My understanding is that the problem is exacerbated by the shape of surrounding terrain and atmospheric conditions. I.e. the city is in a cavity and on cold days there is a mass of high pressure that pushes all the smog down.

But you are correct I believe (hailing from Wro here) - there have been many countermeasures implemented and cities are packed with sensors. Only so much can be done.

also the neighbouring municipalities are still burning solid fuels, and the city can't do anything about that.

Oh shit I didn't know he was on the board, I thought the story was just that they decided to be a competitor.

So, Schmidt had inside knowledge of before following Apple into the smartphone category? That makes the vengeful fury less unhinged.

Sounds like those $40b did not end up running out.

> So, Schmidt had inside knowledge of before following Apple into the smartphone category?

That's the theory/assumption. Android started as an OS for blackberry-style phones with physical keyboard, non touch screens.

Almost as soon as the iPhone launch, Schmidt left the board, and Android pivoted to a multi-touch interface almost immediately, and a year later the HTC Dream came out.

I don't think anyone has any real proof of wrongdoing but the timing is certainly suspicious

I'm just glad Dilbert's creator is in the same thread as Chairman Mao

He'd probably be flattered, Mao was one of histories greatest influencer of minds after all.

Of nothing else, he was impressive at melting down.

They're presenting the Visa Waiver Programme as conditional so my read is that it's access pertaining to ESTA applicants.

Sounds like another drive-by meant to burn another bridge with EU.

That is the cover story. Really is direct database access for the usual pay to play

What's interesting is how YT has gradually shifted from being that neutral hosting service and into the media distributor role.

The part that's new in the distributor setting the rules dynamic is that there is no specific "they" to blame for the rules.

The strangest content has found me on YT

> What's interesting is how YT has gradually shifted from being that neutral hosting service and into the media distributor role.

The correct answer here, rather disappointingly, is that they were never neutral. Google Videos (the one that Google actually launched) arguably is a neutral service, but YouTube was always designed to be a social media (even if that term is not as well-known at the time as it is now). It even had five star ratings, which as the style for its time. It is always closer to Instagram rather than Dropbox (although that's an anachronistic comparison since that YouTube was the first of the three).

Correct yes sure - point is that it cultivated a neutral hosting service brand image and that's interesting

Same here! I need to know!

OpenAI - the AGI entity with a gift shop.

Not to be that guy but I switched to Android a few months back for the first time in my life.

It took some getting used to here and there, but over all I've been happy with doing something new on this front.

I suspect I'll be looking at hopping back over a couple summers from now when they figure out how to make this design language work.

The Liquid Glass aesthetic isn't bad, it's just rough around the edges. It'll be a nice effect once reality reigns it all in. That's what happened around a year or two following iOS7.

They bought a cool url gotta give em that.

looking up stateof.lol

Now there is a comment I'm interested in here - because all the whining and yet actual users are far and few between.

I would ask for more observations.