The problem with these kinds of standards is that they usually settle on the cheapest, crappiest thing. MicroUSB is the perfect example, exploding/burning/shorting chargers are another one.
I fully disagree! My chargers have never exploded. I thank the EC on my knees everyday for imposing standardization of power supplies for phones.
Dump truck bombs make you look inept to the other world powers.
In a way, you are saying that using Dump trucks makes you look like Trump. <ducks/>
if you have access to a system you can do whatever the fuck you want with it.
At least, that's what Trump himself seems to be doing...
PageRank, at its core, prioritizes popularity.
Yeah, but I think it's obvious that popularity of information in Google's ranking algorithm is used as a proxy for truthfulness/correctness (or in a wider sense: utility), and by and large that approach seems to work well. However if it turns out that in certain (predictable) circumstances popularity is not a good proxy, fixing that is an improvement.
If I query Google for information, I am not interested in falsehoods just because they are popular.
If you are afraid that Google won't serve sites telling you that earth is flat, Obama is a muslim, or the Las Vegas shooter was a f*ng n*r, you can add an extra term "fake" to your query, just like you have to add "xxx" if you want to see pussies.
However, he added that HMS Queen Elizabeth is due to be given a computer refit within a decade.
What's the fuss about? In 2027 this warship will be up-to-date with bleeding edge Windows 10. Oh wait...
Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty. -- Plato