect from various information sources, the more I realize how utterly unnecessary they were to begin with. It started with quitting Facebook back in February. After going through a sh…

It's not that you were wise enough to not fall for the bullshit, but that you have not yet realized that it is bullshit. The real wisdom comes from the realization that the only reason people are cons…

I think danmaz was trying to say that Android's monopoly does not mean anything because its ecosystem is so thoroughly fragmented. It does not seem to be getting any better either, when you have major…

I think I already gave you the answer: Taubes' book is a comprehensive meta-study that examines the merits and pitfalls of most prominent studies in the field of nutrition science. This allowed him to…

Some good discussions taking place here, and I responded to some of the individual points made, but I wanted to chime in and say that the Paleo mode of thinking, which suggests that we should eat only…

>>I do agree though that low-carb diets don't cut it health-wise, omitting fruit entirely just does not seem right, considering humans have always eaten them. This is very dangerous line of th…

Gary Taubes is not just a journalist. He is a science journalist with a background in physics. This is an important distinction because he has the necessary training to correctly interpret scienti…

I'm not a fan of the food pyramid, but on page 11 of the PDF you linked, it clearly shows that yellow corresponds to "fats and oils."

>>In addition, the warmer climate may lead to its inhabitants being outdoors more often, which may lead to more overall exercise. This may have been true back in the day, but these days most p…

What does that even mean? Rugby players are big because they want to be big, not because they can't help it.

They have over $100 billion in the bank. With that amount of money, there will always be someone willing to partner up with Apple.

I think if he had lived for another five years, he would have made peace with Google like he did with Microsoft.

>>Sometimes it just doesn't work, no matter what. Sometimes you're just meant to be big. The only people who are "meant to be big" are those with hormonal imbalances. And even then, modern med…

A lot of people are focusing on whether the specific scenario in the article could possibly come to pass, but they are missing the big picture: the Internet is unprecedented in that it remembers ever…

Your argument is a gigantic strawman. Nobody has ever claimed that Steve Jobs was perfect and never made mistakes. People admire him because he was an amazing visionary whose product ideas revolutioni…

All of those were relatively minor projects, and likely off Steve's radar, which is why he could only berate the teams after the release. But maps is a major part of any smartphone experience - everyo…

I don't know why you got down-voted, because you're most likely correct. A lot of people blame Apple for making this move out of pure spite (and perhaps some grudge), but they probably did a huge cost…

Actually, Jobs would never have allowed Maps to be released in this state to begin with.

If you go from sedentary to anything you will see results. There are programs out there that are completely free and much more effective, was my point.

Is the "famous Swiss railway clock" copyrighted? Or patented? Or under any other kind of protection?

>>I'm dreading my IOS6 update which I am estimating will take me 8h 8 hours? What?

Bricking an electronic device is the equivalent of totaling a car. It could be repaired, but repairing would cost more than the device's total value.

It's a common misconception that leaders don't do any work. It's usually the opposite: they (at least the good ones) lead by doing the most amount of work, and the best quality of work. That's the o…

The only real complaints people tend to have about their old iPhones is slow performance, and that's pretty normal. IPhones do not have the "apps randomly breaking or giving odd error messages" issue.

Here's hoping for online voting soon, as well.

>>I want you to be able to say whatever you'd like no matter how horrible without fear of government censorship; however, I will not let you use my printing press, blog, etc to do it. That sou…

That's true from a legal standpoint, but it's still a double standard in principles. edit: again, not sure why people are downvoting without explaining why.

>> information should flow freely across national borders, uninhibited by tariffs, regulations and government censorship Funny that they qualify it as government censorship. Because everyo…