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by anoraca 6y ago
My counterpoint would be: do you think that anonymous comments on the internet are a good source of information? Now that we're living in an age where national governments have large teams of people dedicated to spreading propaganda?
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by anoraca 6y ago
So, in your opinion, the only two possible outcomes are extreme cases that are bad? That seems like hyperbole to me.
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by anoraca 6y ago
reference: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/09/deadly-olive-t...
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by anoraca 6y ago
Target and Walmart are making progress. Amazon Pay and Apple Pay are making progress.
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by anoraca 7y ago
Gibson's novel is an extrapolation of current events mixed with science. Your proposal is an extrapolation of conspiracy theories.
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by anoraca 7y ago
100% not anonymous public comments on the internet. Having waded into the waters of r/WallStBets and even some threads on here, there is so much disinformation and propaganda that it's actively harmful to read it.
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by anoraca 7y ago
That used to resonate with me. And then I thought about how just because something worked once, that doesn't mean it isn't extremely risky and likely to fail on future attempts.
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by anoraca 7y ago
Uh oh!
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by anoraca 7y ago
"The AES-128 keys, which we verified are sufficient to decrypt Zoom packets intercepted in Internet traffic, appear to be generated by Zoom servers, and in some cases, are delivered to participants in a Zoom meeting through servers in
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by anoraca 7y ago
Unlikely IMO. "Zoom, a Silicon Valley-based company, appears to own three companies in China through which at least 700 employees are paid to develop Zoom’s software. This arrangement is ostensibly an effort at labor arbitrage: Zoom ca
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by anoraca 7y ago
His "banging of the drums" was literally spreading conspiracy theories. I think that it is fair to criticize him for unscientific fear mongering. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/17/business/me
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by anoraca 7y ago
That was on February 24th, a full week before there was a single case in NYC. Promoting local commerce before the virus reached that area seems pretty far from denying the level of risk presented by COVID-19 on a global scale.
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by anoraca 7y ago
It doesn't even have to be a full on panic attack to raise your heart rate. I notice that when I am feeling anxious or read too much social media/news that my heart rate is elevated as a result.
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by anoraca 7y ago
This does not seem moderate to me https://citizenlab.ca/2020/04/move-fast-roll-your-own-crypto...