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  1. Crackpot on With Cyanogen Dead, Google's Control Over Android Is Tighter Than Ever (greenbot.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Despite the CEO of cyanogen claiming they were taking away Android from Google, they were always irrelevant. They may have had a few wins with minor players consumers had no relevance with consumers and were never going to replace Google services.

  2. Do those figures consider the enormous amount of stock Tim and Satya were gifted?

  3. Re: Bubble, idiot on Microsoft Could Be First Tech Company To Reach Trillion-Dollar Market Value: Analyst (geekwire.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I think most people would say over the past 10 years Microsoft has lost their position as the market leader. In the consumer space in particular is difficult to see what role they have in the future.

  4. You Never Got it Right on Microsoft Exec Admits They 'Went Too Far' With Aggressive Windows 10 Updates (softpedia.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The dialog was always misleading. The presence in the system tray was always annoying to users.

  5. Re: nothing on A Record High of 455 Scripted TV Shows Aired in 2016 (vulture.com) · · Score: 1

    Its a book I read years ago, not sure what the point of viewing it is.

  6. Re:Political Crash on Uber Pulls Self-Driving Cars From San Francisco, Sends Them To Arizona (sfgate.com) · · Score: 1

    Darwin at work, people remove regulation, get killed by things that should be regulated.

  7. Re: All these stuff on A Record High of 455 Scripted TV Shows Aired in 2016 (vulture.com) · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately they didn't have spending requirements hence shitty entertainment shows starring morons like Mulroney jr qualify.

  8. Re: nothing on A Record High of 455 Scripted TV Shows Aired in 2016 (vulture.com) · · Score: 1

    He's right it's almost entirely crap. Heck, there aren't even any real scifi shows any more

  9. Re:It only took a self drving car. on Uber Admits To Self-driving Car 'Problem' in Bike Lanes As Safety Concerns Mount (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't live in Copenhagen but what I saw were lanes in the street with no barriers. They also gave cyclists an advanced green.

  10. Re:Dear Developers... on LibreOffice Will Have New 'MUFFIN' UI (documentfoundation.org) · · Score: 1

    He's not wrong, if they aren't being paid to work on LibreOffice they're free to do whatever they want. That said, I doubt the UI is what prevents Libre/OpenOffice from being successful.

  11. Re:Once the largest cell phone company on Nokia Sues Apple, Claims Patent Infringement in iPhone and Other Devices (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    They invented round corners, don't forget about those.

  12. Nice story you made up, too bad it doesn't reflect reality. Standards patents are licensed under FRAND terms.

  13. Something I posted on a previous Uber story - seize their assets as the proceeds of crime.

  14. For one thing, the driver is apparently letting the car run red lights and drive dangerously through bike lanes.

  15. Maybe they were white computers, if they were black computers they'd be shot.

  16. Re:It only took a self drving car. on Uber Admits To Self-driving Car 'Problem' in Bike Lanes As Safety Concerns Mount (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Its more of a cultural problem, go to Copenhagen and you can see it actually works well.

  17. Clapper on Mark Zuckerberg Demos Jarvis, His Own Home AI Assistant (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Works every time. So does my light switch thinking about it

  18. Re:This is what you get with low cost manufacturin on China Chokes On Smog So Bad That Planes Can't Land (usatoday.com) · · Score: 2

    Make America Grey Again.

  19. Unfortunately manufacturers have previously abused the power of automatic updates to remove features or to shove 'features' down users throats. And of course many other manufacturers don't even bother to issue updates anyway. Unfortunately I don't think well see any change to these problems without legislation.

  20. Re: Courage on Apple Loses In Court, Owes $2 Million For Not Giving Workers Meal Breaks (cnn.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Breaks for workers have been with us for a hundred years, it to take courage to change that.

  21. Re:Really bad jobs on Does Amazon's Clickworker Platform Exploit Its Workers? (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 1

    Why do you want to limit peoples' choices and options? For many people it would mean that instead of earning a little extra cash on their schedule to make ends meet, they wouldn't have that option and wind up seeking government assistance and/or become homeless.

    Except that these 'job's would still need to be done and the companies be forced to pay an appropriate wage.

  22. Re: Misleading on Wikipedia Exceeds Fundraising Target, But Continues Asking For More Money (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Hiring fundraisers... IIRC the person in charge was making 300-400k

  23. Re: Criminal Enterprise on Uber: We Don't Need a Permit For Self-Driving Cars (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    It's different because ultimately the person in the cockpit has been tested, licensed and is responsible for the car. Uber has none of this, it's on the road because a product manager decided it was good enough to risk it - that isn't how society works they're literally playing with lives and well being of Ty p others.

  24. Criminal Enterprise on Uber: We Don't Need a Permit For Self-Driving Cars (cnet.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Given Uber continuously ignores the law at what point should they be considered organised crime and have their assets seized as the proceeds of crime?

  25. Careful, they might kidnap you and hand you over to a country where its legal - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...