GJim

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by GJim 7mo ago
Many of us would like you to be right about that. However, the people of the USA voted for Trump. Twice. I fear things have changed and Trump'ism is here to stay.
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by GJim 7mo ago
> But I think there is a different attitude to data risk in that age group today. They've grown up in a world where very little is really private, and every app and its dog has wanted their contact details and other information Coun
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by GJim 7mo ago
Sir should get a copy of the Conet Project.... ...five CD's full of numbers station recordings. Just what every post-raver needs. I believe they are available for free download from archive.org and others. https://en.wikip
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by GJim 7mo ago
> you are going to have a really bright future as an adult Or waste their most fun years slaving for the man. Signed: Gen-X
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by GJim 7mo ago
I really don't know why you are being downvoted. My experience is you are indeed correct. Modern phone/tablet users are so divorced from a file systems that those brought up on them have no idea what a file is or where their data
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by GJim 7mo ago
> Instead, take a plate made of platinum or iridium No no no no no! Archival data should never be made on intrinsically valuable material; doing so makes it subject to theft or re-use for something "better". Example: There is a
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by GJim 7mo ago
> "biodiesel" which was lightly processed used cooking oil No. Biodiesel is fuel made directly from vegetable matter; typically it needs a ""special"" engine to run, or is blended in a low ratio with ordinar
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by GJim 7mo ago
This is HN mate. It's full of people from ad-tech who believe data protection is the enemy and the GDPR is a European conspiracy against growth. You should learn to simply bend over and grab your ankles with both hands whenever they (o
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by GJim 7mo ago
When it comes to space, Shirly the volume of Olympic swimming pools would be more apt?
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by GJim 7mo ago
Oh dear. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Corruptio... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Corruption_Barometer
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by GJim 7mo ago
That isn't opt-in consent!
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by GJim 7mo ago
Wow! I know American data protection law is pretty poor, but that really is shocking; such data should not be made public without the users explicit opt-in consent.
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by GJim 7mo ago
> Post 2000s there has been a pretty fundamental change in the US economy. American centrism strikes again. I'm not American.
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by GJim 7mo ago
> No they won’t. The lack of a draft and mass domestic casualties dramatically changes the picture American centrism strikes again. Plenty of us of the same generation living in countries that didn't fight in Vietnam (with no such
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by GJim 7mo ago
> Gen-X was making the popular new art at the time. It was a strong reflection of the feelings of our generation. I posted this in a thread about the 90's film 'Hackers'..... In the 1990's and for us Gen-X'ers, t
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by GJim 7mo ago
> I'm not sure I like exposing my home address by providing my callsign with my HN account Please explain. Surely one simply opts out of having ones address published in your countries call book?
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by GJim 7mo ago
> I couldn't care less who rules Ukraine, Taiwan, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan, Iran Oh you will. You most certainly will.
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by GJim 8mo ago
You <-----> The Point.
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by GJim 8mo ago
You're not wrong. How in gods name this article made it to the front page of HN is a mystery.
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by GJim 8mo ago
The "cookie banners" allow you to opt out of providing your personal data. That is the entire point! Blame the parasitic ad-tech industry for their existence. Not the lawmakers who protect all our privacy.
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by GJim 8mo ago
I find it rather baffling the USA hasn't mandated cyber resilience for consumer products.
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by GJim 8mo ago
Ummmmm. The GDPR does outlaw unnecessary collection of personal data without explicit opt-in consent. It's baffling you appear ignorant of this.
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by GJim 8mo ago
> one of them started to use Gemini as a source We need a variant of Godwins law to reflect (and prevent) the use of AI being used in internet squabbles.
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by GJim 8mo ago
More pity to those who (for some bizarre reason) voluntarily choose to interact with those ad-tech companies.
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by GJim 8mo ago
Presumably the 'drive-by' downvotes are coming from the ad-tech industry who would prefer the population to simply bend over and grab ankles with both hands the moment they request our personal data?
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by GJim 8mo ago
> To be fair, at least Android and presumably iOS grant apps by default no access to your files in modern versions. That's exactly the point! The file system is hidden from modern users. Kids brought up on this now have no idea or c
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by GJim 8mo ago
The alternative being to bend over and grab our ankles with both hands the moment the scummy ad-tech industry requests our data? Sorry mate, the GDPR is there for a bloody good reason; and legit companies obey the law.
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by GJim 8mo ago
> There needs to be total transparency to people when this is happening This is why WE have the GDPR. To outlaw and prevent exploitation such as this.
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by GJim 8mo ago
> you're an ass for downvoting this without at least explaining why you disagree. This 'drive-by downvoting' is becoming endemic on HN. Downvoting should be reserved for comments that do not contribute to the conversation,
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by GJim 8mo ago
So why are so many of your citizens without even basic affordable healthcare?

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