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by fwn 7y ago
Not at all. What made you think that? The documentation itself just isn't the issue. I in fact wanted to highlight that context is a key factor by writing: > The problem isn't the documentation, but how we as a global society c
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by fwn 7y ago
I thought that (as an example) the pioneering video recording of the Vietnam war was essentially in shaping the US American public opinion on the war matter. I could be wrong, but it wasn't seen as something horrifying back then. It&#x
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by fwn 7y ago
> Not looking forward to using that! I thought that as well, but the more I think about it..: I'm pretty sure I did not type out a phone number for the last 5 years. It's all numbers already saved in my contacts, new numbers I
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by fwn 8y ago
Not sure about the whole sensible-topic thing, but: I think the reason why our parents opinion is unpopular is because people usually account for diminishing marginal returns by acknowledging that the loss of utility one person experiences
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by fwn 8y ago
It is true that identity theft is a bad thing. It's unconnected to a different bad thing, which is people not paying what they owe. ...people (not you, I just think it's fitting) often think that being lax on credit is helping the
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by fwn 8y ago
Parent did not say that it is misleading. The claim was that the tax caused price increase is hidden in the overall price. And while the reasons for that can be plentiful (even consumer protection, if wanted) one effect is certainly and obv
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by fwn 8y ago
But what you're saying, which seems to be that technology is getting more accessible over time, does not appear to me to be fundamentally different for other technological means, be it algorithms, ai or digitalization in general.
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by fwn 8y ago
> Just because the situation in Asmara was caused by unfortunate circumstances doesn't mean the outcome isn't good, or that it can't serve as a model for other cities That is true. The reason this outcome isn't good a
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by fwn 8y ago
It was probably a bit provocative to call every single response in this thread partisan. As an example: The current top comment praises the quality of the essay without any further remark.
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by fwn 8y ago
They are end to end encrypted. There's apparently a lot of meta data (like the people one communicates with, etc.) that can still be accessed by Facebook. It also nudges users to enable cloud backups which in practice means that everyo
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by fwn 8y ago
There's some things you can't influence though. There's, for example, no way to disable page invite notifications.
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by fwn 8y ago
In practice, actual hate speech (the respective local legal norm, not the battle cry) doesn't govern what you can say but how you can say it. Jean-Marie Le Pen managed to formulate many of his statements in compliance with local hate s
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by fwn 8y ago
Most of the time no one actually "wants to spread hate speech". It's a category used to gain power by evoking government backed oppression of ideological enemies. ...and in some rare cases there is also actual hate speech in
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by fwn 8y ago
Not trying to dispute your point, but out of curiosity: Is that actually true? > Donations to [...] can be paid using: a credit or debit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express), a Euro bank account (SEPA Direct Debit), or a PayPal acco
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by fwn 8y ago
How would a mandatory dark mode even look like? Would it be time zone / time based? That would assume everyone only reads HN outside though.
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by fwn 8y ago
But aren't there numerous situations in which it is rather dark and one might want to spend some time reading? Like at a bus stop in the evening, long distance buses, during flights, while one has difficulties to sleep next to a partne
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by fwn 8y ago
While a parachute is helpful in certain situations it's better not to fall out of the sky to begin with. It is, so to say, a poor workaround for the real problem.
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by fwn 8y ago
I know that's not really the solution to the problem but it works fine for me after spoofing the user agent to something chrome would send. The incompatibility is - at least for now - a lie.
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by fwn 8y ago
The reason I find this interesting: > Comic book archive files are not a distinct file format; only the file name extension differs from a standard file of the given archive type. It's a standard that emerged from the need to find a
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Comic book archive(en.wikipedia.org)
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by fwn 8y ago
I'm not an expert and I know that a healthcare system requires the handling of personal data. While this data might end up aggregated at some level, I'm not entirely sure that a registry like this is required to exist in the first
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by fwn 8y ago
People are going to poll their connections in support of all kinds of ideas. Some of those ideas will be perceived as toxic by some while some others will be perceived as toxic by others. I think that it's a strange idea to argue again
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by fwn 8y ago
Known and well-signposted speed camera on dangerous turns, close to schools or kindergartens would vastly improve street safety. Unfortunately most German(!) street cameras are placed to surprise the driver, causing nearly continuous disrup
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by fwn 8y ago
My (non-technical) friends & family, as anecdotal evidence, seem almost universally happy about switching to Facebooks Lite Messenger. (An app that only provides messaging functionality.) They perceive it as less confusing.
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by fwn 8y ago
Grand-parents question > How do I protect myself from such unwarranted searches knows plenty of technical solutions. The question which needs to be answered in political terms is about the conditions under which it is lawful to put press
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by fwn 8y ago
I spend most of my time in Germany; hence my unfamiliarity with this idea. > ensuring jurors are free of bias or prejudice This looks like a futile undertaking. A person using a language, behaving in the context of time and culture is br
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by fwn 8y ago
I personally never lived in a country with jury trials for more than a few month, so it could very well be that I just don't get the culture behind it. Either you're assumed to be capable of judging a specific case despite media c
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by fwn 8y ago
It's the mode of the trial that is flawed, if compromising it is this trivial.
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by fwn 8y ago
Grandparent advocated for education as it shields young consumers from sales trickery. It's a good thing that such education "impacts the kids even outside of the game itself". It's the equivalent of not having the lates
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by fwn 8y ago
I didn't want to imply a corporate decision behind this specific case. Corporate power arises through the capability alone, not necessarily its frequent execution. I think that Mozilla is actually a great company to demonstrate how res

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