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by brymaster 12y ago
> So we're trying to show you ads that you want to see, rather than ads that try to provoke you into clicking (like Buzzfeed articles) Huh, really? Then why aren't you actually doing that? http://imgur.com/a&#x2
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by brymaster 12y ago
Your sarcastic and denialist schtick got old about a year ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6469701 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6360115
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by brymaster 12y ago
> The best resource-friendly browser on OS X is Safari. You may find others having an opposite experience: http://i.imgur.com/qfwwXhw.png :)
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Video game pioneer Ralph Baer dies aged 92(engadget.com)
2 points by brymaster 12y ago|0 comments
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by brymaster 12y ago
> These jokes perpetuate a meme that makes Nigeria poorer. That's absurd. 419/Yahoo-Yahoo and corruption are a big problem there. That makes Nigeria poorer, not jokes.
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by brymaster 12y ago
Nope, nope, nope. This is a thinly veiled attempt to rope the reader into a one-sided narrative about GamerGate. The author, Laura Hudson, has a history of this already. You can google her and find the Wired article or tweets. If you really
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by brymaster 12y ago
Transparency is definitely an eye candy-only thing that provides no benefit and comes with a performance hit too. This volume indicator wasn't fixed in 10.10.1 though http://i.imgur.com/Unh3EA1.png
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The Dark Market for Personal Data(nytimes.com)
7 points by brymaster 12y ago|0 comments
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by brymaster 12y ago
Your reply wasn't a technical one regarding the question, but I think you've been unfairly downvoted as there is actually truth in what you're saying. These are exactly the types of conversations that marketing teams at Apple
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by brymaster 12y ago
> So yes, GPL 3 is hurting open source more than helping it. It comes at no surprise that Microsoft, a company that vehemently spoke out against Free and Open Source Software for so long, would have these views. GPL'd code is about
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by brymaster 12y ago
Actually, it's in Apple's best interests to simply post the sources online and not play fast and loose with licensing as you're suggesting. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-faq.html#W
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by brymaster 12y ago
Really not much to see here, as the author originally did not know Apple uses stone age FOSS tools because of GPLv3. Sources here: http://opensource.apple.com Apple doesn't seem timely in getting sources put up. Wayback Mac
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by brymaster 12y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5926275
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RetroN 5 Console Allegedly Infringes on the Rights of Multiple Emulator Authors(nintendolife.com)
1 points by brymaster 12y ago|0 comments
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by brymaster 12y ago
> Anyway, I hope the FBI gets this freak and put him in the can for as long as they're able to. If only people shared the same feelings about illegal mass surveillance and the lax security of the companies responsible for these brea
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by brymaster 12y ago
I'm halfway through the book right now and I share your same thoughts on this. Most of the dramatizations on the marketing side of things are just cringeworthy. If you haven't already, you'd probably rather read http:/&
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by brymaster 12y ago
> From 4 years working leading teams in an electronic medical software shop, I urge consumers to not assume that vendors will be good stewards of personal data. forget the boilerplate and assurance that data will only be used in an anony
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by brymaster 12y ago
Yes. http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/
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by brymaster 12y ago
The real point is that ABP originally pushed an update that enabled Google Ads by default. That's not an ad blocker. The trust is gone. In the future they can just push more updates with new "features" enabled by default that
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by brymaster 12y ago
The website keeps tracks of "reasons" why using Facebook is a bad idea. That can mean privacy violations (which there is a clear history of and are overwhelming) or issues as a result of a user sharing too much information. Either
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by brymaster 12y ago
> it's not fair to forever judge them by the same set if historical facts Disagree. The spots on the leopard don't simply change and there's no such thing as "anonymous" to Facebook. That's antithesis to the
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by brymaster 12y ago
And the issues you don't consider issues somehow make all the "genuine" issues irrelevant? You know, Facebook's entire history of not giving a shit about privacy. Not only stepping up to the "creepy line" (like
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by brymaster 12y ago
Not even close. Even the EFF archives and acknowledges a lot of these cases. Not every link is weighted equally. Let's talk about: * Partnering with data brokers * Deliberately changing users privacy settings * Beacon (remember that?)
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by brymaster 12y ago
Perfect observation and you're right - the outcome of this social media explosion will be terrifying. Couldn't help but think of: "People resist a census, but give them a profile page and they'll spend all day telling yo
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by brymaster 12y ago
> Facebook is addressing a strong desire for privacy by its users This is some serious horseshit by Arrington. Only a fool would believe this[1]. Facebook's entire history is anti-privacy from the very beginning (here's a nice
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by brymaster 12y ago
And here's his retort to these brash blog posts attempting to portray him as sinister: http://www.salon.com/2014/04/11/michael_lewis_hits_back_at_c...
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by brymaster 12y ago
> there is no need to start making up excuses for it. This seems to come up a lot, but a Mozilla dev already explained it's to protect privacy: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5590988 I'd take their word f
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by brymaster 12y ago
Huh? By your own admission this was once happening. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5008267 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5008829 So when did this change and stop happening?
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by brymaster 12y ago
This article is ancient (pun intended) in terms of paleoanthropology research and apparently comes with some criticism from people in the field: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boskop_Man#Criticisms http://john
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by brymaster 13y ago
To quote te_chris: "On most articles like this it just feels like a bunch of doe-eyed, aspirational men who really want to be rich one day, so don't want to spoil the fun for their future selves." https://news.ycom

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