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Alas, Google takes the exact same 30% on apps and IAPs. They're just willing to eat it on their own platform for their own service.

https://support.google.com/goo...

"For applications and in-app products that you sell on Google Play, the transaction fee is equivalent to 30% of the price."

Everything loves jumping on Apple for the 30%, but misses that it's the norm.

https://www.google.com/search?...

I prefer already bored tunnels.

Look at the pictures in the Google image search.

The iPhones that have a thumbprint scanner have a "Secure Enclave". This hardware is used in conjunction with the software to make it impossible to unlock the device without the passcode.

Hey don't knock those places! I live in Manila and my colleague lives in East Siberia. We joke that I work for rice in a sweat-shop while he shivers for porridge in a gulag . . . .

. . . in truth we live in nice fully paid off houses, and have decent lifestyles. Work life is good too. Because we don't have the overhead of maintaining traditional offices we can do a company meet-up once per year, either in the mountains of Siberia or the beaches, close to Manila

Also since we recruit based on skill, not location, and our operating costs are low, we are in demand. We can work on the kinds of projects that closely match our personal interests. And we spend a good portion of our time doing open source and other community work. Fuck working for the man in San Francisco! :P

Hey don't knock those places! I live in Manila and my colleague lives in East Siberia. We joke that I work for rice in a sweat-shop while he shivers for porridge in a gulag . . . .

. . . in truth we live in nice fully paid off houses, and have decent lifestyles. Work life is good too. Because we don't have the overhead of maintaining traditional offices we can do a company meet-up once per year, either in the mountains of Siberia or the beaches, close to Manila

Also since we recruit based on skill, not location, and our operating costs are low, we are in demand. We can work on the kinds of projects that closely match our personal interests. And we spend a good portion of our time doing open source and other community work. Fuck working for the man in San Francisco! :P

Hey don't knock these places. I live in Manila and my colleague lives in Siberia (never know where you'll find a good coder these days). We joke that I work in a sweat-shop for rice while my colleague shivers for porridge in Siberia . . .

. . . In truth we live in nice fully-paid-off houses. Because we don't pay for a traditional office, we can meet once per year in the mountains nearby to my Omsk, Siberia or at the beaches nearby to Manila.

We're our own bosses, and work on the kinds of projects that match our interests. And we spend a good portion of our time working on open source projects and doing other community service work. Fuck working for the man! :P

Hey don't knock these places. I live in Manila and my colleague lives in Siberia (never know where you'll find a good coder these days). We joke that I work in a sweat-shop for rice while my colleague shivers for porridge in Siberia . . .

. . . In truth we live in nice fully-paid-off houses. Because we don't pay for a traditional office, we can meet once per year in the mountains nearby to my Omsk, Siberia or at the beaches nearby to Manila.

We're our own bosses, and work on the kinds of projects that match our interests. And we spend a good portion of our time working on open source projects and doing other community service work. Fuck working for the man! :P

how to use a swing is my personal favorite

http://www.google.com/patents/...

followed by exercising a cat with a laser pointer

http://www.google.com/patents/...

how to use a swing is my personal favorite

http://www.google.com/patents/...

followed by exercising a cat with a laser pointer

http://www.google.com/patents/...

There is another way to go about it. If you trust Google's Linux software repository, you can install the repo's GPG key first: https://www.google.com/linuxre...

After that, all downloads from Google, e.g. apt-get install google-chrome-stable, gets the same GPG verification as anything from Debian/Ubuntu. Downloads are still over HTTP, just like Debian/Ubuntu, because the GPG verification is there to actually verify the downloads.

My MP7 fits nicely in a backpack . . . how about your elephant guns . . . ? I'm not concerned about some terrorist trying to navigate a Nitro Express rifle in the aisle of a train from Amsterdam to Paris. The terrorist would probably break his shoulder on the first shot.

With an MP7, you can empty the clip before you say "boo!" to yourself, and take out a bunch of innocent folks, without feeling a thing.

Speaking about serious weapons, that will fit in your backpack . . . look no further than the McMillian Urban Sniper CS5:

https://www.google.com/search?...

A friend of mine, who is a serious shooter, packs his weapons into guitar cases when transporting them. He figures that nobody would steal a guitar case, as opposed to someone who recognized a rifle case.

Most phones don't have this function due to privacy concerns, and if they do, such records are (or at least, should) not be available to the general public to query.

Actually, most Android phones do have this feature enabled by default. If you know somebody's Gmail credentials (I've guessed dozens of them myself for people that I know), then you can get the current location of the device associated with that account, and their entire past history!

If you have an Android phone, then you really need to look at this: https://support.google.com/gmm...

But you do know that 'loser' and 'lose' is pronounced like looser and loose?

No. They're not. Which makes the rest of your comment irrelevant. You see, the "s" in "loser" and "lose" has a "z" sound, while it retains its "s" sound in "looser" and "loose". That's ignoring the fact that the definitions differ vastly; "loser pays" implies that whoever loses pays, while "looser pays" might imply that whoever has the looser grip on their wallet must pony up the expenses. Despite the fact that you and I both clearly understood what as meant, a non-native English speaker might be confused by this; that is precisely why the difference between the two words actually does matter.

Further, one definition of "loose" is "set free; release" which, to a non-native English speaker, could indicate that a "looser" is one who has been set free, or released from allegations of malpractice, thus indicating that the winner pays legal expenses. I imagine that would be met with a thought of "stupid Americans make winners pay legal expenses, so nobody actually wins in court" rather than a thought of "silly spelling mistake".

Again, yes, it actually is important; not everybody is familiar enough with our language to be able to catch and correct these errors.

But you do know that 'loser' and 'lose' is pronounced like looser and loose?

No. They're not. Which makes the rest of your comment irrelevant. You see, the "s" in "loser" and "lose" has a "z" sound, while it retains its "s" sound in "looser" and "loose". That's ignoring the fact that the definitions differ vastly; "loser pays" implies that whoever loses pays, while "looser pays" might imply that whoever has the looser grip on their wallet must pony up the expenses. Despite the fact that you and I both clearly understood what as meant, a non-native English speaker might be confused by this; that is precisely why the difference between the two words actually does matter.

Further, one definition of "loose" is "set free; release" which, to a non-native English speaker, could indicate that a "looser" is one who has been set free, or released from allegations of malpractice, thus indicating that the winner pays legal expenses. I imagine that would be met with a thought of "stupid Americans make winners pay legal expenses, so nobody actually wins in court" rather than a thought of "silly spelling mistake".

Again, yes, it actually is important; not everybody is familiar enough with our language to be able to catch and correct these errors.

But you do know that 'loser' and 'lose' is pronounced like looser and loose?

No. They're not. Which makes the rest of your comment irrelevant. You see, the "s" in "loser" and "lose" has a "z" sound, while it retains its "s" sound in "looser" and "loose". That's ignoring the fact that the definitions differ vastly; "loser pays" implies that whoever loses pays, while "looser pays" might imply that whoever has the looser grip on their wallet must pony up the expenses. Despite the fact that you and I both clearly understood what as meant, a non-native English speaker might be confused by this; that is precisely why the difference between the two words actually does matter.

Further, one definition of "loose" is "set free; release" which, to a non-native English speaker, could indicate that a "looser" is one who has been set free, or released from allegations of malpractice, thus indicating that the winner pays legal expenses. I imagine that would be met with a thought of "stupid Americans make winners pay legal expenses, so nobody actually wins in court" rather than a thought of "silly spelling mistake".

Again, yes, it actually is important; not everybody is familiar enough with our language to be able to catch and correct these errors.

But you do know that 'loser' and 'lose' is pronounced like looser and loose?

No. They're not. Which makes the rest of your comment irrelevant. You see, the "s" in "loser" and "lose" has a "z" sound, while it retains its "s" sound in "looser" and "loose". That's ignoring the fact that the definitions differ vastly; "loser pays" implies that whoever loses pays, while "looser pays" might imply that whoever has the looser grip on their wallet must pony up the expenses. Despite the fact that you and I both clearly understood what as meant, a non-native English speaker might be confused by this; that is precisely why the difference between the two words actually does matter.

Further, one definition of "loose" is "set free; release" which, to a non-native English speaker, could indicate that a "looser" is one who has been set free, or released from allegations of malpractice, thus indicating that the winner pays legal expenses. I imagine that would be met with a thought of "stupid Americans make winners pay legal expenses, so nobody actually wins in court" rather than a thought of "silly spelling mistake".

Again, yes, it actually is important; not everybody is familiar enough with our language to be able to catch and correct these errors.

https://productforums.google.c...
http://www.howardforums.com/sh...

I had a very similar issue with Gmail when I started sending legitimate mail. Thankfully, it was pretty easy to resolve. Maybe look at their support page for ways to fix your sender-side issues. Make sure to have domain keys, SPF, opt out trailer links, etc..
      https://support.google.com/mai...

Also make sure your host / server IP aren't black listed out of the gate. Generally speaking all ISP dynamic IP address blocks are marked potential spam since no customer-end's should be hosting their own mail servers. If this is an exception, most respectable RBL's will remove your listing if you follow their sensible take-down procedures.
      http://www.anti-abuse.org/mult...

Like so many things, having great power now requires great responsibility. Since email has made every host a potential spam target, its your duty to make sure you smell clean to your peers.

Actually, Page wasn't CEO at the time, though it was still Page and Brin that drove the no-patents decision.

No patents, ehh? https://www.google.com/patents...

Are you being intentionally obtuse? A handful of patent filings don't constitute a corporate patent strategy.

Yeah, just like being sort of evil doesn't mean you are actually evil. Or like being a little pregnant.

Actually, Page wasn't CEO at the time, though it was still Page and Brin that drove the no-patents decision.

No patents, ehh? https://www.google.com/patents...

Are you being intentionally obtuse? A handful of patent filings don't constitute a corporate patent strategy.

The Sun doesn't go up earlier near the Equator; the length of the day is just more constant throughout the year compared to regions closer to the poles. If anything, it's closer to the poles where sunlight can last as long as 18 hours (or as little as 6) depending on the season.

Case in point, Namibia is located around 22 S and sunrise is at 6:16 currently due to “winter”; Bolivia is around 17 S and sunrise is at 6:02. Here in Caracas (10 N) the Sun came up at 5:46.

The Sun doesn't go up earlier near the Equator; the length of the day is just more constant throughout the year compared to regions closer to the poles. If anything, it's closer to the poles where sunlight can last as long as 18 hours (or as little as 6) depending on the season.

Case in point, Namibia is located around 22 S and sunrise is at 6:16 currently due to “winter”; Bolivia is around 17 S and sunrise is at 6:02. Here in Caracas (10 N) the Sun came up at 5:46.

Yes. There have been for many, many years. Many military aircraft used them, including the SR-71. Computer-aided celestial navigation is a long-solved problem.

The crapiest, most cluttered Web site I have ever seen is that of The Hindo, an Indian news site. Does anyone know a worse example?

Visual control is pretty good these days

You could program it to shoot anyone holding one of these things automatically.

Actually, Page wasn't CEO at the time, though it was still Page and Brin that drove the no-patents decision.

No patents, ehh? https://www.google.com/patents...

Try Twilight on Android - it will dim the screen and tint it red to help alleviate circadian rhythm interruption caused by full spectrum (particularly high end like blue and violet) light.

The best solution is "warm" light (dimmed incandescent or special LED but not CFL or white LED) and dead trees for before bed reading.

This pretty much cements the trend - Ansible has been increasingly popular over the last couple of years: http://www.google.com/trends/e...

Wonder if they'll soon find a good way to integrate it with Spacewalk (Satellite).

Also, will Canonical grab SaltStack now? :)

You do realize that nuclear reactors don't release any radioactivity under normal operating conditions?

My original response was NRC guidelines permit the venting of radioactive effluents into the environment every two weeks Firethorn. Which I have supported with references to the GDC and CFR.

These points are slightly divergent however, I think you would agree that I have supported my point regarding the authorized frequency of ventings.

You expanded to Major releases are on the order of once a decade or more and citation that plants routinely vent radioactive materials into the environment outside of emergency circumstances

You have to read the GDC to understand why the regulations are in place. They exist for a reason and sometimes you have to go and research things yourself to gain the knowledge. For example, you might download EPA data and query it to find out something about the Nuclear Industries CFC emissions. The data is available, it just isn't packaged and you have to be prepared to do the work yourself.

When you look at how a Nuclear reactor works you discover that an operating reactor needs to do venting at that frequency because the reactor generates gasses and radio-isotopes that poison the reaction. They collect the gasses in tank, allow these gaseous radio-isotopes to stabilize and then release them because they only have a finite amount of storage space which is what determines the frequency of their releases.

I'm not talking about major or emergency ventings, I'm talking about standard operational ventings under normal operating conditions. The regulations exist to allow them to do these ventings because they *need* to do these ventings for the reactor to continue to function.

I have provided you with the highest quality citation, the actual design criteria for a Nuclear Reactor. Since this is not enough I suggest you read this patent Method for treating gaseous effluents emitted from a nuclear reactor so that you understand why nuclear reactors do release radioactivity under normal operating conditions.

You say your knowledge is different, so can you supply citations to support your claim as I have supported mine? Have you questioned your own reasoning to ask yourself 'What fact is this statement based on?' and challenged your assumptions? I'll evaluate what you have to say however, like yourself, what I do depends on the qualities of the citations and you are yet to provide any quality knowledge that supports your statement and is directly contrary to how I know a Nuclear Reactor works.

The next part is There is no evidence that the AP-1000 series improves on that. What evidence or citations can you provide that the venting volme and frequency of the AP1000 considering it is the same fundamental technology? I'm sure there is however what citations/evidence can you provide that an AP1000 does not release any radioactivity under normal operating conditions?

Besides all that, you're missing the point I think - I'm not talking about retrofitting improvements, I'm talking about incorporating improvements into the design of NEW plants.

Which brings us back to the point I originally made that the AP-1000 incorporates none of the design changes the industry *itself* recommends be applied to reactor facility design for NEW plants.

That's certainly part of it. Doesn't mean that the containment dome isn't still strong as all heck. They've also reduced the amount of pipping and valves needed, and otherwise simplified and made the systems more robust.

None of which were put in place for the reason you originally stated Modern, actual modern nuclear plants would be far safer. or change the fact that By some ironic quirk TMI *is* one of the safest designs because it was designed to be resistan

So order from a vendor that sells Linux pre-installed

I've had a heck of a time finding a vendor that sells subnotebooks with Linux preinstalled, unless it's a Chromebook that begs the user to wipe the drive every time the user turns it on: "OS verification is OFF. Press space to re-enable."

or bite the bullet on hardware you do own and install your favorite distro.

That's the problem: I'm trying to find a replacement for when "hardware [I] do own" dies.

Google introduce a useless, obstrusive feature no-one uses!

Are they going to remove the profile switcher button now? Seriously, who shares a computer with enough people to warrant having a button like that breaking every UI standard out there?

Google is not in e-mail advertising business. If you got any ads from maps visit, they would be the usual ones in your search results or banners on 3rd party sites (which do not get access to your e-mail or other identity info). Either you shared your e-mail in some other context related to the event, or your browser and/or mobile device are infected by keylogging/location logging malware.

You should get even more paranoid about your privacy!

Better than desktop notifications are App Badges. See https://code.google.com/p/chro...

Does Flappy Crush even have music?

Not a single criminal complaint of "rape" against him. Some civil suits and informal accusations, but no formal signed accusations of rape, where the accuser would be liable for perjury for false statements.

You are one special kind of stupid.

FIRST hit on Google, cut and paste from https://www.google.com/search?q=bill+clinton+rape&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8:

Juanita Broaddrick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juanita_Broaddrick
Wikipedia
She alleged in 1998 that United States President Bill Clinton had raped her

You don't even have to click any of the fucking links.

Who called her a cunt? I saw lots of people do it when I did a quick search, but nobody that was (D) stood out.

Bill Clinton can rape people, and it is okay,

Who did Bill rape?

You are making lots of wild acusations, but I see nothing in support of them. Did I miss this week's Conspiracy Times?

FFS,didn't you even TRY?!?!

There's even a Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_misconduct_allegations_against_Bill_Clinton

Since you seem to need the help, I put in a thing called a "link". Just CLICK ON IT.

There's also this "search site" called "Google". Here's another "link" - to the "search results" from this new "Google" web site: https://www.google.com/search?q=bill+clinton+rape&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8.

Maybe you like prepubescent girls, but for a 42 year old woman, Michele Specht is hot.

Still writing the paper, though I did the definitions section to try and outline the basic concepts. It's going to need a lot of explanation to make sense, but you can read it if you like, such as it is and what there is of it.

I need to organize things between theoretical basis, extensive concepts, observations, and conjectures about policy. Obviously, demonstrating how wealth grows, how productivity increases wealth, and how scarcity comes into existence shows some basic functions of economics; while showing how these allow various forms of welfare and taxation systems, or how income inequality affects an economy, is more observation and conjecture. I also need to just write, instead of spending all my time studying for the CAPM and playing video games; but who cares? Nobody cares. I freaking solved poverty and all I get is people quickly talking over me to cover up any concern for the poor so they can bitch about the rich having too much and talk about how we should tax them to death and take their stuff, because nobody honestly gives a shit about anyone with less--only about people they can blame and attack, which tends to be people with more.

Had a demo from one of the Oculus devs this weekend.

It's a tough call. They're both very immersive, and I'd even go so far as to say that if I didn't know what to look for, I wouldn't be able to pick out the differences qualitatively. I wouldn't go so far as to say the "cheap" VR is giving VR a bad rep, though, you can get your rocks off either way. It will be more of a challenge with the smartphone-based VR, but it's "good enough".

All of my panoramic and photosphere shots are available on my Nexus 5, and it's pretty amazing to revisit those places in Google Cardboard, even though it's not even stereoscopic 3D. The best 3D app I've seen so far is the Titans of Space , but a couple of the other demos are cute enough to be interesting. It's definitely quite usable and much more compelling than experiencing this content without Cardboard. Everyone I've shown it to is pretty amazed.

That said, the Oculus Rift experience is very cool, and you can really appreciate the extra fidelity. I did the Gears of War slow-mo teaser and The Hobbit dragon liar, and the increased resolution and head tracking does make it much more immersive. You can crouch down behind things, and bob and weave your head and try to "eat" bits of debris floating around in space. People are definitely going to get hurt, since they really get to use their head as a controller. This feature is amazing, and the "hard core" crowd will definitely build Oculus setups for themselves, but I don't think it will go mainstream for some time. There were a few times I wandered out of range of the hi-fidelity IR head tracking camera, and I barely noticed other than the quick jolt I get when going in and out of its view. I think the accelerometer sensors on board the Oculus and the Smartphone-based VR are decent enough. I didn't spend a whole lot of time in it, but I didn't experience any vertigo... I don't experience any vertigo with Cardboard either. I think people are either able to adjust or they aren't... sure maybe the Oculus induces less headaches after prolonged use because of the better head tracking and latency, but I don't think it'll be that huge of a difference for people who are predispositioned to get nauseated or no. There also seems to be focus issues that will confound people who don't bother to position the Oculus on their heads just right... there was a lot of fussing around for everyone to adjust all the straps just right, whereas Cardboard is much easier to just hold up to your face and go and share (maybe with those removable forehead strips to absorb facial oils)

The dev also had a nice Samsung VR headset. It was a bit nicer than Cardboard and had the little trackpad on the side, but it didn't add considerably to the enjoyment. The $15 Cardboard is good enough on the low end to experience most of what's out there. I see people using lots of Cardboard for shared VR experiences for the whole family... I don't know many people who have multiple beefy gaming PCs, but just about everyone and their dog has a half-decent smartphone.

That said, I'm certainly going to get an Oculus setup when they come out, because I'm that kind of guy (but not enough of that kind of guy to get the DK2). I'll probably also have to upgrade my elderly Geforce 560Ti before then, though, so it's going to set me back plenty. In the meantime, by all means get a $15 Cardboard to go with your current smartphone. Plenty of decent content is already there, and more is always on the way. It's a great time for VR no matter what your equipment.

No-one's advocating hating other citizens...

https://www.google.com/search?...

https://www.google.com/search?...

I could, or I could be compiling the list while on the phone with the tow company. Either way, having my infotainment system give me access to my vehicle's OBD-II data (and, running Android, I'd have access to Torque) would be useful; I wouldn't need another, externally-mounted device anymore. Honestly, I value the benefits Google could provide me from their device having access to that data (whether streamed to them or not) more than I worry about how they might use that data; if it ever comes out that they share the data with insurance providers or law enforcement I can always log in, delete my profile (there are no Google services that do not allow this, I see no reason why this would be any different) and disable the device. Until then (if ever), there's no reason not to use it.

Seriously, what are they going to do if they know you do 90 on the freeway or your NOx emissions are nearing inspection limits? I have an Android phone and use Google Maps; if they care to know I do 90 on the freeway, they already know; and the worst they could do with my OBD-II data is alert me that I'm not gonna pass smog inspection this year without some maintenance.

Shaved guinea pigs

Exactly. What they've done is managed to replicate this study that socioeconomic factors impact premature births by finding something that correlates with low socioeconomic status and then not adjusting for it.

In the same manner, you could do a study that receiving welfare or jobless benefits causes premature births, or not having a second car causes premature births, or living near railroad track causes premature births, etc.... basically anything which also correlates with low income/living in the poorer part of town.

From the abstract: "There were no associations of activity with Apgar score, small for gestational age birth, or term birth weight (after adjustment for year). In a posthoc analysis, there was an association with physician-recorded high-risk pregnancy identified from the problem list" In other words, the babies weren't obviously less healthy, but there were more high-risk pregnancies (high risk factors happen before the wells began, at the start of pregnancy) associated, almost as if the premature births and well placement correlation was from some other outside cause...

Bottom line, if you have a choice over an area of where to put a fracking wellhead, you're going to pick the cheapest place to put it, which will correlate with lower income for the neighbors.

Versions I use:

iPhone: https://itunes.apple.com/us/ap...
Android: https://play.google.com/store/...
Windows: https://ninite.com/keepass
Linux: http://keepass.info/help/v2/se... - Mono supported

More versions (official and unofficial at: http://keepass.info/download.h... )

Without Dropbox access to dropbox, you could use others: Onedrive, Google Drive, Box, etc... whats available largely depends on whats allowed (or just not yet blocked yet). Also, options MIGHT be expanded with plugins: http://keepass.info/plugins.ht...

Keepass allows plugins... one of which has Two Factor: http://keepass.info/plugins.ht... - I've never used it, so I'll leave it up to you. Other options exist on at the plugins link above.

You suppose that Apple tested their chips inadequately.

No that's not what I said. I said you don't know how Apple tested their chips.

Either Apple found the issue, or they tested their chips inadequately. By definition, tests that don't find significant problems are inadequate.

This is the greatest thing to happen to the libre firmware movement.

Mr. Cerf and Mr. Taht have used the VW issue in their response to the FCC in ET Docket No. 15-170, the wireless-router lockdown issue. From the contribution: "Requiring all manufacturers of Wi-Fi devices to make their source code publicly available and regularly maintained, levels the playing field as no one can behave badly. The recent Volkswagen scandal with uninspected computer code that cheated emissions testing demonstrates that this is a real concern."

https://docs.google.com/docume...

MOOC is not a commonly used term. The ones you mentioned are. Do you understand the difference?

You are correct that it isn't exactly the most common term. But it's sort of weird how EVERY TIME this acronym comes up on Slashdot (and it's pretty often), there is this same flamewar over how nobody seems to know what it means. To wit:

December 2012
September 2013
January 2014
January 2014
March 2015
May 2015

Etc., etc. I could go on, but I'm tired of reading through old threads.

Also, there's a headline about MOOCs on Slashdot at least once per month or so, and there has been for more than 3 years.

Is this a "common" acronym for everyone? Perhaps not. Does it appear on Slashdot on a VERY regular basis? Yeah.

Do we have these annoying exchanges about people who can't be bothered to look up an acronym every time the topic comes up? Pretty much.

I'd also put MOOC and UAT in the same category. Acronyms I assume that most slashdotters did not know.

User-Acceptance testing is something I typically see spelled out.

Lets use your same link to compare the other three acronyms pointed out here, CPU, RAM, and SSD:

http://www.google.com/trends/e...

Both MOOC and UAT are barely perceptible on the graph. Your earlier graph also shows that MOOC only really appeared as a term around 2 and a bit years ago, and has never been a common term.

It's not even clear to me why MOOC would have anything to do with the IT industry in particular. It seems like a term that the education industry should be familiar with. I bet the vast majority of students of a MOOC cannot recognize the acronym. I can at least understand somebody thinking that UAT was a common industry abbreviation because it is related to the industry.

If you are even remotely part of the IT industry, it is very unlikely that MOOC is a term you are unfamiliar with.

You have clear evidence to the contrary.

In other news, Google has recently allowed targeted advertisements based on the individual person/e-mail address.

[citation needed]

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