Ostrogodsky

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by Ostrogodsky 5y ago
I would only say that coming from a poor third world country too I am a little less gullible, or using the more PC term my degree of belief stretches a lot when reading posts like these.People in western rich countries trust more, that can
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by Ostrogodsky 5y ago
> Commercial software engineering is a creative endeavor; it is not a science, And do you think Science it is not a creative endeavor? I know that you are coming from the "art/science dichotomy" where the terms are used me
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by Ostrogodsky 5y ago
I concur, excellent choices of background material.
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by Ostrogodsky 5y ago
Google makes billions! every year putting ads on illegally copied copyrighted videos. Sure, they will take them down if the claim is made (especially by the big players) but for sure they are not going to return any money made. Some kid doi
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by Ostrogodsky 5y ago
Is ethical to not disclose in this comment that you work for Google? 1% of the posters here at most will check that and the rest will assume you are an impartial observer.
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by Ostrogodsky 5y ago
Doing plumbing for fun is like parsing old logs as a hobby. But plenty of people do woodwork,metalwork, bread-making, brewing, etc for fun.
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by Ostrogodsky 5y ago
This applies to 99% of businesses started by tech professionals too. There is nothing nobler or kinder about tech businesses. All those "mission statements" are just pure fluff for PR purposes.
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by Ostrogodsky 5y ago
It was never an "equal society" +90% of the guerillas were men, as it always have been through time in all societies. Men are the ones who must fight.
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by Ostrogodsky 5y ago
OK, and then what happens when a cartel of the big companies decide what and who can publish stuff?
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by Ostrogodsky 5y ago
This is what most people here dont seem to understand. If you are banned from Facebook/Youtube/Google/Twitter, for the mainstream public (That is, 90% of the people) you are effectively banished from the Internet. This is lik
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by Ostrogodsky 5y ago
Yeah google de-indexing all pages criticizing the democrats and the company is also not threat to democracy. They must provide us with a curated set of sound information vetted by the politicians, FAANG and the state department.
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by Ostrogodsky 5y ago
I have always thought that Mr Russell is wrong with that cheeky quote. With the socks you also dont need the AOC. Why? because if you have a pair of identical socks (I think that was what Russell had in mind) then effectively you have a s