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by bmarquez 7y ago
It's still true. Telegram still uses your phone number to login, even if you never give your phone number to anybody. At least usernames are an option unlike Signal and WhatsApp. I dislike it too, but understand the reasoning behind sp
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by bmarquez 7y ago
What you're asking for is exactly how Telegram works, you can add someone with a phone number or by username, but if you add someone via username they don't see your phone number. Of course, Telegram chats are not encrypted by def
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by bmarquez 7y ago
The "old boys" clubs you mentioned don't exist just for the sake of gaining power. The network just comes naturally as a side-effect of repeated contact with trustworthy people with similar altruistic goals. For example, a st
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by bmarquez 7y ago
The Sony a6400 does this if the Sony app is running on the smartphone, but it drains the camera's battery fairly quickly.
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by bmarquez 7y ago
Ah, I see. I think most are reading more into the divorced part and I'm reading more into the "with two kids and doesn't want any more" part. It sounds like the parent commenter would like to have biological children of
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by bmarquez 7y ago
Why should he feel obligated to raise someone else's kids if he doesn't want to? I'm not understanding the "damaged goods" part of your comment.
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by bmarquez 7y ago
Without clarification it's unclear exactly what NSO stands for. If Google was relatively unknown, it probably would be referred to "America's Google." Also, NSO's founders were members of the Israeli Intelligence Co
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by bmarquez 7y ago
> pharmaceutical, lawyer, and mesothelioma ads aimed at the aging demographic I created a new fake account a while back and for a while many of my ads were about vape pen litigation, similar to TV lawyer ads but for a younger crowd.
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by bmarquez 7y ago
If you're thinking of pre-ordering Luminar 4, I'd strongly urge you to wait for actual reviews or try the demo yourself. I purchased Luminar 3 and it was a sluggish, unstable mess, especially on Windows. They promised many feature
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by bmarquez 7y ago
Perhaps their PR experts have decided not apologizing will cause them temporary pain in the short term, but people have short memories and a new generation of gamers with no recollection of the past will latch on to some future bright shiny
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by bmarquez 7y ago
Apple's walled garden is a double-edged sword. If Apple would allow users to easily* sideload applications like Android, protesters can easily bypass these types of bans. *telling someone to install Xcode or Cydia Impactor and resignin
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by bmarquez 7y ago
It doesn't cost large companies any money to make feel-good progressive political statements on social media. However when it conflicts with their pocketbook, they stay quiet or internally oppose them (example: Zuckerberg trashing Warr
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by bmarquez 7y ago
It's the same tactic that former CIA Director David Petraeus used to send messages to his mistress. It's been around for a while, so investigators look for it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews&#x
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by bmarquez 7y ago
I participated in men's work, not specifically the ManKind Project but a closely related organization. I personally found it helpful doing weekly check-ins and having people holding me accountable to my goals. Unfortunately, the stigma
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by bmarquez 7y ago
Around the time of the parent comment, 12 years ago, Facebook was eating everyone else's lunch. Friendster was dead, Myspace was in decline (mainly because FB opened up to everyone besides college students), nobody I knew in the USA us
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by bmarquez 7y ago
My anecdotal experience is that the "younger and cuter" crowd has moved on to Instagram, or even Snapchat. Many more options in social media than 12 years ago.
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by bmarquez 7y ago
With Instagram contributing to a decline in young adult mental health[1] perhaps Facebook should be taxed so their profit margins drop down to similar levels as health companies. [1] https://time.com/4793331/instagram-so
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by bmarquez 7y ago
They'll never actually admit it though even if it was legal though. Companies would prefer to say they're looking for a better fit or something equally vague.
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by bmarquez 7y ago
Facebook may be a private company but it doesn't absolve them from criticism due to the size of their userbase and influence on society. Antitrust law may also apply since they control Instagram and Whatsapp as well. Sure, you can post
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by bmarquez 7y ago
4chan (and 8chan) have a Global Rule #1 which says you can't post anything which violates U.S. or local laws. Also trolling and racism are quarantined to /b/ I doubt there are any "anything goes" social networks in
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by bmarquez 7y ago
Many people who are actually successful with day trading (as opposed to selling pitchforks to miners) don't like to brag or talk openly, or post flashy pictures on social media. Why? Because they don't need the attention. They don
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by bmarquez 7y ago
Another thing is that anyone banned from other social networks (regardless if the reason is justified or not) will eventually end up on a free speech social network.
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by bmarquez 8y ago
The cynical part of me thinks they'll end up pushing people towards iMessage, Facebook Messenger, and Whatsapp...coincidentally services owned by Californian companies.
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by bmarquez 8y ago
Joyent, the hosting provider, has a history of pulling the rug from under people. Here's an HN discussion of Joyent ending lifetime hosting accounts: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4391669 I also knew someone who
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by bmarquez 8y ago
I was about to make a similar comment. I believe that "fascist" here is being used at a political pejorative (much like right-wingers will call someone "socialist" as an insult.) There are many negative adjectives that c
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by bmarquez 8y ago
Well, so much for sunlight being the best disinfectant. You just know Alex will use the deplatforming to "prove" that the globalists are after him, or something like that. Might have been better to ignore him instead of Apple gett
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by bmarquez 8y ago
This is scary. I rely on a legacy free G Suite account, so if paying users have problems, I'd definitely be screwed. In general I've found it difficult to get a hold of a live human at Google. The one time I was successful was aft
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by bmarquez 8y ago
And what good is "insurance" if you can't see your new doctor due to such bureaucracy, or keep your previous doctor as promised? Health insurance is not same as health care. Remember that.
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by bmarquez 8y ago
You can only convince people that are open to being convinced. Usually I've seen this take some sort of harsh real-world personal experience that contradicts their existing world-view. Personal example: I used to strongly defend Obamac
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by bmarquez 8y ago
I find it interesting that you conflate Trump voters with Alex Jones-style conspiracy theories. They are different subsets, just like your average Hillary voter isn't some mask-wearing rioting antifa.

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