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Re: Google Pixelbook – A High Performance Chromebook

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Post by vesak »

hexrcs wrote: post #261
minivan wrote: post #116

Here's a youtube promo video for those of us in Europe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umhPrOo47-A The link in the post redirects to the Google store that only shows a Chromecast. Oh well.

I'm curious why Google doesn't sell its Chromebooks in Europe? Is it because of some EU regulations or it's just Google that's not willing to expand its Chromebook territory here? I can definitely see the market here.

Perhaps some current or upcoming EU regulation (GDPR anyone?) will stop them from milking their users.

Is it the whole Europe though, or just the smaller countries?

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Post by hobarrera »

joshuacc wrote: post #142
sergiotapia wrote: post #85

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I uploaded full seasons of a very old 90s cartoon and my account is disabled. I cannot even purchase YouTube TV to try it out. Of course, reaching out to support is moot - their RoboSupport sucks. I will never purchase a Google product if I can help it and will steer clear of them in any team setting where I can affect the decision.

> I uploaded full seasons of a very old 90s cartoon and my account is disabled. I cannot even purchase YouTube TV to try it out. You violated the law and their (rather reasonable in this case) terms of service and are shocked to find they'd rather not do business with you?

The problem is when a company which has such huge monopolies decides they won't do business with you.

This guy has a for-life veto on a lot of the leading technologies, and cannot use a lot of product (in an every increasing list).

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Post by hobarrera »

busterarm wrote: post #113
notheguyouthink wrote: post #102

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Previously everything of mine went through Google. Email, phone, phone number, search, etc. I've migrated everything away (except Google Voice) for this very reason. My life would have came to a grinding halt if they banned me, and I couldn't even email them about it.

What was your gmail alternative? I tried to switch everything to Lavabit, but then a month later the Snowden thing happened...that didn't last (and I'm still out all that money)

Fastmail is stupendous. The UI is great, and real humans reply pretty fast when you need support (and this hasn't been often, fortunately).

Plus, they work with SMTP/IMAP/CalDav/CardDav, so if you like the tools you're using, you can keep using them. Personally, I use third party tools on my phone, but their web UI on PC.

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Post by Filligree »

koiz wrote: post #299
Filligree wrote: post #186

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Um, there's a config option for that. You can set it to be Ctrl instead. Like God intended. Or you can turn it into escape, if you're that sort of person. Or... I suppose you could make it lock...

Never existed on the nexus 9, pixel c or 2015 pixel chrome book. Not every 'chromebook' is the same.

The first two you named are Android tablets, not Chromebooks.

The last one, I'm not sure. Perhaps it didn't at the time?

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Post by undersuit »

bubblethink wrote: post #307
undersuit wrote: post #269

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The specifications will be released in full eventually, right now the buy link is just a waiting list. No money is exchanging hands so why does it matter if it's a Intel Core i7-7660U or a Intel Core i7-7560U Processor? What really bothers me is I can't find the timings for the memory. I need to know that my CAS settings aren't going to hamper the performance of my cutting edge app transitions. Kidding, we don't even…

It turns out the processors are i5-7Y57 and i7-7Y75 (source B&H). Super low power year old chips. Not too optimistic about the performance as a general linux laptop.

I saw those 4.5 watt chips on Intel Ark, but I thought that maybe you could fit the 15 W models in the enclosure.

At least this probably means no fans! Oh and that it uses DDR3. :)

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Post by notheguyouthink »

narrowrail wrote: post #268
notheguyouthink wrote: post #165

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Hmm, I'll have to do more research, but I thought they used some American hosting. Perhaps I'm mistaken! I'll make a note in the comment, ty! edit : I take that back, I'm not wrong, yay \o/. https://blog.fastmail.com/2013/10/07/fastmails-servers-are-i... They are in the US, it's just that the company itself isn't. So depending on your level of distrust of the US, that may or may not be an issue for you.

If you think you are safer from the NSA because a server is located outside the US, I've got some bad news for you: outside of the US, the NSA can do whatever they want as the US Constitution has no jurisdiction. Whether or not they are abusing the law within the US is up for debate, but outside the US there is nothing to stop them except technology.

That's fair - I wasn't raising it as a personal concern however, I was raising it because I've seen many other concerned about US involvements.

With that said, do you feel there's no difference in security when having servers in, or outside of the US?

A lot of people seem to distrust US involvement, and prefer out of US as much as possible. Do you think this is completely bunk, because the NSA is so unstoppable?

To me it just seems like being in the US just adds to possible problems. Thoughts?

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Post by notheguyouthink »

narrowrail wrote: post #250
notheguyouthink wrote: post #182

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Ah yes, this is the encrypted email provider I saw on HN a while back (I mentioned in another comment of mine, but at the time forgot the name of ProtonMail) . When it's time for email renewal, 1 or 2 yrs down the line, I'll be looking at ProtonMail :)

If most people you email with use Gmail, what's the point of an "encrypted email" provider? Why not just use PGP and stay with your current provider? Thunderbird+enigmail is the way to do meaningful encryption and it is provider agnostic.

I have no idea, I'm not the one advertising the feature lol. I literally said that I've not even researched them, and that it is "perhaps end to 2 end". Beyond that, I know nothing about them.

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Post by Fnoord »

notatoad wrote: post #236
Ao7bei3s wrote: post #210

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> One of the agents even said (paraphrased, of course) "Maybe you downloaded some movies? What's the correct answer?

The correct answer is to tell the truth. The point of the security clearance process is to determine what somebody might be able to hold against you (i.e. to blackmail you into giving up confidential information) If you told your interviewer that yes, you have downloaded some pirated movies, then if somebody calls you up saying "hey, i'll tell your boss you're a movie pirate if you don't tell me X" you'll feel confid…

You should tell the interviewer the truth, but you'll feel confident denying due to lack of proof when a random person makes the claim.

If anything, it makes an asset vulnerable to extortion _from_ the FBI.

See also "The FBI Is Struggling to Hire Hackers Who Don't Smoke Weed". [1]

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/262dde/the_fbi_is_str...

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