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by blunte 5y ago
The big objection some of us have to those who idolize Trump is that he's only really successful at one thing - conning people. He has people for decades, extracting opportunities (which are losses for the bankers, investors, and &quot
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Ask HN: Complete Deepfake Nudes – The Future?
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Denver International Airport was built in a very questionable area outside of Denver (there's quite a political story behind that). But one of the unexpected outcomes of this location choice was the interaction between wildlife and th
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Oh My God that Sinclair cookie stuff. I could never get to the actual article. Also I know they are a horrible media company, working against humanity in so many ways; but I digress. If there was ever an appropriate time to say it, it&#x2
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On a base with top secret information, I'm amazed there would be private phones in operation there. The government may be pretty stupid about some things, but they absolutely know the 1000+ threat vectors within modern mobile phones.
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But in these (dis?)information games, it wouldn't be difficult to setup a fake scenario like this just to make one's opponents feel really underpowered. Imagine the fun of building a nice cool futuristic mockup, putting in on a tr
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Well, I might pay $5/yr for an image service that sometimes works, with a side of comedy. It's better than some of the free options...
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I'm not sure there's any definite way to erode trust these days, since the most polished and believable sites can (and often do) completely betray the trust they instill or profess to uphold. Perhaps the creator is truly tired of
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If Skype is an example of Scrum done well, perhaps that explains why Skype has been very unreliable from and end user perspective for 5+ years... the kind of unreliable where more than half of the outgoing calls are met with instant "S
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A place to start looking would be Tutanota. How they measure up in all respects is unclear to me, but they seem to be genuinely trying to be as private as they can.
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Asking the question about HN manipulation, when several other people have been asking, "How is this on HN", is unreasonable? Is HN somehow immune from the manipulation that much larger, much better funded sites have experienced (w
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This happened to me several times with my 2017 XPS, and as well to my business partner with the same laptop. It would get so hot that you could barely touch it to pull it out. I'm amazed there were no fires from this.
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Is it possible that troll farms are slowly building up HN accounts which they can use to push something to the front page?
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And again, just because other companies do bad things doesn't mean it's ok. Also, most of these other companies exist because they provide a real, needed service to people. Facebook creates the need (artificial) for the services
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The mistrust in Facebook's self-policing comes from the times they have buried internal studies which show that they're doing a poor job, or from intentionally making it difficult for outsiders to illustrate that they're doin
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by blunte 5y ago
This is now off-topic, but ... > It's not quite difficult to leave. It's actually very easy. The process of getting citizenship elsewhere can take a while. But if you leave and renounce US citizenship, there are many countries
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by blunte 5y ago
Google gets trashed on because it was so bold about "do no evil" for so long, and because it keeps wrongly shutting down people's accounts. Oh, and because of its handling of internal sexual harassment and ethics complaints.
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The human trafficers, in some cases, are just simply ignorant. Some are intentionally malicious, but some are just born into a way of thinking and operating (which is often supported by their society and government). They can, in theory,
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The argument "if I don't do it, someone else will" is not effective. Sure, someone else just might. But it doesn't have to be you (the theoretical FB employee). You can take your talent and brainpower elsewhere, espec
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by blunte 5y ago
There's a big difference here. Facebook's apparent purpose is to capture audiences and feed them ads. Cisco's purpose (was... I have no idea what they're up to these days) it to enable low level communication via their
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If one is born in the US, it's quite difficult to leave. Even if you leave, it's a long process to become a citizen elsewhere and give up your US citizenship. But one who chooses to work at Facebook (and reads HN) must know what
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by blunte 5y ago
I thought about suggsting this, but that's too risky. False positives are unacceptable here because of the potential repercussions. Now, reporting those people to the authorities for investigation might be ok, but that assumes the aut
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I'm not convinced the authorities in those countries really object to the practices. Normally I would agree about bans pushing the activity into shadowy places, but at least in this case it would probably limit the exposure to just the
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What amazes me is that we know HN is full of FB employees/devs. How can someone work for a company that has such a history of doing or allowing dirty deeds, often suppressing the evidence. Starting from the very top of Facebook, it is
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by blunte 5y ago
This pressure should be applied to the very top - eliminating trade with countries where these behaviors are common. And US companies should choose to not, and perhaps should be banned from, operating in countries where their services are u
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by blunte 5y ago
True most buildings aren't designed for it, and they are already covered with antennas and AC units and such. But weight is not an issue for light aircraft. For example, the Robinson R44 (4 place heli) is only 660kg empty. The Airbus
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If you live anywhere where people love Harleys and Dodge Ram trucks with aftermarket exhausts, then 65 is luxury levels of quietness. Also, whether in my small village or in a fancy suburb, there seems to always be someone with a 2 cycle, m
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There are probably enough people of financial means who are willing to pay for expensive and much faster taxi service, especially if they can go to the roof of the building they're currently in to depart. There are lots of reasons why
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> A Pelosi spokesperson said that she does not personally own any stocks and that the transactions are made by her husband. "The Speaker has no prior knowledge or subsequent involvement in any transactions," said the spokespers
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I'm trying desperately to remember specifics. I love to travel, and food is my #1 or #2 focus when I travel. So I try a lot :). Places and be hit or miss, or at least vary in experience over time or depending upon various factors. B

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