elmomle

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   by elmomle 7y ago

   The Facebook algorithm optimizes for Facebook's preferences, not yours as an advertiser. If your goal is to scare people then click-through is no longer your KPI, for example. I think you shouldn't be so quick to dismiss the hug
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   by elmomle 7y ago

   What you cited as the whole idea of capitalism is actually the whole idea of trade, which existed long before capitalism. The idea of capitalism is that the profits brought in by one's assets and labor can be reinvested in more assets
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   by elmomle 7y ago

   I believe OP means the current US administration.
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   by elmomle 7y ago

   But he gets to keep the money that they paid him for the buildings.
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   by elmomle 7y ago

   Wanted to ask for a citation on that last paragraph. I'd be very interested to read more first-hand accounts about what you're talking about.
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   by elmomle 8y ago

   It's a type of security in depth. The problem being solved isn't that companies can make anonymized profiles; it's that all that a company needs to do is associate one ID with a person to fully de-anonymize that person'
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   by elmomle 8y ago

   I agree, the base of the Democratic party has pursued a self-congratulatory image of inclusivity and righteousness to the point that many working-class whites think they're an afterthought to the Dems. I remember watching the 2016 DNC
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   by elmomle 8y ago

   I disagree. If we're considering the debug/issue fix approach (which I quite like, because it displays code literacy and clarity of explanation in a context like that one would find in a typical workday), if I use the same task&#
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   by elmomle 8y ago

   The problem isn't wealth; it's segregation of the wealthy from the rest. There's a common social trend toward lowering the variance within groups and (as a natural consequence) increasing the variance between groups, and a h
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    by elmomle 8y ago

    I have been concerned about occupying a similar space myself. The great secret that we all do well to remember is that being humble is simply a matter of practicing being humble. In particular, when I treat other team members as experts i
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    by elmomle 8y ago

    There is a conflict of interest between his role as employee and his statements regarding Bezos. But there would be a conflict of interest between his role as reporter and his statements regarding Bezos. You're not wrong per se, but
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    by elmomle 8y ago

    Here, Facebook was a medium designed for maximum dispersion of information among groups of people--remember the pious crusade, "connecting the world"?--which, when carried out to the point that waves of toxic, destructive informat