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Re: Time Will Tell

Staska — Sun, 06 Aug 2017 22:50:05 -0000

Why the heck do we all call Bitcoin Cash a fork or a split of Bitcoin? Like this is a real split thing? When it is really nothing more than any other altcoin?

Still anonymous guys (no one has an idea who they are) copied Bitcoin code, altered 1MB to 8MB limit, and declared - all your 1MB bitcoins also have 8MB version!

With a really small fraction of miners and else maybe supporting that.

While no one has the slightest idea what the rules are.

Or how secure

Or what not

And - killing segwit in their split chain too?!

Looks weird - this acceptance in several days of this fork by who knows who, who look like a talented con men, when I still do remember UASF/SegWit2X discussions

Re: Ethereum Wallet Review – Mist

Staska — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 22:33:13 -0000

So:

"It is evident the Mist wallet is the go-to solution for both novice and experienced Ethereum users."

Great wallet if I do have a spare terabyte on my HDD/SSD for Ethereum blockchain file

And not sure how much to spare of my bandwidth to sync this 1TB thingie how often?

Or am I missing smth?

Re: Миллионы жителей Германии не могут оплатить даже недельный отпуск

Staska — Sun, 11 Sep 2016 22:54:11 -0000

That Mark Twain's saying. Lies, damn lies, and statistics. I am assuming all the data came from Eurostat, and trying to parse it in a different ways. Just for the headline for now

Миллионы жителей Германии не могут оплатить даже недельный отпуск

And, quick Google search brought me to this article:

http://www.euractiv.com/sec...

I am being a little loose with interpretations here, but this headline would be accurate enough, while being neutral (I think):

22%, or 16M+ of 80M+ Germans can not afford a week long vacation that costs €1000 or more

If I want to put super negative spin on this? Population of EU is 500M+, 40% that is 200M+ . So I can go with an improved headline for that Euractiv article:

200M+ or 40% of Europeans can not afford weekly vacation

While if I do want to go super positive and a bit loose in interpretation of Euroactiv, I can do this:

60% or 300M+ EU citizens can afford a weekly vacation that costs €1000 or more, every year

Fun exercise, but pretty pointless in the end

Re: The Second Smartphone Revolution

Staska — Sun, 13 Mar 2016 22:03:40 -0000

My biggest problem with this post (apart from lumping in half of Europe into a developing world via flippant Q "Do we go to latin america, the middle east, africa, eastern europe, and southeast asia?" https://en.wikipedia.org/wi... https://en.wikipedia.org/wi... ) is about transferability of business models created in a world lacking strong institutions to the world having them. And, to some extent, even to different parts of the world lacking institutions in a different way.

Which not you, but some reading and sharing this post imply.

  I think your suggestion of big VCs setting up regional shops to enable the local startups and reap rewards from is a great one. There is definitely lack of financing in many parts of the world. Some successes in China and maybe in India is a (limited) proof this approach can be very lucrative and beneficial to all.   

But we should be aware about (very often) insurmountable difficulties of what it takes to transfer a business model, working around or despite the lack of some institutions, from one very different part of the world to another.

  I am still on the fence, and skeptical watching how Uber will do here, in Lithuania. We had smh like Uber for about a 20yrs or more ago during wild west days here, when any guy with a car and a radio could do a taxi. We got some more regulations since then, but it was about 0.30$/km when we started getting them and is about $0.50-60 right now. And, except for novelty, and opportunity for unlicensed drivers, Uber brings very little new here. Have not seen any serious long term price or quality adjustments yet. And it is in a part of EU.

Imagine what it will take to bring banking, medicine, education, heck, even retail business models in places with at least somewhat working institutions? And minimal wage, and at least some worker organization. Not even starting about certification to be a doctor or teacher.   

Ugh. Already went too long. My main point is - the opportunity, looking at the first 2.5B on smartphones may look huge. But when you get into the details, it may turn out orders of magnitude less than it appeared based just on demographics alone. One factoid to share - in my website (in English) owning days (about 2-3 years ago) , my English language visitor from US was about 10X more valuable, in cash he brought in, than from anywhere else in the world.

Re: Воздушная война в Сирии, отсутствие боевых потерь и что будет дальше

Staska — Mon, 15 Feb 2016 23:35:53 -0000

Respect. Dovolno ubetilnyi analiz. Byl by eschio ubeditelnej, jesli by ne tot analiz gde Mariupol nash Novoriskyi. K seredine 2015 or 2016 ... Kak tam s estimated prognozom poluchilos? Gde ja tot tupeishyi pari predlozhil

Re: Турецкий гамбит. Как Турция ответит за смерть наших военных

Staska — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 23:57:29 -0000

Ok, so you say у турков там ЛДНР такой на границе, Новороссия в турецком понимании. С интересами, "добровольцами" из армии, укрепрайонами и тд и тп.

Турки вас просили просили - не лезьте туда.

"Ну просим вас ребята, прекратите. Не ну серьезнo - прекратите. Ну ребят, мы ведь вообще не шутим, если что. И влетать в наше пространсво периодически, тоже нехорошо. Пока что просим, но вообще, и по зубам дать можем"

А вы не верили.

Теоритически. А что бы Россия сделала если бомбардировщики Турции, по приглашению легитимного правительства Украины, начали щас бомбить села в ЛДНР, убивая тех кого Порошенко называет террористами, с кучей civilians в придачу? И нарушая Русскую границу периодически?

Ну, щас вы убедились, что Турция, в отличии от Запада, за свои слова отвечает. Вот сюрприз, да?

И что остаётся делать. Аналитический прогноз на 2-5 лет. Про многоходовки России которые щас да разорят Турцию, за этот удар в спину, в 2020. Как то напоминает прогнозы лонг терм Strategy Analytics про Windows Phone

Just analyze one tactical “what if” I could quickly think off in Turkey vs Russia grand standing:

Повстанцы туркоманы вдруг отбирают от армии Асада несколько (десятков) условных буков, условных “Javelin like” ПТУРОВ . Ну и, аэропорт для СУхх там где? 30км от границы? Ну так несколько каких нибудь дальнобойных альтирерических штучек...

Конечно, Турция всё отрицает. "Мы не представляем откуда у них всё это. Арабы, знаете ли. Неконтролирумые. Военторг "

А вот Российская авиация летать как там будеть после этого? Или время приходит для ограниченного контингента?

Re: 16 сентября 2014 — начало распада Украины как государства

Staska — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 23:50:11 -0000

There was or there wasn't Ribbenntroff/Molotov thing? In 1939? To start WWII or just take half of Poland, Finaland and Baltics? We here and in Latvia and Estonia rushed happy to join Stalin's Union. etc.... Welcoming our Russian higher brothers... Just like those Ukrainian anti-fascists in Donbass can't wait, even without army, don't have citizens to lead them - only big Russian brothers... like Boroday, Strelkov, etc; CAre to guess how many in DNR/LNR in power are not Russian citizens?

Re: 16 сентября 2014 — начало распада Украины как государства

Staska — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 23:17:31 -0000

Fuck me, Eldar. 99% of your story is true. You just forget about 100% you (Russians) started it all. Ukraine will survive or not - we'll see. It's just that we are next - that's what's so scary. Thank's for the warning

Re: Lenovo CEO: We tried to buy Motorola in 2011, but got the wrong guy– Moto Solutions Greg Brown

Staska — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 14:05:52 -0000

I agree it sounds weird. But Sina Tech is a pretty reliable source for China, especially for when they write things in their own name.

Plus they do quote Lenovo CEO, and the rest of their account about the deal expands very plausibly on Fortune and other interviews Yang did last week.

Re: Baidu says Android now has 270 million daily active users in China. Mobile Internet statistics galore

Staska — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 01:30:27 -0000

I mean: put up or shut up

Re: Baidu says Android now has 270 million daily active users in China. Mobile Internet statistics galore

Staska — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 01:29:43 -0000

Yep, whatever - I still have to see any evidence beyond your say so. Especially when Google itself self retreated from China. And you are the only guy who insists it's still there...

Re: Baidu says Android now has 270 million daily active users in China. Mobile Internet statistics galore

Staska — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 00:54:54 -0000

Btw, see where I am going with that? About banning idiots?

Re: Baidu says Android now has 270 million daily active users in China. Mobile Internet statistics galore

Staska — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 00:53:21 -0000

Damn,

I mean, if you care so much, you could have come up with screenshot or two to prove your thing in a year. Especially when you have your own site. Or direct quote from a company who answers the calls. Just call and quote. Easy peasy.

Instead you choose to talk shit about people and claim things you can not prove.

And then complain when they ban you. How stupid is that?

Re: Baidu says Android now has 270 million daily active users in China. Mobile Internet statistics galore

Staska — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 23:27:21 -0000

And look at the last chart here: http://ben-evans.com/benedi...

How come Google Play is only 5.6% in China if it's pre-installed everywhere?

Re: Baidu says Android now has 270 million daily active users in China. Mobile Internet statistics galore

Staska — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 23:22:26 -0000

Ok. If what you say is true, thank you very much for sharing. I can not afford to go to China to check for myself and companies aren't really answering the calls and share stuff like that.

All the sources available to me before now, and that I trust, insist that there's no Google in China, just AOSP version of Android.

On the other hand, it's just you saying so to the contrary. Suddenly showing up here.

So I got some stuff to check now, what's what

Re: Baidu says Android now has 270 million daily active users in China. Mobile Internet statistics galore

Staska — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 23:00:33 -0000

"Just make a phone call to MediaTek, Spreadtrum and Qualcomm, their phone numbers are probably online..."

I mean, really?! Just call them and they will tell you the real numbers? Just like that?

How stupid of me. Or any other blogger, journalist or even worse, highly paid analyst, who is too lazy or doesn't have a clue to search for a phone number online, and ask...

Wafanaculi, aren't we stupid?...

Except, it does not work that way. If those numbers were easily available - everyone would know them by now.

The fact that my post on some at least a bit trustworthy numbers on mobile in China got this kind of reaction, shows how little real data about it there is. And MediaTek, Spreadtrum and Qualcomm aren't sharing.

Though as for the owner of armdevices.net , c'mon. You've been around at least for a couple of years, so you should know this. Are you just trolling here or what?

Re: Baidu says Android now has 270 million daily active users in China. Mobile Internet statistics galore

Staska — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 20:56:21 -0000

Do you have any trusted source/data/evidence/ whatever to support the claim that "...Most Androids in China run Google apps, including Google Play, Google Maps, Gmail, etc. "

I admit - I have no idea one way or the other. But everything I've heard so far indicates that this is not true.

Re: Android 4.4+ KitKat ships without browser app. OEMs have to license Chrome or build their own

Staska — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 21:03:39 -0000

Why? Just tried it, and except for plugins, couldn't find a single reason I was wrong to switch from FF at V2 or 3 to Chrome. And they are even worse at mobile

Re: Android 4.4+ KitKat ships without browser app. OEMs have to license Chrome or build their own

Staska — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 19:35:48 -0000

Really? This from 3 years ago: http://www.visionmobile.com...

Now it became even more closed: http://arstechnica.com/gadg...

Re: Android 4.4+ KitKat ships without browser app. OEMs have to license Chrome or build their own

Staska — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 18:50:22 -0000

... "Can you link to the source of that "source" or it is that you believe anything written on internet. Since when the burden of proof of a rumor has changed to the company target of that rumor?"

I already linked to my source in the article. Who explicitly states he's talked to someone from Google who did confirm this. Then it comes down to - how much do I trust the person making that claim.

And I do not believe in just any rumor from anywhere. Have been about this stuff for a while, and rely on my experience to tell stupid rumor from really possible thing. E.g. - like LG making Nexus 5, when LG exec explicitly denied it last spring: http://www.unwiredview.com/...

Re: Android 4.4+ KitKat ships without browser app. OEMs have to license Chrome or build their own

Staska — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 18:39:56 -0000

Well, yes, I did.

I mean, I know Webkit and Chromium might be different, somehow. Beyond that, tried to research whatever I could in the time I felt I had, then published it.

And, AFAIK, the point I was trying to get across: "Here's another step in Google's strategy to take over Android by making OEMs that use main Google apps into licensees,leaving everyone else with old AOSP versions" - still stands

Re: Android 4.4+ KitKat ships without browser app. OEMs have to license Chrome or build their own

Staska — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 15:46:01 -0000

Well, according to the source I quoted - it does. And nobody from Google or places I trust, has denied it, yet.

"Shipping with browser to OEMs" and "available for anyone to download and use", or "is part of emulator" - are different things.

And I do apologize about too sensationalistic headline. Didn't know about the AOSP version then, and now I think "Kitkat ships without browser to OEMs" would have been enough factually correct and sensationalistic enough.

You live an learn. Though - linkbaity headlines is the name of the game in (tech or any other) news today. So I just hope to get better at getting facts straight in them :)

Re: Android 4.4+ KitKat ships without browser app. OEMs have to license Chrome or build their own

Staska — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 15:09:23 -0000

Well, yes. An abandonware like Android AOSP browser is always an option.

My point was, browser just became another one of those abandoned apps like Search, Calendar or Keyboard - Google uses to make forking Android much harder: http://arstechnica.com/gadg...

And I'm not saying it's something real bad or wrong. There are arguments either way. And Google has every right to do this. Just reporting the facts

Re: New Windows Phone 8.1 Blue to debut with the Nokia Goldfinger and Moneypenny?

Staska — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 09:11:31 -0000

Depends on when the deal is approved and closed. But most likely it'll be from MSFT by then

Re: Samsung shipped 800K Galaxy Gears. Very impressive, but there are some caveats

Staska — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 08:20:50 -0000

Agreed on bundles, that's why I said I doubt those numbers. As for working only with Note 3. Nope - Samsung either already update Gear or will very soon update it to work with more phones. There was a press release about it recently