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by dibstern 9y ago
Google edits its search results to achieve political agenda. This is worse than Facebook, which is just used by other political actors. Google does it without a profit incentive, and if its own accord. Evidence: Search “European History” or
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by dibstern 9y ago
https://youtu.be/T77frLL_bsg They’re not just click bait, they do create incredibly biased content.
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by dibstern 9y ago
I’m only part way through this so far, but it seems like you think in terms of absolutes -> either the world is entirely random, or it is entirely causal. Why can it not be a mix of both, of coincidence and causal relationships, some of
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by dibstern 9y ago
I completely disagree. Taking away diversity of political thought is an incredibly dangerous thing. The right is performing a very useful role in playing devil’s advocate - there’s a huge amount of increasing extremism on the left, and it’s
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by dibstern 9y ago
I agree that his actions as communications minister that contributed to this were horrible, but being given communications minister was essentially a punishment for crossing the line. (1) The NBN falls under the portfolio, and the governmen
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by dibstern 9y ago
I'm well aware of those two popularly perceived problems, but I don't see how either justifies him being a bad PM. I believe proposition (1), there being more evidence that supports this view and more rhetoric that supports (2). I
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by dibstern 9y ago
I thought he was going too hard on Turnbull (current PM). What has he done that justifies your appraisal of his brief term? People seem to be forgetting about Abbott, who in my opinion did indeed fuck around with rubbish policy his entire t
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by dibstern 9y ago
I'm Jewish, and a huge portion of my family was killed in the holocaust. Two great aunts were operated on by Dr. Mengele at Auschwitz. I hate and fear neo-nazis and people who ascribe to similar hateful, violent ideologies. I was shock
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by dibstern 9y ago
Good observations. However, user experience matters more in growing the company (it helps user growth and retention), rather than user numbers and short-term stock price
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by dibstern 10y ago
This article doesn't clarify that the exceptional students who had completed approx. 10,000 hours of deliberate practice were only 20 years old. It was said that violinists had only truly mastered the instrument by 30-40, by which time
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by dibstern 10y ago
How could anyone not know that your private messages represent valuable data to Facebook that they're going to use for ad revenue and service improvement? Your messages are not private on any service that doesn't guarantee privacy
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by dibstern 10y ago
As though a huge number of poor immigrants haven't come to the US and succeeded massively, after coming from nothing? Is this person serious?
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by dibstern 10y ago
Of course you need an audience, people who want your product. Do you expect to make a product that no one wants and somehow succeed?
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by dibstern 10y ago
ITT: Programmers / Sysadmins who are in an industry ideally suited for remote work. Other industries are not so suited to this.
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by dibstern 10y ago
In some jobs, this just isn't practical. I know of a law firm that has the best employment record & situation for women, but is suffering because so many are working part time and/or working from home. It's made the firm
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by dibstern 10y ago
A sales partner is different to a company that helps monetise. And just because he is asking for donations doesn't mean he's against monetising.
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by dibstern 10y ago
US companies and the data they control is obviously going to be under the jurisdiction of law enforcement where the company is located, in the US. Especially if the data storage location is, for all user purposes, arbitrary.
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by dibstern 10y ago
I don't understand why this is bad. The argument makes sense. If you are conducting your business via email using an American provider, expect it to be subject to American law. I don't see how this could be unusual or a shock to a
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by dibstern 10y ago
You != everyone. As previously commented, their advertising, at least in some circumstances, is highly effective. The growth rate of revenue, how much more advertisers can spend on the platform before it's saturated, and how much Snap
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by dibstern 10y ago
It's not arbitrary. It's actually about whether or not it would cost more, over the long term, for a company to develop such capabilities themselves, or to outsource it. Generally, due to economies of scale, a big, established pro
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by dibstern 10y ago
I'm not sure I'll ever understand this: "Rockefeller leaves me with the problematic impression of a benevolent dictator: positive outcomes for society by distressing means, enacted by a man with tunnel vision." He said
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by dibstern 10y ago
This is like an advertisement for guns, with a laser sight on the gun, pointed at someone. Gun ownership is not a crime. But the gun is shown in a scenario where a crime is about to be committed. At first I didn't have any issue but th
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by dibstern 10y ago
In both scenarios the person's property is being stolen. Their property might be in the form of information, sure. But one product being more widely distributed does not make any ethical difference. The fundamental is that the informat
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by dibstern 10y ago
Nope, as a Jewish guy I've not heard that anti-semetic trope before, seems like that must be a pretty uncommon trope to have heard. Do people really call Jewish people rats, where you're from?
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by dibstern 10y ago
I'm studying a 3 year coursework masters that allows people with no background in CS (just had to do an additional semester of courses) to participate and it aims to give a pretty well rounded CS education. Not a common thing, apparent
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by dibstern 10y ago
These aren't the disadvantages of an elite education, it's the disadvantages of not having sufficient breadth of experiences with people from a sufficient breadth of social-economic backgrounds. Get your kids to do extracurricular
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by dibstern 10y ago
because ESL readers like myself... you understand what is meant by the mistake in speech, and it goes unmentioned, so something... *In the medium term... :) By the way, your English is far better than my Spanish... ;)
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by dibstern 10y ago
Out of curiosity, did any students from that school go to any of the top global universities? Like Oxbridge/Ivy League/Etc? I wonder how those students do in comparison. Also, as a kid who learned much better through class interac
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by dibstern 10y ago
Goodbye healthcare!
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by dibstern 10y ago
Absolutely agree. Total failure of a campaign.

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