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901.
by autoexec 7mo ago
I wouldn't be surprised if they can't tell the difference between a person and pet. Also wouldn't be surprised if they used that data to push pet food ads at you somewhere or just sold that info to a data broker.
902.
by autoexec 7mo ago
> CEO claiming we have AGI is newsworthy. If nothing else it should help make plain to more people that CEO is an idiot who can be ignored.
903.
by autoexec 7mo ago
> but that analogy carries a lot of real-world weight that doesn't map cleanly to software decisions It's imperfect. We have way more choices in domestic partners than we do with operating systems but I think there are a lot of
904.
by autoexec 7mo ago
Sometimes companies will make more money by refusing to give consumers what they want. Collusion is also extremely profitable. A competitor that isn't interested in playing along can be bought out, but once shareholders get involved th
905.
by autoexec 7mo ago
> Most people want a computer that works with their software. I suspect that most people don't run much software at all outside of their web browser and wouldn't notice any difference between using chrome in windows and using c
906.
by autoexec 7mo ago
If you look at the massive increase in, for example, CEO salaries over the last few decades why was nobody worried about inflation then? "Pay people more" seems to be just fine as long as it's only certain people. Once the wr
907.
by autoexec 7mo ago
In addition to collecting all the metadata they also collect the voices of children recorded in voicemails. Their policy says that the information they collect is used to "Send you marketing communications (see the section below for in
908.
by autoexec 7mo ago
It'd be extremely out of the norm for telco companies. Tin Can uses the calls and voicemails to collect data on children and sell that to others. That has zero to do with lawful interception. The moment Tin Can becomes popular enough y
909.
by autoexec 7mo ago
The mail I care about doesn't look like ad copy. It's usually plain-text or at least reads fine when displayed that way. It comes from people I know and/or care about. Attached images don't display by default. Remotely h
910.
by autoexec 7mo ago
> I'm forced to confront the fact that either I'm wrong about its fundamentals, or the market is able to be irrational for longer than I find reasonable. Either way, Windows in my mind, represents a world I'd like to leav
911.
by autoexec 7mo ago
> Nope, if nobody trains the models on new data you have at some point an outdated model. As people train the models on new data they'll be increasingly training on AI output including hallucinations and slop. More garbage in means
912.
by autoexec 7mo ago
Most distos have already made the choice to accept systemd knowing it'd be filled with feature creep and bloat, this is basically just getting more of what they asked for. Nearly everyone is going to have to find someplace to implement
913.
by autoexec 7mo ago
I think that cable represents a lot of failures that don't need to repeated. If someone were serious about starting an ad-free subscription service there are things they can do to help ensure it stays ad-free. An easy one would be cont
914.
by autoexec 7mo ago
> There is also a different kind of increased safety. There is no driver. No weird conversations about slaughtering goats, no sexual advances. No worrying that your driver is going to assault you or attempt to kidnap you. There are also
915.
by autoexec 7mo ago
The Center for Building in North America has been aggressively pushing for these single stairwell reforms all over the country. Stephen Smith, writer of that report, is the founder of that group as well as the founder of Quantierra a real e
916.
by autoexec 7mo ago
Considering how long ago it was written it's both surprising and unfortunate how relevant it is to where we are now
917.
by autoexec 7mo ago
> Sriracha, Costco are brands you likely know that dont advertise This was a Costco ad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i5CQVfmx-0
918.
by autoexec 7mo ago
Transmetropolitan was pretty good.
919.
by autoexec 7mo ago
Thanks for that! Vaughan is great. It's funny that it's a digital release considering the topic. That small sense of unease I feel each time I feed my personal and credit card data into yet another website should only enhance the
920.
by autoexec 7mo ago
> At the price of making people's lives miserable due to substandard housing if it's done wrong. I'm curious to see how Austin will do in the near future by that same metric. More people can afford a place that will let th
921.
by autoexec 7mo ago
> It's not like those who ostensibly make the laws don't know and approve, and probably intentionally implemented that. In theory we should have to power to vote out those lawmakers and elect new ones who will pass the laws we
922.
by autoexec 7mo ago
> But, why do private organizations so willingly participate in the tracking ecosystem? Because it makes them money and that's literally the only thing they care about. They'd do anything for money and the only reason they ever
923.
by autoexec 7mo ago
The companies handing your data over to the government are apple, google, microsoft, and every ISP, every social media platform, and every cell phone provider in the country. What now? You going to throw out every computer you own and never
924.
by autoexec 7mo ago
I think that the problem is that it absolutely does violate the constitution, we just have judges willing to defend it and say otherwise even when it clearly allows for exactly what the fourth amendment was intended to prevent.
925.
by autoexec 7mo ago
> Too many people in these threads jumping to anti-Trump when the real issue is how quick we are to give up our our privacy Both things are very real problems.
926.
by autoexec 7mo ago
Explicitly outlawing the practice is good, but since they've already been participating in the violation of our rights and knowingly profiting from it there should be consequences. I'd be perfectly fine with going after companies
927.
by autoexec 7mo ago
facebook is evil for many different reasons, but for a government looking to spy on its own citizens cloudflare is much more attractive target. That said, I have no doubt that they're collecting copious amounts of data from both compan
928.
by autoexec 7mo ago
US companies don't even care if something is illegal as long as they know the slap on the wrist they get will be a small fraction of they money they made with crime. Most of the time the US government just wants a cut of the action. Go
929.
by autoexec 7mo ago
The problem is that it is weird. It's the smart/right thing to do, but countless people mindlessly install whatever they're told to install or whatever looks fun. We hand mobile devices over to children who have no idea why t
930.
by autoexec 7mo ago
cloudflare is more everywhere than facebook

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