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by choward 7y ago
Do you really think people know what they are giving up when they sign up for one of those? Are the stores being up front about what they are doing with your data? Of course not. It's buried in pages of TOS. When you're rushed at
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by choward 7y ago
That's pretty fascinating. Do you have a reference?
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by choward 7y ago
You're right. I have the same criteria so I rarely buy electronics.
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by choward 7y ago
Don't they skim like 30% or something crazy like that off the top of every purchase? If so, I wouldn't call it "solved".
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by choward 7y ago
I agree completely. I stopped reading the article after that. One of the most naive things I've read. Even if there writer is correct, how would you know? You wouldn't.
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by choward 7y ago
This is one of the things I can't stand about MacOS. I feel like every little thing my OS should be doing for me I have to pay for. $5 to remap my power key? No thanks. I also can't believe there aren't window tiling shortcut
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by choward 7y ago
I wonder if "Cauc" would be flagged.
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by choward 7y ago
This is what's considered innovation. It's not innovative in that he's solving a problem but just an innovative way to try make more money.
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by choward 7y ago
No company would ever do that, right? Especially a social media company. Clearly there would be public outrage and their stock would plummet.
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by choward 7y ago
> Not all residents drive. That's why I bumped it to $10.
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by choward 7y ago
What's to stop those same insurance companies from using it for marketing purposes?
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by choward 7y ago
They hardly made any money. That's only 4 dollars per resident. That's ridiculous. I'd rather they just tax me another 10 dollars than give away my information without consent.
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by choward 7y ago
The only reason you had to explain it was sarcasm is of course you should care. You sound like one of those "I have nothing to hide" people even though having something to hide is completely irrelevant. You're being spied on
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by choward 7y ago
Snowden discusses the issues with defense contractors and how they came to be in his book. It's pretty interesting. I'm not saying you can be sure about some guy saying something in a book, but it's pretty convincing and I wo
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by choward 7y ago
I receive these popups multiple times per day. It is rare that I actually want notifications from your web site (or mobile app). Messaging is one of the few use cases that comes to mind but even then I don't always want to be notified.
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by choward 7y ago
You seriously enjoy your work so much that you don't have anything you would rather be doing? Not even a side project? You must be working on the coolest thing ever.
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by choward 7y ago
My biggest problem with the "serverless" term is that it's a solution to a few different problems conflated into one term. * Not having to manage a server. * Not having to have dedicated resources which can be wasteful. * Hav
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by choward 7y ago
I agree. I love when my dates sort fine as normal strings. It's easier to read too imo.
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by choward 7y ago
The main reason I prefer renting e-bikes instead of using my own bike isn't the electric power. It's the convenience and not having to worry about my bike getting stolen. If I only want to bike one way and not round trip, no worri
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by choward 7y ago
You must be doing something wrong if reinstalling your OS causes you to lose anything important. For starters it helps making your /home directory a separate partition.
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by choward 7y ago
How does that solve anything? Your WiFi should already be password protected anyway. It's other people's routers with open networks you need to worry about.
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by choward 7y ago
It's anecdotal but I wasn't confused at all.
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by choward 7y ago
I honestly didn't think of linked in whatsoever when I read that name.
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by choward 7y ago
That's pretty ridiculous. If Microsoft complained about this I would lose a lot of respect for them. This doesn't threaten linked in whatsoever. What other names can't be used because linked in exists? The possibilities are e
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by choward 7y ago
What's your definition of "no business being there"?
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by choward 7y ago
People don't seem to understand this. If you have nothing to hide would you mind if the government went through your house whenever they felt like it? It can be done in a way that doesn't inconvenience you like only when you'
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by choward 7y ago
All the "apps" you mentioned should just be well designed web sites. No reason for an app.
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by choward 7y ago
What about when Apple decides to change things up or get rid of that feature? In my opinion, you don't really fully own your data until you own the software you use to interact with it.
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by choward 7y ago
The problem I see with this as with most other projects linked in this thread is that they aren't actually "solutions". They're just ideas. You need programming and/or sysadmin experience to even begin using these a
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by choward 7y ago
Here are some examples: https://solidproject.org/use-solid/apps The problem though is the same with all self-hosting: maintaining a server. It looks like you're just on your own if you want to use a "solid&qu

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