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by FilterSweep 8y ago
I had to blink at this headline. It’s 2019 and it appears this headline was better fit for 5 years ago. I work as a dev, and I still have to climb through hoops and spend money on multiple technical interviews to get hired. Friends in othe
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
When one party conducts themselves with decency, and the other doesn’t (employer), the decent one is ripe for being taken advantage of.
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
A previous employer would do the same thing. They would astroturf reviews whenever they received a bad one.
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
It’s far worse though. You’re going to eat another meal in 6-24 hours. Glassdoor is affecting people’s lives and livelihoods.
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
Are you certain that is true? I would assume numbered gasoline pumps will see no change. Gas stations can attract purchases from electric car owners by providing low-cost chargers away from the pumps. If anything, gas station owners are ju
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
Genuinely wondering, is that sarcasm?
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
Regulation is certainly needed but we can be certain it won’t be done properly. More worrying is the fact that for every “benefit” we receive from AI (self driving cars, open source home automation), there are numerous, globally negative co
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
The obvious difference being state sponsored actors from a foreign entity weaponized this “feature.” Not sure how you’re equating the two, but it’s disingenous.
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
Yes. The optics look bad with N=2; namely, you wouldn’t have any controls over bribery or other coercion
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
You’d have to start under the presumption that he didn’t do it.
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
Yep just look at Clinkle and (in particular) Theranos
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
This is profound because I would be surprised if the early employees at Facebook didn’t feel a bit betrayed at the direction they later went.
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
In that same vein, social media, especially facebook, has largely been used by malactors and state-sponsored trolls as a weapon itself . Hello, “Internet Research Agency”!
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
Hey,(side note) Jaron Lanier has some interesting things to say about “value-added” to society! I can’t disagree with what you’re saying, but that would also mean other roles are also overcompensated, if not even more (heh, executives)
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
And I don’t blame them. Developers are largely undercompensated for the utility they provide for firms, both across companies and within (compared to other roles). In the Bay, it’s the difference between living comfortably+saving for their
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
>But I don't want my taxes raised an order of magnitude to pay for everyone else. But you’re surely fine paying your taxes into “Defense” (private, for-profit contractors) continuing wars in other destabilized regions? I’m actually
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
Intentionally dishonest.
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
Unfortunately I agree. but the on my mind - is the trend toward authoritarianism due to those in power seeking lordship, or select vocal groups among the serfs seeking to be lorded?
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
Interesting. How do you define a “socialist” country? What countries would you say are “socialist” versus “cartel driven”?
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
http://archive.is/qIDX7 This deleted post outlines the catastrophic degree of astroturfing that riddles the sub. The post had to be archived because of drama around the original post when the user presented his research to
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
Yikes. I’ve heard of some American citizens being mistaken for illegal immigrants and being detained with no recuse[0], I could only imagine how bad it could get if the machine errors. [0] https://nypost.com/2018/04&#x
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
I find it very troubling how small/nonexistent the outcry is over such an invasive concept. The PR teams are already hard at work making Facebookian claims of user privacy control that were found to be grossly untrue. I personally will
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
Your friends also gave Facebook your actual phone number too.... Facebook app abuses your phones internal Contacts API. Effectively, you are linked and your main Facebook account is known to be a pseudonym already
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
The second one person with your phone number as a contact downloads the Facebook malware app, they have given Facebook your phone number.
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
I disagree, I find the media quite seasoned at turning the working and middle classes against themselves at this point.
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
If you were to take Google’s “organic results” to heart this would be largely explained by the greater number of people (from all political slants) seeking out AA inventors for the sake of their online disputes. Furthermore, to be honest, t
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
It has less to do with research, even. Equifax, like many Fortune-N companies, has a heavily funded sales and PR team working actively against your individual research. Should you, as an individual, apply to a company or attempt to buy a pr
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
They were also built in a time where "Super Commutes" weren't necessary.
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
Facebook put this burden on non-users, and they're currently arguing that this is "OK" in their probe.
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by FilterSweep 8y ago
> Judging from some of the comments here, software engineers working in Amazon must either be stupid or irrational to continue working there This is sparing the employer at the expense of the employee. Employee's employment status

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