Sure, but it's their software that you are 'licensed' to use under their conditions. So sure, the silicon is yours, but the bits on it are merely licensed for use by you.
Not saying I agree with this status quo. But it's not ambiguous.
Curious why population is even a factor here. If it legitimately should be... why not compare states of the US with states of the EU? (Seems a roughly equivalent thing to do)
Neither Apple or Google's solution actually does contact tracing. You still need an army of people and drs working together to contact trace, their solution augments it nicely, but is useless without the people and drs.
Apple and Google are (corporate) citizens of our society, I don't see an issue with governments at least asking (if not coercing) them to help in times like these.
> The whole point is not having to understand everything at once. And I would expect to understand what that particular line does to whatever level of detail I want by reading that line and recursively working backwards through the definitions of each operation invoked. Like clicking on each identifier and then doing ‘jump to definition’ in an IDE, instead of reading a book from cover to cover.
You regularly do that, using a tool built specifically to do that because it is close to impossible to read code without said tool. So are mathematicians just in need of better tooling?
> (And yes, this is why literate programming is a silly idea best forgotten.)
That style works pretty well for all other thought-transfer (i.e natural language)... are you sure it's a silly idea? or has the computers programmed us more than we have them?
Research done more than 20 years ago (and repeated and confirmed) already found that teachers have very little effect on educational outcomes. The biggest correlative factor is socioeconomic status and education level of the parents. Everything else is hit or miss
But hey, let’s publish a pointless paper... because academia.
Oh gosh, a company in China follows Chinese law! The outrage!
Regardless what your view is, are you seriously suggesting companies should break the laws of the countries they operate in?
Before you say: “unjust laws, yes!” Consider what laws Chinese consider unjust, should they be allowed to break them within the US?
I would err on the side of: if you don’t agree with the values of a country then don’t offer your services. Capitalism, of course puts no value on values, so profit is the only ethical code a business should follow (logically).
Likely a simulation... Even though there isn't any empirical evidence of this fact... But you still believe? Is athiesm just another form of religion these days?
The ratings on corners (at least in Australia) are rated based on visibility, not some complicated traction calculation.
They factor how far a head you can see, and how much time you need to react. Lots of cars/bikes can obviously tear through them faster. But that means they are just taking much more risk.
That said, perhaps auto driving can respond quicker, but I’d imagine that doesn’t change most of those ratings give. The time needed to avoid accidents is largely due to physics not reaction speed.
Not saying I agree with this status quo. But it's not ambiguous.