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No, it isn't.. and I sincerely hope you're joking. You should do the math on that and figure out what the value of a single bitcoin would have to be to make it come true. If that doesn't wake you up to how ridiculous that cl
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Then you should talk to Bitfinex/Tether about it, because it's on their website . They must be spreading FUD about themselves, right?
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> It's quite possible in 20 years that 0.000000000001 of a bitcoin will make the average house payment No, it isn't.
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They're also willing to perform mass psychological experiments on hundreds of thousands of people without consent. I suppose we should be thanking them for that as well? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/faceb
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> co's like Facebook that not only has access to far more imagery of faces tied to sentiments and moments but have shown time and time again that privacy is a secondary concern It's only a secondary concern in the sense that th
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Increasing your attack surface is never a good idea, even when you're already potentially at risk.
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My clients would stop doing business with me if I had these in my office, and I wouldn't blame them.
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If you're not wrong, please explain to me what miners are - if not a third party that receives fees.
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Where do you think those fees are going? How do miners not qualify as a third party?
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Miners aren't a third party? Where exactly did you think those fees went?
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> Pedophiles would be using something encrypted and anonymous anyway. Except for the ones who apply for a job reviewing the nudes Facebook is collecting, anyway.
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Zuckerberg is aiming to become president. They might not even need to pay him (outside of political favors, I'd imagine), because he's probably convinced he's building it for his future self.
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It's incredible how often I see people who are "sure Bitcoin is going to be worth millions", or otherwise singing it's praises, also claiming there are "no fees". It seems very few Bitcoin holders have ever eve
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Experian probably already shared that with them.
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> FB doesn't have my phone number If anyone who has you in their contact list uses Facebook, I can pretty much guarantee they have your number.
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Sounds like a great way to train children to interact with and trust corporate mass surveillance because it's "cute" and "fun".
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> I prefer posting only articles critical of Facebook to my feed You realize Facebook's algorithm is most likely keeping those posts well hidden from your "friends", right?
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> Facebook has consistently tried to build a reputation of "shady-as-fuck" company throughout the years, and it's going to pay the price for it Unfortunately, I think the fact that many people don't realize platforms
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> What ever happened to our mantra (really Google's but it reflected the whole valley) "Don't be evil"? The kool-aid wore off and everyone realized it never had any meaning to begin with.
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> Facebook quickly becomes a tool for coercion, propaganda, and oppression. Isn't that pretty much what Facebook always has been?
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They're just testing the waters to see if they can eventually turn "verified users" into literal corporate drones without being questioned by the majority of their users.
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The problem of advertisers not yet knowing how to collect every bit of data about a child's life starting at birth.
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It's sad but predictable that the same people who are suggesting ideas like a "Social Network for Children", are often the ones who send their own children to "tech-free" private schools to prevent them from being e
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> Smart Bathroom I'm just going to try to give them the benefit of the doubt here and assume this was meant as a joke. > Baby Bidet Better make it "smart" too... because what could possibly go wrong? Maybe have Google
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The difference here being that alcohol withdrawal can actually kill you, where opiate withdrawal is just very uncomfortable.
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If products like Google Allo took off with their "response suggestions", we could just stop talking all together and let Google have conversations with itself on our behalf. This seems to be the future these companies are aiming
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> and they forgot to cut of the data part, possibly assuming it was encrypted anyways At the point in time when Google pulled that stunt, unprotected networks were still incredibly common. A company like Google playing dumb on that, or
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Just like it was "accidental" when Google's street view cars were capturing wifi data.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias
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Lately, it's an insider cash grab and market manipulation technique.
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