hitchhiker999

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by hitchhiker999 13y ago
"where other logical possibilities exist, but that's irrelevant" - That's not irrelevant. He writes "Indians are much better off putting their faith in their freedom-loving American counterparts than participating i
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by hitchhiker999 13y ago
Considering this is HN, we should have seen this comment sooner. The entire premise was a text-book demonstration of a logical fallacy.
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by hitchhiker999 13y ago
No, people REALLY do care that the US is spying on everyone. A lot of people (I assume) also dislike the entire situation we're living in at the moment (tiresome police state crap).
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by hitchhiker999 13y ago
No, you are absolutely correct. It was designed to be decentralized. Hopefully when we look back in history, from a place where the internet works that way. We'll wonder how it was ever a single government / set of corporations th
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by hitchhiker999 13y ago
Also, you can't comment on that article - it's moderated, so far the only 5 comments allowed through are either a) neutral b) pro US. Silly this.
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by hitchhiker999 13y ago
The internet should continue to be decentralised, as intended, and not be under the control of any one government or people. Certainly not the U.S, Russia or China. That article just wasted 2 mins of my life.
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by hitchhiker999 13y ago
Like many here I've been a developer for ages (30+ years in my case). I know loads, and there's loads I don't know. Sometimes I feel like i'm a freakin' genius, other days like I should probably pack it in. It'
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by hitchhiker999 13y ago
ICUG - that's f n team work.
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by hitchhiker999 13y ago
You have spoken, all interactions within biological sciences are decided. Thanks for that.
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by hitchhiker999 13y ago
Most people love Google, they offer useful services. I think they'll be one of the bigger 'disappointments' in this whole scene as it fully unravels. The entire system needs to be decentralised, and quickly.
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by hitchhiker999 13y ago
That may not be true - it's just that Google have been a lot smarter at hiding their 'dodgyness' than Apple, and certainly than Microsoft. If you have time: https://medium.com/surveillance-state/32ba2b38c
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by hitchhiker999 13y ago
They're a huge multi-national corporation. It's unlikely they have your long term interests, goals, safety, personal satisfaction in mind. But yes, it's convenient and a lot of people agree with you at the moment. My guess is
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by hitchhiker999 13y ago
Nothing to see here. Get back to work.
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Why this Redditor is in love with Digg again.(medium.com)
1 points by hitchhiker999 13y ago|0 comments
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How Google is Burning off Small Business(medium.com)
1 points by hitchhiker999 13y ago|0 comments
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by hitchhiker999 13y ago
Google seems to be up to some pretty weird stuff lately, was it that? gaaawn' tell us!
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by hitchhiker999 13y ago
You may also be interested in this article: https://medium.com/surveillance-state/32ba2b38c219
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We may have given Google more power than the NSA.(medium.com)
4 points by hitchhiker999 13y ago|4 comments
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by hitchhiker999 13y ago
I can't believe I'm reading this, it's like a freakin' miracle. We've been fighting a battle about this for 2 weeks over at WMW. Nobody is listening, it's sick and maddening - it's made 10x worse by people
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by hitchhiker999 13y ago
That's completely unrealistic, we've been on one of the main forums for SEO for the last 2 weeks - there are a few decent ones at most (not 250M) - YELLING out that we need real help, and real communication. The have SCALED that c