chachachoney

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by chachachoney 7y ago
"Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading." It's hard not to break that rule when one sees something posted on topic and in good faith turning gray.
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by chachachoney 7y ago
>> for something he calls adversarial interoperability Cory Doctorow has had a lot of interesting ideas, but he didn't coin the term adveserial interoperability. It's a concept and term that predates the Web, and is absolute
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by chachachoney 7y ago
>> it's not within the ability of publishers and their writers to get rid of these kinds of ads Sounds like a failure of imagination.
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by chachachoney 7y ago
>> Why would you want a current investment of yours to go down? It doesn't make much sense. It makes plenty of sense if financial gain isn't the absolute, single overriding principle guiding their outlook. (Also, this is unl
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by chachachoney 7y ago
Mega platforms are powerful enough to influence political and regulatory processes to their ultimate advantage. Ease of regulation isn't really a good reason to enshrine monopolies.
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by chachachoney 7y ago
Given the number of times facebook has brazenly lied to customers, journalists, regulators, and governments, it seems likely that the situation is probably worse than the picture painted by the article.
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by chachachoney 7y ago
>> Youtube/Google at least has revenue sharing. Barely. It's not like a person can create an account, upload an original video which becomes extremely popular, and receive a single penny in compensation.
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by chachachoney 7y ago
It is really hard to reconcile BoingBoing's behavior as a publisher with their content. This goes far beyond ad tracking. The BoingBoing store sells categories of products (insecure IOT disasters) that the site's editorial content
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by chachachoney 7y ago
The digital economy is predicated on actual users and actual ad impressions --- the growth and effectiveness of both have proven to be grossly misrepresented. That's the bubble which is in imminent danger of popping, and at some point,
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by chachachoney 7y ago
>> It usually boils down to a lot of stress and expense for a string of experiences-on-rails which don't meaningfully connect you to anyone or provide you with anything of lasting value. That's how some people vacation. Ther
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by chachachoney 7y ago
The Gell-Man amnesia effect is quite strong.
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by chachachoney 7y ago
Off topic, but... I've used VLC on all supported platforms for almost as long as it's been in existence: THANK YOU.
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by chachachoney 7y ago
>> Two things puzzle me each time a public figure is shamed for draft dodging the Vietnam war What exactly does this have to do with the article or the discussion at hand?
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by chachachoney 7y ago
It's a nonsensical comparison unless you're well versed in doublespeak.
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by chachachoney 7y ago
If health risks are the concern the focus should be on harm reduction.
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by chachachoney 7y ago
How'd global warming get on that list?
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by chachachoney 7y ago
Could Betteridge's law of headlines apply here?
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NYT reporter hides corporate ties of Sanders critics she highlights(fair.org)
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by chachachoney 7y ago
We really shouldn't encourage the whole paywalled 'articles about articles' phenomenon, especially when said paywalls harm our political discourse in other places by being dishonest about their sources. https://fai
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by chachachoney 7y ago
You're offering up a tabloid source which is ultimately referencing a survey of 11,000 people. >> These studies are hard to find because they get shouted out of the mainstream consciousness. Abstracts for studies are pretty easy
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by chachachoney 7y ago
>> Sorry but this is just crazy. The article was about "virtues of Haskell's strong type system" but you seem to have read it as "Why you should use Haskell and Type driven development in place of your existing C++
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by chachachoney 7y ago
Indeed. Microsoft engaging in said behaviour with Compaq over beOS was directly responsible for my exploration of and ultimate preference for non-MS platforms in all things. It's telling that marketing / branding / repuation
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by chachachoney 7y ago
Just video: https://twitter.com/DukeU/status/1142113774205362176
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by chachachoney 7y ago
You just moved goalposts.
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by chachachoney 7y ago
Correlation does not imply causation and there still isn't enough evidence to support the claim that cat scratches are linked to depression. From the abstract: "Authors suggested that infection with cat parasite Toxoplasma could b
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by chachachoney 7y ago
To your point, do they also turn on in broad daylight when passing roadwork on the interstate, as is required by law in some states?
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by chachachoney 7y ago
How amazingly reductive. Citizens are not governments. I wonder how you'd feel if you or a family member endured a horrible death by firestorm due to the machinations of a government which happens to rule the nation in which you curren
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by chachachoney 7y ago
Everything you've said is equally true of the modern world.
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by chachachoney 7y ago
That's a bit of an oversimplification. The Electronic Frontier Foundation resigned from the W3C for a reason.
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by chachachoney 7y ago
Do you have any evidence that there were actually rockets fired from the building which housed the attackers? If so, please solidify your point and contribute to the discussion by providing it. Equating criticism of either Israel or Zionism

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