EggsOnToast

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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
>Why is GDPR disproportionately a problem for foreign tech? The legal resources being actively applied against foreign companies, and I'm including the legal resources of civil groups that receive state funding in that definition if
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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
He may not have claimed it, but when you stand in front of a jury and say something to the extent of "I'm an expert in knot analysis. This is the analytic system I employed to reach this particular conclusion" the implication
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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
Between the broad nature of the GDPR and now this, it seems like the EU is really just pursuing legislation that disproportionately affects foreign tech companies and making up reasons as they go. Obviously that's entirely conjecture b
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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
I was using the term "argument" in the more broadly applicable but also literal sense of the word. Your explanation is correct but you've either misunderstood what I was saying or I've misread your reply.
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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
I remember the 90s internet. It was a neat place but I wouldn't call it very useful by modern standards.
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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
To be pedantic, I can attest that in California drivers ed they teach you that it's safest to keep with the flow of traffic. The difficulty is in proving that traffic was going as fast as you.
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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
Do you have any basis for that belief? It seems equally plausible that he wanted as much as possible going to the foundation in order to optimize its philanthropic potential.
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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
Does anyone know what it was about the Bahamas that made the it so attractive for filing the paperwork?
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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
This is a pretty solid description of the situation. I take adderall at the moment and I've been on adhd meds since a little before highschool. College was funny when I went to parties because I'd see people taking stimulants (pre
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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
I might be jaded but this sort've depends on your point of view. I grew up in San Diego, would weekend with friends in LA, and I've got family across the country. Most large cities that don't have overly deadly weather seem t
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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
Your point is valid but it's also separate from the situation I was discussing. The response you quoted was general because the statement I was reacting to was written generally rather than specifically about this one instance in isola
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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
>That's not a counter argument but dissatisfaction. You're correct but mainly because I wasn't paying attention and phrased it as a question. Written instead as a statement, it's a valid counter argument because it&#x
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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
I can't speak for LA, but from the people I've spoken with Seattle and -maybe- Austin have the strongest ratio of tech work vs. cost of living.
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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
>European companies wouldn't break the laws in the first place, Asian companies don't really compete in the European "web services" market, so the only major source of rights violations is going to be American compani
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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
>Trying to tie this into "human trafficking" is a cruel diversion, just like pornography, terrorism, and drugs. More than that, it's downright frustrating. Human trafficking is a very real problem in America. It's not
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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
The enforcement of laws matters just as much as the quantity of the laws in my opinion. In this case the argument being made by Facebook is basically "everyone does this so why are we being selectively targeted?" Obviously it mak
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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
>Funny. If your site drops dramatically on Google's search results, or if YouTube/Facebook bans your account for reasons, tough luck. They are a corporation and can do whatever they want without resorting to any sort of interna
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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
I agree that some things in academia are overly fenced off from the influence of an educated everyman but I don't think that applies in this scenario. The article is specifically about how the student recognized a problem but also reco
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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
I agree and this is why I would argue in favor of parallelism rather than replacement with regard to private social media platforms. I think it's important that there is a platform insulated from domestic intervention, but I think it&#
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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
I've always wondered if after a certain point the numbers quit mattering and it's more about the principle of doing good, which is to say optimal not necessarily ethical, business.
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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
Things like weather and general natural beauty are often brought up when discussing the pros of California living. I'd also argue in favor of our food prices. Food, as a general good and not just staples like rice, is incredibly cheap
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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
I could have been clearer, I'm aware they're a private company and under no particular obligation to the preservation of free speech principles. My point was that if we're comparing hosting your own site to operating on someo
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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
I'm curious how much of this could also be related to cost of living. At a glance of Wikipedia, California actually has the highest poverty rate of any state once you account for the cost of living as I understand it. For the curious,
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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
My main complaint with reddit is that there's no real guidance on how to not get a controversial sub banned. It seems like the rule of thumb is don't get discovered by a social justice movement or a major publisher. Not that anyth
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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
I don't think these ideas need to be a binary choice. Some amount of redundancy may be beneficial. Strong anonymous communication is desirable when trying to defend against the state but at the same time if it's accessible and ano
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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
1/3 is a wildly inaccurate number that only comes close to holding true if you don't include our non-obligatory spending which is massive.
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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
This is a topic that's really interesting to me because it has a lot of angles. At its most basic, there's people like me who are largely divested from our heritage and don't value it's preservation particularly. That&#x
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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
I've seen this idea play out in a differen't industry and if your claim resembles something legitimate then it has promise. The only reason I say legitimate is because in the version I was privy to it was a disgruntled employee ly
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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
I think your criticism is valid but I don't see it as unsolvable. Interconnectivity and decisions around how to facilitate it can be added later. While they are important elements for global dialogue, the first and foremost goal should
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by EggsOnToast 9y ago
This is just me soapboxing, but I would argue that situations like this illustrate a need for online social platforms run by the state. I realize the obvious vulnerabilities of such a setup, but if we believe free speech to be an essential

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