Yes, just as the commenter said, for maps and such. Not for processing. If processing is done in the cloud, then the whole system would be impractical for the foreseeable future.
It has been known for at least my lifetime that Nielsen ratings are rather questionable. They keep being used because there isn't a source of better data. Also, at least in theory, the errors in Nielsen data happen equally across the board. So when they say X number of people watched a show, that's almost certainly an overcount. But when they say X% of TV viewers watched a show, that's likely to be pretty close to accurate.
Advertisers know all of this, and the rates they'll pay take it into account.
Be careful. There's nothing magical about printing on paper that makes is less likely to be accurate, and there's nothing magical about the internet that makes online reporting more likely to be.
Your job as a news reader is the same as it has always been: get your news from a variety of sources with different perspectives, think critically, and don't assume things are so just because some "authority" says they are.
This is the problem: paying attention to the news is actually work. If you don't do the work, you aren't being informed. You're being propagandized.
The comments here (and in every prior story on this topic) have taught me one thing very clearly: a shockingly small number of people have the first clue what an API actually is, while at the same time believing they know what is being discussed.
Also, it's apparently a very difficult concept to explain to people.
" If, instead, Google decided to create a UNIX-like kernel all on their own, it would not be called UNIX, because UNIX is an API. Linux is not called UNIX, either, and would not be nefarious."
Almost.
UNIX is not an API. It is an operating system. The OS presents an API, which Linux, BSD, etc., implement in their own way.
If Google decided to create their own UNIX-like OS, the reason they wouldn't be able to call it UNIX is because that's a trademark owned by AT&T. It's the same reason Linux can't be called UNIX. (I'm ignoring the gray area of the non-all-caps "Unix").
"WINE implements the DirectX API for use on Linux."
WINE implements the Windows API generally, not just DirectX.
Me too. Everyone has their pet issues that, to them, are the most important issues there are. Grownups, however, recognize that others have a different set of pet issues they feel the exact same way about.
A sign of maturity is the ability to not just allow others to discuss their own pet issues, but to also listen to and take part in that discussion.
So what? That's talked about more here than Russia, and it's not relevant anyway. Criticism is not invalid just because it can also be applied to others.
I don't like many of Uber's corporate practices, and I don't defend them except when I see incorrect accusations being thrown their way. It's not my fault that most of them appear to be incorrect.
"But as long as it is simply illegal, the right thing to do is try to change the law, but not ignore it."
Which ensures that most bad or outdated laws will never get changed.
"It instead envisions a free market system where the inventor is given exclusive rights"
This is a self-contradicting statement. Giving monopolies is not a "free market" mechanism. I'm not saying the idea of patents is wrong, but they certainly aren't "free market".
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Yes, just as the commenter said, for maps and such. Not for processing. If processing is done in the cloud, then the whole system would be impractical for the foreseeable future.
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Advertisers know all of this, and the rates they'll pay take it into account.
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Your job as a news reader is the same as it has always been: get your news from a variety of sources with different perspectives, think critically, and don't assume things are so just because some "authority" says they are.
This is the problem: paying attention to the news is actually work. If you don't do the work, you aren't being informed. You're being propagandized.
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This case has taught me
Also, it's apparently a very difficult concept to explain to people.
I'm not sure what to do about this.
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Almost.
UNIX is not an API. It is an operating system. The OS presents an API, which Linux, BSD, etc., implement in their own way.
If Google decided to create their own UNIX-like OS, the reason they wouldn't be able to call it UNIX is because that's a trademark owned by AT&T. It's the same reason Linux can't be called UNIX. (I'm ignoring the gray area of the non-all-caps "Unix").
"WINE implements the DirectX API for use on Linux."
WINE implements the Windows API generally, not just DirectX.
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Very few hacking tools are criminalized.
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Me too. Everyone has their pet issues that, to them, are the most important issues there are. Grownups, however, recognize that others have a different set of pet issues they feel the exact same way about.
A sign of maturity is the ability to not just allow others to discuss their own pet issues, but to also listen to and take part in that discussion.
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Those pre-movie ads are already infuriating. What could be wrong with adding an insulting one as well?
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So what? That's talked about more here than Russia, and it's not relevant anyway. Criticism is not invalid just because it can also be applied to others.
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"But as long as it is simply illegal, the right thing to do is try to change the law, but not ignore it."
Which ensures that most bad or outdated laws will never get changed.
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This is a self-contradicting statement. Giving monopolies is not a "free market" mechanism. I'm not saying the idea of patents is wrong, but they certainly aren't "free market".
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"we are busy bagging on the US right now with the rest getting a pass"
Is incorrect. Nobody is getting a pass.
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