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541.
by dwd 6y ago
So...essentially the product they sell is your metadata; which is also the data the surveillance state finds valuable.
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by dwd 6y ago
Something Adams incorporated a lot into his stories: "But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?" "Yes," said Arthur, "yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavato
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by dwd 6y ago
He doubled down and did it again another time. More bizarre was that time he froze and didn't speak for 30 seconds when asked a difficult question by a reporter about his "shit happens" comment. Justin Trudeau did the same th
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by dwd 6y ago
I'm surprised no ever uses XDP. A flattened XFA/XDP PDF (no interactive elements) is more or less a PDF/A.
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by dwd 6y ago
I think "had enough" is easily the most plausible reason, and it's time we acknowledged that we don't have a monopoly on intelligence, feelings or personality. We need to recognition the message and do something about wh
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by dwd 6y ago
Personally, usually most of the 3-4 commute hours per day I can spend in productive work so the time factor isn't a big issue. But cost wise I have literally saved thousands of dollars not commuting the last six months - probably to th
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by dwd 6y ago
You would be hard pressed to find a coffee shop brewing worse coffee than Starbucks in Australia. From your local Gloria Jean or Coffee Club to ones with competition awarded baristas. But Starbucks has its place. I stopped at a few in Japan
548.
by dwd 6y ago
They help the companies, who help the Government in return. And the whole conspiracy is carried on via the revolving doors of influence and networks of who knows who. Where the public suffers is that it's their tax money that funds thi
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by dwd 6y ago
East India Company - been the case for a long time.
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by dwd 6y ago
The GCHQ collect cross-Atlantic traffic, and as a Five-Eyes partner they make that data available to the other members such as the NSA. So the NSA doesn't collect American's data (the British do) so what they have said is true, fr
551.
by dwd 6y ago
All these 3-letter acronyms exists to further American interests - for a long time that was primarily the military/industrial complex followed by oil/gas. We're now just seeing the focus switch to supporting big tech as a pri
552.
by dwd 6y ago
I used to love WordStar, it was an excellent Ctrl-Key editor. I'm sure you could probably convert GRR to use something like Sublime Text and keep all his only WordStar shortcuts. Pick a nice font and size and just start typing.
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by dwd 6y ago
The labels will have some method to game the system - whether they own banks of devices playing the song/album they are pushing, or through a 3rd party service. There will be services in Asia that offer to do Spotify plays, and it&#x27
554.
by dwd 6y ago
This The margins on so many services are so low, the only way to make a profit is to sell their data - and lead generation is very profitable. I believe most airlines make more profit from their frequent flyer deals that actual ticket sales
555.
by dwd 6y ago
So, at what point do we see potential whistleblowers or anyone who could seriously check his power start to disappear? I don't think Zucks close to there yet and still seeks to hide, obfuscate, and apply subtle pressure as required -
556.
by dwd 6y ago
Molyneux really soured his reputation with Godus, though the potential for over-hyping and not delivering was always there. Godus could have been a great game, looked fantastic but ended up with a complete lack of purpose except fleece peop
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by dwd 6y ago
Episerver for a while was one of the main competitors of Sitecore in the IIS/.Net Enterprise CMS space. Both were European (Swedish and Danish respectively) I built sites with both back in the late '00 and while Sitecore was margi
558.
by dwd 6y ago
Anyone remember the B.C. Comic where BC claims "Clams have hands" and other attributes only he witnesses and is ridiculed for? You would have to wonder if that had any influence on their reluctance to publish similar claims.
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by dwd 6y ago
More like $101 billion to date (over 6 months). They announced 130bn initially, then revised that down by 60 due to an accounting error. I think there was need for an additional 15bn with Victoria going back into lockdown and some other ext
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by dwd 6y ago
"My logisticians are a humorless lot - they know if my campaign fails, they are the first ones I will slay." attributed to Alexander the Great
561.
by dwd 6y ago
Number of warships is meaningless, given the US probably doesn't even bother including patrol boats in the count. Gross tonnage or number of capital ships over a specific tonnage would be a better comparison.
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by dwd 6y ago
Do we need a modern version of 1984? WestWorld (season 3) comes to mind but doesn't have the communist structure; but any future dystopia would likely see the party replaced by algorithms leaving just the inner circle and the proles.
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by dwd 6y ago
Australia's not shown but it's been mostly business as usual apart from the tourism industry and brick&mortar retail which have been basket cases for years. Peak contraction was something like 16% in April during the main lock
564.
by dwd 6y ago
That is unfortunately the case for most journalism and even scholarly research. If you treat much of what he writes as anecdotal fluff pieces you won't be disappointed.
565.
by dwd 6y ago
He first published that article in 2009 right after the markets imploded with the GFC. He's also generally acknowledged as one of the few who predicted the crash which he predicated on the buildup of private debt. His articles make for
566.
by dwd 6y ago
According to Steve Keen[1] based on research by Kydland & Prescott[2] it's up to a year before the fractional reserve catches up. [1] https://www.deflation.com/Articles/The-Roving-Cavaliers-of-C... [2] https:
567.
by dwd 6y ago
That doesn't explain being pulled over before they have checked her documents unless they are using a licence plate scanner to ID her beforehand. Doesn't sound likely due to the questions about whether it is her car - or those que
568.
by dwd 6y ago
They should be focussing on their capacity to quickly move in mobile hospitals, potable water, emergency accomodation, etc and have adequate stockpiles of essentials ready to go. How quickly and effectively you can help those impacted will
569.
by dwd 6y ago
Simple economics of keeping the defense industry employed when they're not producing the equipment you need and doing the R&D for future needs. And you don't just want them on a retainer as workers' skills will lapse. Als
570.
by dwd 6y ago
As an aside, I was curious how on a few of the trailers they feature out of all the places in the world - Warrnambool (Victoria). Given, it's a picturesque place (having grown up and gone to school there), but maybe not as interesting

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