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by bmarquez 6y ago
I'm trying out Parler. While I absolutely hated having to add a phone number to sign up, a positive side effect is that I have not run into any obvious troll or bot accounts. So far, it's keeping everyone honest. This will probabl
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by bmarquez 6y ago
I haven't checked if it's happened before, but doxxing is trivial. You can look up anyone's name and address using their callsign on the FCC website: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/search
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by bmarquez 6y ago
> You can flag this comment away Why would this comment be flagged? It's a reasonable statement, Twitter handles have replaced phone numbers in the age of online discourse. Telling someone to join a fringe social network is like say
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by bmarquez 6y ago
The best feature that improved my use of Facebook is the "snooze" button. Whenever someone posts something annoying, like a string of recycled memes or bad political arguments, I hit that snooze button and they disappear from my f
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by bmarquez 6y ago
> the rationale was because Zerohedge allegedly failed to manage their comment section to Google's standards for what other companies do Out of curiosity, is there a precedent for YouTube banning channels based on the channel commen
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by bmarquez 6y ago
Safari is also mainstream because you have no choice but to use it on iOS. Even if you manually install another browser (which can't be made default), you're still using the underlying Safari engine.
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by bmarquez 6y ago
iOS may get updates faster than Android and have emojis, but iOS can't backup or transfer your messages to a new phone. This basic feature has been an open request for nearly 3 years. https://github.com/signalapp/S
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by bmarquez 6y ago
> The Surgisphere registry is an aggregation of the deidentified electronic health records of customers of QuartzClinical, Surgisphere’s machine learning program and data analytics platform. Surgisphere directly integrates with the EHRs
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by bmarquez 6y ago
Yup. Another thing that's common is that people will look at your posting history in order to discredit you, according to that "if you're not with us you're against us" principle. I've seen this happen with pol
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by bmarquez 6y ago
As the article says, leave Instagram too! It's surprising how many of my friends say they don't use Facebook for political reasons but don't see Instagram as the same company.
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by bmarquez 6y ago
> In the least it may result in viable alternatives to Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, and Google springing up. I'm looking forward to this. If smaller social networks (or even federated networks) gain more traction due to this governmen
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by bmarquez 6y ago
> with respect to contrarian coverage of the pandemic How is contrarian coverage "pseudoscience"? An example of contrarian coverage is the suicide rate rising due to the Bay Area stay-at-home order: https://news.ycom
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by bmarquez 6y ago
> Maybe he was ready to retire anyway? The article's revenue estimates are based on Rogan doing more work...setting up subscription programs, keeping up with YouTube's content policies to avoid getting kicked off the platform,
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by bmarquez 6y ago
I was looking for clarity too in the article. The CNBC video is a bit more clear: "We can't stay locked down for such a considerable time that we have irreparable damage and create unintended consequences, including consequences f
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by bmarquez 6y ago
The first thing that came to my mind was Walmart's existing "Ozark Trail" brand of tents and outdoor equipment. I have a few of their insulated cups and water bottles and they're good value for the price. I wonder why th
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by bmarquez 7y ago
> The stark contrast is in reality it is the President that is trying to profit Trump's stake in hydroxychloroquine (which is a generic, and a bit safer than the chloroquine mentioned) is held via a trust and a mutual fund (so no di
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by bmarquez 7y ago
This sounds like Brave browser's model (minus the crypto). How do you plan on handling small payments for millions of websites?
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by bmarquez 7y ago
Zoho Mail only costs $2 more per year vs PurelyMail (it's shown on PurelyMail's website along with other competitors) and also avoids the "one man show" problem. I'm not sure saving $2 a year is worth using a self-p
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by bmarquez 7y ago
I like Shedlock and his blog, Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis. But his article relies on the info shared with the New York Times "The email, which was shared with The New York Times" and it would probably be better to u
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by bmarquez 7y ago
My post was not intended to be a conspiracy theory. The point I'm trying to make is that rewriting comments (or reassigning moderation teams) is worse than straight out deleting or banning...because the potential that people can be mis
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by bmarquez 7y ago
I'm looking forward to Signal introducing basic features like iOS message backup (which exists in the Android version).
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by bmarquez 7y ago
> So Apple will boot an app that gives users the ability to send adult content to other users....? Yes they will, if they're on channels (which are considered public). Not only are Whatsapp groups and Snapchat chats are considered p
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by bmarquez 7y ago
Another issue with Signal -- you can't backup your chat logs on iOS like you do on Android (chat logs are encrypted btw). I'm not sure if that's a Signal issue or an Apple restriction.
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by bmarquez 7y ago
Purely anecdotal, but some men I know who haven't started families* are coasting along and are less aggressive to seek career opportunities. Uber, part-time work, etc. Why put your nose to the grindstone if you don't need to provi
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by bmarquez 7y ago
I've also done multiple Vipassana retreats in the tradition of Goenka. There were "office hours" (around lunch and after the evening meditation) where you could ask questions. I found that the quality of the answers given dep
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by bmarquez 7y ago
In California I occasionally see "11-99 foundation" license plates, for $2500 any non-felon can get one and hope the California Highway Patrol will go easy on them.
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by bmarquez 7y ago
To use your analogy, if I chose to remove all paintings from my wall, you would break into my house to install a painting on my wall to force it into my peripheral vision. Why should someone be obliged to consume information that they'
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by bmarquez 7y ago
> Suppose everyone who doesn't want to act on climate change just filters out any information related to climate change. Do you think that is helpful for the world? If they've already made the conscious decision to filter out t
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by bmarquez 7y ago
100% agreed. Yes there are those who will say that they're creating their own thought bubble, but I'd argue it's already happening especially with regards to mainstream politics. Let me as the user decide for myself (and not
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by bmarquez 7y ago
Glad to hear the EU is cracking down on Booking.com's sales tactics. Unfortunately, those manipulative tactics actually work. I frequently have to remind my mother (in her 70s, and tends to believe everything on the internet) not to ru

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