cronix

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1501.
by cronix 8y ago
And will then be renamed to WhatWasThatApp as everyone abandons it lol
1502.
by cronix 8y ago
You mean to ruin a secondary platform? I've all but stopped using Instagram for the same reason I've all but stopped using FB... there are just too many ads to scroll past to see what I'm actually there to see (the people I&#
1503.
by cronix 8y ago
> This sort of thing is done all of the time in manufacturing to streamline costs. A good example is Intel and chip manufacturers locking their cpus to a specific frequency when they are capable of higher so they don't have to manuf
1504.
by cronix 8y ago
and IIRC, that it was/is the "preferred" method because it's easier to pull off/harder to detect than most other methods.
1505.
by cronix 8y ago
Yep, we use those in (hobby) drones for extra precise location data.
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by cronix 8y ago
The data is still coming in. There was a recent report done by insurance companies that in the states where it's been legalized for recreational use, accident reports are up ~5-6% and everyone's rates in those states are going up
1507.
by cronix 8y ago
Or mysteriously "get hacked" and have everything uploaded to wikileaks...
1508.
by cronix 8y ago
Let's just say the Bloomberg reporting is accurate for the sake of discussion. They claimed it wasn't ONLY Apple, but also the NSA, CIA, military and other critical defense/intelligence systems used some of these boards. Do
1509.
by cronix 8y ago
The problem is you can legally say you were never convicted of that crime if it's expunged. If a background check is performed, it will not show up on your record, which will be contradictory if it's still in a newspaper article
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by cronix 8y ago
They have already been prosecuted and convicted. You can't "expunge" a crime off your criminal record unless you've been convicted of it. It's ok to publish people who have been convicted of a crime. That's pub
1511.
by cronix 8y ago
> the site would remove names from older stories if their records were expunged. That seems reasonable. If the record is "expunged", you can legally say that you have not been convicted of that crime. So it can't legally
1512.
by cronix 8y ago
> In reality, does anyone see anything other than a bad ending to all of this? Do I think we, collectively as humans, have the will and the actual resources to change everything about "our" modern way of life in 10 years? Nope.
1513.
by cronix 8y ago
And even more as interest rates rise
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by cronix 8y ago
A lot of which is legal "dodging", which is another large problem. There are more loopholes in the tax laws than there are actual tax laws. You have to have money and assets to be able to utilize a lot of them, though. The average
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by cronix 8y ago
I totally agree with this. Take the recent Tesla fiasco. Do you think a $20M fine means a damn thing to Musk? That's like $0.01 for most people. Now a $20M fine and a year in prison would make them think twice. More often than not, t
1516.
by cronix 8y ago
> I for one look at them as am I too old to be starting my own company or should I chill out because I still have time. It's an "average" not a law.
1517.
by cronix 8y ago
I imagine this would give discoveries in the LHC a boost, or at least some amazing footage of atoms colliding and exploding :) That would be amazing!
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Paywalls
2 points by cronix 8y ago|2 comments
1519.
by cronix 8y ago
And think of what someone who was Hitler-like could do with all of this data that we send these companies (and governments). Just take one example of "rounding up homosexuals"... it couldn't be easier to find out who they are
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by cronix 8y ago
Yes. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16737072
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by cronix 8y ago
Simply bar them from defense department work/contracts for 5 years and put any current contracts on hold. The other contractors will get the hint. Nothing ever gets done about this stuff, so the status quo remains.
1522.
by cronix 9y ago
In addition to the ISP you use, the DNS you use sees all as well, doesn't it?
1523.
by cronix 9y ago
This is great, and will probably save me a lot of time. Currently I use an ubuntu desktop vm (vagrant) that I use for sites like facebook, that I destroy when done and recreate when needed so it's like a brand new clean pc each time.
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by cronix 9y ago
Does anyone think these services actually delete all of your data, or just use a "deleted" flag on the database, keeping all of your info making it look like you're "deleted" but not allowing you to use it any lon