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kakaorka | 6 years ago | on: US 'extreme vetting' kicks in forcing visitors to hand over social media details

It’s only public handles (usernames)

kakaorka | 6 years ago | on: Justice Department Is Preparing Antitrust Investigation of Google

They also tried to buy Snapchat but their bid was rejected.

kakaorka | 7 years ago | on: Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again

Force touch works on the latest iPhones, except for the XR

kakaorka | 7 years ago | on: New iPad Air and iPad Mini

I agree with you that upgrading usually means worse battery life, but iOS 12 was an exception to this I believe.

kakaorka | 7 years ago | on: Bird lays off up to 5% of workforce

In major metros, yes.

kakaorka | 7 years ago | on: Lambda School (YC S17) now pays eligible students $2k/month

They’ll probably sue them.

kakaorka | 7 years ago | on: E.U.’s Biggest Economies Ban Boeing Max 8 Jets

I think you mean the Ethiopian airlines case, not Egyptian.

kakaorka | 7 years ago | on: Treat Medicines Like Netflix Treats Shows

Maybe because that’s just you, a unique individual.

For a different unique case, such as someone who has Hep C, the utility value for the medicine could literally be everything for the person.

So, if we average the utility value for a whole population, the utility value would actually be pretty high, especially if a lot of people have Hep C.

kakaorka | 7 years ago | on: On Being a Principal Engineer

Time to leave I guess?

kakaorka | 7 years ago | on: Mark Zuckerberg Speaks Down to Users and Misses the Point

Facebook will not change anything until it is forced to. It simply is in their best interest to disregard their users privacy just like they currently are doing.

kakaorka | 7 years ago | on: Big Cities No Longer Deliver for Low-Skill Workers

Really unfair to discredit Microsoft from anything but the web browsers issue. They massively pushed the idea of personal computers, probably more than any other company in history.

kakaorka | 7 years ago | on: Cleaning New York's harbor with one billion oysters

I think you should watch the Handmaid’s Tale; it will make you never suggest your latter suggestion again :)

kakaorka | 7 years ago | on: Apple’s Errors

Although I prefer iPhones, I don’t think any American manafacturer is not in the pocket of the NSA.

kakaorka | 7 years ago | on: AT&T will put a fake 5G logo on its 4G LTE phones

I still have the stepped bar graph for some reason.

kakaorka | 7 years ago | on: Robinhood Will Retool Checking Product Following Scrutiny

So no one actually did their due diligence before announcing the product. I’m quite shocked that a ~$6 billion company can behave this way.

kakaorka | 7 years ago | on: Firefox 64 Released

Thanks for these. I always want to search in hn specifically. This will be so helpful.

kakaorka | 7 years ago | on: Welcome to Our Sampler of Ancient Egyptian Supernatural Beings

It’s always fascinating to see how innovative ancient Egypt was. This makes me identify with them as normal people that share the same feelings with us. They dreamt like us and imagined stuff like us. I wish I could go back in time and live there for a while.

kakaorka | 7 years ago | on: How Did Indonesia and Malaysia Become Majority-Muslim?

Do you have a source for this? Or is this just personal experience?

kakaorka | 7 years ago | on: Spectrum is joining GitHub

It’s a feature for the company creating the lock-in, and a bug for the users.

kakaorka | 7 years ago | on: Questions to Ask Before Joining a Startup

I think getting paid (preferably well) is always one of the reasons why people work for any company, including startups.