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9872··on The model minority is losing patience
There's no evidence that working harder isn't genetic, and a lot of evidence that suggests it is.
9872··on The model minority is losing patience
Harvard accepts students from all over the world. Over 50% of the world is Asian.
9872··on Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'Privacy Is a Fundamental Human Right'
They deserve privacy from their own governments. Ours owes them nothing.
9872··on Someone bought 'Google.com' from Google for one minute
Come on dude. Google is far bigger than Baidu.
9872··on Uber's technology is reportedly 'hanging by a thread'
The laws that regulate taxis, which Uber TOTALLY ISNT GUYS I PROMISE
9872··on Uber's technology is reportedly 'hanging by a thread'
Uber can't legally do it either. They just don't give a shit and do so anyway.
9872··on Windows Drops Bing in China for Baidu
Are you also against Microsoft's usage of Github and Linux since the own competitors to those? Should they stop making Office for iOS and android?
9872··on Windows Drops Bing in China for Baidu
Who needs proof when repeating a story enough means people assume it is true?
9872··on Windows Drops Bing in China for Baidu
It would make total sense if Microsoft were no longer interested in competing with Google in the US.
9872··on China Tries to Extract Pledge of Compliance from U.S. Tech Firms
The reason is racism and propaganda. You really couldn't figure that one out?
9872··on U.S. Drops Charges That Professor Shared Technology With China
There is no such thing as avoiding racism.
9872··on U.S. Drops Charges That Professor Shared Technology With China
Those people are okay. They look more like me.
9872··on Microsoft Is Downloading 6GB of Windows 10 Updates Without User’s Consent
How much space should it take?
9872··on Microsoft Is Downloading 6GB of Windows 10 Updates Without User’s Consent
And that's a large part of why Windows security has always been terrible. While we may not have expected it, that just means we were pleasantly surprised.
9872··on Uber Would Like to Buy Your Robotics Department
They can be afraid if they want. What are they going to do about it? Faculty will want to do it. If the administration forbids that, they will not attract good faculty.
9872··on Uber Would Like to Buy Your Robotics Department
Companies publish plenty of research. And unlike universities, they actually make products people can use, which is even better.
9872··on Microsoft Is Downloading 6GB of Windows 10 Updates Without User’s Consent
You don't believe the newer version of the OS is more secure?

If nothing else, supporting fewer active versions would make MS more responsive to any security issues that do arise.

9872··on Microsoft Is Downloading 6GB of Windows 10 Updates Without User’s Consent
It's the application developer's responsibility to maintain compatibility. That's why Windows offers people dev preview builds.

The people who make the software you use don't do that? Don't use their software.

9872··on Microsoft Is Downloading 6GB of Windows 10 Updates Without User’s Consent
Because automatically keeping all Windows users on the latest version makes the internet safer for everyone.
9872··on Microsoft Is Downloading 6GB of Windows 10 Updates Without User’s Consent
I think you will find that it is your parents' ISP who sucks.
9872··on Microsoft Is Downloading 6GB of Windows 10 Updates Without User’s Consent
Every update is a different model. Whether they call it 8.1 with KB 1498028 or Windows 10 is simply marketing.
9872··on Microsoft Is Downloading 6GB of Windows 10 Updates Without User’s Consent
Users don't understand anything. This is not new.
9872··on Microsoft Is Downloading 6GB of Windows 10 Updates Without User’s Consent
Expecting users to understand how they configured their computers? How naive can you get?
9872··on Christopher Poole Reveals Why He Walked Away from 4Chan
Yeah, because it's not as if people like Mark Zuckerberg or Taylor Swift have any influence on the world today.
9872··on Christopher Poole Reveals Why He Walked Away from 4Chan
SA is dead and YTMND was never more than a flash in the pan. Vine and Twitter are certainly more important today but reddit and instagram have a serious dearth of original content. The best they can hope for is internal drama and popularizing stuff 4chan came up with.
9872··on Christopher Poole Reveals Why He Walked Away from 4Chan
A lot of ADTRW moved because SA had draconian policies against so much as discussing stuff like piracy, sexy anime babes, etc, except to condemn it and talk about how you're totally not into all that stuff.
9872··on Amazon Underground
That sounds like baseless FUD. Underground is essentially the TV model. While some TV shows do stretch out longer than they need to in order to milk the audience, there are plenty of high quality ones that don't, and many people who have less time watch those instead, or pay for premium, short-time experiences like movies. Which we all know are just as likely to be of low quality despite their reduced length. Meanwhile, people who just want something on all the time they are at home have plenty of decent content to fill their time with.
9872··on Why Yale Library decided to preserve 3000 horror and exploitation movies on VHS
Because there isn't one now and there's no reason for one to ever come into being.
9872··on Why Yale Library decided to preserve 3000 horror and exploitation movies on VHS
That's why it exists. There can never be a commons. There can be large private sites or small ones. Large ones like youtube are more useful.
9872··on Why Yale Library decided to preserve 3000 horror and exploitation movies on VHS
In other words, they only host content they feel comfortable redistributing?
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