Some people, especially those who have more international contacts, will prefer to use Telegram over WhatsApp sure. It is rare to find anyone under the age of 60 who uses SMS as their primary method of communication in…
You missed out some vital context from the source of that statistic: > The number of outgoing SMS and MMS messages sent in the United Kingdom (UK) fell to 48.68 billion in 2020, from a peak of 150.83 billion in 2012. >…
> Furthermore, no company would be asinine enough to allow bots, AI, or ML make decisions without a way to undo those changes. Sadly this is actually the norm across all these big tech platforms these days. Algorithm…
This is a very US centric view. In virtually all of Europe, for instance, WhatsApp is the go to messenger and no one uses SMS anymore. In some countries - primarily Russia, but also in Europe e.g. Germany and…
The blog post says outright they are not an American company, they are not hiding that.
Yeah the genuinely malicious apps are unlikely to be using Google ads or other services to generate revenue.
If you use Magisk you can just sideload Netflix from APK Mirror or Aurora Store and you're fine. Samsung stock ROMs specifically have extra Netflix DRM checks built in iirc, but if you're rooted disabling them should be…
15% of the consumers is, I'm guessing, based on US marketshare? The company in the OP here is not American, and outside of the US, Android has the majority of the smartphone marketshare in most of the world. Despite…
For their Android apps they can launch on third party app stores besides F-Droid, for example Amazon Appstore, Samsung Galaxy Store, Huawei App Gallery, and I'm sure there's plenty of others... most users are likely to…
Depends on the app in question. OP is about a gaming company so using a website isn't a serious option.
> So, how does blockchain help? Because the data is entered into the blockchain by automated systems and can be verified with cryptographic keys. You seem to have invented a strawman system in which a blockchain…
Honestly, that Azure Ledger SQL idea makes more sense for today's enterprise systems than a decentralised blockchain. Not because "blockchains are bad" which unfortunately is what most of the comments have turned into,…
> No. A company can point at an entry that claims to be from an ethical supply chain. It's not proof that that entry actually represents reality. Sure, simply writing metadata that says "we promise we did this" into a…
It's not hypothetical. Although you are correct it's not standard, there are multiple projects doing exactly this at various stages of development, some of which have been around for years. Handshake [1] is still very…
> Using blockchain technology also means you cannot abide by GDPR's right to forget. That means storing any personal information in a blockchain is a legal liability, at least in the EU, which limits its potential use…
> If your biological parents were smart then you will almost surely be smart and vice versa. Doesn’t really work like that. IQ is heavily influenced by environmental factors.
This is an interesting thought but the answer can be as simple as cognitive biases. The world around you could be a literal utopia but the depressed mind would still think life is hopeless.
> If you have doubts about your intelligence you are by definition more intelligent than most people. Yep, Dunning-Kruger. > Success is largely a factor of persistence, not intelligence. Absolutely.
> By the way, Mensa would also send you to a regular psychologist, or would rather ask one to come and administer the test at their location, and would definitely not accept an online test. You are correct they do not…
Thirding this. I was diagnosed with ADHD as a kid but for some reason was never offered meds. Got reassessed as an adult while I was seeing a psych for other stuff and got a script for Dexedrine. Never looked back…
Man I been working in a tech job I got without even a degree for two years. I was literally told by the HR dept that the boss was set on hiring me as soon as we met because I was apparently so far above every other…
As others have said, investments in startups are based a lot more on the potential of the team behind them than their existing products.
Indeed. Don't invest in ideas invest in people.
> the refresh button disappeared in the latest Firefox (v84.0.2)? Well that's just... terrible UX. Surely there's a setting to enable it again? > still 404s 80% of the time... looks like a similar problem that Twitter…
This is a very interesting post. And you're of course correct, Apple wouldn't take a pro-privacy stance if it was bad for business. They're able to do so because their business model relies primarily on hardware sales.…
Some people, especially those who have more international contacts, will prefer to use Telegram over WhatsApp sure. It is rare to find anyone under the age of 60 who uses SMS as their primary method of communication in…
You missed out some vital context from the source of that statistic: > The number of outgoing SMS and MMS messages sent in the United Kingdom (UK) fell to 48.68 billion in 2020, from a peak of 150.83 billion in 2012. >…
> Furthermore, no company would be asinine enough to allow bots, AI, or ML make decisions without a way to undo those changes. Sadly this is actually the norm across all these big tech platforms these days. Algorithm…
This is a very US centric view. In virtually all of Europe, for instance, WhatsApp is the go to messenger and no one uses SMS anymore. In some countries - primarily Russia, but also in Europe e.g. Germany and…
The blog post says outright they are not an American company, they are not hiding that.
Yeah the genuinely malicious apps are unlikely to be using Google ads or other services to generate revenue.
If you use Magisk you can just sideload Netflix from APK Mirror or Aurora Store and you're fine. Samsung stock ROMs specifically have extra Netflix DRM checks built in iirc, but if you're rooted disabling them should be…
15% of the consumers is, I'm guessing, based on US marketshare? The company in the OP here is not American, and outside of the US, Android has the majority of the smartphone marketshare in most of the world. Despite…
For their Android apps they can launch on third party app stores besides F-Droid, for example Amazon Appstore, Samsung Galaxy Store, Huawei App Gallery, and I'm sure there's plenty of others... most users are likely to…
Depends on the app in question. OP is about a gaming company so using a website isn't a serious option.
> So, how does blockchain help? Because the data is entered into the blockchain by automated systems and can be verified with cryptographic keys. You seem to have invented a strawman system in which a blockchain…
Honestly, that Azure Ledger SQL idea makes more sense for today's enterprise systems than a decentralised blockchain. Not because "blockchains are bad" which unfortunately is what most of the comments have turned into,…
> No. A company can point at an entry that claims to be from an ethical supply chain. It's not proof that that entry actually represents reality. Sure, simply writing metadata that says "we promise we did this" into a…
It's not hypothetical. Although you are correct it's not standard, there are multiple projects doing exactly this at various stages of development, some of which have been around for years. Handshake [1] is still very…
> Using blockchain technology also means you cannot abide by GDPR's right to forget. That means storing any personal information in a blockchain is a legal liability, at least in the EU, which limits its potential use…
> If your biological parents were smart then you will almost surely be smart and vice versa. Doesn’t really work like that. IQ is heavily influenced by environmental factors.
This is an interesting thought but the answer can be as simple as cognitive biases. The world around you could be a literal utopia but the depressed mind would still think life is hopeless.
> If you have doubts about your intelligence you are by definition more intelligent than most people. Yep, Dunning-Kruger. > Success is largely a factor of persistence, not intelligence. Absolutely.
> By the way, Mensa would also send you to a regular psychologist, or would rather ask one to come and administer the test at their location, and would definitely not accept an online test. You are correct they do not…
Thirding this. I was diagnosed with ADHD as a kid but for some reason was never offered meds. Got reassessed as an adult while I was seeing a psych for other stuff and got a script for Dexedrine. Never looked back…
Man I been working in a tech job I got without even a degree for two years. I was literally told by the HR dept that the boss was set on hiring me as soon as we met because I was apparently so far above every other…
As others have said, investments in startups are based a lot more on the potential of the team behind them than their existing products.
Indeed. Don't invest in ideas invest in people.
> the refresh button disappeared in the latest Firefox (v84.0.2)? Well that's just... terrible UX. Surely there's a setting to enable it again? > still 404s 80% of the time... looks like a similar problem that Twitter…
This is a very interesting post. And you're of course correct, Apple wouldn't take a pro-privacy stance if it was bad for business. They're able to do so because their business model relies primarily on hardware sales.…