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by 659087 9y ago
Making a point of this kid's age for clickbait purposes, is probably going to leave them eventually wondering if their achievements would have received any recognition otherwise.
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by 659087 9y ago
The whole idea of someone staging most of their life to impress people on the internet, makes me physically uncomfortable to think about - even before considering the fact that they have "fans", which makes the whole thing even mo
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by 659087 9y ago
I see what I'd consider "unsubstantive" comments left alone on HN in pretty much every thread, so if you could, please define "unsubstantive".
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by 659087 9y ago
I'm not calling blockchains a buzzword as a derogatory term towards blockchains. I'm more using the term to point out the way blockchains are being used right now (e.g. marketing bad ideas and non-ideas as groundbreaking tech). T
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by 659087 9y ago
File under: terrible ideas made possible by buzzwords.
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by 659087 9y ago
> the most hated companies tend to be ones with poor customer service At Google, they avoid this by providing no customer service at all.
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by 659087 9y ago
> Schmidt was pretty clear in his book that he believes his business success is an indicator of virtue, and that he believes he should use Google and his wealth to intentionally seek to manipulate modern culture. It's a disturbing n
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by 659087 9y ago
> The internet is good as is, and improved every day, and will continue improving You consider mass centralization and being almost exclusively under the control of a few massive companies an "improvement"?
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by 659087 9y ago
> All that information on people all over the world is now in the hands of the US government. The very thought of this terrifies me. I hate to tell you this, but that barn door was already left open a long time ago.
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by 659087 9y ago
I doubt any forcing is involved. These companies are willing participants in government surveillance.
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by 659087 9y ago
This person gets it. This is why Facebook wants you to donate through Facebook. Not because they "care".
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by 659087 9y ago
I was going to add: "...one actual BASE jumper shows up", but was suffering temporary memory loss after being exposed to the cringeworthy material in the rest of the thread.
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by 659087 9y ago
Except, I wasn't talking about whether or not people could afford to do it (though, BASE is only expensive if you make it expensive - or get arrested), or whether it was likely that some people in the tech industry were jumpers (I know
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by 659087 9y ago
Just when I thought I could escape the endless ads on Reddit by visiting HN for a bit.
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by 659087 9y ago
HN attempts to sound authoritative on yet another subject it doesn't understand. A few people pretend to be skydivers after studying the wikipedia entry about the sport, but give themselves away through improper terminology.
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by 659087 9y ago
> I've managed to have a somewhat clean track record in my two years in the sport, with only two broken bones ... > It does, and most BASE jumpers that I know / have met / have taught 2 years in the sport, already broke
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by 659087 9y ago
None of those previous platforms had anywhere near the reach Facebook has, or the amount of control Facebook has over the private and public communications and content seen by their users.
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by 659087 9y ago
When Zuckerberg officially starts his presidential campaign, the criteria for "true" news will be: News that shows Zuckerberg in a positive light.
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by 659087 9y ago
I predict we're going to see a lot of pages being classified as "fake news distributors" when Mark Zuckerberg's presidential campaign kicks off.
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by 659087 9y ago
This sounds similar to the arguments Facebook/Zuckerberg were making when "internet".org got the boot from India. "What about the poor people??" What they really meant was: "We shouldn't allow poor people
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by 659087 9y ago
That's why you have an instructor. Just as a decent driving instructor won't let you blow a red light, a decent flight instructor (who has the ability to take control of the aircraft, unlike a driving instructor) isn't going
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by 659087 9y ago
Is the goal of these posts showing up literally everywhere money happens to be discussed on the entire internet something along the lines of "if we spam it enough, maybe it will come true"? Sometimes the best thing to do with a he
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by 659087 9y ago
Won't take long for plate data from this highly ethical YC startup to be used as blackmail/extortion material against someone who gets caught parking in the wrong driveway while their wife/husband is out of town.
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by 659087 9y ago
That's a bit unfair to clowns. The term "investor" in relation to ICOs could be replaced with the term "mark", and the whole thing would be a lot more accurate.
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by 659087 9y ago
They were being tricked anyway.
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by 659087 9y ago
Then you haven't spent nearly enough time reading the posts in cryptocurrency forums. It wouldn't take more than a couple hours of skimming to completely recalibrate your expectations.
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by 659087 9y ago
I had to do a double take to make sure this was a joke, because it's pretty much exactly the type of thing I'd expect people to be trampling each other to give their money to on cryptocurrency forums. > Send your donation or in
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by 659087 9y ago
I feel lucky to live in a city where there are so many good pizza places that I've completely forgotten that chains like pizza hut exist at all.
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by 659087 9y ago
I think you're deluding yourself if you believe Google is far behind Facebook in the evil department. Both need to be put in their place, but I doubt we can count on the US government to make that happen.
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by 659087 9y ago
> But what other information could be used that advertisers don't have access to? Application usage, website visits, WhatsApp keywords? Don't forget "private" conversations on messenger.

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