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by auiya 7y ago
History has always proven in any system where there is a great power/responsibility granted to a group, no matter how many levels of oversight, there will always be some level of abuse at one or more of those levels.
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by auiya 7y ago
Yeah? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleptography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbleed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellshock_%28software_bug%29 https://www.c
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by auiya 7y ago
The argument is that you use those products and give them that information voluntarily, however under-handed the tactics are to get you to volunteer that info. Law enforcement surveillance isn't voluntary.
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by auiya 7y ago
Probably used for things like terrorist watch lists, national security ventures, etc... highly doubtful it's used for domestic law enforcement purposes. The US wants to know when foreign nationals of interest attempt to enter/exi
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by auiya 7y ago
Also, although we know there is water ice at the poles, it's locked under a cap of frozen CO2 between 1 and 8 meters thick. This sub-surface water ice between the polar regions is comparatively much more accessible, only 2.5cm below t
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by auiya 7y ago
It feels like an intelligence shakedown. Nginx has a rather large install base. FSB would love to have an entry point in it I'm sure, or maybe they previously had one and are trying to gain it back?
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by auiya 7y ago
Right, and Second Life was supposed to be a social gathering place and not at all a place for penises of every type and description to be put on display. Attempting to predict how a social network will behave is utterly futile.
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by auiya 7y ago
> "social media incentives frequently lead to attention being focused on content and conversation that sparks controversy and outrage, rather than conversation which informs and promotes health." This seems to run anathema to t
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by auiya 7y ago
Also missing from the list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milkman
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by auiya 7y ago
Our political leaders in the US attempt to knock-up all their constituents as well, but to a much different effect.
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by auiya 7y ago
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining
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by auiya 7y ago
> Sounds like real estate investment in high density and highly educated cities would be optimal here given your assessment There are stock market ETFs which do precisely this.
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by auiya 7y ago
I guess one could make the argument that our steadily rising healthcare costs are the reason take-home wages have been stagnant since the '60s. Companies are steadily paying more and more in healthcare costs and can't afford to r
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by auiya 7y ago
Anecdotal counterpoint - I have an MS degree in information security from a top-tier engineering school that cost me $70k, am gainfully employed, and still have quite a difficult time paying this debt off. So no, this isn't universall
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by auiya 7y ago
I think the student lending fiasco will be far worse than the sub-prime lending crisis. Although the amount of liquid assets and equity in the sub-prime lending debacle was an order of magnitude larger than the student loan crisis, the out
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by auiya 7y ago
I'm a subscriber, mostly because of YouTube Music. I wanted a music platform where I get push notifications of new music by artists I follow. This feature is broken in Spotify and they have no plans to fix (their words). It seems li
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by auiya 7y ago
> I dont see anything else coming out of non-Google alphabet of meaningful significance YouTube. But in general I agree with you.
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by auiya 7y ago
An Australian/British graphic designer who has been making graphic design resources in support of WikiLeaks and Julian Assange for ~10 years[1]. [1] https://www.gofundme.com/f/aussies-bring-assange-home-poster...
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by auiya 7y ago
I disagree. You don't lose hardware level flexibility, you gain hardware level flexibility. "Oh you wanted to only use 256GB memory and X CPU cycles during this time period, unless Y event occurs in which case boost to 1024GB an
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by auiya 7y ago
> most often about perf optics I've found once most companies reach a certain size, from an employee perspective they become less results-driven and more perf optics driven.
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by auiya 7y ago
Having left FAANG in 2012, what I discovered is you become so highly specialized due to the way those orgs have to scale, that you are no longer the "jack of all trades" type person small-to-medium sized orgs want to hire. For in
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by auiya 7y ago
Even if this does end in inevitable train wrecks, this concept would make an incredible TV show pitch.
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by auiya 7y ago
The taxi service in London is generally quite robust. Drivers have to pass a rigorous exam prior to certification, and the cars used are just awesome. Visiting there from the states and using their taxis was quite a pleasant experience I
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by auiya 7y ago
Would it be possible for Iranians to acquire a satellite internet signal outside the purview of the state-run Iranian ISPs? I understand many TV signals are received in the middle east this way, especially areas where last-mile cable conne
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by auiya 7y ago
I don't know why everyone is so pessimistic about Stadia. All my Google+ circles are super excited about it.
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by auiya 7y ago
Hoarding wealth at that scale -should- be vilified. It's a villainous and immoral position to take given today's level of wealth inequality.
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by auiya 7y ago
Philanthropy on that level is generally done to protect one's wealth from taxation, and has little to do with moral compassing, empathy, or generosity.
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by auiya 7y ago
OP didn't say anything about ratios or scaling, just offered 1c rice as that's generally enough for 2-3 servings at a time. And it just happens that 1c water is generally the right amount for this and is easy to remember.
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by auiya 7y ago
That's quite a concerted way of displaying his complete lack of empathy. Imagine if he put the same effort into bettering humanity rather than chasing wealth and snubbing nose.
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by auiya 7y ago
These 4 European countries still have it [1]. Apparently it's difficult to enforce, probably for reasons touched on in this thread. [1] https://www.businessinsider.com/4-european-countries-wealth-...

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