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adventurer··on Xiaomi stops disclosing annual sales figures
Counterfeit Jobs is just the media being the media. Lei Ju dressed like Steve and presented like him. They have done nothing remotely innovative as a company. Their phones looked like duplicates of the iPhone and the Samsung Galaxy lineup for years, which from my understanding, is why they haven't entered the U.S. or other markets yet.
adventurer··on TV anchor says live on-air ‘Alexa, order me a dollhouse’
No, a pony will take a nice trot up to you and politely ask if you know what you're ordering.
adventurer··on Ask HN: What Are the Best Current Methods to Delete Yourself from the Internet?
Maybe partially, but street address is definitely public info.
adventurer··on Deep Learning Enables You to Hide Screen When Your Boss Is Approaching
I don't think people realize how sophisticated network security software is and how easy it is use. There is a good chance you're being watched and what you do is in a weekly or monthly report. Certain things you do send a notification to admins or your boss.
adventurer··on Ask HN: What Are the Best Current Methods to Delete Yourself from the Internet?
The site has a link at the bottom of user pages to opt-out. They keep you listed but remove your address and telephone number.
adventurer··on Hedge Fund Is Building an Algorithmic Model From Its Employees’ Brains
I don't think it is fair to say it is not possible. There is an AI system out there that has correctly predicted the superfecta for the Kentucky Derby based soley on user predictions.

http://www.newsweek.com/artificial-intelligence-turns-20-110...

adventurer··on Apple Watch sales to consumers set record in holiday week, says Apple's Cook
I see this essentially as Cook protecting shareholder value against really poor analysis because the quarterly reports don't break down watch sales figures into its own category. How does the gift card Black Friday deal cut into revenue, is the question I have.
adventurer··on The Cable-Cutting Dream Is Kind of a Myth
I'm sort of in the same boat? I don't want cable but it is cheaper bundling it with internet. I receive two extra channels than I would get from an antenna and the cable company tells shareholders their subscriber base is still going strong.
adventurer··on The Macintosh Endgame
He's missing the big picture, in my mind. Pc sales may be in decline but aside from a few quarters, Apple has sold more macs by more than 6 times it did when it plateaued ten years ago. Sales have been on a steady incline because they were always selling miniscule amounts compared to the other cheap brands on the market. There was almost no where to go but up. It's not milking anything.
adventurer··on GIF Site Giphy Is Valued at $600M
Or maybe an IPO in 5 years for $4 billion.
adventurer··on Flow – Create automated workflows between your favorite apps
They're trying to charge for the ease? of doing things like sending notifications for item creation in Sharepoint lists, when Sharepoint does this already for you free. It looks like a hard push for transitioning the whole suite of products to the Azure cloud. $$
adventurer··on How I Became HackerRank 1 in Two Hours
I believe that article stated Morgan Stanley / Banks were hiring based on using Hacker Rank to screen candidates with their own unique tests, not rankings. It didn't involve the default questions William went through, though similar.
adventurer··on Microsoft offers Apple users $650 off to trade a MacBook for a Surface
I see all this dislike of ebay. Maybe Facebook marketplace is an option. I have great pretty good things.
adventurer··on Microsoft offers Apple users $650 off to trade a MacBook for a Surface
Sure, but Microsoft isn't exactly known for fancy marketing.
adventurer··on Apple Delays AirPods Wireless Headphones
The jaybird X2's run half that price now.
adventurer··on Xiaomi unveils concept phone with near bezel-less display
I'm curious to know if any phone is made like this. The Surface is also almost impossible to replace on your own and about the same cost as you mention.
adventurer··on LinkedIn accesses Gmail contacts via ‘auto-authorization’
I'm also skeptical but believe it isn't coincidental that when I signed up, it recommended some people from my Gmail account. I had my country and city set as Beijing, China. The only other recommendations were from people in that area, I didn't know, because I'm really in the U.S.
adventurer··on Samsung 'blocks' exploding Note 7 parody videos
It is definitely happening. I checked Facebook yesterday and it was trending over 1M metric (views/shares?) at that time. Everyone is writing about it.
adventurer··on Revenue from self-driving Teslas only allowed through the Tesla Network
I'm receiving the communication about 2-3 months ahead of that schedule due to the excess mileage I'm driving. At about 6k miles, my tire sensor was going on and off for a few days, then I received an email specifically to come in to check the tire pressure. It may have be coincidence, but it's highly unlikely at this point.
adventurer··on Revenue from self-driving Teslas only allowed through the Tesla Network
It's starting to get out of hand. I purchased a Toyota last year and magically get updates and phone calls about scheduling maintenance. This means the car is sending data to the mothership without anyone realizing it. They have all your driving habits and likely share it with however they want. You can't stop it and most people don't realize it is even happening.
adventurer··on Remotely accessing an IP address inside a target computer is a search
I may be wrong, but I don't necessarily see this as a place to give tips about doing our getting away with illegal activities, even if it is directly related to the article.
adventurer··on Backpage Raided, CEO Arrested on Sex-Trafficking Charges
I remember this very vaguely about 3-4 year back but I believe Backpage pretty much publicly said they were there to fill the void. If Craigslist doesn't want to deal with it, then come on over! Craigslist was a warning shot. Backpage new that fully and sprinted into harms way. $$
adventurer··on SpaceX asked to pay $50M after losing a satellite
It seems there was insurance on the satellite but not on the rocket. The insurance didn't cover it blowing up during the prelaunch testing phase. The third article states they are getting insurance monies and having SpaceX launch another rocket instead of taking the $50m. So, take your guess as to what the real story is at this point.

http://time.com/money/4478053/musk-spacex-rocket-insurance/

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-02/when-a-com...

http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/space-explor...

adventurer··on Musk urges Tesla workers to cut costs ahead of fundraising round
Normally you're pretty careful opening a door that hasn't fully opened. It's too bad it was held down and he tried to exit it without looking.
adventurer··on Warned of a Crash, Startups in Silicon Valley Narrow Their Focus
They are wildly guessing based on the past in my view. MarketWatch.com has an author that's been predicting the market crash for the past 3-4 years. Eventually he will be right.
adventurer··on Americans Don't Care About Prison Phone Exploitation, Says FCC Official
Looking at the statistics, it backs up my comment, that most people are not as close to being them as you said.
adventurer··on Americans Don't Care About Prison Phone Exploitation, Says FCC Official
I don't think most people are as close to being "them" as you think. We're not teetering on a society about to collapse into sending a meaningful amount of people into prison.
adventurer··on Johnson and Johnson hit with $55M damages in talc cancer case
I believe that is exactly what punitive damages are. J&J caused harm. Since it's not a criminal case, the punitive damages are punishment and a deterrent for them and others not to harm consumers.
adventurer··on Apple’s loudest activist investor just dumped his stake
I think curious the headline reads like he just dumped his 53 million shares overnight. It's not like the company is dead, he just doesn't see growth.
adventurer··on Talkshow
Multiple conversations out in the open. If I'm not too un-hip, I believe this is like a new and advanced version to replace Twitter.

*I edited my comment shortly after minimaxir responded and didn't realize. I basically was trying to figure out what the app. is and why it's popular.

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