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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.

You are confusing regular random CEOs who get hired to run a company with someone like Zuck who founded a company and is still closely tied to its identity. Remember the mess after Steve Jobs was forced out of Apple?

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 suspicion to search you at the border.

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 US right now - do you suppose you'd be happy leaving an Uber app with "Always" location tracking permission on your phone past Jan 20th?

The NSA already has the ability to track cellphones, regardless of what Uber does with their app.

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 locked for 24 hours.

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 overall statewide race.

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 deposit a check for $50,000, that doesn't get reported unless the bank thinks something about the transaction is suspicious)

Are bitcoins classified as currency for the purposes of CTR reports?

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 adoption, and requiring users to install plugins in order to do simple things like attach photos would be a serious hinderance there. It's hard enough to convince non-techie friends to install another messenger as it is.

. 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 focused on the founder replacing all of his food with Soylent, but they've transitioned from that approach more recently.

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 be resolved until 8k or even 16k mobile displays.

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.

Yes, it's possible to pardon someone for past unindicted crimes. Nixon was pardoned for Watergate by Gerald Ford, for example.

Google Play Music support was one of the main reasons I added a Chromecast to my setup. It's a frustrating gap in the wide variety of content that Roku can handle.

US versions of the Note 7 use a Qualcomm processor, not a Exynos. (supposedly to support Verizon and Sprint's CDMA networks)

The voice on the phone at the end of s02e02 is Tyrell though. He's obviously on the run somewhere; most likely overseas.

They only need a warrant to open the mail. They can freely use the information printed on the outside of the envelope for their investigations.

Prior to the ACA, many states offered High Risk Pools to cover people in your situation. Were these not applicable in your case?

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