If I want to keep something secret from the US, I'll just use ICQ, since it's owned by russians. Of course, the downside of using ICQ in 2014 is that my messages will stay too confidential for the purposes of communicating.

To be fair, a PC from 2009, like an Athlon II, can be indistinguishable from a 2014 Core i3 when you're running, say, Windows, Office and Firefox. By comparison, an ARM processor from 2009, like the one in an iPhone 3GS or Motorola Milestone, is frustratingly slow even to browse simple websites. Pit against a Nexus 5 to have an idea of how much faster the pace of phone processing power is happening at than tradicional x86 right now.

Also, I'm pretty satisfied with my Nexus 4, except for heat and battery life. If I could exchange its processor for a quad-core cortex A7 like the one inside a Moto G (the damn thing lasts over 5 days with light use), I'd be happy to do so.

False. The only difference is they are then called gangs.

How the fuck can people take a discussion about a UI element to fucking politics? It's not even a good political discussion, it the same stereotyped shit we read about everyday, where there are only two fucking views on each subject and they are both ludicrously inflexible. I thought for certain no one would fall for the obvious, weak flamebait of the first post, but lo and behold, the discussion has degenerated into things like

Come on, tell me the truth: you guys disliked the new design and are poisoning the content, too, so as to encourage our transition to a better place, right? Because no one can be that unproductively disruptive unless on purpose.

Of course it does. Happened to me. Since my Nexus 4 updated to KitKat, I sometimes lose 3g signal. So there I was on the highway, trying to send a text, when, again, whatsapp refuses to send my message. I get frustrated, connect the phone to my laptop, fire up ADB and, lo and behold, the car crashes. It's ridiculous. I'm going to fucking sue Google.

Thanks for making the same point as the article with your "obviously Y because X". I don't think Snowden brought it. We've seen multiple times right here with Android vs iOS, Windows vs Linux, GPL vs Apache/BSD etc. People are forming opinions then sticking to them like sports teams. Nuance is out, and so seem to be reassessment and compromise. This is more evident in the US and I think it has to do with the polarized bipartisan system, but one can see it in other countries, too. I'd attribute it to the high bpm rhythm of communication and life. Too much news, too fast, the TV presenting them with headstrong showmen instead of analytical journalists because it makes for better ratings. It creates parrots who stick to a party's talking points, not critical thinkers. And, if you're being honest and really thinking about it, you can see yourself adopting such behaviour from time to time, automatically. It's somewhat concerning and probably not unrelated to the exponential growth of divorced couples. We don't know how to interact, we have firm, fixed beliefs and don't know how to deal with disagreement anymore, at least not in a productive way. All we do is drift towards those who think like we do and divide ourselves in thought factions.

WAY better phones. In fact, except for problems like no SD card slots or removable batteries, I think they're making arguably the best phones in the market. Moto X is no Optimus G2 in terms of speed, but it's plenty fast, its battery lasts the whole day and it has brought something new to the table: voice commands. I think it's pretty useless, but at least it's something new. Notifications that take advantage of the AMOLED display were also cool. Moto G is simply the best value for money right now, it's putting every other phone maker to shame. Both can take a fall and are already running KitKat. If you remember Motorola had the Razr HD going against Samsung's Galaxy S3, you can recognize they improved Motorola's game immensely. Maybe Lenovo will carry the momentum, but I fear not. It's a shame, because I really liked where Motorola was going.

Coming from the company that neamed its third Xbox the Xbox One, I'm actually surprised they didn't christen it the SixDrive. It'd be great for ads:

"Xbox network integration, so you can invite a friend over to Xbone with your SixDrive!"

I prefer Simutrans. Passengers having specific destinations is essential to a transport game. It's what makes it interesting and challenging.

Yes. Precisely that. And none of your examples acceptably correlate to a member of the police force being abusive. There will always be accidents, we can accept that and take a few precautions. There will always be criminals, therefore we have institutionalized a police force. Those are the best forms of prevention we can muster because we never know who will be in an accident, who will be a criminal. We know who are the policemen. And what we cannot accept is even one member of such force using unjustified brutality. If it happens, he should be swiftly punished. If that means that all policemen must be recorded 24/7, so be it. They are on the job. There's no expectation of privacy when you're in duty, on the streets.

I'd question those hard numbers because police brutality, like sexual abuse and domestic violence, is severely underreported. However, I don't feel the need to. Look at examples. I'm going to post only one video, and not a particularly violent one, though a simple Youtube search for "police brutality" will yield lots of results. Those are the ones caught on camera. What about the ones which aren't? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

I'm very sorry to hear that and to see it moderated +5 Insightful. I hope you change your viewpoint on this topic and I also hope nothing too drastic has to occur for you to realize how terrible what you just said is.

Yes, that sucks, too. But government servants, especially those that have our sanction to act violently, must be watched as closely as you describe.

Who among us would want to remain anonymous? Especially on /.?

Full disclosure: we all know odds are I'm not one of us.

Seconded. Incredibly lame answers. He missed the obvious answer to #3:

3) "If you were a pizza delivery man, how would you benefit from scissors?" -- Apple, Specialist interview.

That would mostly depend on which neighborhoods I'd be delivering to. I suppose I could feel a bit safer, though since almost every robber has a gun, now, I'm not sure scissors would cut it. (for best results, interrupt the next question with "get it? 'cut it'", then maintain a blank stare for as long as possible)

You have no idea how right you are. It was for a position in marketing.

I actually did this once (did not get the job, despite being recommended by a friend who worked there):

-Name three of your strengths.
-Well... I'm honest and... let's see... I'm reasonably quick to spot and diagnose flaws in any given system... and I'd say I'm creative.
-Good. And do you have any weaknesses?
-I'm a liar.