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by endofcapital 8y ago
So the possible #2 (it was debatable as to whether Sandberg or Cox would have take over) and the person who run Whatsapp just quit. Some pretty big power struggles going down it seems.
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by endofcapital 8y ago
"But Google Fiber got something out of its time here. It learned that nanotrenching—the cost-saving process of burying fiber optic cables just two inches underground—was a bust. “We currently do not have plans that call for 2 inch tren
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by endofcapital 8y ago
The web is what I know well, this may not be true in other areas, but the W3C has a long history of being hostile to end users, ignoring privacy, and pushing corporate interests over others. Following their recommendations and doing things
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by endofcapital 8y ago
I think when we get into cool near sci fi stuff we'll have faster than light communication pretty soon with quantum entanglement effects, which should be way easier to wrangle than neutrinos.
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Medieval Diseases Are Infecting California’s Homeless(theatlantic.com)
24 points by endofcapital 8y ago|7 comments
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by endofcapital 8y ago
Some companies (I worked at one) are creating separate floors or entire buildings for the executive team with steel security doors and high security locks, walls, etc. And men with hidden AR15s to protect them. Many of the big name CEOs and
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by endofcapital 8y ago
Here we go, buckle up. With the amount of power democrats are likely to consolidate in the next few elections there could be some serious movement on this if it becomes a priority for the party. I think the big three are way too powerful an
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Lordstown GM Plant Idled After More Than 50 Years(pittsburgh.cbslocal.com)
2 points by endofcapital 8y ago|0 comments
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by endofcapital 8y ago
The odds of it not being a scam is pretty tiny number. Not scientific notation small, but getting there.
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Facebook CEO says he’ll double down on privacy(apnews.com)
1 points by endofcapital 8y ago|0 comments
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by endofcapital 8y ago
I have reported and watched maybe half a dozen bugs get fixed on Amazon, starting in 2003 I think. Never even experienced a reply from any other company when trying to report problems over the years. I think a handful of companies are getti
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by endofcapital 8y ago
This is so bizarre, so Google/Youtube is still trying to claim that they are NOT a media company, just a platform, no media, not responsible of course, but at the same time they are putting responsibility of moderating user comments ON
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Adobe to Discontinue Shockwave on April 9th(bleepingcomputer.com)
28 points by endofcapital 8y ago|30 comments
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by endofcapital 8y ago
They didn't have any clue. Back in 2005 personal data and access logs and analytics was considered a chore, you'd delegate the annoyance of log rotation to some sys admin or helpdesk intern and generally purge all data as quickly
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by endofcapital 8y ago
If I was running a marketing team or PR firm working on this problem I'd keep pushing the nonsense of AI magically solving everything someday. The actual nuts and bolts of content is pretty horrific, and they are obviously going to wan
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Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water Leave Military Families Reeling(nytimes.com)
2 points by endofcapital 8y ago|0 comments
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Oakland’s Teachers Strike Is Another Sign of Inequality in Tech’s Backyard(recode.net)
1 points by endofcapital 8y ago|0 comments
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China’s Uses Social Credit System to Ban Millions from Taking Flights, Trains(scmp.com)
20 points by endofcapital 8y ago|1 comments
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by endofcapital 8y ago
This is almost exactly like reddit ~8 years ago. It's amazing how often we keep repeating ourselves.
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by endofcapital 8y ago
Where I come from the police used to hunt and kill "undesirables", and bury the bodies up in the mountains. One of the first things my dad taught me was how to recognize those long skinny headlights on a cop car, you had to learn
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Investor Seeks Union Representative for Google's Board(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by endofcapital 8y ago|0 comments
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by endofcapital 8y ago
It wasn't normal at all anywhere in the world until very recently. The world has changed so much in just 50 years that people often just flat out don't believe me when I tell them what it used to be like. Even when I'm willin
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Amazon's NYC Retreat Heralds New Era of Corporate Welfare Fights(bloomberg.com)
2 points by endofcapital 8y ago|0 comments
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by endofcapital 8y ago
I've been a part of a lot of acquisitions, and a lot of investment rounds. The stakeholders always want to start stirring the pot sooner or later. Maybe you get a year or two of being left alone, but eventually, it always happens.
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by endofcapital 8y ago
How can I win the battle with endless captchas from cloudflare? Getting like one an hour, it's really annoying and I'm tired of training your machines or training your partner's machines.
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by endofcapital 8y ago
The big tech giants seem to be A/B testing different ways of opposing and working with the government. Sooner or later these tests are going to start showing they have more power than the government, and they will start ignoring laws b
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by endofcapital 8y ago
So massive amounts of corporate welfare and blatant handouts aren't enough? AFTER doing that, we're also supposed to play nice and continue to say good things about the most massive, powerful corporation in the world or else they
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by endofcapital 8y ago
The world isn't nearly as dangerous as you've been lead to believe. Not even like within an order of magnitude.
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Medical Expenses Contribute to Two-Thirds of Bankruptcy Filings in U.S.(studyfinds.org)
1 points by endofcapital 8y ago|0 comments
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Activision Blizzard Begins Massive Layoffs(kotaku.com)
52 points by endofcapital 8y ago|41 comments

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