Hacker News: melange

New comment by melange in "Research: Android taking over the tablet market from iOS"

melange — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 08:08:37 +0000

Barriers to market entry are a kind of vendor lock-in. We are locked in.

New comment by melange in "Research: Android taking over the tablet market from iOS"

melange — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 23:39:00 +0000

Gibberish.

There is no alternative URL to click on because a competitive global search engine would cost billions of dollars to build, the space is deeply encumbered by Google's giant patent portfolio, and the information used to build the index is to a great extent no longer available on the web.

That's why Bing is a distant second and there are no other players.

New comment by melange in "N.S.A. Examines Social Networks of U.S. Citizens"

melange — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 20:37:58 +0000

But why would such an expectation be reasonable? Surely once you have given the information away, it's their business what they do with it?

New comment by melange in "ARM64 and You"

melange — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 20:19:09 +0000

If there was a reference to support your claim, you would have provided one. As I said before - you're just making this stuff up.

New comment by melange in "Research: Android taking over the tablet market from iOS"

melange — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 20:17:38 +0000

Search is entirely locked in.

New comment by melange in "Research: Android taking over the tablet market from iOS"

melange — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 19:15:53 +0000

Given that Apple are nowhere near doing that and don't seem to be even going for that, why is that even a concern?

We have far more of a problem with Google in that regard, who do absolutely dominate search, and have clearly stated their wish to unseat Apple in order to have total dominance of mobile too.

New comment by melange in "N.S.A. Examines Social Networks of U.S. Citizens"

melange — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 18:54:18 +0000

Most people don't willingly give the information to Google or Facebook. They give it unwittingly.

Also, by your logic, it's not your information anymore - you have given it to Google and Facebook, which makes it their information to give to the government.

New comment by melange in "Research: Android taking over the tablet market from iOS"

melange — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 18:50:50 +0000

That is true. And is clearly true in the tablet space too (as well as PCs). It's just a lot more nuanced in both directions.

Android can have higher unit share and 'inferior' products while Apple can have higher profit share and the 'best' (single inflexible) product, almost indefinitely because they are satisfying different needs.

Which raises the question: where is there actual competition?

Clearly Samsung and Apple are competing for some of the same customers, but the overlap is small compared to the overall market.

New comment by melange in "Research: Android taking over the tablet market from iOS"

melange — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 17:43:31 +0000

Share is pretty much meaningless, and assumes a zero sum game of direct competition.

New comment by melange in "N.S.A. Examines Social Networks of U.S. Citizens"

melange — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 17:40:41 +0000

Surely Google and Facebook do this too. Why are we surprised that the government does it?

New comment by melange in "ARM64 and You"

melange — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 14:14:15 +0000

Please offer some kind of reference supporting your claim that the arm chip in the iPhone 5s is power inefficient.

New comment by melange in "Research: Android taking over the tablet market from iOS"

melange — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 14:07:14 +0000

This makes the front page whereas google being tried for wiretapping does not. No pro google bias here. Move along.

New comment by melange in "ARM64 and You"

melange — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 00:14:01 +0000

There is no such thing as an 'ARMv8' processor that can even be a 'power pig'. And you haven't given any reason why 1GB is not enough. You are just making this stuff up.

New comment by melange in "ARM64 and You"

melange — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 20:27:08 +0000

Are you seriously claiming that Apple kept the RAM below 1GB so that "Now has >1GB' could be their headline feature for next year?

New comment by melange in "Android recording all your moments on Google Map"

melange — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 18:00:46 +0000

Don't you remember the scandal around apple storing local data only on people's iphones? That was explicitly opted in-to.

New comment by melange in "Finnish Tax Administration: Instructions on Bitcoin income tax"

melange — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 17:52:22 +0000

It's fair because it's the same for everyone, and it's justified because it prevents a giant class of tax evasion scams.

Google to face trial for wiretapping

melange — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 16:26:27 +0000

Article URL: http://readwrite.com/2013/09/27/gmail-wiretapping-case-will-continue-judge-rules#awesm=~oiEOrsQEgDJ7Q0

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6457779

Points: 5

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New comment by melange in "Google - Our History in Depth"

melange — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 17:53:24 +0000

A good marketing piece.

New comment by melange in "China to launch space station by 2023"

melange — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 17:47:54 +0000

True but irrelevant to the parent's point.

New comment by melange in "China to launch space station by 2023"

melange — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 17:44:33 +0000

Why does being first to put up a gas station matter? What stops other countries from putting up their own?