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iPhones are already communicating with any and every bluetooth capable Apple device to enable the findmy/airtag functionality aren't they? I dont believe this is necessarily true j…

Estimating the amount of unique elements in a set and counting the amount of unique elements in a set are very different things. Cool method, bad headline.

From the parent's description it sounds like it just parses log files, doesn't seem like it would augment the behavior of the app generating the logs at all. Curious to know more a…

His first restaurant was called 'Momofuku Noodle Bar', named as an homage to Ando for inventing instant noodles/ramen. I don't think there were many Americans in 2004 (or today) wh…

Military contractors don't run down to radioshack when they're low on transistors.

How is that comparable to a pacemaker in any way? They aren't made for a similar scale, price, or 'environment', and would only be installed/serviced/dealt with at all by anyone as…

It sounds like the bluetooth functionality is only there for telemetry.

My point is that as long as there is an algorithm, it will be possible to optimize for it.

How would you 'remove' SEO bias?

A good portion of the largest insurance companies are non-profits, look at Blue Cross Blue Shield and their affiliated companies. They still make tons of money, keep tons of cash o…

You don't seem to understand the difference between a design choice you don't like, versus an objectively bad design. When Apple removed the headphone jack from iPhones, (supposedl…

FWIW there are few expressions of free speech that aren't in violation of some arbitrary law enforced by some arbitrary country. It was probably short-sighted of me to assume that …

> i would be pretty irritated if someone ripped off my idea after working with me Are you sure he really 'ripped off' anyone in the first place? The first thing I thought of when I…

In my opinion, it's a totally reasonable request. It's not a reasonable expectation, but that is a different matter. I'm not sure what the 'purpose of the internet is' but I don't …

They never claimed their privacy was being invaded. They simply asked (allegedly? I haven't seen any actual request from them but lets just assume there is one) not to be linked to…

>All of that together makes me think the bubble colours are primarily there to gently nudge people into getting their friends and family to buy iPhones. I don't think anyone can ar…

The last time I searched amazon for usb-b to usb-c cables I genuinely couldn't find any. I bet I would have better luck searching for 'usb-c printer cable' as someone else pointed …

As a musician with tons of peripherals, some of which are annoyingly sensitive and can't be used through hubs or anything but straight-through adapters (my turntable mixer's digita…

Happens to me all the time too, super annoying. If I'm outside and the suns out its even worse.

I hope I'm not coming off as contentious, and I know I'm sort of beating a dead horse here, but I really feel like this distinction matters, so bear with me: >Chrome is not able to…

OP didn't say "I want to prevent chrome from sending notifications". If he did, then sure, having an option toggle would solve his problem. But that's not what he said. He said he …

My point is that the person said "I don't want websites to be able to send notifications to my phone", and then you responded by explaining how one can prevent such notifications v…

You don't seem to understand what "I don’t want websites to be able to send notifications to my phone." means.

How can you tell that a tall man in a trench coat isn't just a kid with a second kid sitting on their shoulder? How can you tell if the series of dots you perceive as an LCD isn't …

You'd only need to store the list of unique searches, but even if that's true and the 15% number is true, that must be a huge amount of data.