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by gdulli 8y ago
I read once that prisons only use cassettes because optical media can be turned into weapons.
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by gdulli 8y ago
There's a force that makes big companies grow bigger to the extent that their success allows them to, not to the extent that it's needed.
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by gdulli 8y ago
> I'm sure you believe that corporations are evil and basically out to get you, but the vast majority of people doesn't. I think it's safe to assume that you're the outlier here. I've worked in ad tech before. I
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by gdulli 8y ago
I don't know what you mean about making my life harder. I don't see what I have to gain by using location services outside the rare moments I need it. I'm gaining privacy by not keeping it on.
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by gdulli 8y ago
I've always been floored that people leave their location services turned on by default. I have mine on for no more than a few minutes a month. I only turn it on when I'm in an unfamiliar location, don't have my bearings, and
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by gdulli 8y ago
Journalism is collaborative more often than you likely think.
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by gdulli 8y ago
And for the privilege of providing Amazon with all that data about you in exchange for the best discount, you get to pay them $120/year.
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by gdulli 8y ago
All this talk about the returned package credit is surprising me. Occam's Razor would suggest here that the driver was simply a thief who lied and gave an excuse that made himself look less guilty than if he'd stolen.
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by gdulli 8y ago
> If you watch the election coverage from 2016, they were going on about Russia minutes after Trump clinched it. Russian influence was being discussed and warned about well before the election.
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by gdulli 8y ago
I've heard persistent ugly stories about how they treat the warehouse workers, the drivers, and the corporate workers. And business partners. Every large company can produce at least some anecdotes like that, but with Amazon it's
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by gdulli 8y ago
That's correct. I have additional reasons I don't want to give Amazon my business, but I don't see enough value in joining those based only on the membership fees.
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by gdulli 8y ago
It's also crappy that you don't get access to the best sale prices without a Prime membership. That's why I've stopped shopping at Whole Foods. I get access to the best price at every other grocery store without having t
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by gdulli 8y ago
I got this creepy recruiting email from Amazon. "Amazon PeopleTech’s mission is to re-invent ways for our employees to connect with one another. You will work closely with our team of engineers in designing a strategy for new projects
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by gdulli 8y ago
Same thing, different day https://twitter.com/innesmck/status/1056891672548855809 My curated collection of "likes" is one of my most valued possessions. 1000+ tweets that each made me laugh or smile or t
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by gdulli 8y ago
When Paltrow was referenced in the article I was thinking, this is one of those touches that in fiction would stand out as too contrived or on the nose. I wonder if there will be a day when WeWork "consciously unincorporates."
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by gdulli 8y ago
Who happens to own the car, the driver or a service provider, is inconsequential in assessing the big picture consequences of more cars on the road vs. more sustainable options.
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by gdulli 8y ago
On the one hand, I'm more productive and valuable than ever because I have wisdom, which comes with time. I was good at this and successful when I was 20, but I wasn't in a position then to know what the ceiling is for a 20 year o
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by gdulli 8y ago
I would refuse it. I could never work from home regularly. I spend enough time there, I want an excuse to get out into the world. It would be so boring for me not to be surrounded by people, activity, and energy. Even if I'm not intera
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by gdulli 8y ago
> I just wonder if self-driving is one of those problems where you can get 95% of it solved, but the remaining 5% remains uncrackable. It's felt that way to me from the start. I tend to dwell on small details more than necessary and
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by gdulli 8y ago
I agree. Anything with low-occupancy vehicles feels like a dead end to me. Of all things, car ownership is the thing we're aggressively enabling/optimizing in 2018? Really? I'm usually not a person who's sympathetic to c
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by gdulli 8y ago
I hate paying with square so much that I've sometimes paid cash or just lowered a given business' standing in my preference hierarchy so I have to deal with the hassle less often. Everything about it is awkward, not just the tippi
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by gdulli 8y ago
> Edit: Downvotes don't teach me anything, enlighten me instead. Sexual harassment is not just an edge case in a "one size fits all" world. It makes the company liable. By all means, see how far you get trying to defend it
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by gdulli 8y ago
You're essentially describing where we started out. We know what happens without rules, online and off. There's a reason we converge towards having standards of behavior above basic legality. We have to stop conflating the importa
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by gdulli 8y ago
I don't disagree in principle, but Firefox also breaks extensions indiscriminately so the platform is starting to get defined more by the functionality it's lost than gained.
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by gdulli 8y ago
The fact it might make you obsolete is why you're pressured to get on board with it in the first place. Feeling it's safe to ditch it means you've figured out that it's not going to be a threat.
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by gdulli 8y ago
I agree with this so much. The way I've put it before is, the difference between under-engineering and over-engineering is that you can fix under-engineering.
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by gdulli 8y ago
Wasn't the "hype" a lightweight misdirection from the fact that putting employees in the smallest/cheapest amount of square footage was always the goal?
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by gdulli 8y ago
You always have the option to pay with cash at Best Buy, don't you? I assume all credit card transactions are sold to third parties no matter the retailer. The only exceptions are large enough companies like Amazon/Google who are
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by gdulli 8y ago
> I really wish people would talk about these sorts of soft costs more often. It can get even worse and more subtle than that. I don't even get care in some situations that feel optional because I don't know what the true cost
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by gdulli 8y ago
A company with the means to do so will grow, as much out of principle or reflex as necessity. Middle managers hire as many as they can justify. The people at the top watching the bottom line are many levels removed from the $200/hr con

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