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by Uhhrrr 2y ago
I think the company would lose the inevitable lawsuit if it were B.
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by Uhhrrr 2y ago
It will be "watching funny dance videos", because that is what they were calling about this time, because it's what they care about. You might believe that the next thing will be, "let China take over the Senkaku islands
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by Uhhrrr 2y ago
"literal brainwashing" Do you really believe this?
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by Uhhrrr 2y ago
I was referencing this upthread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40146326
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by Uhhrrr 2y ago
Because the content is funny dance videos. I don't think you can get to global hegemony with that.
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by Uhhrrr 2y ago
This supposes that teens care about East Asian border disputes as much as they care about the funny dance app, which I find doubtful.
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by Uhhrrr 2y ago
What is the threat? In the article he says, "The facts and the Constitution are on our side and we expect to prevail again."
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by Uhhrrr 2y ago
They do, but it doesn't apply to the funny dance app.
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by Uhhrrr 2y ago
Ah, you are saying they were bad because they let foreign nationals know that the NSA was doing its normal mission. But I don't think that part would surprise anyone.
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by Uhhrrr 2y ago
This is incorrect: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN25T3CJ/ "n a ruling handed down on Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said the warrantless telephone dragnet that secretly col
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by Uhhrrr 2y ago
Why does the source matter to you?
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by Uhhrrr 2y ago
People repeat propaganda when it appeals to them, but any marketer can tell you customers are fickle.
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by Uhhrrr 2y ago
This is true for any app, and tracking people who watch stupid videos is not useful for national security. The Snowden leaks were bad because they showed Americans spied on without warrants. This is about users who for better or worse insta
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by Uhhrrr 2y ago
Only in that it's a cultural artifact, like YouTube or Bollywood movies or anime. We don't ban those.
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by Uhhrrr 2y ago
So the great harm is that Congress gets called when they pass a bad bill?
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by Uhhrrr 2y ago
It's American (and any other country's) data about stupid little videos. Who cares? The case for harm has not been made.
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by Uhhrrr 2y ago
I'm pretty cynical about LLMs, but I just got five good answers in a row. An "about" link would be nice!
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by Uhhrrr 3y ago
But that's 1999, and they were already losing money in 1997, and the article doesn't say why. Sun was why.
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by Uhhrrr 3y ago
The article doesn't mention the reason for the fall: less good but cheaper competitors. First Sun, then Windows NT and Linux.
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by Uhhrrr 3y ago
Their revealed preference is not to live in freedom, but instead to take potshots at Israel in an attempt to preserve their local support.
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by Uhhrrr 3y ago
I still use it daily. It is a decent substitute.
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by Uhhrrr 3y ago
It's because of laws against charging the market price, which unsurprisingly has led to perverse outcomes. From the article: Landlord groups don’t dispute that thousands of rent-regulated apartments are vacant, and blame 2019 changes t
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by Uhhrrr 3y ago
Having read Anathem recently, I'm disappointed that they aren't taking it upon themselves to learn how to do it by hand.
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by Uhhrrr 3y ago
“While working, I suddenly heard a noise and looked up to find Robert Hughes, the art critic of Time magazine, staring at me in disbelief. ‘But you’re Philip Glass! What are you doing here?’ It was obvious that I was installing his dishwash
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by Uhhrrr 3y ago
Sure, why not.
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by Uhhrrr 3y ago
In practice, there is a hivemind of extremely active editors which will rules lawyer you to death if you introduce a fact they don't like.
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by Uhhrrr 3y ago
No one has formed religions around fake nudes, even despite the fact that it's been possible at least since the first cave paintings.
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by Uhhrrr 3y ago
https://archive.ph/mJwVP
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by Uhhrrr 3y ago
The bit about the new book is interesting, but there's no interview or new info about Watterson himself.
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by Uhhrrr 3y ago
And only one of many. The book obviously never went near a PR person. Highly recommended for anyone with the slightest interest in jazz.

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