bun_at_work

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by bun_at_work 5y ago
Why would they buy the data when they can subpoena it?
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by bun_at_work 5y ago
> How is this different from Apple ? This is a desktop OS. You're comparing Windows 11 not letting users select which browser they'd prefer on a PC OS to iOS, which is a phone OS. A more apt comparison would obviously be to com
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by bun_at_work 5y ago
Does MS have an ad business? Also, as I understand it, Google made a browser to ensure competitors couldn't lock out users from Google's search at the browser level. While they get data they can use to improve advertising, it does
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by bun_at_work 5y ago
Why does Microsoft feel the need to force adoption of their browser? The browser comes installed, and is not the best browser (for everyone, at least). If a user wants to change the browser, why does that matter to MS so much? I'm genu
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by bun_at_work 5y ago
How does the dislike button indicate propaganda? It seems most people are engaging with YouTube in the same bubbles as any other social media platform. The "propaganda" videos I see (when searching for them) on YouTube don't
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by bun_at_work 5y ago
You're saying hiding the discovery of novel, profitable, drugs because profits from the existing treatment is widespread? I'm not saying the pharma companies pursue all possible opportunities to research/create new drugs, jus
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by bun_at_work 5y ago
Can you provide an example of a treatment people would like that 'big pharma' wouldn't produce because they couldn't make a profit on it? This is such a ridiculous argument, IMO. As a thought experiment consider somethin
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by bun_at_work 5y ago
This is - imo - the biggest issue with traffic everywhere. It's a game theory problem, where being greedy is often the best move.
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by bun_at_work 5y ago
It seems like it is opt-in. Just that the opt-in happens with the pop-up described in the link you mentioned [0]. I recall both seeing the pop-up and opt-ing in now that I see the pop-up. [0] https://support.mozilla.org/en-U
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by bun_at_work 5y ago
Seems like they don't actually say opt-in. In any case: Settings -> Privacy and Security -> Address Bar -- Firefox Suggest -> Contextual Suggestions -> Include Occasional Sponsored Suggestions For me it's selected, so
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by bun_at_work 5y ago
This isn't really small startups competing, though. It's a state sponsored/backed entity with more goals than just disrupting the market.
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by bun_at_work 5y ago
It seems like a lot of these pay sources use total compensation as their metric, although I'm not 100% certain of that. If that's the case, though, things start to get real fuzzy talking about salary. If you're at a startup w
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by bun_at_work 5y ago
The problem is how to do you make that signature or digital artifact accessible by the general public. Any visual artifact can be mocked, so we end up with the same problem as clickbait titles, where the conclusion one arrives at from just
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by bun_at_work 5y ago
This is fairly accurate, based on my understanding of how our reserve currency system works (in the US). However, it's not quite accurate that printing more money doesn't create wealth. The ability of our financial system to creat
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by bun_at_work 5y ago
This is super exciting. Every single "free" service that is supported by ad revenue should have a counterpart that is paid instead. I'm excited to try this, although I do tons of search from iOS, and want to know if this can
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by bun_at_work 5y ago
I don't know enough about SEO/web crawlers, so this might be a silly question, but there is a way to identify SEO optimized websites, right? Isn't there a special file or something? Not sure if it'd be optimal, but dropp
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by bun_at_work 5y ago
Once upon a time Google Search was there to help you find those small online communities.
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by bun_at_work 5y ago
How is the price inflation natural? The supply-demand relationship is unnaturally muddled with when someone restricts supply by purchasing all the tickets at once, especially with automated tools average consumers don't have/use.
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by bun_at_work 5y ago
Isn't this a browser?
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by bun_at_work 5y ago
Ah yeah, AD is another reason it stays around, however, like DirectX, it can be replaced. It's a ripe market opportunity.
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by bun_at_work 5y ago
The knock on backwards compatibility isn't a complaint about backwards compatibility, per se. It's about how so much of the OS is held back due to that support for old software. The trash menus I'm referring to, while the lan
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by bun_at_work 5y ago
Will uninstalling be an option? They say it's integrated, so that seems unlikely.
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by bun_at_work 5y ago
Now is the time to abandon Windows. I don't know what can replace it right now, for non-technical users, but the market is ready for an OS that isn't tied to hardware (MacOS) and doesn't require as much expertise or effort as
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by bun_at_work 5y ago
If moderating their content is necessary to maintain a healthy platform (in terms that our society determines), then their inability to moderate that content means they are too big and need to be cut down to a manageable size. What real goo
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by bun_at_work 5y ago
I agree that you shouldn't work yourself to the bone for someone else's profit, but ADHD can be insidiously crippling, at least for me. Seeing a doctor and getting medication (I don't take amphetamines) has been super helpful
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by bun_at_work 5y ago
This is an outrageous statement. Thomas Sowell is a widely cited and studied economist. Many people study his work (including myself!). What does his being black have to do with anything? There is no group of people ignoring him for being b
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by bun_at_work 5y ago
Diversity of skin color is meaningful in many ways, but that's not the greatest example. Policies that have changed in recent years include giving transgender individuals protected class status, as well as gay marriage being legal, fed
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by bun_at_work 5y ago
> They don't really take a lot of actions to back it up. Is this why more groups have been added to the list of protected classes? Is this why our current administration is one of the most diverse to ever exist? I get the twitter ou
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by bun_at_work 5y ago
> when the debts are due it holds the economy back. This is just wrong. The only debt that holds the economy back is debt that didn't actually generate growth. If you borrow to start a business, you are stimulating the economy with
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by bun_at_work 5y ago
I can't do this topic justice from memory, but you seem to be genuinely interested, so I'll say what I can. It seems related to the petrodollar system. This is where the world uses USD for energy (OPEC only sells oil for dollars).

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