h3ckr

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by h3ckr 7y ago
This applies to so many other things: cosmetics, food, drugs, guns, etc. And now they’re lobbying to influence other countries too (UK, Brazil, etc). Incredible amount of greed and lack of ethics.
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by h3ckr 7y ago
The government cannot afford paying someone who actually understands computers. That someone would already be in Silicon Valley, not wanting to work for the government. Funny how things work
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by h3ckr 8y ago
This. You nailed it
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by h3ckr 8y ago
The society we live in. Damn it, we just can’t agree on such no-brainers
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by h3ckr 8y ago
I think they’re going to end up flat like Twitter and Snapchat in 2 years at most. Smart to IPO now though.
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by h3ckr 8y ago
Lol, so they show you ads to buy stuff on an app you literally open to buy stuff? This is a joke.
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by h3ckr 8y ago
As a caveat, we only see the winners, so this perspective is biased. But sure, we have casinos as well, so I guess we totally should allow all people to invest in startups.
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by h3ckr 8y ago
Never heard about Mastodon, it’d have been nice if the article explained what it is. Is this yet another startup promising they won’t become a merciless corporation? Great value prop, lol
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by h3ckr 8y ago
That’s how ended up with Comcast...
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by h3ckr 8y ago
Apple is pretty much saying “I own all the rails and it’s ok for me to compete with the transport companies that use them”. This might not be ok in EU, but US doesn’t give a sh*t. No matter how much developers, songwriters, consumers, etc g
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by h3ckr 8y ago
Is it really surprising that the upper class is isolating itself from the rest, as the gap gets bigger and bigger in time? That happens in all areas of life, school included. The admission system of many universities just makes this very ea
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by h3ckr 8y ago
I want to see all journalists at least mentioning this whataboutism, if they really want to solve a problem. They’re just gaining traction and views on Facebook’s negative momentum, and they don’t even mention the bigger elephants in the ro
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by h3ckr 8y ago
While at it, should we put Segment, Mixpanel, Optimizely, etc. on the list? I’m not saying they’re good or bad in terms of data tracking, I’m just saying they should be in the same bucket. Tech companies harvest data to improve their busine
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by h3ckr 8y ago
Why is Google never brought up in these? Isn’t Facebook pixel similar to Google Analytics?
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by h3ckr 8y ago
There’s nothing new about this. It’s like having a co-founder in a relatively low risk small business. The fact that we need a co-founder to aford a shelter says a lot about where our society is heading and the simple presence of such artic
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by h3ckr 8y ago
And Google tracks people on ALL websites, without any consent. When are we talking about that?