GJim

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by GJim 29d ago
Whereas, given a large part of the HN demographic works in the AdTech industry..... Being in favour of the GDPR will bring out downvotes and FUD from the people whose very salaries are dependent on invading your privacy.
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by GJim 29d ago
> No, most people don't know GPS can be spoofed LOL! Everybody who has played Pokemon Go knows it can be spoofed!
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by GJim 29d ago
> I'd say advertising has fucked up the Internet Nothing wrong with honest advertising per se..... back in the day we bought computer magazines mainly for the adverts. Rather, the problem is the SV AdTech industry which seeks to t
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by GJim 1mo ago
Ironically, the US Miliary appears to be supporting the GDPR.
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by GJim 1mo ago
> Everyone knows video footage can be faked. Everyone also knows GPS can be spoofed. Your point?
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by GJim 1mo ago
> I cannot envision what a traditional, but smart toilet may do "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't flush that".
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by GJim 1mo ago
> just in a degraded form that wasn't very useful Differential GPS was already in widespread use in many counties by 2000, which made "selective ability" pointless at it provided automatic corrections to the 'degrade
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by GJim 1mo ago
Your society needs help.
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by GJim 1mo ago
If you automatically assume somebody approaching a child is a kidde fiddler (!) then your society has problems.
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by GJim 1mo ago
> I guess if you're young enough it is a totally legitimate question! I find it extraordinary that you assume a young person is incapable of understanding the concept of a map!
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by GJim 1mo ago
> it would be nice if the electorate were actually properly informed when they vote Which is why a balanced free press is vital for democracy. Yet the USA abandoned its 'fairness doctrine' in broadcast media some decades ago.
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by GJim 1mo ago
Personally, I respond by winking and asking the cashier for their phone number. This does rather quickly establish the fact that, no, neither of us are giving our personal details to people who don't need them..... and asking for the
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by GJim 1mo ago
> GPS mapping tools You mean GPS (or rather GNSS) navigation tools. GPS != map
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by GJim 1mo ago
> How does one locate Saturn in the night sky without an electronic aid? Seriously? You mean that _really_ bright star that is out of place on your constellation map / planisphere? It's a planet. Look at it and see which one it
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by GJim 1mo ago
You really need to ask? Lets just say there is no need for a compass!
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by GJim 1mo ago
Please explain?
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by GJim 1mo ago
Are you saying there was a worse option than Trump? Really? Because unless the alternative option was a diminutive Austrian with a dodgy 'tache, I find that rather hard to believe. The reality is America voted for Trump (TWICE!) be
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by GJim 1mo ago
> could care less Surely you mean couldn't care less.
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by GJim 1mo ago
> even using an app like Stellarium feels a bit like cheating. Personally, I have no computers, phones or any electronic crap when I'm observing the sky. Just me and a manual telescope. I look at the sky to get away from all that sh
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by GJim 1mo ago
A significant percentage of HN posters and readership are those working in US AdTech, who's very salaries are dependent on abusing peoples privacy. Hardly surprising a hefty part of the HN demographic slants towards opposing decent pri
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by GJim 1mo ago
> Exactly. Personal data should be treated like radioactive material The GDPR in a nutshell...... Unnecessary personal data is a liability.
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by GJim 1mo ago
In Blighty we prefer to use Rogers Profanisarus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%27s_Profanisaurus We keep a copy in the office to use for naming projects.
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by GJim 1mo ago
> I think you're taking a very particular partisan US view Spare us the US defaultism. I'm not American.
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by GJim 1mo ago
Without wishing to sound trite, what interesting/insightful/amusing people are still on that platform? Ditto local organisations announcing things: are there any respectable originations (such as local government and sports grou
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by GJim 1mo ago
You scan and trust random QR codes? To paraphrase George Bush: Goatse me once, shame on...shame on you. Goatse me — you can't get Goatse'd again
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by GJim 1mo ago
# Me too I recently chose to fly with a MUCH more expensive airline than deal with this (and yes, I was spending my own money). Ryan Air is the pits.
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by GJim 1mo ago
Puzzling to see your factual comment downvoted. I myself do not have a personal smartphone (and my work smartphone is powered off the moment the clock says 5pm). Frankly, my life is better for it.
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by GJim 1mo ago
Who on earth is still using Xitter, and what for?
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by GJim 1mo ago
> just scan the QR Lord no! Scanning a random QR code.... where is the worst it will take you? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crrpknqpgzlo
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by GJim 1mo ago
That fatalistic attitude is why your democracy is fucked. Take some lessons on protesting from the French.

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