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Comment Re:Universal = least common denominator (Score 1) 87

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.

Comment Re: Wait a minute... (Score 5, Insightful) 320

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.

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