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Eutowon Why Cory Doctorow Thinks Apple's Disappearing Headphone Jack Should Scare You

>I don't think Apple fully appreciates that they no longer have the power to set the standard for this kind of thing any more.

Is this a certainty?

Eutowon Why Cory Doctorow Thinks Apple's Disappearing Headphone Jack Should Scare You

Round these parts? Probably. Or you're in the minority.

Eutowon Olympic executives cash in on a ‘Movement’ that keeps athletes poor

Merriam Webster defines talent as a special ability that allows someone to do something well. I agree with that definition. Usain Bolt is a naturally talented runner.

You said

>The major difficulty with the idea of "natural talent" is that every time someone points to a skill/whatever and says, "this is natural talent" someone else finds a way to teach that skill.

Can anyone be trained to run as fast as Bolt or would they have to be naturally talented in the first place to be trainable?

Eutowon Olympic executives cash in on a ‘Movement’ that keeps athletes poor

So if you trained hard enough you could run the 100m as fast as Bolt?

Eutowon I Love Go; I Hate Go

Isn't 4 upvotes in 11 minutes a lot for Hackernews? I don't think there's anything untoward going on here but I may be naive.

Eutowon Only 9% of America Chose Trump and Clinton as the Nominees

Is it pertinent to point out that he also garnered the most votes against him than any Republican candidate in history?

Eutowon Uber to Sell China Business to Rival Didi After Losing Billions

Apple invests $1 billion in Didi. Didi invests $1 billion in Uber.

Eutowon Uber to Sell China Business to Rival Didi After Losing Billions

>The deal with Didi Chuxing comes just days after China agreed to provide a legal framework for taxi-ordering apps. Both Uber and Didi have welcomed the decision, having previously operated in a legal grey area in the country. While the apps are widely popular, they have undermined business for normal taxis and have been met with protests by cab drivers. The new rules will take effect on 1 November and will, among other things, forbid such platforms to operate below cost.

http://www.bbc.com/news/36938812

Eutowon Russia says it can collect encryption keys to decode information from WhatsApp

No. That is not an intended use of the flagging feature on Hackernews.

Eutowon Saudi Ties to 9/11 Detailed in Documents Suppressed Since 2002

>If the West would have bombed Saudi Arabia instead of Afghanistan and would have taken their oil we might be better off today.

We never learn, do we?

Eutowon Body count rises as Philippines president calls for drug addicts to be killed

>Think of African or American colonisation for example. Local opposition had to be removed.

I'm sorry, WHAT?!

Please please expound.

Eutowon Vine isn’t growing and most of its top executives have left

Because most people's tweets are read by their friends/relatives/social circle.

Half of Facebook's users have fewer than 200 friends on it.

Eutowon This is the face of the ISIS sex slave market – New York Post

I get what you're saying and agree with you but your use of the word "comfortable" is jarring, don't you think?

Eutowon Your Phone Has an FM Chip. So Why Can’t You Listen to the Radio?

Wait, having to pay for a license to listen to radio? Where?

Eutowon Your Phone Has an FM Chip. So Why Can’t You Listen to the Radio?

How about that Verstappen, eh?

What was the general feeling in the crowd while they puttered along behind the Safety Car for so long?

I want to attend one of the races in Europe next season and I've whittled my options down to Silverstone and Spa. How highly would you recommend the British GP?

Also, which smartphone do you have?

Eutowon NASA Camera Shows Moon Crossing Face of Earth for 2nd Time in a Year

I've never given it much thought but the first thing that hit me is that the moon really is just a big 'ol rock up in the sky. These images have changed the way I view the moon. Pretty neat.