cybernautique

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by cybernautique 5y ago
Friend, I'd love to come to an agreement that your code won't end up on my machine. I'm buying beers when we get together.
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by cybernautique 5y ago
I'll make you a promise: if your code never ends up on my machine, I will never try to reverse it. Otherwise, all bets are off.
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by cybernautique 5y ago
I agree with the spirit of your post; however, I don't understand why it needs to be drive-by, browser-delivered-and-run apps. It almost seems like you're proposing a cross-platform sandbox and app store, which I'm all for! b
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by cybernautique 5y ago
I'll compare them to a BBForum/Wikipedia. I disagree that these features are inherently valuable; in fact, I disagree that they have any value at all. As far as I'm concerned, the basis of any media enterprise is the generati
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by cybernautique 5y ago
The comparison to the Dropbox comment is very fair. I maintain that I paid the piper his dues; it's complicated, but not complex, and I would never dare charge that I could make an equivalent service. However, I do charge that it'
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by cybernautique 5y ago
And yet you did reply, with apparent incredulity. Wikipedia is a method by which users generate, disseminate, and moderate content of a specific media type. Facebook, et al., don't innovate on the content being produced, because they d
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by cybernautique 5y ago
It's pretty obvious that everyone who works at Microsoft (specifically) hasn't got the motivation for personal empowerment or computing, or otherwise hasn't got the power to enact such. The end result is the same: a tech corp
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by cybernautique 5y ago
I don't know. The rules seem to revolve around simplicity in communication. I've always found it powerful that, although every member of the US Armed Forces is expected to have a 12th grade level of knowledge, all of our military
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by cybernautique 5y ago
I don't think it's racism, necessarily, because it holds true for our naturalized citizens of any race. You could charge me with some sort of dread nationalism. I still wouldn't agree, but it's closer to my espoused basi
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by cybernautique 5y ago
Absolutely nothing. "Digital" identities should be exactly that. I will never be comfortable identifying myself beyond my activity. If you require more data, then your services aren't for me, unless you're a municipal pr
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by cybernautique 5y ago
Disagree with your second point. Just because there's an entire industry of people that profit from the erosion of privacy, doesn't mean any of them is less deserving of their share of vitriol; if anything, I'd say the amount
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by cybernautique 5y ago
I don't think we can hold it against the citizens that we, as a society in the US, are fortunate enough to have naturalized by Facebook. For all their myriad harms, Facebook engineers are no slouches. We definitely get talent by Visa h
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by cybernautique 5y ago
I like capitalism. I'm also disgusted by this. 100% agree with grandparent: time to turn the thumbscrews. Until sniveling bureaucrats are incentivized to do meaningful things, they will continue to do bureaucracy. This is one of the re
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by cybernautique 5y ago
Yes, the biggest risk is abuse of the data- but the basic mission of monitoring is also an unacceptable risk. To me, this is similar to the notion: "Yeah, we're building a nitrous fertilizer bomb in the shed, but the _real risk_ i
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by cybernautique 5y ago
I disagree, emphatically. Privacy _is_ a human right; nobody has the right, privilege, or ability to intrude and exfiltrate data from my mind. Computers are nothing less and nothing more than an amplification system for the mind. It ought t
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by cybernautique 5y ago
I'll email you to start with, I'm a little hesitant to post PII on public forums; it'll come from my username@bitsoflore.net. You've given me a lot to think about! To keep this public dialogue going: are there any biotec
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by cybernautique 5y ago
That's very cool! I'll be reading your blog for the next few days; I very much like your view of innovation and liberty. I've only had a quick scan so far, but it seems absolutely dripping of the fun proteases we love to mout
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by cybernautique 5y ago
I'm interested, but in the it's-something-I-aspire-to-some-day-when-I'm-not-so-incompetent sense. However! I'd love to engage with you to hear about what's up! Is your inbox open to general curiosity, or would you r
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by cybernautique 5y ago
Absolutely fascinating stuff! Thank you for the links, friend, and welcome to a highly-treasured spot on my hard drive; all of these materials are going directly to my ~/Research directory! Computer architectures are an area I'd l
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by cybernautique 5y ago
Very cool! I'd never seen this formalized, but it definitely has the color of some "hacks" I put together in Python (specifically the idea of "destructively updating" an item in an index, as opposed to appending an
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by cybernautique 5y ago
Which of these points leads you to declare that the parent doesn't "care about anyone else's well-being?" Genuinely interested. > Perhaps, insofar as it's arbitrary to be more concerned about the well-being of vi
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by cybernautique 5y ago
Microsoft and Apple both provide tech and data to the CCP, which makes them unethical vis-a-vis human rights violations in much the same ilk. They're definitely included in what I refer to as the uncivil technology corps. Generally, an
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by cybernautique 5y ago
This is a very apt way to put it! I'm likely to adopt it into my own descriptions, thank you! Advertisers should be relegated to their own greasy pit, to speak only at my pleasure and where I know to find them. Any other attempt to eng
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by cybernautique 5y ago
I reject the notion entirely that we "have to" view ads. Advertisements are nothing less than an unwelcome intrusion into my life. Further, I'd rather know that any ads I see are the same exact ads as seen by anyone else in t
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by cybernautique 5y ago
It's an ethical measure because I use it to measure whether something conforms to my ethical values. I take it to be axiomatic. Likewise, it's a simple assessment for me to conduct. "Do I think this corporation enforces that
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by cybernautique 5y ago
I consider "ethically compromised" and "morally corrupt" to be the same thing. I will accede to your claim: this is largely histrionics. I don't disavow my position, but I certainly do regret having so casually made
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by cybernautique 5y ago
I fully agree. Adding to this: I think there should be an interface/data divide. Facebook has created an entirely new market by aggregating specific data into a public space. Their only innovation is their interface; every single byte
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by cybernautique 5y ago
I think it's a worthy dream and I'd be interested in hearing from anyone that says otherwise. Why should we allow microtargeted advertising?
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by cybernautique 5y ago
I'd never heard of the Mushroom! Thank you for making me aware of it! A quick DDG search returned no results; I'd appreciate any links you have on the topic! I'd also love to see your talk! Do you think a RISC Rekursiv could
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by cybernautique 5y ago
This is a good question! I've known only applicants to Google, never anyone that's worked at or meaningfully aspired to work at Facebook. I'm not making this judgment on a rational basis; my stance is based purely on my ethic

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