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No mention of TaxAct on this post; is their marketshare really that insignificant?

>What confuses the hell out of me is that i always saw from childhood US executives are held accountable for their company's action. Any scandal and i would see the CEO step down. …

The Note9 added bluetooth to the S Pen (you can use it as a remote camera shutter now), and it charges inductively when it's inside the phone.

Often diplomats are spies that operate in a country under diplomatic cover; perhaps Cuba wanted to frustrate suspected spying?

I haven't heard of a 'do not port' instruction, but you can call T-Mobile and add an additional password that will be required before customer service will service your account.

> I guess the only hope is the supreme court? It's already been litigated, and there are multiple Supreme Court holdings that say that the government does not need reasonable suspi…

Legally there is no such thing as 'guaranteed entry' to the US except for citizens. Even possessing a visa doesn't guarantee entry.

The head of the now-defunct Cyanogen Inc famously said “we’re putting a bullet through Google’s head.”

Whatsapp does have the option to add a password to your account: http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/11/10/whatsapp-enables-two...

HERE is nice because you can download complete countries to work offline. Google Maps only lets you select a rectangular area and limits it size to a much smaller area.

Apple's very first "laptop" was called the Macintosh Portable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_Portable

I'm not sure why you say that. There are plenty of bitcoin stories on HN going back far longer than 3 years. Example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2524631

>And that's OK - if you're good with that. Now go and ask some women you know whether they have all that trust? Or minorities. Or activists. If you were a Muslim or Mexican in the …

Fingerprint readers seem to solve that problem. Booting the phone requires the secure password, but after that a fingerprint will suffice until the phone is powered off or left loc…

Those boundaries are fairly irrelevant to the presidential election process. I believe only Maine assigns electors based on who wins a particular district versus who wins the overa…

>SARs only apply to suspicious activity. CTRs are what your bank has to file for every transaction over $10000. For every currency transaction, not every transaction. (if you depos…

I could be wrong, but it seems like none of those apps are really mass marketed to consumers (versus power users). The goal for Signal is to make it something that could gain mass …

>. So if a product is intended to be consumed as 100% of your diet Soylent isn't marketed as being intended to replace every meal anymore. I know some of their earlier press focuse…

It's 1000 miles of free power a year, not a month. So this is nowhere near providing enough power for the average annual US driving distance.

I guess future viewers of Wall-E won't get the joke now. (for those who didn't see the film, the robot main character made the Mac startup chime when he finished charging)

VR headsets greatly benefit from a higher resolution. Even the 2K display on the late model Samsung phones produce low resolution when paired with a Gear VR. Supposedly this won't …

The update should show up later today. If you are impatient, you can search for it in the meantime.

Search for the "unconstitutional conditions doctrine". Government can't get around constitutional limits via contract requirements.