davidcbc

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by davidcbc 9y ago
I'm shocked that older generations are complaining about younger generations! Shocked!
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Dismissing it simply because it is Facebook isn't really helpful. The article linked to several independent studies to back up their claims. It also doesn't just say engagement is the answer, people clicking on clickbait are engag
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For me Facebook fills the need of a centralized place to communicate with my close friends via Messenger, a place to keep track of niche interests via groups, and a place to get invites to events by friends that I don't see or talk to
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> But any humor that one does not like can be branded as some type of racism, bigotry, sexism, chauvinism, profanity and so on. This is the kind of thing people who want to make racist, sexist, etc. jokes end up saying because they want
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by davidcbc 9y ago
If only there were some way to notify your users that wasn't so scummy... like via email or regular mail
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> One of the ways consumers can push back on this is by becoming educated on health care practice. I would never have let a hospital give me a CT scan for a simple throat problem. The average person doesn't have time to become enoug
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by davidcbc 9y ago
The cost of the id itself is only part of the real cost. There's transportation expenses, taking time off work to go, in some cases it is expensive to get the documents necessary to even get an ID like a birth certificate
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I doubt that many people are reading ebooks in a context where they need to copy and paste regularly, I could be wrong though. I read exclusively ebooks and it hasn't ever come up that I remember. I'm not saying it isn't a va
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That's a pretty poor analogy. The average user doesn't notice DRM or even know what DRM is. The difference between Netflix with DRM and Netflix without DRM is approximately 0 for the average user. DRM isn't there to keep cont
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Because when you've got one big savings account it is a lot easier to look at it and say "Oh! I can afford a new car now!" and cash out your entire savings on one thing without taking the other things into account. Having dif
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by davidcbc 9y ago
https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/hipaa-eligible-services-re... https://cloud.google.com/security/compliance/hipaa/#covered-...
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AWS and GCP already both offer HIPAA compliance and have for years
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Based on what? What deaths is the lack of regulation preventing? How would they be more dangerous if they were regulated?
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> The only benefit to buying in-person is the ability to go back and exchange your glasses for a new prescription You are overlooking a huge benefit to buying in person... seeing what the glasses look like on your face before buying them
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Because finding a low skill job is pretty hard. Not everyone has the luxury of choice.
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How are you "stuck" with Google search? Just use something else, you even mention DDG in your post.
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What is an acceptable amount to work then?
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10-8 on weekdays with no weekends is only 50 hours a week assuming you are working the entire time. Not ideal but it isn't an absurd amount of time either. Sure 8pm is late but they are also getting to work at 10am. People wouldn'
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by davidcbc 9y ago
> founded by the inventor of Javascript So he is obviously capable of great evil
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What happens when the photos are on Google Photos? What happens when they need to update their browser because theirs is outdated and becomes incompatible? What happens when one of their grandchildren sends them a YouTube link to their conc
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by davidcbc 9y ago
But they work for bamboo shoots. Tough to beat that
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This is very easy to say when you have a very near 0% chance of being one of the millions.
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by davidcbc 9y ago
So your argument is that people are poor because being poor is just too good of a deal? I don't know any poor people who wouldn't prefer to be wealthier, but being in poverty also reduces opportunity and a lack of opportunity mean
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by davidcbc 9y ago
If you have billions of popsicles and other people have none you could easily give out millions of popsicles to help the less fortunate and still have vastly more popsicles than you could ever need.
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I don't think most people are looking for actual income equality, just lower income inequality.
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Of all the companies doing driverless cars Waymo has the resources of Alphabet. They don't need the money to survive and aren't looking for their next round of VC money. If a driverless ride hailing service isn't worth paying
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by davidcbc 9y ago
> Said service zones wouldn't include anyplace where increased crime is a concern. What? Is someone going to try to steal a car without a steering wheel?
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by davidcbc 9y ago
You don't think self driving cars are important? Can you elaborate on why not?
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> Waymo has been feeling a lot of pressure from Uber and other companies, who have developed their autonomous car programs faster than Waymo did Did the other companies develop their autonomous car programs faster than Waymo did or have
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But do they have a built in audience? I loved both the LotR books and Peter Jackson films, I love GoT and ASoIaF, I even have Amazon Prime, I probably fit perfectly into their intended target audience but I have no desire to watch this. The

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