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Comment Great Firewall of China anyone? (Score 1) 61

As anyone in China, Estonia, and yeah the US could tell you is that country-wide firewalls are possible. NATs only know how to do "internal" to "external" communication. Especially if you own the communication avenues. So, while ATT, and other networks in the US have their "mini internets" connected to the global network, Russia could easily have implemented a country-wide firewall preparing it to cut itself off. Social media is not just Facebook. China has "internal" social medias, so why can't Russia. So, it may not NEED the external world anymore, but it can connect to it if desired. So they can have it both ways.

Comment Re: Bogus (Score 1) 80

Total agreement! If something is better on your device, you would use it. Period. If the experience is better, then use it. I would say they don't purely for the amount of apps and dev community around Android is too difficult to walk away from. However, I am positive you can emulate on the HarmonyOS just like an 80s ROM can emulate on a 2019 desktop OS. So, Huawei is being lazy.

Comment Andrew Yang - President 2020 (Score 1, Interesting) 470

Freedom Dividend from Yang's platform directly addresses this automation job loss concern. I have never supported a candidate before now because of this man's well-spoken platform. It caters to data and tech nerds while reaching middle America. Vote Yang in 2020 Democratic Primary

Comment Re: Sadness (Score 1) 66

UV had a share feature that MA doesn't have. You share or transfer to another UV user and you could not watch it until the license was returned. But no app existed to make that easy. If FB participated, it could've been great. And a reason for me to join Facebook.

Comment Re: Keep your own content and files! (Score 1) 66

So let's say you store your files locally. You have to maintain the drive every 2-5 years, power it, and organize it. Then ensure you have an easy way to play it from the tablet in the car, or at work, or... See the complexity? I've used Plex and it works well at home. Nowhere else without downloading ahead of time. Discs? Store 1000 discs? I watch waaay too much content for that. Piracy? Great way to cause a degradation in movie quality of big budget films and ruining blue collar jobs everywhere. Some cloud service is necessary and I'm sure you use one today for something. Middle ground? Rent storage somewhere that allows transfer to anywhere. Compute/storage as a utility is the future. It's cheaper and less hassle. Pay $10 a month for compute and storage is cheaper than a $500 machine lasting for 3-4 years (10 if you work real hard).

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