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by ckastner 8y ago
How is democracy the opposite concept to the military? Or was that just poorly phrased?
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by ckastner 8y ago
The article doesn't say why Denmark, Ireland and Sweden opposed, but from a referenced article [1]: > Spearheaded by France, the plan has met resistance from countries such as Ireland and Sweden, which question the wisdom of the EU
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by ckastner 8y ago
> In under 30 minutes we migrated our code to Stadiamaps without prior knowledge of their API, including deployment. This surprised me. I'm completely ignorant with respects to geoinformation providers, but for some reason, I somewh
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by ckastner 8y ago
> Lots of negativity here, as is unfortunately typical at HN far too often these days. Lot's of objectivity here, I'd say. You admit yourself that "it has all sorts of pros and cons", so why shouldn't the con
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by ckastner 8y ago
QA incurs a cost. It's perfectly natural to dislike this cost, but that's also largely irrelevant: the question (in each specific case) is whether the benefits are worth the cost, or not.
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by ckastner 8y ago
Note that this only addresses the lawfulness of the processing under Article 6 GDPR, which itself is only one of the required principles relating to the processing of personal data that must be upheld under Article 5. Other principles
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by ckastner 8y ago
Cookie clearing is almost certainly not a legal issue; there'd have to be an explicit legal agreement between the setter and the keeper to be an issue in the first place. The "Referer" header is an interesting question. Hypo
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by ckastner 8y ago
The effectiveness of the access control is usually a factor. If there is just a banner hovering over the actual text, and the extension merely removes that banner, than one could question whether there even was an access control in the firs
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by ckastner 8y ago
Reminds me of the fake Apple stores all over China that were closed a few years ago. Interior design was copied, Geniuses with the shirts, and so on. This article [1] mentions 22 stores in one city: [1] https://www.bbc.com/n
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by ckastner 8y ago
> Is there a course of action that's better than outright public denial? Sure. "We are currently investigating this issue and cannot comment until the investigation has concluded and we have determined the attackers, their mo
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by ckastner 8y ago
> They're already on the hook for an enormous liability if it's true Correct, but this liability would (most probably) be based on showing some kind of negligence. > so lying about it isn't really the worst option if
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by ckastner 8y ago
> If any of the reported details cited above were true, we would have every interest—economic, regulatory, and ethical—to be forthcoming about it. That's the key argument. This isn't just a "your word against mine" ty
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by ckastner 8y ago
As a non-native speaker, I would have expected the title to be "Why Google Worries Me". "Worried About" sounds like it's Google who's being negatively affected by this, but that doesn't seem to be the main
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by ckastner 8y ago
> These articles about Elon are interesting to me because Tesla could not have become such a valuable car company in such a short time if it wasn't for Elon, and that includes his personality. > Yet, many couch investors would
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by ckastner 8y ago
A somewhat more extensive research of that quote: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/09/08/640k-enough/
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by ckastner 8y ago
> However, the settlement doesn't sound like a "Kick Out" so much as a 2-year semi-hiatus. Exactly. During that time, let two competent replacements get Tesla back into shape. Get help, then come back if you really must.
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by ckastner 8y ago
Ironically, barring him for two years and appointing two new independent directors would probably be a huge win for Tesla.
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by ckastner 8y ago
If he wouldn't have been able to live with the idea of a settlement, he's probably going to have a really hard time with the outcome of the lawsuit.
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by ckastner 8y ago
> What do you think are the chances of Gwynne Shotwell tweeting SpaceX into the gutter or wrecking its reputation by getting into a tiff with a guy trying to rescue a bunch of kids? This comparison is an excellent point illustrating ju
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by ckastner 8y ago
SpaceX is a genuine astounding success, no doubt about it. My opinion is that this success has clouded his judgment. "Everybody told me SpaceX can't work, and I made it work. Everybody is telling me $THING at Tesla can't work
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by ckastner 8y ago
> If Elon Musk is removed as CEO at Tesla, Tesla is over. What if Tesla's progress wasn't because of Musk, but in spite of Musk? He's chased away dozens of key people and his intolerance for criticism is well known. Apar
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by ckastner 8y ago
The problem is the business model based on the manipulation of individual behavior. Social-media platforms know what you’re seeing, and they know how you acted in the immediate aftermath of seeing it, and they can decide what you will see
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by ckastner 8y ago
> We used all our money to pay a third party contractor to make the app, and they failed miserably Where did you hire/find the third party contractor? Friends of mine, in two separate startups, got burnt badly by those outfits that
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by ckastner 8y ago
> Engage ad blocking visitors > With Funding Choices you can automatically identify ad blocking visitors and ask them to disable their ad blocker especially for your site — or give them an alternative way to fund your content via Cont
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by ckastner 8y ago
> Anecdotally, I am far from alone among my friends and family in perceiving that Amazon's quality, reliability and customer service have degraded sharply in recent years. You can add me to that list. I've had an Amazon account
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by ckastner 8y ago
Perhaps not a universally correct one, but most probably a sufficiently accurate one, given Amazon's continued revenue growth. This is similar to the chronological vs. algorithmic timeline debates in social media: it's annoying to
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by ckastner 8y ago
> I do think feel strong about Bezos plans, but it's a bit of a stretch to claim Amazon is a public good. Totally. Yes, in the past Amazon has as some point contributed to the lowering of prices, by challenging the dominant player
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by ckastner 8y ago
> When an advertiser wants to target a specific group of people, Google doesn’t say “here’s everyone’s private data, good luck”. GOOGLE does the filtering and targeting internally. > I’m sorry but that isn’t evil or bad. It isn't
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by ckastner 8y ago
Consumer protection laws merely ensure that you have recourse. They can't shield you from the disappointment of having been duped with a counterfeit, or the hassle of the resolution process itself.
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by ckastner 8y ago
> Have you established that there are "numerous and credible indications" for all counterfeit products? No, just anecdata, including personal experience. But the anecdata seems widespread enough. > To that end, I'd imag

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