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  1. Re:Allo? on Google Is Shutting Down Its Allo Messaging App, Says Report (9to5google.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Nah, they already had a messaging app. This is internal politicking spilling out into the public. Unfortunately you don't make a name for yourself maintaining and iterating on an existing product, you need to make something new. Ideally you make something new and while that is still in flight parley it into something else. Rinse. Repeat.

  2. Re:needs motion sensor on Thieves Are Boosting the Signal From Key Fobs Inside Homes To Steal Vehicles (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    Imagine someone sitting in their car with their key in a bag (e.g. a purse), suddenly they need to shake their bag to move their car? I think fix is accurate timing of the response which would indicate distance. They might also be able to listen for a replay but not being an EE maybe a directional antenna would defeat that.

  3. Re:Tyranny of the Default on Fortnite Dev Launches Epic Games Store That Takes Just 12% of Revenue (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh, weird.

  4. Tyranny of the Default on Fortnite Dev Launches Epic Games Store That Takes Just 12% of Revenue (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 0

    While people may have sought out Fortnite outside of the Play store, I can't imagine enough people willing to do that for other games that it it would be worth abandoning the default store already resent on users devices. Any game big enough to a large audience outside of Google Play would be better off creating their own launcher instead of sharing revenue with Epic.

  5. what the difference a name makes .Branson leaves Gizmodo skeptical, but if Musk announced it they'd be running around like cheerleaders.

  6. Re:Not Less Capable on A Sleeping Driver's Tesla Led Police On A 7-Minute Chase (sfchronicle.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This time, but it could just as easily been the Walter Huang whose tesla ran itself into the concrete barrier.

  7. Its due to falling sales. If they were successfully focusing on electric they'd still need production capacity. Note part of their 'focus on electric' involves cancelling the Volt, probably their best selling vehicle with electric as the primary power source.

  8. Re:Yes and no on Does Switching Jobs Make You a Worse Programmer? (forrestbrazeal.com) · · Score: 1

    I think you're over estimating it the amount of change that really happens. Sure, if you're working with an emerging language (e.g. javascript today, ruby 10-years ago) then there is a lot of flux in libraries and tools, however if you're working with a mature language (Java, C++, etc) then the world is pretty stable.

  9. Re:Call me when I can test it myself. on A Chinese Startup May Have Cracked Solid-State Batteries (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Even ignoring quality issues, a wait and see approach for any Chinese company is prudent given history. Remember how a couple years ago LeEco was going to buy Vizio, launch an electric car company and bunch of other crap, then fell apart a couple months later? Also see their movie industry buying their own tickets to inflate stock prices.

  10. Celebrities also used to do this more subtle endorsement where they'd be paid to use products publicly without running commercials.

  11. Re:Give Me an Opt-Out or I'm Switching Browsers on Google, Mozilla Working on Letting Web Apps Edit Files Despite Warning That it Could Be Abused (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 1

    Which browser would that be, Edge? One imagines Microsoft might want this for Office so maybe Internet Explorer 11?

  12. Re:God Bless the EU on Square Enix Pulls Three Games From Belgium After Loot Box Ban (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Gambling has been regulated for a long time. Most states in the west are becoming more less protective: see gay marriage and marijuana legalization.

  13. Shouldn't there be half as many ad breaks? 40% sounds like they're going to run more ads in addition to doubling them up.

  14. The people complaining aren't stores they're "comparison" sites, aka sites that have a bunch of generated pages with referral links. These sites were a plague before Google started lowering their page rankings.

  15. Re:Why not "Hey Siri, ask Google..."? on Google Assistant iOS Update Lets You Say 'Hey Siri, OK Google' (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    It implies Siri is doing something.

  16. Re:Multiple cameras is a good thing on Samsung's Upcoming Galaxy S Phone Will Sport Six Cameras and Support 5G, Report Says (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Software takes money to develop :)

  17. Re:Multiple cameras is a good thing on Samsung's Upcoming Galaxy S Phone Will Sport Six Cameras and Support 5G, Report Says (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    When all you have is hammer, everything starts to look like a nail. As a software company Google seems to be opting to solve the problem through software while hardware companies like Samsung solve the problem with hardware.

  18. Probably face recognition for a few on the front, then 2-3 on the back to offer different levels of zoom.

  19. Re:It's called satellite internet on Canada Has 'No Plan' To Bring Broadband To Rural and Remote Communities, Watchdog Says (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    What about balloons :)

  20. Its a bogus argument because we aren't trying to cover the entire landmass with highspeed internet, we're only trying to hit the areas where people are.

  21. They actually solicited applications after coming to office - https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/...

  22. Re:role of government on Canada Has 'No Plan' To Bring Broadband To Rural and Remote Communities, Watchdog Says (vice.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Well, the reason rural locations have access to electricity and phone lines is due to the government having a role in getting those lines deployed in the past.

  23. This is a bogus argument, vast parts of the land are completely uninhabited. Telcos also like to bring up this sort of fact when the reality is that the areas they actually cover have density no lower than the rest of the world.

  24. Shifted Focus on Valve Quietly Discontinues Steam Link Hardware Production (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    seems like dumb editorializing by the author as streaming to a mobile device isn't the same use case, and further Samsung also embeds steam streaming in a number of their televisions.

    It would be more cost effective for Valve to simply have an image for Raspberry Pi, known hardware and cheap. While more technically difficult than a dedicated device we are talking about PC gamers who likely have a bit of aptitude

  25. Re:Editors, DO YOUR JOB on Bitcoin Falls Below $5,000 For First Time Since October 2017 (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    No one cares about the cryptocurrency circle-jerk. Back into the closet.