ProAm

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by ProAm 4y ago
> How do you know it's correlated? I cannot say its the sole thing that has caused the current state of affairs in the state, but it's been roughly 10ish years and the social decline started about at that time. Speaking with
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by ProAm 4y ago
Being in a state that legalized marijuana, the tangential rise in crime and homeless is significant and was unexpected. The activity of legalizing one small thing (weed) isn't bad but the broader scope of societal degradation makes me
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Google will pay Arizona $85M over illegally tracking Android users(engadget.com)
29 points by ProAm 4y ago|7 comments
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by ProAm 4y ago
Is the finger print sensor still very slow? sensor and/or software on hte 6 was noticeably laggy [1] [T] https://www.androidpolice.com/pixel-6-slow-fingerprint-senso...
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by ProAm 4y ago
> To be fair, the sexual discrimination and harassment is a problem all over Western culture, so it's weird to single out Uber that way. Are you justifying its OK for Uber to have a horrendous culture that MULTIPLE sources identifie
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by ProAm 4y ago
- Uber driver rapes passenger, Uber executive obtains victims medical records [1] - History of 49 scandals at Uber [2] - Uber's #MeToo Movement in France [3] - Uber's #MeToo movement in America [4] - Sexual discrimination and gen
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by ProAm 4y ago
It's hard to over look the horrendous work place culture and history of Uber. Seems like newer generations are okay with it.
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by ProAm 4y ago
This is also a company that stopped including chargers and cables so they could make additional revenue from people already buying $1000 phones. [1] [1] https://hypebeast.com/2022/3/apple-made-6-5-billion-usd-by-
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by ProAm 4y ago
> I've been reading headlines like this for over a decade now. I wonder when it will finally happen. These things happen two ways, gradually then suddenly. It is coming, but there is no need for sudden panic.
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by ProAm 4y ago
I'm interested in any evidence about this. I'm not agreeing or disagreeing its just a extremely general statement about 5 companies with no facts behind it and would be interested to see whats different between all 5 companies in
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by ProAm 4y ago
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
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by ProAm 4y ago
> They’re way too late. I agree but Apple is never first to the table, they always take others inventions and improve them. Apple also charges an insanely high profit margin so they might get by with or without the credits.... But I agr
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Boeing pays $200M to settle SEC charges over 737 Max(apnews.com)
2 points by ProAm 4y ago|0 comments
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by ProAm 4y ago
Google hasnt made a great product in longer than 7 years though. He took over a listless ship. It's been a lot of freefall and coasting.... being kept afloat my an advertising monopoly. Now that the monopoly is starting to unravel a
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by ProAm 4y ago
Communication is infrastructure. A social network is not. Pretty straight forward.
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by ProAm 4y ago
They are given massive subsidies from the government to do so. Social networks have nothing to do with infrastructure where as utilities and communications do.
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by ProAm 4y ago
This would be a terrible precedent. These are private companies, who is the government to tell them how to operate without funding them. If you don't like what you read, or if you read things that are not true that is on you as an in
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by ProAm 4y ago
I counter this with what Snowden leaked. And watching the head of the NSA lie to congress about data collection. [A] FISA is a rubber stamp, no one will give up this power (and I don't blame them). [1] [2] [1] https://www.
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by ProAm 4y ago
> Paul learned from his users is that they are looking for The Answer, the formula, the procedure for how to succeed, and there is no such formula I agree, I also think this is the message that YC sells to founders. You are giving up a
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by ProAm 4y ago
I disagree with this in practice. Look at the data collection of the NSA, CIA, FBI, etc.... No one is willing to legislate or limit that.
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by ProAm 4y ago
I think these companies speak out of both sides of their mouth on this topic. And varies greatly depending on the level you are speaking with. An example I would state is Eric Schmidt, I believe he had a very cooperative relationship with
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by ProAm 4y ago
Im not sure I follow. I think this happens to every company in an authoritarian state currently, not having a room like this would be the oddity? They collect everything by default, like we do, we just try to keep it secret?
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by ProAm 4y ago
AT&T Room 641A has entered the chat. [1] Our government already spies on all of our telecom, the private companies are also complicit (be it by force or by choice (ex Oracle). I do not think the US is much different that China with t
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by ProAm 4y ago
I agree but how do you suggest they make money?
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by ProAm 4y ago
I agree but business is fluid and the market place is fluid. What was true yesterday isnt necessarily true today. His job is to steer the ship to make sure it continues to float and sail, if that means jettisoning empty weight then overboa
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by ProAm 4y ago
I think you're (not you specifically but 'people') are reading too much into a message about a business decision. Businesses are soulless machines whose only purpose is to survive and be profitable, You don't see people
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by ProAm 4y ago
Im pretty sure him deciding to layoff a chunk of his employees is literally his responsibility. People are upset but it's literally his responsibility to ensure the company survives.
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by ProAm 4y ago
> How can a human being be this tone deaf? You know what's difficult, you great insensitive oaf? Getting laid off. Would you rather him say we 'are letting go our lowest performers'?
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by ProAm 4y ago
What does it matter? It's their job to run the business. If they decide they want 50% less staff, its their right and responsibility to make that change. If they realized they hired too many people, or hired too many incompetent peo
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Uber exec accused of disguising data-breach extortion as “bug bounty”(arstechnica.com)
13 points by ProAm 4y ago|1 comments

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