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The ones you name have fringe competitors, but fringe competitors that offer slightly less refined services and products at lower prices.

Because of the way the internet is, to use a fringe competitor you usually pay more to get less. (Satellite internet, home LTE providers).

Around here, Verizon and ATT recognize that their only competitor is Comcast (or other company on the list to be bought by comcast) so they set their prices slightly higher and rely on marketing to add perceived value for about the same service. It may not be explicit price fixing (though it probably is), but it's still not good for national economic health or security.

Would HN-commenters recommend this (based off of experience with either edition) over other OS books for a self-teaching CS Curriculum?

Do you agree that picking one OS to study is the best way to learn about Operating Systems generally?

I am not an apple fan, but this update (based on reading this review) is very impressive. Maybe Apple will win over some Android/Other users without alienating their base. It seems likely.

It's a good development for iOS and WP to have more flexibility without comprising the essence of what they are.

When I got the Lumia 635, I didn't know about the swype-like functionality. I used it from time to time, without thinking, but never noticed it until someone else pointed it out.

It works well, and would be nice on the Windows tablets.

I see what you are saying, there are many smart, if not brilliant people out there. Woz is able to "think different."

Unfortunately, Vint Cerf is not close to being a billionaire. Our economic system doesn't award brilliance, it doesn't award productivity, it awards the ability to convince other people to give them more money. I'm not saying that that's totally bad, just that the money chasers scare away some great minds.

It's unfortunate that all our greed and crazy fandom keep scaring the great minds away from continuing to push us all forward.

Aren't Android apps run in a virtual machine (because of the Java roots) anyway?

(Genuine question, not me being a smarty pants.)

Thanks for also replying, I wouldn't have seen this otherwise.

The U.S. insurance system is not semi-socialized on that part, it is a result of collusion between hospital administration and insurance companies to maximize profits instead of health of the nation. Corporatism keeps laws on the books that reduce competition and take the decisions out of the hands of patients and doctors and puts it into bureaucrats.

Medicaid and Obamacare are the socialization aspects, which try to work within the Corporatist solution... we should have and should just tear the whole system apart.

Too many good minds work in billing and adminstrative research and development, not in medical development.

Disclaimer: I make medical billing and administrative software. I have a job because of a broken system... I'd sacrifice my comfort for a better system.

Autonomous cars will only really see true potential when they don't need a driver at all... or one in the car. Think one driver, jumping in on 5 or 10 UPS delivery vehicles as they park and launch delivery drones locally, or 20 Google maps vehicles with one remote driver jumping in at roundabouts. While 3 city buses with capacity for 5 or 10 more people each since there's no physical cockpit is promising or not having to pay attention, the true potential is all the things you don't need people for.

The true potential in Autonomous vehicle removes the cost of having people involved with delivery, exploration, etc.

Once the tech is there, you can remove the excess weight and volume of seating, safety mechanisms (mirrors, belts, roll bars, airbags...).

Removing human ergonomics will also allow for more efficient designs per purpose.

Oh, so it's not a ploy to force safari use... it's a ploy to force HLS. Thanks for the heads up.

Edit: Just to be clear, it is really interesting and appreciate your comment, but it's still silly for Apple to limit their advertisements to Apple users.

I agree, great tutorials. I was also wondering the same thing about Bitbucket.

Excellent point. I tend to think in relative terms myself, where "garbage" as adjective can be new-and-improved "garbage." I work in healthcare-billing-electronic-records, so if I make a form that makes it easier or more pleasant for a doctor (someone who actually does useful stuff) to collect money from insurance or treat a patient, then it's still a net positive. Not everyone can improve the world through social or political change. Some people have to treat wounds and tend to daily care, literally or figuratively.

Finally, by removing unnecessary barriers, maybe they get more done or do it more accurately.

Edit: Maybe, we can help to make this seemingly inevitable dystopian future a little less bad?

As someone who builds better forms, it's scary to think that I enable bureaucracy and information tracking to expand by making it less of a headache to fill out a form. But I come to grips with it, thinking, "well, if we're going to be tracked and managed, we may as well have nice interfaces and relevant information."