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Judge Alsup continues to impress with his well-reasoned judgments that demonstrate a deep understanding of the fast-moving technology world and a preference for the "larger good".

I did recall one incident where the plane got out of balance because of passengers moving in concert.

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/asaram-bapu-rape-accus...

India's Telecom regulator had mandated the following:

1. Each TV channel in a bouquet of channels will have a fixed & uniform, maximum, retail price. 2. Any channel that was priced above the fixed price could not be included in a bouquet and could only be offered on an individual/a la carte/standalone basis. 3. Pay channels and free to air channels, as also HD and standard channels, could not be in the same bouquet.

The satellite TV/cable broadcasters went all the way up to the Supreme Court but have lost the war!

The verdict was delivered by a 4:1 majority. The supporting judges stated that 97% cannot be denied the benefits of Aadhaar for the exclusion of a "minimal" 3%. The dissenting judge termed Aadhaar as unconstitutional.

Reminds me of several CMM Level 5 certified IT services firms consistently grounding projects into dust!

This article piqued my interest in Aerojet!

Reading the Wikipedia entry, I was stuck by how the founders list control of their firm, "Unhappily for us, no bank would lend us money; bankers hadn’t yet come to think of rocketry as a stable business."

Interestingly, a tire company acquired majority control!

I am not into photography, but the idea of Lytro fascinated me! I distinctly remember that when it was launched, there was a layperson explanation of the concept along the lines of, "take a photo as you would normally do and, later on, decide which area to focus on, which to blur, etc."

As the cliché goes, "don't cry because it ended; smile because it happened."

I agree with the core idea of the article - that open source developers often get abused by "freeloaders" and that their time shouldn't be used "for free".

I think that the best way to show respect to the developer is to contribute time and/or money to the project.

At the very least, be thankful and don't act like a jerk!

I understand your scepticism about my ability to grasp basic differences, considering that we have never met nor interacted before.

Hence, this clarification...

As per my understanding, there is plenty of Drama in the security vulnerability incident - Intel CEO selling a large chunk of stock after the company was informed of the vulnerability; the differing views on the actual performance impact of the patches, the discussions on whether it was a genuine oversight error or corporate greed that led to the situation in the first place, etc.

The reason I mentioned this along with the original article is simply because I was trying to clarify that there have always been dramatic posts/comments on HN.

Therefore, sharing an article from r/Drama sub-reddit didn't seem sacrilegious to me.

I apologise if I have offended your sensibilities...

That paragraph is prefaced by the definition of the word Drama.

If we want to avoid drama, we should stop sharing a significant number of recent events, e.g. the Meltdown and Spectre drama, launches, touchdowns and failures of SpaceX, a majority of anti-Google comments, etc.

From the article, "Many are written with the earnest, unguarded candor of people who did not expect their words to travel outside of Google."

Surely, Damore's screed was also written with the same expectation?

To be perfectly clear, I'm not siding with Damore's inferences or conclusions.

IMHO, this attitude is akin to "throwing the baby out with the bath water". I'm sure the readerships of HN & Reddit are not mutually exclusive.

Tomorrow, someone will object to linking a WSJ article as it's a conservative newspaper.

Then, somebody else will object against The Guardian for it being too left-leaning.

I agree! I receive newsletters from both the services and I prefer reading the CB Insights for its casual style and lots of graphics.

I have voted with my money! It is one of the best science magazines out there.

This list ommits "The Spider Network" - to me, one of the best books of 2017. It tells the inside story of the LIBOR scandal in a riveting manner.

Maybe, because the average Indian user has nothing to do with the programming language. However, s/he understands the word Go even if s/he is illiterate?

Going by that logic, it should even be more easier for Apple to leave China. They are also getting their butts kicked by the local Chinese firms.

I feel that this explanation is more of an excuse than anything else.

Of course, they will find it hard to accept that Edge is not getting general user acceptance as much as they had hoped.

And that, as a result, they aren't able to get developers interested in their platform.

It seems to me that it is very difficult, if not impossible, to expect any kind of privacy in the age of social media. Every company, be it Apple or Google, etc., collects data to mine them. Thus, it is unfair to keep singling out Google every time and make them to look more evil than they are.

In fact, I would argue that Google has a much limited knowledge of our desires, opinions, etc. as compared to Facebook & Twitter. Yes, it tries to create a profile of who we are using the data that we provide to them while using their services. However, it is lame when you compare to the kind of detailed profile information that the other social services ask upfront, especially Facebook.

Second that! And, as some people have reported in other threads, it is very difficult to close your Facebook account and take away all your data!

So, how many of those who support Apple are going to stop using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Tinder, etc.? And, start going offline to protect their data?

I'm no expert but I believe that these services (individually &/or collectively) have far more detailed profiles of their users' lives than Google.

To me, it appears as if the sole purpose of the article is to redeem Levandowski and not to report in a balanced manner in what he had been accused of doing.

Are Google queries an accurate representation of whether Agile is growing it not? I find it a little hard to believe this logic of the article.