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All in line with Apple except for the price. Probably north of $299 else how would you stand out? They aren't willing to lower the prices on obsolete / commoditized items. No way they would price a premium, hot fashion+tech must-have accessory at that price.

Interesting read. 100s of years from now, maybe we'll realize the treating ourselves with medicines was just an alpha version of hacking our bodies. Next iteration being nanotechnology. I've no clue and may never know what'll be next, but I hope it'll be ground breaking.

Related : "How to Generate Random Colors Programmatically"

http://martin.ankerl.com/2009/12/09/how-to-create-random-col...

I don't see Google's fault here. The title of this page (still live) http://www.opendns.com/about/global-dns-infrastructure/ is <title>OpenDNS vs. Google Public DNS</title>

You have a 'truly cryptic' way of thanking people for their time & effort /sarcasm

I'm glad the audit is moving on and I really hope Truecrypt 8 sees the light of the day. Back in October'13 when the funding link was posted, I remember feeling a sigh of relief. Thank you to all those who are contributing to this.

Search "opendns vs google dns" https://www.google.com/webhp?q=opendns+vs+google+dns#q=opend...

One of the top links is titled "OpenDNS vs. Google Public DNS" and points to : http://www.opendns.com/about/global-dns-infrastructure

There's no mention of Google on that page. How do I trust a company that's tricking users with misleading titles?

I have been trying out alternatives for more than 1 year and I feel nothing good & reliable exists for Windows (other than BitLocker - need to upgrade to enterprise/utimate/pro). The feature set of Truecrypt was pretty neat.

I doubt there'll be a good alternative anytime soon. I'm guessing the data is sensitive enough that you don't want to experiment with tools that aren't widely adopted.

If I take this message at face value and decide to switch to BitLocker, can someone answer this.

Dropbox + Truecrypt take full advantage of block sync & block encryption i.e. if a tiny piece of data is modified inside an encrypted container, only the relevant blocks are synced on update. Dropbox does not need to sync the entire container each time. This is a very useful feature. I know Google Drive & OneDrive aren't that smart.

Will bitlocker + Dropbox work the same way?

The video shows a rotating camera at the top of the car that's scanning for objects (I guess). What's the advantage of a mechanical rotary movement over an array of cameras that give a continuous 360 degree view (e.g. the street view cars)?

Update : Found a link : http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2402516,00.asp In an interview last week, Stuart Woods, the executive vice president of Velodyne, which manufactures the LIDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) rotating module that sits atop Google's autonomous vehicles, said that his company has started developing prototype security systems that could be trialed within the next year. The Velodyne LIDAR HDL-64E and HDL-32E modules use an array of either 64 or 32 lasers to electronically "see" the environment, Woods said. On Google's car, the module is set inside a rotating drum. Its lasers complement Google's own mapping software and GPS data, which help orient the car on the road. The LIDAR provides additional positional data, but also identifies other cars, bicycles, pedestrians, and road hazards.

> deprecated technology

Are you calling Python 2 deprecated? Could you provide a reference?

> not old gold - this is a brand new library for access to Bloomberg's massive

You clearly missed the meaning of 'old is gold' here. It's the 2.x Python code I'm referring to.

I was referring to the title : "Python 3 is killing Python"

Anyway, it's a well known fact that 2to3 switch has tremendous inertia. Space, Medical, Finance are few of the applications where often old is gold (tried & trusted). What bloomberg did was logical, no surprise there. That decision adds little value to how Python 3 is impacting the growth of Python.

I'm afraid that still won't kill Python.

Most of the article (on medium) is an unsubstantiated rant. Granted that the move from 2 to 3 has been much slower than what you see for major revisions but it was a _big_ overhaul. In hindsight, maybe the developers could have done something different. But using phrases like "Python 3 is killing Python" & "you might as well port to ruby" is absolutely false & misleading.

The app shown in the pictures is "Manga Studio"

Good point, I overlooked the 'injection' part.

Chrome shows the memory consumption of plugin here : chrome://memory-redirect/

I don't think most users want pop-ups about technical details in browsers. Sublime text is a different story - it's meant for tech folks.

Whenever I opened a new tab & typed something in the address bar, it appeared after a 1-2 second delay. I used to think that was absurd on part of Chrome. However after removing ABP, the problem's gone.

That 20K number makes me cringe. For now, a little bit of ads are fine :)

The link that you posted is an excellent comparison BUT no evidence that "$30" is the right price point for a good charger. The iPhone charger has poor rating on current sag. The ipad charger has poor rating on voltage sag.

Now that @assaflavie has written about it, does it constitute as 'prior art' and nobody can patent it?

I knew someone was going to post that link. There's no price justification in that link other than saying $2 chargers are bad & so are $19 ones. So, does that mean $30 is the price point. Ofcourse not.

You are missing the point. I'm not saying $2 chargers are the right price. I'm saying, Apple overprices everything, include headphone cables, phone cases and what not. Their retail price is BOM + Retail_Markup + R&D + Apple_Markup. That last component is what I'm talking about.

They are making money from the ecosystem of developers & content separately. Why should it be counted in the price of the phone? Secondly, I didn't discount the quality/design from the phone price.

Apple doesn't just overcharge for additional flash, they overcharge at every possible item in your phone. Example : $30 cables/connectors/chargers. On top of that, they sell you last years model at a premium too. Up until a few months, they were selling iPad 2 at some ridiculous price. The BOM cost goes down significantly with new rev of components coming out, be it the camera module, the previous generation app processor, the foundry charges, the low res LCD,...

I agree with what you are implying, maybe it just came across as negative to whoever downvoted this. For devices that you upgrade every year or two, $130 (free with subsidy) is a good price. It feels cheap because Apple etc. have set the bar too high (on pricing).

Often, the word 'cheap' carries a negative connotation. Talking specifically about Moto G & Moto E, I'd say they are phones that are priced correctly. Before we start talking about lack of features or compromises, just look at how much they charge for incremental memory. Just $20 for 8GB extra. Smartphones makers are slowly accepting commodity pricing and I hope they realize that skinning Android isn't always a value add.

Cool new features like fingerprint reader sure catch the fancy of those waiting to upgrade their phone. But expecting to price the phone at more than twice what they are worth when you add an evolutionary feature may not work for too long. The difference in build quality between Android & iOS phones is way smaller than Windows & Mac laptops.

Assuming you aren't compromising someone's account that was left logged-in or a stolen phone:

Note down all information about the account creation, frequent contacts, services used .. basically all dashboard data and then contact Google. If you have a secondary recovery address, that's even better.

Very comprehensive and will written post. Also, good job on the due diligence of alerting all concerned parties and posting detailed responses.

Google's reply is too complacent. Despite this being Telco's fault, Authy & Duosecurity are better at mitigating it.

You should add a line in your response saying that 'Authy isn't vulnerable to the voicemail attack'. Good job for being dedicated to the service.

That's undeservedly terse. Why waste a post if you can't explain.

Being successful in personal life is an achievement in my books.

How so ?