OscarTheGrinch

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   by OscarTheGrinch 7y ago

   Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain! Also applies to most corporate "AI".
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   by OscarTheGrinch 7y ago

   I agree, that's the central question: is a government for promoting the prosperity of it's people or perpetuating itself. Would be nice if they could do both but there are so many examples of governments choosing themselves over t
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   by OscarTheGrinch 7y ago

   Yes, but another way to look at it, does China's micromanagement of the domestic flow of information result in more or less prosperity for their people? To misquote Hayek: communism is ultimately like telling every car where they shoul
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   by OscarTheGrinch 7y ago

   The article makes some good points about not talking down to older people, but here's the thing the article misses: aspiration. Advertisers test all sorts of messaging before they roll out a large campaign, if empowered old people sol
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   by OscarTheGrinch 7y ago

   What do you do with all that extra time?
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   by OscarTheGrinch 7y ago

   OK maybe that's my problem, I'm browsing solely through the audible app where I do see price difference, but I've never seen discounts signaled as such. Also I'm usually racing to spend credits before they expire, so pri
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   by OscarTheGrinch 7y ago

   On a google maps nostalga lane trip I found ability to rewind time to the quaint old paint job on my deceased grandparents house. Brought back some good memories running around as a kid.
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   by OscarTheGrinch 7y ago

   I really enjoy audiobooks, but I dont think Audible is letting the medium flourish to its full potential. My main concern is that audible is missing the long tail which naturally forms in any price sensitive market, where older products ten
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   by OscarTheGrinch 8y ago

   I've been using classic shell to completely ban tiles from my windows experience, it does a good job of returning the interface to more or less windows 7 familiarity. h̶t̶t̶p̶:̶/̶/̶w̶w̶w̶.̶c̶l̶a̶s̶s̶i̶c̶s̶h̶e̶l̶l̶.̶n̶e̶t̶&#x2
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    by OscarTheGrinch 8y ago

    Its almost impossible to de-dumb-ass-afy any social network or comment section. How can you prevent the lowest common denominator on public forums from posting heinous content / ignorant opinions? Moderators checking every post doesn&#
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    by OscarTheGrinch 8y ago

    Babies.
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    by OscarTheGrinch 8y ago

    I was more going for the "make a general guess / bet" kind of meaning, which is how the phrase is used today in England / Australia / New Zealand. https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/207
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    by OscarTheGrinch 8y ago

    I'm gonna take a punt on the root cause of this mess: cost cutting / bonus seeking managerialisim. In my experience people high up in the decision chain with no technical expertise often have blind faith in what "technology&q
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    by OscarTheGrinch 8y ago

    We are the sum of all the questions we have asked.
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    by OscarTheGrinch 8y ago

    I just looked through all settings, how do I turn AMP off in gmail?
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    by OscarTheGrinch 8y ago

    4. Will be gamed by groups of bad actors.
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    by OscarTheGrinch 8y ago

    Seconded, Tim is both wise and kind. His podcast is also well worth checking out for anyone currently stuck on the horns of the procrastination bull: http://iprocrastinate.libsyn.com/webpage/category/general
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    by OscarTheGrinch 8y ago

    This trend towards manditory quantified health risks discrimination aginst chronically unwell people. Your data, even from healthy employees, is being weilded by unaccountable corporate goons to disenfranchise people, like digital star of D
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    by OscarTheGrinch 8y ago

    Reductio ad absurdum: Place 1 gun per square meter of the planet. Are we safer now?
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    by OscarTheGrinch 8y ago

    2nd amendment rights are in direct conflict with the right to be alive.
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    by OscarTheGrinch 8y ago

    (New Zealander here) I was surprised that these weren't already banned. How many bullets do you really need to hunt? Some clarification on NZ's new gun laws: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar&#x2
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    by OscarTheGrinch 8y ago

    Firefox needs to be the browser OF something, something super simple: privacy, security, convenience, etc. "Reduce Your Online Annoyances" is a bit of a mouthful. Being the browser of "Support Us Or Google Will Own Everything
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    by OscarTheGrinch 8y ago

    Devil's advocate: it depends on how many petabytes you have. This cloud of uncertainty over your uploads could be seen as the hidden cost of using a free platform.
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    by OscarTheGrinch 8y ago

    Oh man, sorry for your uncle blowing that amount! Speaking of training kids to gamble, I'm gonna thread jack with a public service announcement, please avoid letting your kids see any "Surprise Egg" videos all costs. I downlo
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    by OscarTheGrinch 8y ago

    I tried to get my young son into original Angry Birds, thinking it would be a nice simple physics lesson for him, but it has become absolutely unnavigateable for his age level. So many pop up special offers for magic birds to solve the leve
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    by OscarTheGrinch 8y ago

    Hail Ghidra!
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    by OscarTheGrinch 8y ago

    Train people to click away on annoying shit, what could go wrong?
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    by OscarTheGrinch 8y ago

    karma
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    by OscarTheGrinch 8y ago

    Sorry, just trying to maximize the chance of getting an answer.
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    by OscarTheGrinch 8y ago

    OK, thanks for the succinct explanation. Its nice to know that people smarter than me are trying to solve this.