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  1. Proof? Or are you just feeling ornery today?

  2. ... it seems to purchase crawler data from other search engines, and the data is not as complete as the data google uses. Specifically, does duckduckgo purchase crawler data from bing? I see similar gaps in the results returned by bing and duckduckgo. Does duckduckgo have its own crawler?

  3. Another toll-booth in the making... on Chrome's Lite Pages Speed Up HTTPS Webpages on Slow Connections (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ... if you want your content to make it to the device requesting it, please pay a toll to google, then proceed.

  4. ... Microsoft would allow users to call Microsoft Engineers about the recent abysmal Windows Update quality.

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    If only...

  5. the sixth highest of all-time on 'Captain Marvel' Smashes Box Office Record, Laughs Off Review-Bombing Trolls (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course, the steadily (in some instances, rapidly) increasing ticket prices over the years had no effect upon that accolade.

  6. Re:Not just VPN apps... on Many Android VPN Apps Request 'Dangerous' Permissions They Don't Need (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    ...Then don't install any apps....

    I don't go that far. I am just far more careful about the apps I do install, and use the permission granularity to my bnefit.

  7. Would be funny if... on DST-Hating Reps in Washington State Vote To 'Ditch the Switch' (komonews.com) · · Score: 1

    ... daylight saving time becomes a bigger political issue than, say, proper healthcare for Americans.

  8. Not just VPN apps... on Many Android VPN Apps Request 'Dangerous' Permissions They Don't Need (zdnet.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ... nearly every app I look at to install asks for permissions that I know are not necessary for the app to perform its function.

  9. The Microsoft we all knew & loved is back... on Microsoft Rolls Out New Skype for Web; Does Not Support Firefox, Safari, and Opera (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    So much for the new "open" Microsoft. I knew it wouldn't last.

  10. Thanks for the pointer, by my leaning at this point is to leave FB, and not try to make staying their better.

  11. ... I've left LinkedIN. But I'm staying with FB for a while. I have cut back my already meager participation to nearly no participation on FB, though. I cut back for one main reason beside the whole mess that is FB nowadays - when I log on, I cannot get FB to show me my newsfeed in the manner I want to see it, for some reason, FB thinks it knows better what items on my news feed to show me first. So long as FB continues to do that, I will know that I have little to no control over what I do on FB, so I'm out of there eventually.

  12. If there is the ability for a company to turn it off remotely, it should not be a surprise when that ability is used.

  13. The more we learn about Facebook... on Leaked Documents Reveal Facebook's Global War On Data Privacy Laws (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ... the worse Facebook looks.

  14. Tim Cook said that service revenue would double in the future. That hardly sounds like productsthat will blow me away. I'm starting to wonder, is Apple's innovation cycle done, and Apple now has to rely upon service to survive?

  15. Taken from a Big Bang Theory episode? on Microsoft Excel Can Now Turn Pictures of Tables Into Actual, Editable Tables (thurrott.com) · · Score: 2

    ... you know, the one where they develop an app that takes a picture of an equation and then the app solves the equation?

  16. Re:Someone has to ask... on Microsoft Excel Can Now Turn Pictures of Tables Into Actual, Editable Tables (thurrott.com) · · Score: 2

    Because Microsoft has had an Office suite monopoly for soooo looooong that they haven't needed to actually innovate until now.

    Yes, that is my view as well.

  17. ... why did it take this long before Microsoft added this feature to their document processing suite? Really. Is this such a minor feature that they only got around to it now? Or did no one even think of this until recently?

  18. Banned in Germany... on Amazon Stops Selling Press-to-Order Dash Buttons (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm sure being banned by regulators in Germany a couple of months or so ago had absolutely no influence on this decision.

  19. What is Verizon's real reason? on Verizon Asks FCC To Let It Lock New Smartphones For 60 Days (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    With Verizon, public pronouncements usually have a different meaning, one that is not as customer-focused as the public reasons given.

  20. ... the worse Facebook looks.

  21. Due to the egregious 5G marketing hype.... on Verizon Plans To Roll Out Its 5G Mobile Network In 30 Cities This Year (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    ... I pretty much ignore all the 5G announcements of late. The cell industry definitely blew it, big time, with all the unsubstantiated 5G hype. I just do not believe what they say anymore. The cell ISPs need a new marketing team.

  22. Well, that is nice of them... on Facebook Now Lets Android Users Block Background Collection of Location Data (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    ... if only I believed that Facebook are actually doing what they say...

  23. Microsoft security on Microsoft Edge Lets Facebook Run Flash Code Behind Users' Backs (zdnet.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    An oxymoron if I ever saw one.

  24. I like their cover of that Frampton song.... ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?... )

  25. Re:With or without China's urging... on The Internet, Divided Between the US and China, Has Become a Battleground (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Downgraded due to "overrated?" Wow.