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Aoyagion Sony Releases Stacked CMOS Sensor for Smartphones with 48 Effective Megapixels

Not that different from my ancient Nokia 808 PW or the Nokia 1020, and I presume the low light performance will be worse as well.

Aoyagion Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

>Dark themes are worse for the eyes

Well, certainly not for my eyes.

>Don't know about battery life. I guess if it's AMOLED

Yes, that's what I meant, as discussed in the thread below. I didn't realise of common LCD screens still are. I haven't had one since 2012...

Aoyagion Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

Well, there are plenty of Android devices with OLED screens, but this is what truly got me

>The iPhone X is the first iPhone to use an OLED display

Shocking, actually.

Aoyagion Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

Well yes, that's what I meant. I keep forgetting there are still mobile devices with LCD screens...

Aoyagion Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

And yet so few of the designers consider dark/black colour themes, which are not only more easier on the eyes, but also notably save the battery.

Aoyagion Reddit’s Redesign

The redesign is just another example of form over function and "fixing" something that's not broken.

Aoyagion Lockheed Martin has obtained a patent for a compact fusion reactor

The diagram in the article.

Aoyagion Lockheed Martin has obtained a patent for a compact fusion reactor

And not a single thought was given to using this on railways?

Aoyagion Telegram: 200M Monthly Active Users

"This can only happen because the key is on their server."

No, they can ask them for the keys even if they don't have them on their servers. And one would think that a likely response would be "We can't do that, we don't store the keys on our servers". Which is exactly what happened

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/21/telegram_ordered_ha...

Aoyagion Who's Missing from America's Colleges? Rural High School Graduates

Perhaps if there wasn't such an irrational push for everyone to attend and finish college, it wouldn't be a problem...

Aoyagion Apple Maps vs. Google Maps vs. Waze

Well in Apple's case, it's more of a "how do we keep people in our walled garden"...

I wouldn't buy a TomTom device either, because I've got it in my phone and that's what I was talking about.

Aoyagion Apple Maps vs. Google Maps vs. Waze

Well, too bad they didn't include HERE and especially TomTom... The selection they have is just a bunch of products whose purpose is to provide advertising and harvest data.

Aoyagion Analysts put GM and Waymo far ahead in driverless car race

Eh. Cadillac's Supercruise™ technology doesn't seem to be that advanced, really...

Aoyagion Artwork Personalization at Netflix

Well, since you removed rating by stars and replaced it with nigh useless thumbs system, you don't seem to be very interested in personalising what I want to watch. And it shows.

Since the recommended titles are clearly very focused on Netflix production, I just ignore any recommendations altogether and just browse all new arrivals every week...

Aoyagion Telegram Isn't for Sale

Well, I wouldn't trust Telegram with something really secret and/or sensitive, but as an every day IM/calling client, it sure got even more sympathy from me by this.

Aoyagion Budweiser's ex-marketing chief: Weed is the new craft beer

Well OK, but first maybe they might want to stop using name that's not theirs.

Aoyagion Chevy Bolt: the First Practical, Mass-Market Electric Vehicle

>expecting them to be really intelligent but they turn out to be awefully hard to use

I don't think the two attributes contradict.

Aoyagion 1 in 3 Americans Have $0 Saved for Retirement (2016)

But they do have a new iPhone the week it comes out, right?

Aoyagion ACLU of California Statement: White Supremacist Violence Is Not Free Speech

No violence, or calling for violence is free speech. It would be nice if all sides remembered that.

Aoyagion Vivaldi 1.11 – Focus on accessibility

I love the added control, I hate the new icon. Still waiting for Opera12-like image properties ( http://puu.sh/x6qDC/45742ccf61.png )

It's nice to watch the browser evolve nicely.

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>We as a society have decided that systemizing people’s mental characteristics based on race and gender is morally wrong.

I would love to know what exactlu he means by "we as a society".

>biological differences make women inferior as engineers (yes angry commenter, he did argue this)

No, he did not. He argued that women tend to be inferior as engineers. That's very different.

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Is there any record of relatively recent a court case against Google/Alphabet that Google/Alphabet lost?

Aoyagion Message encryption a 'problem' – UK home secretary

It's like Rudd and Abbott are competing in which will come up with more ridiculous notion. And you'd think they would choose someone competent for bloody home secretary and shadow home secretary respectively.

Aoyagion New diesel and petrol vehicles to be banned from 2040 in UK

Well, first UK would have to get rid of fossil fuel power plants, make renewable more reliable and green, supported by nuclear, batteries themselves have to get notably more efficient, make manufacturing of the cars and batteries more green, recharging in under 5 minutes, massive recharge station network, EVs need to rapidly drop in price... yeah. It's a nice PR stunt though.

Aoyagion Android Killed Windows Phone, Not Apple

I think they iced Astoria, like many of the good ideas. They seem to enjoy chaining restarts and broken promises/ideas.

Aoyagion Americans don’t need more degrees, they need training

I heard that most American degrees are, in terms of knowledge and whatnot, worth a high school diploma from some European countries. Any truth to that at all?

Aoyagion Android's fragmentation leads to a digital security divide

I was under the impression that even Blacberry, who release security patches every month, are too slow though...

Aoyagion Can America's Farms Survive the Threat of Deportations?

Yes, there are plenty of students who could really use seasonal jobs now taken by illegal aliens.