dannyr

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by dannyr 5y ago
It's the scale! A lot of things that Big Tech is doing is usually fine if you're a company with a small market share.
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by dannyr 5y ago
For me, it's a lesser evil thing I guess. If I have to choose only between Facebook and Google, I'd choose Google to have my data.
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by dannyr 5y ago
Are you a parody account? You would choose welfare over a $150K salary?
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by dannyr 5y ago
Oh, have you seen tweets from Basecamp leaders calling people out? you could actually say that the execs are activists as well based on their posts on social media.
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by dannyr 5y ago
"Personally I think Peloton should be able to sell treadmills with circular saw blades at each corner if people want to buy them. Who are you to decide what's right and wrong for other people?" Are you even serious?
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by dannyr 6y ago
That's what Facebook says. But Facebook has no history of lying right? /s
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by dannyr 6y ago
Same. I think most people on Clubhouse just rambles for minutes. I don't think audience participation in a talk has much value. But when you remove audience participation, Clubhouse is just basically a podcast that is not recorded.
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by dannyr 6y ago
I have read a number of news articles and the book "We Have Been Harmonized" https://bookshop.org/books/we-have-been-harmonized-life-in-c... Is this enough for me to say "I Know China evil"?
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by dannyr 6y ago
I read this book: We Have Been Harmonized: Life in China's Surveillance State - Kai Strittmatter (Author) https://bookshop.org/books/we-have-been-harmonized-life-in-c... "China's new drive for repressio
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by dannyr 6y ago
While I'm not a fan of the data gathering done by Google and Facebook, the magnitude of tracking done by China are far, far greater.
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by dannyr 6y ago
Facebook is indeed a tool for authoritarians. Facebook becomes the major, if not the only, online channel for citizens of a country. Facebook adheres to orders of an authoritarian leader. Authoritarian leaders easily shuts out opposition to
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by dannyr 6y ago
So how did small businesses survive before Facebook? I'm pretty sure small businesses existed back then. /s
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by dannyr 6y ago
In some countries, Facebook has a monopoly in online distribution that publishers have no other choice aside from Facebook to get readers.
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by dannyr 6y ago
Does it take effect today?
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by dannyr 6y ago
Doesn't that already exist working remote or not?
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by dannyr 6y ago
For there to be competition, there needs to be regulation to help new players enter the market.
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by dannyr 6y ago
Umm. You know that the Democrats will the ones who will enact regulation on big tech right?
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by dannyr 6y ago
The problem is that there are very few viable distribution channels that we are forced to rely on companies like Google. What other viable choices does this site have aside from Google?
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by dannyr 6y ago
Even Google Sign In service is down. Sites like Airbnb, Duolingo, etc that uses Google Sign In can't log in their users.
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by dannyr 6y ago
I'm staying put for now but I'm looking to travel thru Europe next year. I'll enter thru Croatia or Slovenia which allows travelers from the US. I'm hoping I'll find my way to Western Europe crossing by land.
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by dannyr 6y ago
I qualify this with customer service on Google's free products. I have no problem getting good customer support from Google's paid products (YouTube Premium, YouTube TV, Google One, etc).
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by dannyr 6y ago
> a competitor would replace them Sadly, competition is difficult to flourish in the current environment because of Facebook's market share and tactics. It's not as bad in the US compared to other countries especially developin
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by dannyr 6y ago
In the Philippines, Boracay used to be a party destination but the govt banned parties last year.
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by dannyr 6y ago
Different situation now because instead of being overrun by tourists, they don't have many and the country relies heavily on tourism for revenue.
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by dannyr 6y ago
Yes. Anybody should be able to make pull requests. But incentivizing people to make pull requests is a different matter.
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by dannyr 6y ago
Do you really have to ask "why"?
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by dannyr 6y ago
So Coinbase would not have open discussion of ideas, employees would hesitate to question managerial decisions. It would be amazing for a company to succeed with that culture.
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by dannyr 6y ago
This is like asking how an ocean is different from a swimming pool. It's the scale!
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by dannyr 6y ago
If a lot of people like you stop supporting it because it lacks accessibility, it might not become big enough to have the resources to implement accessibility. Chicken and egg thing.
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by dannyr 6y ago
That's the exception rather than the rule. Most decent hotels have staff and security.

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