Excellent study! I know it's not exactly easy to do with their analysis framework but I'd be interested to know how many apps just ignore certificate errors. It's a depressingly common "solution" on Stack Overflow..
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It's a bit old now but it's still as valid.
Министерство здравоохранения => Минздрав (Ministry of Health => Minheal)
Министерство юстиции => Минюст (Ministry of Justice => Minjust)
etc, etc. As a foreigner, I found that quite peculiar though it doesn't seem to be as common now as it was before but it's still noticeable in everyday life.
As a price point, I've always managed to go Docklands to Luton for under £50.
That said, G+ is not half bad. The app beats Facebook hands down. Live Hangouts are also a neat way to engage with your audience.
Remember, he's not just talking about any conciousness simulations but a specific type - ancestor simulations, which allows him to pull more rabbits out of his hat than might normally be able to hide in there.
First, to clarify something from the article - Bostrom's "posthuman" civilization is not strictly about the singularity but about almost unbounded capabilities. Building computers out of planets would be within reach for such a civilization. Think Culture, not Neuromancer.
The ratio of simulated people vs people in the actual universe was "addressed" in one of Bostrom's subsequent papers but in a completely ad hoc if-you-do-this-then-you-prove-my-point way. Here's some arguments against it - http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Simulation_argument#Calculating...
All in all, the SimArg is a nice thought but it's so easy to poke holes without first becoming a posthuman civilization that it loses what little stability it might have had.
My Android phone is even worse - it drifts by about 5-10s a day. Not a nightmare but it's still a lot more than my (probably unrealistic) expectations of 21st century hardware.
Could this be a non-Linux phenomenon?
I think I'll benchmark it in the near future!
B. Whatever the forum, this sort of astroturfing is undermining discourse. Yes, it's particularly out of place on SO but it'd be equally bad on XDA (where they don't even need it! Samsung have such a huge following over there that it's almost a religion!) To me, these people need to be called out on it. They need to understand that underhanded tactics will not be tolerated and I stand by every decision in this case so far (explicit or implied).
I'm kinda bummed I didn't submit this myself. I would've loved to cash in on those most precious of internet points. Oh, well. :)
To address the question of discussing this publicly: I don't think I'm doing them any favours right now. I'd like to think that the developer crowd (especially the one at HN) is not as easily swayed by competitions, challenges and brands as to forget sleazy behaviour like this.
I'm calling them out publicly because our places of discussion are very rarely guarded by tall walls. Instead, they let everyone in (and that's what makes them great). The price is that every once in a while we all have to push some people out. That's what I'm trying to do by writing this post.
Also, I apologize for the spelling and grammar, I wrote it early in the morning and my brain was still complaining about sleep deprivation and whatnot. Stupid brain.
P.S. also, guys, can I ask a quick favour? If anyone notices the site is down, please drop me a line (my email is in my profile). It's shared hosting and I'm not sure how well it will cope with top-of-HN. Especially when PST wake up.
If you ask me, manufacturers should be prohibited from adding to /system/app but that's not how the Android licensing works. So, we get un-uninstallable apps (vote with your wallet - buy only Nexus experience!).
Google may develop a lot of things behind closed doors but let's give them credit where credit's due.