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Trampled by Unicorns: Big Tech’s Empathy Problem and How to Fix It(nypost.com)
11 points by eplanit 6y ago|6 comments
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by eplanit 6y ago
tl;dr the "robot" is a mannequin, and "vaporized" is merely being struck.
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by eplanit 6y ago
I can't find legit journalism anywhere anymore. There's only Narrative and Opinion.
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by eplanit 6y ago
The Boulder hospitals are full, or strained? Flattening the curve was about keeping the hospitals from being overrun. Putting the strictest measures on the segment of the population that is least likely to get ill seems questionable (test
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by eplanit 6y ago
Shouldn't radical decisions come from the people? I guess Authoritarianism is great if one agrees with the outcome? Newsom is the governor of a state that lauds itself as being the most insightful and aware of Climate Change -- yet fo
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by eplanit 6y ago
Stop including megabytes of javascript in every page, and composing pages from 100s of requests to microservices. In short, keep things simple.
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Safety driver in fatal Arizona Uber self-driving car crash charged with homicide(reuters.com)
36 points by eplanit 6y ago|1 comments
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by eplanit 6y ago
It would help people understand the misguided policies that have been in effect, which prevent any meaningful reduction in fuel via cutting or burning -- policies meant to preserve the environment, but instead actually harm it.
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by eplanit 6y ago
"if anyone knows a place or community for 'radical leftists' like me to talk about things like this, please do let me know" Twitter!
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by eplanit 6y ago
Yes. This kindly-worded "Our way or the highway" is a hallmark: "If the App Store model and guidelines are not best for your app or business idea that’s okay, we provide Safari for a great web experience too."
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by eplanit 6y ago
It might create so much more noise that people would find Twitter even more annoying and less useful, and thus help its demise. That'd be a positive result.
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by eplanit 6y ago
I advocate for something like consumer warning labels on products: you cannot call something Aspirin unless it is truly, chemically Aspirin. Nobody should be able to label their product "News" unless it is strictly Who/What&
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by eplanit 6y ago
Removing a face mask for a few seconds so that a person or algorithm can compare the person's visage to that of their ID is "giving up absolutely everything with regards to personal privacy"?
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by eplanit 6y ago
I think that today a Trump 2020 bumper sticker would have the same effect.
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Uber to require that passengers provide face-mask selfies(apnews.com)
2 points by eplanit 6y ago|0 comments
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Drug cartel assassinates its enemies with bomb-toting drones(thedrive.com)
246 points by eplanit 6y ago|354 comments
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by eplanit 6y ago
True. IMHO, it's ridiculous to have walled garden platforms with vendor-controlled "App Stores" in the first place.
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by eplanit 6y ago
In 2020, Portland officially becomes a shithole city.
769.
by eplanit 6y ago
Yup. That's how Cancel Culture works.
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by eplanit 6y ago
I think The Life Aquatic was an excellent parody of Cousteau (though it wasn't really about Cousteau). The character played by Bill Murray was probably more sympathetic than Jacques.
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by eplanit 6y ago
A question I have about AB-5: suppose an individual incorporates as an LLC or an S-Corp, where their business is providing driving services. Can Uber/Lyft adapt to engage with these people on a "Corp-to-Corp" basis, and ther
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by eplanit 6y ago
Ryan Gosling is the new Rick Astley. You can now get Ryan Rolled!
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by eplanit 6y ago
It's Nanny State rationale at best, or cynical condescension -- I hate it, too. I switched from chrome back to firefox a year ago, with no loss of anything.
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GHB Being Sold on Amazon(nbcnews.com)
1 points by eplanit 6y ago|0 comments
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Because of Covid-19, REI to Sell Its New Iconic HQ(wsj.com)
3 points by eplanit 6y ago|4 comments
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GNU C 2.32 is now available(gnu.org)
4 points by eplanit 6y ago|0 comments
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by eplanit 6y ago
So, Steve Jobs chose the right time to die.
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The Pandemic Is a Dress Rehearsal(wsj.com)
4 points by eplanit 6y ago|0 comments
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by eplanit 6y ago
It seems like when "UI" became "UX" is when that kind of design arrogance started to be more common.
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The Death of the City(politico.eu)
3 points by eplanit 6y ago|0 comments

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