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I didn't even use the word 'developed'. Nice try. ;) I simply mean if you are comparing countries, you need to look at aggregate figures, such as total GDP or market size or popula…

> Why should Mahathir get to call his country "poor" relative to China...? A simple answer may be aggregates matter when it comes to country-to-country comparisons. A country's com…

Looks very awesome. What term app is that?

While this is entirely unethical, it is an amazing business decision if they get away with it without any harm to their reputation. I wonder if they reputation risks were considere…

I had not heard of Henry James and his book "Progress & Poverty" (1879). More info for anyone interested [0] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_and_Poverty

I've spent some time thinking about basic income. At times arguing for it, other times arguing against it. Unfortunately we cannot resolve the scarcity problem, particularly when i…

Like it says in the video, it's mostly a business decision. All the companies in the top list are customer/user facing, while Amazon's AWS is not customer facing at all. It's about…

OSX example: Even 7 years ago Little Snitch on OSX was reporting to me every Apple App was trying to establish a connection home every time I opened it. I just blocked it and didn'…

The hack needed an extra rooted android phone and a special 'helper' app. It also took advantage of the subsidy they give new users and the driver for new users. (I have no idea if…

Because then the growth of valuation metrics will be slow and you will not be able to justify round A,B,C,+,-, etc. Try reading it through the eyes of an investor putting capital t…

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE2BkLqMef4

video games /sarcasm

I may be completely wrong here, but I thought TOR doesn't work in China. Something about them blocking the relays or their traffic only supporting TCP and no UDP... (Sorry for lack…

Does anyone know how much the Gov't agencies pay for this data? I'm guessing here, but it seems logical. There must be some kind of economic benefit for Facebook, Google, AT&T, Ver…

No. I have found there is rarely a good result from this. In the one case I've observed, the guy courted the girl and quit before they started a serious relationship. This worked w…

This is horrible analysis: comparing Vista to windows 7 changes to windows 7 to 8 changes. Vista was arguably Microsoft's worst OS. Windows 7 arguably the best. Obviously the chang…

I think there is an elephant in the room here. (Sorry if this stings anyone) The collective We have been led to believe that we must make something original to be great. Don't make…

This is really not said enough. I've found windows 8 a vastly better experience, mainly due to speed improvements, keyboard shortcuts, metro (I prefer it now, non-touchscreen too),…

Agreed. I have trouble falling asleep without a fresh-just-brushed-my-teeth feeling. An annoying habit in the beginning can become a necessity later on.