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by bmarquez 6y ago
Agreed. I was previously getting downvoted on the basis of mentioning Trump, but that wasn't the point...this was.
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by bmarquez 6y ago
> Cirne’s wife is a contributor to President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign, another sore point for many New Relic employees even though she has no role with the company...They see his wife’s donations to Trump as antithetical to the
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by bmarquez 6y ago
In theory, you're right. In actuality, unless you have the clout to make others jump through your hoops to contact you, they won't. Example: Donald Knuth doesn't use email. This works fine for him because of his reputation, b
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by bmarquez 6y ago
>Using Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, etc. is optional. Nobody has to use these platforms. Nobody has to use these platforms, unless everyone else is using these platforms. Have you ever been that one person who is being regularly invited
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by bmarquez 6y ago
And Apple continues to cripple progressive web apps in iOS (example: push notifications), unfortunately making this idea not as useful as on Android.
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by bmarquez 6y ago
>First, we will encourage people to add their own commentary prior to amplifying content by prompting them to Quote Tweet instead of Retweet. >Second, we will prevent “liked by” and “followed by” recommendations from people you don’t
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by bmarquez 6y ago
> where the US president is deeply incompetent and a shameless liar, and some seem to think it's biased for the mainstream media to even point those facts out. Deeply incompetent is an opinion, not a fact. So yes, it is a form of bi
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by bmarquez 6y ago
I can confirm this, I recently (within the last month) had to reinstall Windows 10 and was forced to create an account. But I was able to bypass by putting obviously fake credentials (like admin@outlook.com or something similar) and only wh
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by bmarquez 6y ago
It's probably being downvoted because the article literally says "Apple is requesting that Telegram shut down three channels". Durov hopes that blocking them from iOS and not other platforms will satiate Apple's demands,
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by bmarquez 6y ago
I'm not sure why this news isn't getting more traction. Another example of Apple having too much control over iOS app distribution and why sideloading should be allowed.
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by bmarquez 6y ago
Social networks could just disable the Share or Retweet button and I think the problem will solve itself. I miss the old Facebook circa 2007 -- no likes and no shares made it a better experience for me.
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by bmarquez 6y ago
The article compares it to UK based NGO's that don't pay over $1.3m USD. What about US based NGO's? I don't know where to find this data. Lastly, a FAANG may or may not pay more, but they're certainly in a much bett
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by bmarquez 6y ago
Not the original poster but remember hearing something very similar over a decade ago, and I haven't forgotten the statement: "If the Americans are determined to interfere [in a confrontation over Taiwan] we will be determined to
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by bmarquez 6y ago
For one thing, buying a new phone, buying all your apps again for a different app store, and transferring all your data isn't a trivial task. Sideloading is free.
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by bmarquez 6y ago
That implies Facebook posts are an accurate assessment of opinion, and not whatever the algorithms promoted to increase engagement.
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by bmarquez 6y ago
I don't get it, is there something noteworthy about eating a raw onion?
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by bmarquez 6y ago
> but it happens the other way around as well Yeah women do this as well, leveraging their looks, and the HN commenters referring to incels and predators are missing this quote from the article: 'House says overtures on the app are
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by bmarquez 6y ago
I've previously visited the site mentioned in the article and it's basically an RSS reader for "Q" posts. The webmaster didn't create any of the posts, just republished them so people wouldn't have to visit 8ku
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by bmarquez 6y ago
> forcing me to turn on location services when I can easily enter a zip code instead This exists on iOS too. I recently downloaded a wardrobe app that refused to let me select clothes for hot or cold weather unless I turned on location s
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by bmarquez 6y ago
> As more and more toxic conservative garbage gets reshared, progressives start ditching Facebook. I think this is a function of the friends you have, and what Facebook assumes you like to see based on the pages your friends like (lookal
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by bmarquez 6y ago
> Sure you have an alternative - Android. iOS has 52% marketshare in the US. If over half of Americans are locked out of your product, that's not much of an alternative. Continuing your retail analogy, you can drive to Target, Walma
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by bmarquez 6y ago
Arizona Iced Tea...haven't bought it lately but they used to put 99 cents on the packaging. In some places like liquor stores, I've seen it sold for over 99 cents. Also, the comparison between Apple and retail isn't fair. If
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by bmarquez 6y ago
> Epic isn't fighting for the little guy Nobody is fighting for the little guy, but this is still advantageous for the consumer. Apple is even fighting with Facebook, since you are forbidden to disclose the 30% cut with consumers.
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by bmarquez 6y ago
This just makes it risky for the consumer to rely on 'Sign in with Apple', especially for cross-platform applications. I found it extremely convenient especially from a privacy perspective (your name and email are hidden) but the
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by bmarquez 6y ago
I find this document strange because it calls Hispanics "Latinx" which is not commonly used except in activist contexts. Latino/latina would make a lot more sense.
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by bmarquez 6y ago
It's true that you can't argue with data, but what if you're not allowed to collect the data. How can you criticize what you can't measure? As an example, NYC contact tracers were forbidden[1] to ask if people attended a
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by bmarquez 6y ago
> to include more items and more perks, like shipping as fast as same day for orders of at least $35 Walmart shipping is already free with a $35 dollar order, it's just 2 day instead of 1 day. I hope they would have lowered that min
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by bmarquez 6y ago
Apple has 52.4% mobile marketshare in the US[1] The Justice department has said that more that 50% is generally required to be considered a monopoly power, but 70% is a stronger case[2] (not a lawyer, if someone can parse this better please
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by bmarquez 6y ago
I have no particular love for Facebook, but good for them. It's one thing to charge a 30% app tax to sign up for "Jasper's Cooking Class" on an iOS device, but it's even worse to ban disclosure of that tax. Forbid
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by bmarquez 6y ago
> this is a PR stunt and nothing more Apple has banned Microsoft xCloud, NVIDIA GeForce NOW, and Google Stadia from existing on iOS (from the article). Epic may not be doing this out of the kindness of their hearts, but they do have the

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