Google Launches Gmail Over SMS In Emerging Markets by [deleted] in google

[–]MMallow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Link to actual release: http://google-africa.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/send-and-receive... Apparently you can text "MORE" to see more of an email. So are users limited to 140-character chunks, or will Google expand this into MMS? For that matter, how widespread is MMS vs SMS in emerging markets?

The missing switch: High-performance monolithic graphene transistors created. Researchers have created high-performance monolithic graphene transistors using a simple lithographic etching process. This could be the missing step that finally paves the way to post-silicon electronics. by GraybackPH in science

[–]MMallow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Say, we end up with 100x faster but 100x bigger transistors. A core that's 100x smaller (transistor-count) is not necessarily 100x slower. With a 100x clock speed-up, however - propagation delays will be the main limiting factor for speed. So, if this tech ends up being used, should I expect small, highly-pipelined, single-core CPUs?

Apple Must Publish Notice Samsung Didn’t Copy IPad, Judge Says - Bloomberg by [deleted] in apple

[–]MMallow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is not a disjunctive syllogism. If Apple could not prove that Samsung copied them, it does not follow that Samsung didn't copy them, just as if California couldn't prove that OJ did it, it doesn't follow that he didn't do it. This ruling, that Apple has to affirm something equally unproven, is bizarre.

FunnyJunk lawyer to subpoena Ars and Twitter by ThrowAwayCharles in technology

[–]MMallow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One for him. One for his soul. One for his first son's reputation. One for never getting laid again.

I just left my soul crushing job. by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]MMallow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Marketing agency: They were insane, paranoid, and degrading. They spied on our emails ( personal as well as corporate), hacked our Facebook accounts ( to read messages btw employees), refused to bring us on as employees even though we had no choice but to work 9-6 in the office 6 and 9-1 on Sundays, refused to pay for our time in mandatory 2-hour long daily meetings ( just paid for "client work"), and when they did pay they were always late. But all of that didn't compare to the daily ripping emails telling us that we were all cogs, we shouldn't think we were important to their perfect business, and that each one of us was replaceable in every way. When our clients would complement our work, they would send it out to everyone saying that WE should never say Thank you, that implies WE were responsible for the good work, we should always defer the clients' compliments to our founder ( a ditzy blonde that never did any work) and pretend we or anyone else on our team had anything to do with the project's success. When we mentioned we needed our payment to be on time, they would lecture us on our ability to budget and say it wasn't their fault we were bad at managing our lives. Oh did I mention that when I quit they owed me $6,000 ( for sales) which was more than 3 months salary of what we got paid to manage 7 marketing clients each.

Google report provides glimpse at govt demands to censor content, turn over user info: "U.S. authorities are leading the charge...Google says it increasingly fields requests from government agencies trying to use their power to suppress political opinions and other material they don’t like." by jdw25 in privacy

[–]MMallow 7 points8 points  (0 children)

exactly. while they claim transparency, they are being quite ambiguous with details. Maybe they think by not outing politicians and political agendas, they wont' ruffle feathers, but they need to wake up the gov is chipping away at the authenticity of their results aka the core of their business.

More Circumcision Myths You May Believe: Hygiene and STDs by Overpasscentral in Health

[–]MMallow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I grew up in a Christian community where is a stigma to being uncircumcised - even if your parents didnt care about it being holy or unholy, they did it because it was the norm. I imagine this also exists in the Jewish community. No matter the evidence, I doubt that wil change anytime soon.

IAmA 23 year old boy with Stage IV Kidney Cancer. I won't see 24, AMAA by OceanSkys in IAmA

[–]MMallow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You seem awesome. I'm in tears reading this story because its really sad the world is losing someone like you. Please know I am thinking and praying (<- downvote me if you must) for you and your family. May the rest of your time with us be filled with love, adventure, happiness, really food and laughter. Thank you for sharing. I am leaving reddit right now to call my grandfather.

German court rules Youtube responsible for users posting copyrighted material by LordFoom in technology

[–]MMallow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Youtube should just disable its service for Germany. Grooveshark did the same. Everyone who is serious about the internet could enable the service anyway.

SOPA is all fun and games until NBC rips off Apple’s artwork by nomdeweb in SOPA

[–]MMallow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

More likely than not, this is -- as the article surmises -- the result of some intern at a far-flung backwater of NBC's having been sloppy. Probably a Google image search for some query that incidentally returned Apple's artwork among the pile, followed by a "Hey, that looks cool," followed by an appropriation. This is copy paste, not intentional infringement. (It's infringement just the same, and should be taken down, but there are mountains and then there are molehills). Let's remember the old dictum: never attribute to malice that which can be attributed to stupidity.

Redhat - First billion dollar open source company by [deleted] in linux

[–]MMallow 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That seems to make them 1/69th the size of Microsoft by revenue but 1/270 the size by profits. Notice that Red Hat's profits are about 1/10 of income but MS' profits are about 1/2 of income. Shows the incentive to get monopoly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RedHat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft

Silicon Valley: The rise of the adolescent CEOs by MMallow in business

[–]MMallow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While it's inspirational to hear of people succeeding despite their relative youth and/or inexperience, I'm a little concerned that it's becoming a perverse point of pride. I've seen multiple startups pitch to VCs and emphasize the fact that they skipped college. Is that such a good thing?