a_imho

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   by a_imho 9y ago

   Stock answers, all of them are expected in any given interview. Want to stand out? Say you are actually interested in earning money for your work, a truly novel idea nowadays.
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   by a_imho 9y ago

   You are not expected to delete data from backups Why not? Wouldn't it be a very convenient loophole to keep user data? Yes, it sounds very complicated, but not like it was introduced overnight.
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   by a_imho 9y ago

   Indeed, obfuscation and sending noise is one obvious countermeasure and that space needs more exploring. Google banned Adnauseam on Chrome just for tinkering with the idea.
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   by a_imho 9y ago

   What is the state of the art in fission that is already available?
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   by a_imho 9y ago

   An app for planning holidays with 1 click What's the closest to this? Is there an app where you can specify a destination/price/date and have a 1 click checkout with your bookings and tickets?
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   by a_imho 9y ago

   it's starting from a more solid ethical foundation What do you base this on?
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   by a_imho 9y ago

   https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16080300
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   by a_imho 9y ago

   mailgun
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   by a_imho 9y ago

   You don't need to enter passwords because you are stuck in a password reset groundhog day scenario. You want to login to Medium yet you need to access your emails first, it makes very little sense actually.
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    by a_imho 9y ago

    Thinly veiled growth hacking.
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    by a_imho 9y ago

    I completely disagree, non-intrusive ('acceptable' etc) ads don't exist, no matter how hard this concept is pushed, period. Nevertheless, pretending Mozilla is not receiving funds from Google (who is already trying to force t
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    by a_imho 9y ago

    Filter certain types of ads by default: Firefox will offer users a simple ad filtering option. We're in the early stages still, researching types of advertisements that should be blocked by default. (Q3) Come on, do the right thing f
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    by a_imho 9y ago

    Consider obfuscating the profile before deleting the account. Whatever delete means in facebook terms.
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    by a_imho 9y ago

    I would personally never pay $10/month for Kapwing, but I’m also not a social media marketer and creator that needs the service. Scratch your itch and all that.
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    by a_imho 9y ago

    How is GDPR different in this regard?
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    by a_imho 9y ago

    IMO the cookie law was good and (ianal) but a banner in your face is not consent, not in an opt-in way at least.
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    by a_imho 9y ago

    And calls it science. Its my life’s work to persuade indie game developers, computer programmers and other ‘smart’ people, that they are wrong and that advertising works. After reading the article I'm more convinced he is wrong. Whic
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    by a_imho 9y ago

    Indeed, Moz://a revenue stream is at odds with privacy.
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    by a_imho 9y ago

    Hackerrank is nonsense, question is how desperate the person is for the job.
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    by a_imho 9y ago

    You don't want to do something against climate change, you just want to mitigate the effects on you. I've might sounded selfish. Obviously reducing footprint is important, but there are several other factors one can't contr
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    by a_imho 9y ago

    Assuming we need to worry about climate change in the short term, what are the best mitigations on individual level? What can a person do to prepare for climate change? Move somewhere less affected? Hoard money/resources?
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    by a_imho 9y ago

    Probably I was not the target audience but I never got the hype with Wave.
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    by a_imho 9y ago

    sortition > voting, at least for choosing representatives
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    by a_imho 9y ago

    I'm neutral, but I was never convinced by Signal's PR pieces. Call me a skeptic but a lucrative field like messaging is always about money. Signal's gimmick was privacy to gain market share, but even if they had a slight edge
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    by a_imho 9y ago

    “The company is a family.” No it is not, and if it were, many companies behave like an abusive parent, where the child keeps giving, and the parent keeps expecting and punishing. I often wonder what happened to being professional. If some
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    by a_imho 9y ago

    I balk at doing screening tests like hackerrank Hackerranking is not a good proxy, unless the job is solving online quizzes. Nevertheless, most can't turn their back on a job opportunity at the very first red flag.
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    by a_imho 9y ago

    Maybe they like phone numbers. Nevertheless Google Authenticator's permissions are in another league completely and one should probably be as suspicious of Google as Facebook. Version 5.00 can access: Camera take pictures and vid
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    by a_imho 9y ago

    It might sound harsh, but from your comment you know exactly what you were doing and the probable consequences. At this point I'm not quite sure simply terminating is the best way forward, sanitizing a profile with disinformation ( o
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    by a_imho 9y ago

    I came to a similar conclusion, the numbers are skewed and don't really add up, though admittedly I have a limited exposure to the pantyhose market. Juicero was VC backed, funding sometimes is not a good proxy to go by. Nevertheless, g
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    by a_imho 9y ago

    broken IP law Unfortunately I think they are working as intended.