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by hurricanetc 7y ago
FWIW... you probably shouldn’t even trust your contacts. People get phished all the time.
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
Sign in with Google hands over a ton of information to both Google and the app. Sign In with Apple hands over zero information to either. It’s not exactly the same behavior at all.
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
Well of course people would react differently if a spyware company forced adoption of a new social login so that they could suck even more data from users. It is indeed quite hard to imagine Google doing virtually anything to allow users to
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
By this definition nearly every company is a monopoly. Despite the fact that me, a user, can ditch Apple and switch to the actual monopoly OS, Android, at any time.
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
Antitrust behavior requires a monopoly. It’s part of the basic definition of antitrust. And the comment was edited anyway. It originally did say monopoly.
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
Sign In with Apple is one of the biggest privacy advances of the last few years. I am all for anything that forces more adoption among developers.
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
Apple has around 13-14% of the smartphone market. In your opinion this is a high enough percentage to qualify as a monopoly???? Please explain.
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
The only way we’re going to get more masks is to pay manufacturers a premium up front and then absolve them of legal responsibility for the mask not working. Prices are high because demand is high and supply is low. Demand isn’t going anywh
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
If you want to vote in the Democratic primary then you should join the Democratic Party. It isn’t that difficult. Having a completely open primary is absurd and allows people to game the primary system.
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
Where you see certainty I see ambiguity. None of what you are reading in those links confirms your forceful statement of facts where no such facts exist.
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
Referring to the extreme uncertainty is not fear mongering. Read the links that were posted. They don't say what the individual confidently claims they do. We know little and what we do know are guesses with wide ranges.
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
Your links don't say what you think they say. Did you even read them? It's mostly ambiguous language and uncertainty. We think this, it's not certain that. It changes day to day. Case in point the incubation period from y
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
What does anyone expect a Fed interest rate cut to do to spur people to go back to business as usual? The city of Austin is about to cancel SXSW. Do people think they might change their mind now that the Fed has cut borrowing rates? No. Peo
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
People keep saying that responses are irrational but we know next to nothing about this virus. We don’t have a firm understanding of how deadly it is, how long it takes to incubate, how easily it can be spread, or what long term damage it c
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
Testing is starting to ramp up now and because the CDC is incompetent the numbers are likely going to grow from 80 to several thousand in the span of a week. Let’s see if people freak out when the CDC tries to explain why that is. “Don’t wo
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
Roth funds are the opposite of progressive. It’s possible to accumulate millions in roth funds where the eventual net effective tax rate is close to 0%. We already put income caps on roth funds for this reason but it’s just too easy to game
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
This entire mess could have been avoided if Apple was just upfront about what they were doing. There is nothing wrong with throttling the SoC so that the phone doesn't shut down when a degraded battery can't provide sustained pea
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
The CDC doesn't do much (any?) local testing but they established ridiculously stringent guidelines for having people tested. There was a case in NYC over the weekend from a man who had recently returned from a trip to Japan. The CDC
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
First tested and confirmed case in NYC. There have been numerous reports from NYC residents who returned from areas with community spread, got sick, tested negative for the flu, and the CDC wouldn’t test them. I think in a few weeks we’ll f
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
And the US government had the balls to challenge China on their slow response? Gross incompetence by the CDC and the federal government. This is why people are scared and panic buying. Zero faith in authority to provide accurate and up to d
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
The masks are going for $60+ per mask on eBay right now. And virtually impossible to find on store shelves.
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
I have the coronavirus- So far, I am dead. -3,000 other people including many who were on the cruise ship with this guy.
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
> I dare you to say that to your janitor or receptionist. Whataboutism. Just because other problems exist does not make this problem not exist.
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
Get rid of corporate taxes, get rid of Roth funds, and treat all capital gains as ordinary income at the time the gains are realized. Problem solved.
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
Good is the enemy of perfect. I see it all the time now in all ranges of things but especially in politics and climate change. People want to have their way and if they don't have their way they would prefer nothing at all.
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
#2 is only true if you get a proper mask and wear it properly. N95 or better. #3 is always true but it is of limited (near zero) value if you aren't also using other methods, namely washing hands. #1 is not true at all unless you get
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
The idea that the US federal government doesn’t know where people are and who they are talking to is hilarious. We have the biggest spying apparatus in human history. This is 100% political.
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
This will just push people to open source applications and peer to peer networking. Basically, devolve back to the early days of the internet with regard to person to person communications. How is the DoJ going to force Signal or even Teleg
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
I find that argument fundamentally flawed. Travel bans are momentarily painful and the unrest is localized. The world economy would feel the pain but most nations would be spared. Compare that to what might happen when this virus hits NYC
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
It would be the same thing if promotions weren’t so ludicrous. If you are an enlisted and want to get a promotion your best bet is to max your PT scores. It really has nothing to do with your ability to do a job at all.

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