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The data brokers quietly buying and selling your personal information(fastcompany.com)
138 points by KoftaBob 5y ago|40 comments
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Avoid Applying to Companies That Speak in 'Yogababble'(lifehacker.com)
9 points by KoftaBob 5y ago|2 comments
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by KoftaBob 5y ago
The average household electricity consumption per day is 28.9 kWh. For comparison, the Tesla Model X long range has a battery capacity of 100 kWh. So in theory, a fully charged Model X could power the average home for 3 days. Really puts in
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Could be how Google solves the under-display camera problem(phandroid.com)
1 points by KoftaBob 5y ago|1 comments
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How Big Companies Spy on Your Emails(vice.com)
22 points by KoftaBob 5y ago|7 comments
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by KoftaBob 5y ago
The CDC, FDA, governments, etc have said constantly that the vaccines have a 90-95% efficacy rate. Anyone who somehow interpreted that as "completely immune" has bad reading comprehension. This sounds like a strawman argument that
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by KoftaBob 5y ago
The point was to get the risk/velocity of spread to a much smaller and manageable amount. Anything after that, if it's still too much risk for someone because they're only comfortable with 100% certainty, they can choose to s
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by KoftaBob 5y ago
If we're basing that claim on the numbers they're providing on deaths/cases, I don't believe it for a second.
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by KoftaBob 5y ago
I've seen a lot of people confused by this, so I figured I'd clear it up: "App tracking" here means reading your device ID, called the 'Identity For Advertisers' (IDFA for short). They do this so that they can
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by KoftaBob 5y ago
Apple explicitly says that apps can't require app tracking in order to use their app, they're removed from the app store if they do. Keep in mind "app tracking" here means reading your device ID, called the 'Identit
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by KoftaBob 5y ago
If it's turned on: I want to individually opt in to app tracking, only for specific apps If it's turned off: I want to opt out of all app tracking automatically
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The Buy Nothing Groups of Facebook(thehustle.co)
1 points by KoftaBob 5y ago|0 comments
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by KoftaBob 5y ago
I see very little incentive for China to release covid intentionally . What could they possibly have gained from that? Mind you, I'm becoming increasingly convinced it was an accidental lab leak due to negligence, so this isn't m
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by KoftaBob 5y ago
The majority of hospitals in the US are non-profit. They don't benefit from passing administrative costs to patients.
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by KoftaBob 5y ago
So your solution to overly complex/cumbersome regulations and laws...is to completely deregulate the healthcare industry? You can't think of something in the middle that's not as reckless?
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by KoftaBob 5y ago
They state early in the article that this research details how to tackle those three issues without resorting to Medicare for All.
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The Rise of Performative Masking(mic.com)
2 points by KoftaBob 5y ago|0 comments
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by KoftaBob 5y ago
It sounds like they’re making a joke about the intelligence of past presidents.
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National Artificial Intelligence Initiative(ai.gov)
202 points by KoftaBob 5y ago|102 comments
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by KoftaBob 5y ago
They're low in Europe too. The first thing I can think of is that American tech companies are generally much bigger than their Canadian and European counterparts, and therefore have much larger resources financially to pay competitive
951.
by KoftaBob 5y ago
Yeah Canadian salaries are a joke compared to their American counterparts. Their tech companies need to offer much more competitive salaries if they want a remote chance of preventing further brain drain of their talent to the US.
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ISP lobbyists to sue NY for requiring $15/m internet to low-income households(documentcloud.org)
10 points by KoftaBob 6y ago|5 comments
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by KoftaBob 6y ago
One of the most low-value words in a headline or statement is "some". If you take any scenario and ask a large enough group of people their opinions, there's going to inevitably be an arbitrary number (that can then be qualif
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by KoftaBob 6y ago
What's the allotted time they've been given?
955.
Ask HN: Anyone not seeing app tracking transparency pop ups after updating iOS?
5 points by KoftaBob 6y ago|5 comments
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by KoftaBob 6y ago
To your 3rd point: First off, the bigger tech companies are already known for having much higher salaries/compensation, hence the whole FAANG goal that many applicants aim for. Generally, people have an incentive to pick a startup vs a
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by KoftaBob 6y ago
This is how it works in Massachusetts, it's pretty cool to be able to select a renewable energy power producer hooked up to the state's grid to receive your electric bill money.
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by KoftaBob 6y ago
New York LIRR employees: "he didn't get overtime pay for the fake hours? what a rookie".
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Cadillac is going electric – every new vehicle will be all-electric starting now(electrek.co)
3 points by KoftaBob 6y ago|1 comments
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by KoftaBob 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galveston_National_Laboratory “ In 2020, the United States Department of Education launched an investigation of the Galveston National Laboratory regarding any past interaction with the Wu

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