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Yes it is.

Google Earth Play Store Link

3 days ago on This is the new Nexus: a first look at Samsung's Galaxy S4 with stock Android

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TheVerge needs to get one of these and do a side by side comparison with the original S4.
Compare performance, battery life, storage space, etc.

3 days ago on This is the new Nexus: a first look at Samsung's Galaxy S4 with stock Android

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Hope he uses screen protection.

5 days ago on Google I/O 2013: what to expect in gaming, Glass, and more 3 recommends

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The internet’s memory isn’t that long. You have to be more forgiving.

5 days ago on Google I/O 2013: what to expect in gaming, Glass, and more

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I get that. But what I’m saying is the mental processes that allow one to trip over “post hoc, ergo propter hoc” are similar to the ones allowing people to get better via the placebo effect. In “post hoc…” people strongly believe that the resulting action was caused by the initial action. In placebo, people strongly believe that an action (taking a pill) will result in another action (they get better).

5 days ago on Could an app replicate the placebo effect?

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To answer the question, why wouldn’t it? The placebo effect is simply a reification of post hoc ergo propter hoc (“after that, therefore because of that”). This is a common fallacy that even the most intelligent people trip over daily.

5 days ago on Could an app replicate the placebo effect? 1 reply

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This.

6 days ago on '24' is back: Fox reviving hit series for 12 episodes in summer 2014 (update)

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12 episodes…

So, 24 isn’t really back then.

6 days ago on '24' is back: Fox reviving hit series for 12 episodes in summer 2014 (update) 1 reply

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Smells like peanut butter, tastes like shit!

6 days ago on Eric Schmidt thought 'Don't Be Evil' was 'the stupidest rule ever' when he joined Google 1 reply 3 recommends

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When will people start going to jail for this stuff? They need to perp walk these people and make a public spectacle out of ’em.

Make an example of these people the way the Fed wanted to make an example of Aaron Swartz! (Note: I’m not saying Aaron did or did not do anything wrong or anything similar to this, just using an example of how the Fed made a huge deal out of it and needs to do that here.)

6 days ago on Bloomberg News editor-in-chief calls terminal spying 'inexcusable,' Fed may investigate 4 replies 1 recommend

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We like to lie to ourselves and think we can afford what we’re buying. That’s how we get into trouble with buying too much house, too much car, too much food, too much clothing, too much everything. I don’t know why everyone doesn’t do it this way. It’s really a lot of fun. Gives the talking heads something to talk about too. I mean, gotta have something to watch on that TV I cannot afford.

12 days ago on Senate passes nationwide online sales tax bill

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“The two also share a view of Japan as the economic and cultural power of the future, something that has always struck me as an odd piece of historical specificity, as someone who grew up in the ’90s and early ’00s when China was more visible.”

Seriously, everyone (in the USA) in the ‘70s and ’80s was worried about Japan’s growing tech prowess. So the fact that they both shared that is not that big a deal.

13 days ago on 'Neuromancer' Chapters 1 through 6: Chiba City Blues 1 reply

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I hope CBS does switch to cable only. They (CBS) seem to think that the cable companies need them. Sorry CBS, it’ll be the other way around. You will no longer be in control of distribution of your content (which is the whole argument against Aereo!).

13 days ago on Aereo files suit against CBS to head off second copyright claim from network 1 reply

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Ya can’t fix stupid… They’re born with that gift.

13 days ago on In 2013, the keys to Android are still held by the carriers

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I think that’s a different kind of lock…

13 days ago on In 2013, the keys to Android are still held by the carriers

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I think that’s a different kind of lock…

13 days ago on In 2013, the keys to Android are still held by the carriers

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The Verge and other tech sites should knock 2 full points off the review score of any carrier branded phone that comes with a locked boot loader. Surely they care about the reviews they get. So maybe that would shake things up.

13 days ago on In 2013, the keys to Android are still held by the carriers 1 recommend

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Do it Les! Do it!

18 days ago on CBS CEO Moonves says he could take network cable-only in 'a few days' if Aereo prevails

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hehe…

19 days ago on Path is spamming address books with unwanted texts and robocalls — again 1 recommend