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1981.
by bertil 16y ago
Those are not the same type of accounts: usually, tinpot dictators have “anonymous” accounts, where the local regulation is that you are not supposed to notice who owns it (but yet, you still recognize him as the owner).
1982.
by bertil 16y ago
I think Anonymous want to force third parties to oppose the rule of law to government's “suggestions” — no political overthrow per se, but trying to force a judge to stand to the precedent of NYTimes vs. USA on Pentagon papers. “Victory” he
1983.
by bertil 16y ago
A significant portion of Swiss residents spend only half of the year in Switzerland: they don't clear their postal accounts every month. ;) They close it when they realize you don't really live in Switzerland, even half-time.
1984.
by bertil 16y ago
The Post Office is actually a Government-owned company. I keep saying that Swiss is a socialist country (the main assets are government-controlled, health and welfare are compulsive, minimum wage is astronomic) but no one believes me… and I
1985.
by bertil 16y ago
Rich are not demonized. People who use their wealth to feel superior and annoy others, who are wealthy enough to set up tax-evasion scheme, who behave as if they can pay to be above the law are demonized.
1986.
by bertil 16y ago
I'll happily take that bet — but please check the local situation first. You remember the Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and its impact on local business? There has been the same disaster, continuously for decades, thanks to oil extracti
1987.
by bertil 16y ago
> Governments are typically terrible financial stewards Well, no: many governments are far more responsible than most individuals. That's not true in counties were everyone criticize the government as strongly as you do in the United St
1988.
by bertil 16y ago
Although some isolated initiative are great (Zuckerberg's pledge to education is presumably very much needed) most private charities are more expensive to manage and often counter-productive. Government redistribution can have in well-run c
1989.
by bertil 16y ago
There is no problem as long as those investing know what they are doing, spend cash they don't need and have valuable skills they can leverage after 50. Chicken Littles like me simply don't want to be quoted by “an idea guy” who wants to “m
1990.
by bertil 16y ago
A lot of research has been done since; the most interesting has to be on “multi-sided platforms”. I'm working on including diffusion on complex network in there too. I am actually teaching that class to Masters in CS & Management, and t
1991.
by bertil 16y ago
Is there any website that does that (permanently, not as a “launch fast, details later” strategy)?
1992.
by bertil 16y ago
A few context elements are missing from this short piece: * “public records” are not public, and for instance, it is illegal for social workers to ask someone in jail what he is in for; the memory of Google Suggested search introduced somet
1993.
by bertil 16y ago
Deleting twits works most of the time; you just don't notice it… I do it all the time for typos, or playing with time zones.
1994.
by bertil 16y ago
If a company manages scale at a pace threatening for Facebook and promises to handle the infrastructure accordingly, Facebook can suggest they become compatible using shared ideas of identity, relation, authorisation and activity streams. T
1995.
by bertil 16y ago
And he didn't even upvote my answer. :…(
1996.
by bertil 16y ago
Sounds more like a proxy jab against Zuckerberg: the other usual suspects are rather confident in public.
1997.
by bertil 16y ago
You do realise that's exactly his point?
1998.
by bertil 16y ago
Firefox seems to have survived this — with targeted buzz on big launch days.
1999.
by bertil 16y ago
The response on here are different than on most other pulications: most people called Jobs rude in his dismissal. Anyone has noticed a age-bias or journalism-bias previously on HN, or it is somethine else?
2000.
by bertil 16y ago
Can't you add a button (either “Join Diaspora to Friend me” for non-members, or “BeFriend on Diaspora” for non-connected members, or “UnFriend of Diaspora” otherwise) on each Diaspora-Profile page? That would allow users to switch their rel