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by cooper12 9y ago
The mere threat of being surveilled already does a ton of damage to readers and editors. (although Wikipedia was in one of the NSA's leaked slides as a target [0]) It has a chilling effect [1] on users. A study even found that traffic
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by cooper12 9y ago
The difference is, when those cuts happen, they'll just focus their blame and discontent on "those cheapos" who aren't tipping instead of Uber itself. The service industry has already perfected this tactic.
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> This will set a dangerous precedent and cost businesses a lot of money and adding zero value to most existing paying customers. Unluckily for you, we as a society decided that we will accommodate those with disabilities rather than jus
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by cooper12 9y ago
Did you miss the part in the article and its title where it said the man suing is blind? For someone who can't see, a website actually is a better interface to "buy groceries and prescription drugs".
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by cooper12 9y ago
Not really, there are some situations where the deal is too heavily skewed for it to be favorable for you. In human terms "I'm not willing to pay this much for this". What AI might actually consider bugs would be stuff like p
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by cooper12 9y ago
At my local library the loudest people aren't those on their phones or laptops, but the chess players. It really surprised me considering chess can be played completely non-verbally other than calling "check". Every time I&#x
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by cooper12 9y ago
There's nothing inherently wrong with an app store as long as you can choose alternate stores (like F-Droid) or are able to sideload. (as OSX allows) The issue occurs when you're locked in to Apple's store so you're at t
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by cooper12 9y ago
Just because it's a tech forum, doesn't mean it's immune from social issues. This fetishization of "objectivity" (like there's such a thing) is one of the reasons tech has such a problem with it. I wish we coul
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by cooper12 9y ago
That's just for the Tool Labs (tools.wmflabs.org).
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by cooper12 9y ago
A techbro is actually a specific group. Similar to a fratbro. It was my generalization of the term "brogrammer". And I wouldn't really react to such a statement because firstly it's naive, and second it's based on i
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by cooper12 9y ago
> never really go anywhere Better to sweep them under the rug and pretend they don't exist then. > there are already better fora Such as? This is a tech forum, one of places which currently has a lot of issues with sexism and dis
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by cooper12 9y ago
> So I guess its up to private industry in the US to tackle climate change. While I'm guessing you're referring to those like the solar industry, it doesn't matter if the rest of the manufacturers don't follow along.
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by cooper12 9y ago
It's possible that the margins are meant to be cropped by the printer. Though more likely it's just an optimization of line-length, font size, and ink usage. (since ink costs more than paper)
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by cooper12 9y ago
What on earth does anything in this article have to do with SJWs? Are they just the latest bogeyman to stand for "everything I don't like" for you?
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by cooper12 9y ago
I was speaking in general terms. And there is a thumbnail.
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by cooper12 9y ago
I think a big caveat here is "in cities". The author is from Seattle so I think they're writing from a perspective of someone for whom downtown is the furthest place they have to commute in a day. The other example given in t
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by cooper12 9y ago
Well gender is part of someone's identity, so it's important to get it right. If you misgendered a person in real life, it might make them feel insecure about their looks and features and hurt their self-esteem. (a man might for e
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by cooper12 9y ago
Let's be real though, those who need it the most won't go live in another culture exactly because they're so attached to their own. Education is a cheaper way to get the necessary exposure. Regarding your second point, I did
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by cooper12 9y ago
Between two people, it's just called sexual selection. When I think eugenics, I think of it happening on a more systematic scale like the sterilization of the poor. ( http://www.salon.com/2016/01/29/americ
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by cooper12 9y ago
One reason I think everyone should go to college is to gain exposure to cultures completely different from theirs and lose their sheltered and ethnocentric mindset. (the best place to start is on the Nacirema [0]) It's no surprise that
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by cooper12 9y ago
The problem with the previous blob emoji was that they weren't as neutral as you think. [0] For example, Information Desk Person all the way to the right in this image [1] is obviously a woman. The second emoji with dancing has a rose
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by cooper12 9y ago
Does anyone else find the timing of the leak being the day before I/O interesting? I wonder if it was meant to preemptively address some of the inevitable concerns the event would raise about Apple's lineup and assuage potential d
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by cooper12 9y ago
When did I ever say that? I was actually going to mention Stuxnet in my comment ( http://i.imgur.com/ZPcpudl.png ) but decided not to for whatever reason. Don't be so quick to assume things.
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by cooper12 9y ago
> The article title sounds as if it used to be a mere utility process until this guy That's a good point as it makes it seem like anyone preceding him had no creativity or standards. That's titles for you though, interesting al
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by cooper12 9y ago
Except both countries are well known for sponsoring such hackers. The "state-sponsored" part often factors in largely in the sophistication and scale of attacks. You don't need that to badly forge documents.
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by cooper12 9y ago
The title refers more to the physical book process itself rather than just the contents. That's why the article spends paragraphs talking about his meticulous choices in ink and paper, and trivialities like silk that will show in the b
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by cooper12 9y ago
I think you meant to comment on this article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14333686
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by cooper12 9y ago
Why is it that anytime a women's cause comes up, someone always has to chime in with "but what about men"? Organizations are formed by people with a common vision. You can contact them or participate to try to get them to exp
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by cooper12 9y ago
The point of modern emoji is that their look is standardized though. (past the original goal of Japanese cell phone communication, the consortium seems to be concerned with filling in gaps and making sure cultures are properly represented)
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by cooper12 9y ago
Except those three projects don't have the same model at all... Wikipedia isn't a small print book that can fund a website. It's not part of a larger software project that receives donations ample enough to defray and costs o

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