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by 0xy 5y ago
By using these screens, you are quite literally rubbing your fingers in human waste. [1] [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/29/mcdonalds-touchscreen-kiosks...
812.
by 0xy 5y ago
This is the CEO that issued herself the Free Speech Award her own company sponsored (which got 99% downvoted due to the clear conflict of interest and the irony of the award). She's so far from reality it's likely she actually bel
813.
by 0xy 5y ago
>UBI would hopefully come from land-value taxes. Ah, "you will own nothing" accelerated! This seems like the fever dream of a World Economic Forum plutocrat. Let's make it so people will literally never be able to own a ho
814.
by 0xy 5y ago
This would be a plausible argument if automation of farming agriculture resulted in 90% of the population being destitute (the vast majority of humans used to work in agri). On the contrary, extreme poverty is at the lowest level ever since
815.
by 0xy 5y ago
How is this surprising? Anyone who has been even tangentially close to hiring in tech has to know this. It's very rarely written policy (because it's illegal behavior), but more of a wink wink nudge nudge , of "gee, it would
816.
by 0xy 5y ago
I also worked for McDonalds in my teens and was covered by a union-negotiated agreement. All it did was prevent me from working as much as I wanted, with ridiculous red tape rules. The union actively depressed my earning potential. That&#x2
817.
by 0xy 5y ago
Given how teacher's unions regularly protect sexual predators from firing, I'm not sure I want the same institution in tech protecting incompetent, malicious and/or predator co-workers.
818.
by 0xy 5y ago
Another scamcoin or "open source" (not really) project, no doubt.
819.
by 0xy 5y ago
They're in the list, do you not see them?
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by 0xy 5y ago
Reviewing 2021 predictions: [1] 6/6 predictions accurate. * $NET up 75% to $133. Nailed this one, currently at $133.20 * AMD ramping enterprise adoption. Check. * Apple $3T market cap. Pretty much hit this, currently at $2.92T * G and
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by 0xy 5y ago
>Europe is pretty happy with its public services and you should definitively visit it once Are Germans "pretty happy" with 30% higher energy prices in a single year, due to anti-nuclear (anti-science) policies? [1] Are the Fren
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by 0xy 5y ago
This article is garbage. >But it is unprofitable for major internet providers to build broadband infrastructure in rural and low-income communities Are they living in an alternate universe where Starlink was never launched? >state and
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by 0xy 5y ago
A FTTH new build mandate is a tax on the poor. Building a home in a rich area in an inner city would cost $5-10k or less to install fibre. Building a home in a poor rural area could result in over $100k of fibre installation costs. Blanket
824.
by 0xy 5y ago
The product is useless because it's a huge GDPR and CCPA violation waiting to happen. If you cannot comply with GDPR because of your technology choice, you are liable to large fines. After working in the fintech space, nothing is truly
825.
by 0xy 5y ago
Unions are overwhelmingly unpopular in tech, for good reason. Nobody wants to work with that incompetent unfireable employee who's protected, or getting paid the same as someone who produces half the results you do at the same level. U
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by 0xy 5y ago
Gmail has nearly 50mb of JavaScript that thrashes I/O so hard that clicking the search bar and typing too soon will cause it to skip letters (because the search bar is probably some Angular-powered abomination). It is and was a regress
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by 0xy 5y ago
So I imagine your position is that the software industry should swear off products altogether when they have a serious bug, right? Did you make a conscious effort to rid yourself of OpenSSL after Heartbleed? After Heartbleed, OpenSSL receiv
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by 0xy 5y ago
The MAX (before design updates and re-certification) has a fatal crash rate of 3.08 per million. Meanwhile 11.9 per 100,000 people die in car crashes. The MAX, before being fixed, was significantly safer than a car. Do you refuse to get in
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by 0xy 5y ago
I don't work for nor hold stock in any airline or aviation manufacturer, I can just adequately judge risks. You are the one who thinks 180 separate, independent regulators colluded to protect a company at the risk of the people they ar
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by 0xy 5y ago
Why would anyone be scared to fly on the most scrutinized plane in history? I certainly don't care. All of the pilots flying the MAX would now receive even more in-depth training on the quirks of the new systems. Chances of critical in
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by 0xy 5y ago
Where's the proof the 2016 election was rigged, which Democrats have repeatedly claimed? You should have lawsuits won by DNC lawyers proving the illegitimacy of the election, right? Where's the proof? Extraordinary claims (like de
832.
by 0xy 5y ago
How do you contrast the denial of the 2020 election's results by the Republicans with the denial of the 2000 election's results by the Democrats? Both lobbed lawsuits and continue to say it was rigged or unfair. For example, Hilla
833.
by 0xy 5y ago
Even then, they're likely lying. Facebook collected phone numbers ostensibly for 2FA security purposes only, then immediately used them for ad purposes. Those terms are written by engineers with good intentions, but you have to remembe
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by 0xy 5y ago
Yes, you're right. However, Ryanair has a rating of 1.3 on Trustpilot while Disneyland has a 4.7 and Disney World has a 4.7 as well on Google reviews. Customers may buy cheap garbage, but they aren't happy about it. It doesn'
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by 0xy 5y ago
HN leans contrarian and older. Car buyers below 31 prefer touch screens. [1] [1] https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/best-cars-blog/2012/01/y...
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by 0xy 5y ago
People SAY they want cheaper admission, while the same people would endlessly complain at the inevitable 2-3 hour per ride waits it would create. It's a classic supply and demand problem. Would you pay half price for an international f
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by 0xy 5y ago
Amazon warehouse workers do not want this. They voted against unionization by a huge margin. Apparently these union organizations have tasted the scent of union dues from Amazon and cannot let their crusade go. Unionization protects incompe
838.
by 0xy 5y ago
After the Node incident, it's highly likely Ashley Williams is involved again due to her propensity for racism and sexism.
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by 0xy 5y ago
The #1 result NordVPN had servers hacked to root and then attempted to covered up the huge security breach rather than disclose it. [1] Not to mention their concealed relationship with Tesonet, a shadowy data mining company. On top of that,
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by 0xy 5y ago
Child safety has been repeatedly used as justification for terrible, egregious violations of privacy though. This is why E2EE proponents including myself remain highly skeptical. As a recent example, Australia rolled out metadata retention

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