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I find it interesting how this show up the day after I had to call the customer service to clarify an interest fee on my account that din't make sense. So here is what happened, I …

Similarly the word mango comes from the Malayalam word māṅṅa (pronounced: "manga"). The European traders mispronounced them into the now known mango. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/w…

I guess I wasn't clear. I dint claim Microsoft made them, just that it came exclusively with the Lumia phones. If I recall correctly, back then if you searched for it in the store …

I have heard this statement so many times and I feel it doesn't justify the truth. Here are some counter points. Nokia came back into my view when they started launching the Lumia …

In this thread a lot of people don't understand the meaning of monopoly and assumes a monopoly is only synonymous with the companies they hate. It has more to do with having a domi…

I rather no company patent them than any do-no-evil company. Besides why do you think they won't use/abuse it? The whole point of spending so much ridiculous amount of money on a p…

>Honestly, say what you will about Google, but I can't imagine them ever threatening another software company with software patents. That is a naive fanboy outlook towards a compan…

Ya that I too agree with this, pretty much all applications can now deal with \n just fine. Having CR LF (2 Bytes) is not only wasting storage space but also wasting bandwidth when…

You are also paying for the Oculus hardware while having no recourse to privacy even if you wanted. I am not saying Windows 10 doesn't have privacy issues, but when compared to Fac…

Well to be fair, you are not paying to use Win 10 and also its a free upgrade. On the bright side, unlike FB, you can actually install 3rd party apps and setup firewall to gain tha…

A car that has an app, a car that can be remotely updated, and a car that has all communication running through the same BUS, may be susceptible to remote break in without requirin…

> Elon Musk != Tesla He is the CEO, he is responsible for the actions of his employees that are work related. Under the same guise, he shouldn't receive praises for anything everyo…

Wouldn't that be worse security wise? Say if there is an exploit in the wild. The customer upgrades it to the latest version. Now all the bad guy has to do is to mess around with t…

Is it similar to what hololens is trying to achieve here: [1] [1] https://youtu.be/aThCr0PsyuA?t=1m7s

I am perfectly fine downloading an external application to write an image the sd card just like I am perfectly fine in using "apt-get install" for any application that doesn't come…

To be fair the side ads were the least noticed by me. There were times when I even confused the top ad with the actual search result. Slightly off topic but has anyone noticed the …