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Comment Re: People this is all about adverting (Score 1) 92

>Its all about the ad dollars and the advertisers

Well, the thing is, why don't the advertisers just advertise on whatever the users are watching? What's the problem with that?

The problem is just that the advertisers want to control what you're watching, nothing controversial or out of the mainstream, just lukewarm pabulum.

But the advertisers should not think that they are "sponsoring" Youtube videos. Rather, they are simply accessing Youtube users (regardless of what the users happen to be watching).

Comment Javascript requirement (Score 1) 269

> It also doesn't need JavaScript to run

Google also, for all its evil parts, to its credit also does not require JavaScript to run. When I heard that they were moving to a JS based search, it annoyed me. It's one thing to give suggestions while you're typing, but what's the point of showing search results if you haven't even told them what you're searching for yet?! They could have totally broken old non-JS search, but they did not.

Also, Google Image Search works without JS. This is deliberate, because JS-based image search is totally different from non-JS. I'd argue that non-JS works better (for me) than JS-based.

Finally, they don't annoyingly hide-by-default their FAQs so that you have to have JS turned on just to be able to read a Google help answer.

Comment Re:And google will retain that info exclusively. (Score 1) 195

Erm, actually it's the same storage requirements for Google, even if they rewrite the image to be contained in the email.

E.g.: 1KB email, 40 KB image. Image stored separately, 41 KB storage space required.

1KB email, 40 KB image. Image stored in email, 41 KB storage space required.

Comment FOSS flashlight app (Score 1) 187

The answer is the user can't differentiate, unless we have access to the source code.

So here's an open source flashlight app you should be using:
MrWhite: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffdroid.org%2Fwiki%2Fpage%2Forg.bc_bd.mrwhite

Or Torch: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffdroid.org%2Fwiki%2Fpage%2Fcom.colinmcdonough.android.torch

Install them by installing the F-Droid (FOSS for Android) package manager from Google Play.

Comment Re:To hire specific people (Score 1) 465

Yeah, but look at it from the perspective of a company (say, your own):

You hire a guy who's a total generalist. You sit patiently while either you train him or he trains himself in specifics. The moment he's trained, he jumps ship for someplace else.

How do you avoid that? Since you paid for his education (training) shouldn't you get to reap the benefits?

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