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by glitcher 7y ago
A conspiracy theorist acquaintance pointed to an article about this study as a reason to be against 5G. I don't take anything this person says at face value, but they are also not automatically wrong just because I don't like what
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Study: Cell tower radiofrequency radiation may contribute to cancer (2018)(sciencedirect.com)
2 points by glitcher 7y ago|2 comments
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by glitcher 7y ago
I agree. I have always been suspicious of people that project absolute certainty, especially when they do it repeatedly across multiple complex and nuanced topics. For me that behavior is a giant red flag to not trust anything that person s
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by glitcher 7y ago
Off topic, but this reminded me of the stark contrast between this and my state's "stupid motorist law" > any motorist who becomes stranded after driving around barricades to enter a flooded stretch of roadway may be charg
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by glitcher 7y ago
Awesome project, love the output! My wishlist item would be to have an option to render an additional x miles around the city limits boundaries to help incorporate communities that have the same city in their address but are technically not
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by glitcher 7y ago
That project page is really short on details. I'm left wondering when did it start, what the projected "long-term" target might be, how the results are going to be compiled, and if any of the data collected so far might be av
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EFF Asks Supreme Court to Reverse Dangerous Rulings About API Copyright/Fair Use(eff.org)
9 points by glitcher 7y ago|1 comments
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by glitcher 7y ago
Really great write-up as usual from Mr. Hunt! Some bits that I found especially amusing: Auto-response email from the company says "To add additional comments, please reply to this email". The email address it came from is "n
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Fancy New Terms, Same Old Backdoors: The Encryption Debate in 2019(eff.org)
2 points by glitcher 7y ago|0 comments
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by glitcher 7y ago
Or t-shirts! https://cdm.link/2019/12/tshirts-sell-spotify-doesnt/
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Creative work by ANTIVJ gets ripped off in new Microsoft Xbox launch(cdm.link)
1 points by glitcher 7y ago|1 comments
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by glitcher 7y ago
Those are very thoughtful and informative comments as well.
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by glitcher 7y ago
The author's comment post discusses how the analytics are going to be flawed, but is emphasizing that the trends in the numbers over time can be very useful, even when we know the exact numbers are not precise. I think it's a grea
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Amazon’s AWS DeepComposer is peak not-knowing-what-AI-is-for(cdm.link)
2 points by glitcher 7y ago|0 comments
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by glitcher 7y ago
So when others treat you in ways that you don't like (or you misinterpret their meaning) it annoys you. Sounds like you are supporting the idea of the article, albeit from a contradictory starting point.
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by glitcher 7y ago
I find it very curious that NPR has not covered this story, _and_ that they are notably missing from the list of organizations that signed at savedotorg.org. Especially because they are a .org! I mean, I'm not trying to imply it should
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by glitcher 7y ago
And where are bigger news outlets to be found when it comes to reporting on this? Who besides those of us inside the tech bubble have even heard of the issue, much less would even care? It reminds me of the struggle to communicate to the ge
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by glitcher 7y ago
I would love to see the author do an AMA here and attempt to address all the counter-arguments in this thread!
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by glitcher 7y ago
And without pirate radio we wouldn't have the "People Just Do Nothing" mockumentary series!
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by glitcher 7y ago
> but the point, at least in my opinion, of a web search engine is to find any and all matching content on the web This is where the early search engines started out at. Turns out there is a LOT of content found for many searches, and th
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by glitcher 7y ago
I tend to agree with you, but for me personally I think the difference comes down to intent. When I open a magazine, even if I have a specific article in mind I want to read, I will slowly turn through the pages happy to browse through othe
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by glitcher 7y ago
Reminds me of the old saying, if you outlaw guns then only outlaws will have guns. Maybe this would be an analogy politicians could understand better when it comes to encryption! Surely the analogy would break down quickly on closer inspect
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by glitcher 7y ago
> just weird that people demand that their job adheres to whatever weird thing they like What about "weird" things like not being comfortable with taking on a new project with the military that ultimately helps kill people, or
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Mozilla's Nov 4, 2019 letter to Congress regarding DoH [pdf](blog.mozilla.org)
1 points by glitcher 7y ago|0 comments
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by glitcher 7y ago
Or put the phone inside a Faraday Cage phone pouch. Just because there is a physical control presented to the user doesn't mean there won't be any hidden connections inside the phone still.
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by glitcher 7y ago
I have Cox Internet and they do the same thing when you reach 85% usage. I probably don't see it very often though because most of the sites I'm on are https.
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Ready to Pay $30k for Sharing a Photo Online? House of Reps Thinks You Are(eff.org)
12 points by glitcher 7y ago|1 comments
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by glitcher 7y ago
I blame Star Trek. Simply speaking out loud to ask the computer anytime something was needed, it seemed like magical tech. We just didn't anticipate the companies and extra consequences that would come along with it. I would love to se
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Twitter “Unintentionally” Used Your Phone Number for Targeted Advertising(eff.org)
4 points by glitcher 7y ago|1 comments
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by glitcher 7y ago
If I call up a pizza joint and they say it will take one hour to get my order to me, I might call someone else instead. Improving their throughput could absolutely generate more business.

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